onion.com

https://onion.com· First analyzed 19 May 2026· Updated 19 May 2026

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onion.com

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Hosting Provider

Automattic, Inc

IP Address

192.0.66.48

Site Location

🇺🇸 United Statesvia ip

Server Location

🇺🇸 San Francisco, United States

ASN

AS2635

Server

Nginx

CDN

Nameservers

ha2.markmonitor.zone.ha3.markmonitor.zone.ha4.markmonitor.zone.ha1.markmonitor.zone.

Performance

Core Web Vitals

Weight

First Contentful Paint

997 ms10%

Speed Index

1.3 s10%

Largest Contentful Paint

—25%

Total Blocking Time

0.0 ms30%

Cumulative Layout Shift

0.00025%

1.8 MB

181 requests

Image Optimization

Lazy LoadResponsive

0–49

50–89

90–100

Architecture Stack

Monolithic

⚙️ SSR

WordPressv6.9.4

cms

The Onionv2.0.1Custom

by Unrelated

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Technology Stack

27 Technologies Detected

Plugins

Gutenberg

Enable Linked Groups Display A Meta Field As Block Advanced Popups

Gravity Forms

Amplify Storytelling Gridible Mbm Gutenblocks

Advertising

Google Ads TikTok Pixel Criteo Outbrain

Analytics

Google Analytics

Google Analytics 4

Facebook Pixel

Icon Libraries

Font Awesome Material Icons

Frameworks

CSS Frameworks

Fonts

Tag Managers

Payments

Web Servers

SEO Analysis

B77/100

Meta Tags8/15

Content3/12

Headings6/8

Technical24/25

E-E-A-T7/7

Images4/7

Links5/5

URL5/5

Social4/5

Freshness4/4

Mobile4/4

Indexability3/3

onion.comonion.com

Home - The Onion

The Onion brings you all of the latest news, stories, photos, videos and more from America's finest news source.

Title Length16 chars

Recommended: 50-60 chars (~102px / 580px)

Description Length112 chars

Recommended: 120-160 chars

Issues (1)

• Very thin content (42 words). Search engines need substantial content for ranking.

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Crawlability

Sitemap

Type: index

67 URLs

67 sub-sitemaps

robots.txt

73 rules

Sitemap reference found

Local SEO

Local Search Readiness

16/100

Poor

4 14

This site doesn't appear to be a local business. Local SEO signals are optional for non-local websites.

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AI & LLM Readiness

F36/100

Bot Access

9/25

Machine Read.

0/25

Schema Data

11/25

Citation

16/25

AI Bot Access

3/14 accessible

AI Search

OAI-SearchBot

PerplexityBot

Claude-SearchBot

Gemini-Deep-Research

DuckAssistBot

Training

GPTBot

ClaudeBot

Google-Extended

Meta-ExternalAgent

Bytespiderinfo

Amazonbot

Applebot-Extended

CCBotinfo

Fetch

ChatGPT-User

Machine Readability

llms.txt

llms-full.txt

Semantic HTML

Heading Hierarchy

Text ratio:7%

Words:9,466

Token eff.:Excessive

Structured Data

6 JSON-LD

Person×1.3Organization×1.1WebSiteBreadcrumbListSearchAction

sameAs entity links

Citation Readiness

Opening Summary

Descriptive Headings

Canonical URL

Open Graph3/3

Twitter Card1/3

Language Tag

Publish Date

Author Info

Lists

Tables

TL;DR / Summary

About Page Link

Recommendations (11)

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Accessibility

WCAG 2.1 Compliance

Evaluates how accessible your website is for users with disabilities, based on WCAG 2.1 guidelines. Checks images, forms, keyboard navigation, ARIA roles, and color contrast.

80/100

Passed

Critical

Warnings

Images & Alt Text

18/20

Checks if images have descriptive alt text for screen readers and visually impaired users.

Semantic Structure

13/20

Evaluates proper use of HTML5 semantic elements (header, nav, main, footer) and heading hierarchy.

Forms & Inputs

15/15

Verifies form fields have labels, error messages are clear, and inputs are properly associated.

Color & Contrast

15/15

Tests text-to-background color contrast ratios against WCAG AA/AAA minimum requirements.

Keyboard & Focus

15/15

Ensures all interactive elements are reachable and operable via keyboard (tab, enter, escape).

ARIA & Roles

4/15

Checks correct use of WAI-ARIA attributes (roles, states, properties) for assistive technologies.

1 recommendation

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Carbon Footprint

SWDM v4 · Eco-Score

Carbon emissions estimated using the Sustainable Web Design Model v4 (SWDM v4). Factors in data center, network, and device energy across new and returning visitors. Grade thresholds based on HTTP Archive percentiles.

