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Common questions
Is washingtonpost.com legit or a scam?
washingtonpost.com was registered Nov 13, 1995 (30 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.
Who owns washingtonpost.com?
Nobody has completed AboutUs's owner verification for washingtonpost.com. That's true of most sites here — it isn't itself a warning sign.
When was washingtonpost.com registered?
washingtonpost.com's registration dates to Nov 13, 1995 (30 years old), per public registration records. CSC Corporate Domains, Inc. is the registrar on record today.
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1 of 2 safety checks passed (Oct 14, 2026).
Registered 1995 · AboutUs could not get a response over HTTPS when it checked (Oct 14, 2026)
The Washington Post is a news website offering national, international, politics, sports, business, technology, and lifestyle coverage. It serves readers seeking news and commentary across multiple sections, including opinion columns, blogs, and local Washington D.C. area reporting.
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Current facts
Latest available measurements; dated entries retain their dates. These are measurements, not an endorsement of the site.
latest result
Domain registered Nov 13, 1995 — 30 years old.
latest result
Registrar on record: CSC Corporate Domains, Inc. — unchanged since AboutUs began tracking (Jul 23, 2026).
Authority 87/100— ahead of 87% of the August 2026 scored sampleClear
Why this authority score
87 is a percentile: higher than 87% of sites we score.
How it's calculated
Prominence (Tranco rank #365)+10
Verified continuity: 30.9 years (RDAP registration)+11
Security & email hygiene+4
Calibration adjustment (published map)+19
Model score: 44/99 — what these reason lines add up to.
Published Authority (percentile): 87/100 — 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 13 days ago); 3/3 transport and email checks available (oldest recorded about 13 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 2014 record.
1995
Domain registered (Nov 13, 1995).
2006
First tracked by AboutUs (Jun 21, 2006); profile edited 22 times through 2014.
2014
Self-description at the time:
“WashingtonPost.com is a daily DC-based paper on politics & International Affairs”