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thesun.co.uk

News, sport, celebrities and gossip | The Sun

The Sun is a UK tabloid newspaper offering news, sport, celebrity coverage, and lifestyle content across print and digital platforms. It serves British readers seeking breaking news, entertainment, politics, and commentary. The site operates UK, Scottish, and Irish editions.

Authority

89/100

Safety

90/100

Known risk signals, not a check pass rate

Registered

May 19, 1997

29 years old · Markmonitor Inc.

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On record since 1997 — see history

All 4 safety checks passed (Oct 1, 2026).

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Current facts

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Authority & Safety, with the evidence

How this is scored →

Authority 89/100 — ahead of 89% of the August 2026 scored sampleClear

Why this authority score

89 is a percentile: higher than 89% of sites we score.

How it's calculated

Prominence (Tranco rank #2,113)+10
Verified continuity: 29.4 years (RDAP registration)+11
Security & email hygiene+5
Calibration adjustment (published map)+19

Model score: 45/99 — what these reason lines add up to.

Published Authority (percentile): 89/100 — this site's rank against the August 2026 scored sample. Public Authority is capped at 99.

Safety evidence

No unexpired threat-feed result; name-similarity check available (recorded about 1 days ago); 3/3 transport and email checks available (oldest recorded about 1 days ago). This is evidence coverage, not a probability that a website is safe.

No caution flags in the available scoring observations; this is not a complete safety assessment

Site history

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

1997
Domain registered (May 19, 1997).
2006
First tracked by AboutUs (Jun 21, 2006); profile edited 5 times through 2013.
2013
Self-description at the time:
“TheSun.co.uk Tabloid newspaper based in the United Kingdom”
2026
Checked today — All 4 safety checks passed (Oct 1, 2026).

✓ domain continuity 29 years registered✓ live verified Oct 1, 2026

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thesun.co.uk was registered May 19, 1997 (29 years old), per public registration records. AboutUs doesn't label sites "legit" or "a scam": this page lists the dated registration, DNS, HTTPS, mail-authentication and safety checks we could verify, each with its source, so you can decide for yourself.

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When was thesun.co.uk registered?

thesun.co.uk's registration dates to May 19, 1997 (29 years old), per public registration records. Markmonitor Inc. is the registrar on record today.

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