38/100

228 mg

CO₂e / view

1.8 MB

Page Weight

50%

Cleaner Than

New Visitor

260 mg

Returning (cached)

130 mg

Annual (10K/mo)

27.3 kg

Emission Segments

Data Center

51 mg

Network

55 mg

Device

122 mg

Resource Breakdown

JavaScript

841.2 KB

Images

834.9 KB

CSS

40.4 KB

Fonts

7.8 KB

HTML

51.7 KB

Other

66.6 KB

Green Hosting Not Verified

Automattic, Inc

6 recommendations

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Security Score

0%Critical

Critical / Transactional

HTTPS

No WAF

68d

Certificate Details

Type

Domain Validated (DV)

Certificate Authority

Let's Encrypt

Key Algorithm

ECDSA (secp256r1) (256 bit)

Signature

ECDSA with SHA-384

TLS Version

TLSv1.3

HTTP Protocol

HTTP/2

Valid From

27.04.2026

Valid Until

26.07.2026

Subject Alternative Names (2)

theonion.comwww.theonion.com

SHA-256 Fingerprint

12:ED:92:54:A3:02:18:F3:EB:80:2A:41:07:A0:19:31:17:F1:50:5E...

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HTTP Headers

Developer Console

accept-ranges

bytes

cache-control

🟡 300s(max-age=300, must-revalidate)

content-encoding

⚡ Brotli(br)

content-type

text/html; charset=UTF-8

date

Tue, 19 May 2026 10:10:35 GMT

host-header

a9130478a60e5f9135f765b23f26593b

Good Warning Issue

Email Infrastructure

Google Workspace

Score

SPF

DKIM

DMARC

DMARC Policy

None (Monitor Only)

MX Records (1)

smtp.google.com

Domain Information

onion.com

Domain Age

32y 11m

Created

28.06.1993

Expires

29.11.2026

Last Updated

24.09.2024

Registrar

MarkMonitor Inc.

DNSSEC

Not Enabled

Privacy & Compliance

Quantcast Choice

Cookie Consent Banner

Quantcast Choice

GDPR Indicators

Cookie consent banner detected

CMP: Quantcast Choice

Data Protection Officer mentioned

Legitimate interest basis mentioned

Mobile Compatibility

Viewport & Responsive Test

Tests how well your website works on mobile devices. Checks viewport configuration, responsive layout, touch targets, font readability, and simulates rendering across different screen sizes.

88/100

Mobile Friendly18 breakpoints

Viewport Meta

The viewport meta tag tells mobile browsers how to scale the page. Without it, mobile devices render at desktop width.

Responsive Design

Uses CSS media queries or flexible layouts to adapt content to different screen sizes automatically.

Touch Icons

Apple touch icons and favicons displayed when users add the site to their home screen on mobile devices.

Readable Font Size

Base font size should be at least 16px on mobile to ensure text is readable without zooming.

Relative Units

Using em, rem, %, or vw instead of fixed px values allows content to scale properly across screen sizes.

No H-Scroll Risk

No elements wider than the viewport that would cause horizontal scrolling on mobile devices.

Tap Targets OK

Interactive elements (buttons, links) are at least 48x48px with enough spacing to prevent accidental taps.

No Fixed Widths

No elements with fixed pixel widths that could overflow on smaller screens and break the layout.

Viewport

width=device-width, initial-scale=1

1 recommendation

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Typography & Readability

Georgia + Open Sans

WCAG AA

58/100

Readability

/30

12/30

12px · LH 1.33

Hierarchy

/20

18/20

5.58x ratio

WCAG

/25

16/25

5.66:1 min contrast

Performance

/25

12/25

5 fonts · 4 req

Heading Font

Georgia

Serif67px

Body Font

Open Sans

Sans12px

Contrast Ratio

5.66:1

WCAG AA (≥4.5:1)

Reading Comfort

~39 CPL

Narrow lines

67px

51px

38px

21px

12px

❌ Critical: 12px body text is too small. Minimum 14px, recommend 16px+.

⚠️ Tight line spacing (1.33). Increase to 1.4–1.6 for better readability.

❌ Very complex text: Flesch score 0/100. Consider shorter sentences and simpler words.

✅ WCAG AA contrast: All text meets 4.5:1 ratio (min 5.7:1).

⚠️ Minor heading issue: 0 level skip(s) detected. Maintain sequential order for screen readers.

✅ Strong hierarchy: Headlines are 5.6x larger than body text.

GGoogle Fonts Buy on MyFontsFluid Type (rem)Flesch 0

Color Palette

8 unique colors

5.74:1 AA Dark

#666666

Other· 39.9%

#ffffff

Background· 29.8%

#04050c

Primary· 7.6%

#3c6b8e

Secondary· 1.4%

Business & Marketing Stack

5 Tools Detected

Advanced

Behavior Analytics

Google Tag ManagerFree

Google AnalyticsFree

User behavior and product analytics

Advertising

Facebook PixelMid-Market

TikTok PixelMid-Market

Reddit PixelMid-Market

Ad platforms and retargeting pixels

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Scripts & Styles

28 Resources

Scripts

Styles

Async

Defer

Top Script Sources

theonion.com(6)analytics.tiktok.com(3)connect.facebook.net(2)googletagmanager.com(2)c.amazon-adsystem.com(1)

Website Identity

The Onion

Organization

The Onion brings you all of the latest news, stories, photos, videos and more from America's finest news source.

theonion.com/

32 years old

Location detected: 🇺🇸 United Statesvia ip

MarkMonitor Inc.📧 Google Workspaceen-US

Social Profiles

Facebook X (Twitter)Instagram TikTok Bluesky

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Last analyzed: 19 May 2026 at 10:11

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