When was ao3.life built?
Analyzed 2 November 2026. Re-analyze
Estimated launch
November 2026
There's good evidence for the year, but the exact month is less certain.
BuiltWhen verified that ao3.life launched in November 2026 (65% confidence), with domain registration recorded in November 2026.
- A date on the site (such as a copyright year) is older than the domain registration, so it probably refers to the business rather than the website.
- Website age
- Less than a month
- From estimated launch
- Domain registered
- November 2026
- Not the launch date
- First evidence
- November 2026
- Internet Archive (Wayback Machine)
- Current version
- Unknown
History at a glance
The domain and the website have separate lives. Website age is measured from the launch, not from registration.
Timeline
November 2026
Domain registered
The domain was registered. This is not the same as the website launching.
Confirmed
November 2026
November 2026
Current website
“AO3 Fanfic, Saved: Read, Download EPUB & Listen · ao3.life”, built with SvelteKit
ConfirmedVisit
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Detected on the live homepage — it runs on SvelteKit. Select a technology to see the evidence.
- Web server
Nginx, 90% confidence. Show evidence.
- Server header is nginx
- 90% detection confidence
- Framework
SvelteKitsince 2026, 90% confidence. Show evidence.
- SvelteKit runtime markers
- 90% detection confidence
Why we think it launched in 20264 pieces of evidence, each linked to its source
- First archived copy of the website: November 2026.
- Domain registered: November 2026 (the same month).
- Oldest page date in the sitemap suggests March 2026, but no other source confirms that earlier date.
March 2026
Oldest page date in the sitemap
The oldest "last modified" date among 227 sitemap entries.
Disagrees, so not usedXML sitemapView source
November 2026
Domain registered
The domain's current registration began on this date. A website can only launch after this, but often launches much later.
Sets the earliest possible dateRDAP registry dataView source
November 2026
First archived copy of the website
The earliest successful snapshot of the homepage showing real website content in the Internet Archive.
The estimate is based on thisInternet Archive (Wayback Machine)View source
November 2026
SvelteKit first seen
SvelteKit appears in archived copies of the site from this date.
Background onlyInternet Archive (Wayback Machine)
What we checked
- Domain registry (RDAP)Checked
- Internet Archive indexChecked
- Live websiteChecked
- Archived page comparisonChecked
1 months of archived homepage copies; 1 compared in detail. BuiltWhen estimates from observable evidence and can be wrong. How estimates work
Domain registrationRegistered November 2026 · Spaceship, Inc.
- Registered
- 1 November 2026
- Registration expires
- 1 November 2027
- Registry record updated
- 1 November 2026
- Registrar
- Spaceship, Inc.
- Nameservers
- launch1.spaceship.net, launch2.spaceship.net
Public registry data via RDAP. Registrant details are never collected.