softpedia.com

Softpedia.com - free software downloads for Windows, Linux & Macintosh.

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Authority

98/100

Safety

90/100

Registered

Jun 19, 2003

23 years old · Instra Corporation Pty Ltd.

On record

since 2006

All 5 safety checks passed (Sep 3, 2026).

Current facts

What AboutUs observed on the live site and in WHOIS/DNS today. These are measurements, not an endorsement of the site.

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Domain registered Jun 19, 2003 — 23 years old.

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Registrar today: Instra Corporation Pty Ltd. — unchanged since AboutUs began tracking (Aug 8, 2026).

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Live site responds over HTTPS.

Trust record

Authority & Safety, with the evidence

How this is scored →

Authority 98/100 — ahead of 98% of scored sitesClear

Why this authority score

Prominence (Tranco rank #5,022; Open PageRank 4.1/10)+14
Verified continuity: 23.2 years (RDAP registration)+10
Security & email hygiene+4
Prominence × continuity interaction+1
Calibration adjustment (published map)+24

Every point maps to a sentence. These lines sum to the model score of 53/99, which is what places this site at 98/100 against every other scored site.

Safety evidence

All checked sources came back clean

Site history

Dated record — historical facts always carry their date; self-description below is the 2013 record.

2003
Domain registered (Jun 19, 2003).
2006
First tracked by AboutUs (Jun 21, 2006); profile edited 26 times through 2013.
2013
Self-description at the time:
“Softpedia.com - free software downloads for Windows, Linux & Macintosh.”
2026
Checked today — All 5 safety checks passed (Sep 3, 2026).

✓ domain continuity 23 years registered✓ live verified Sep 3, 2026

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