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https://towardsdatascience.com· First analyzed 12 Feb 2026· Updated 12 Feb 2026
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Hosting Provider

wpengine.com

IP Address

141.193.213.21

Server Location

🇺🇸 Austin, United States

ASN

AS209242

Organization

WPEngine, Inc.

Server

Cloudflare

CDN

Cloudflare

WAF

Cloudflare

Nameservers

syeef.ns.cloudflare.com.dawn.ns.cloudflare.com.

Performance

Page Speed

2.2 MB
95 requests

Image Optimization

Lazy LoadResponsive
0–49
50–89
90–100

Architecture Stack

Monolithic
⚙️ SSR
WordPressv6.8.3
cms
tds-themeCustom

Technology Stack

14 Technologies Detected

SEO Analysis

C64/100
10
2
2
T
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Towards Data Science

Your home for data science and AI. The world’s leading publication for data science, data analytics, data engineering, machine learning, and artificial intel...

Description truncated.
Title Length20 chars

Recommended: 50-60 chars

Description Length179 chars

Recommended: 120-160 chars

Issues (2)

  • Missing H1 tag - every page should have one H1
  • Many images missing alt text (28/34)

Crawlability

Sitemap

Type: standard

robots.txt

44 rules

Sitemap reference found

Allows all crawlers

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F

Security Score

36%Critical
Interactive

HTTPS

WAF

70d

Certificate Details

Type

Domain Validated (DV)

Certificate Authority

Google Trust Services

Key Algorithm

ECDSA (secp256r1) (256 bit)

Signature

ECDSA with SHA-256

TLS Version

TLSv1.3

HTTP Protocol

HTTP/2+H3

Valid From

24.01.2026

Valid Until

24.04.2026

OCSP Stapling

Enabled

Subject Alternative Names (1)

towardsdatascience.com

SHA-256 Fingerprint

40:AB:37:EE:55:77:20:68:F4:D8:A1:C5:06:2B:28:EC:78:D8:84:A3...

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HTTP Headers

Developer Console

alt-svc
h3=":443"; ma=86400
cache-control
🟡 600s(max-age=600, must-revalidate)
cf-cache-status
DYNAMIC
cf-ray🇩🇪 Frankfurt
9cce40411b59dccd-FRA
content-encoding
Brotli(br)
content-type
text/html; charset=UTF-8
Good Warning Issue

Email Infrastructure

Google Workspace

Score

93

SPF
DKIM
DMARC

DMARC Policy

Quarantine (Moderate)

MX Records (5)

alt4.aspmx.l.google.com
aspmx.l.google.com
alt1.aspmx.l.google.com
alt2.aspmx.l.google.com

+1 more

Domain Information

towardsdatascience.com

Domain Age
9y 3m

Created

22.10.2016

Expires

22.10.2032

Last Updated

15.01.2025

Registrar

GoDaddy.com, LLC

DNSSEC
Not Enabled

Privacy & Compliance

Cookiebot

Cookie Consent Banner
Cookiebot
Privacy Policy
Terms of Service

GDPR Indicators

Cookie consent banner detected
CMP: Cookiebot
Privacy policy page linked

Typography & Readability

Work Sans

71/100
Readability
/30
40/40

20px · LH 1.50

Hierarchy
/20
8/25
WCAG
/25
15/15

Contrast: undefined

Performance
/25
13/20

1 font

Heading Font

Work Sans

Sans

Body Font

Work Sans

Sans20px

Contrast Ratio

--

Reading Comfort

~73 CPL

Optimal (45–75)
24px
h2
20px
p

✅ Excellent readability: 20px body text is ideal for all devices.

✅ Optimal line spacing: 1.50 ratio ensures comfortable reading.

✅ Good performance: Using 1 font families keeps load times fast.

✅ Consistent design: Single font family with weight variations is a modern best practice.

✅ Smart font loading: Using font-display: swap prevents invisible text during load.

✅ Optimal line length: ~73 characters per line is comfortable to read.

Business & Marketing Stack

10 Tools Detected

Enterprise

CRM Systems

1

Customer Relationship Management platforms

Behavior Analytics

2

User behavior and product analytics

Advertising

3

Ad platforms and retargeting pixels

Privacy & Cookies

3

Cookie consent and privacy compliance tools

Social Media

1

Social widgets and sharing tools

5

Categories

10

Total Tools

2

Enterprise

3

Mid-Market

Assessment: Sophisticated marketing and sales technology infrastructure

Ad Networks

Google Ad Manager

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Scripts & Styles

29 Resources

20
Scripts
9
Styles
6
Async
1
Defer

Top Script Sources

towardsdatascience.com(8)googletagmanager.com(2)cdn-cookieyes.com(2)securepubads.g.doubleclick.net(2)js.hs-banner.com(1)

Website Identity

towardsdatascience.com

9 years old
GoDaddy.com, LLC📧 Google Workspace

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Last analyzed: 12 Feb 2026 at 18:47

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