When was cloudflare.com built?
Analyzed 30 October 2026. Re-analyze
Estimated launch
September 2009
There's good evidence for the year, but the exact month is less certain.
BuiltWhen verified that cloudflare.com launched in September 2009 (71% confidence), with domain registration recorded in February 2009.
- Website age
- ~17 years
- From estimated launch
- Domain registered
- February 2009
- Not the launch date
- First evidence
- September 2009
- Internet Archive (Wayback Machine)
- Current version
- Between December 2023 and January 2024
- Possible major redesign
History at a glance
The domain and the website have separate lives. Website age is measured from the launch, not from registration.
Timeline
February 2009
Domain registered
The domain was registered. This is not the same as the website launching.
Confirmed
March–September 2009
Between September 2009 and August 2013
Between August 2013 and December 2016
Between December 2016 and March 2020
Between March 2020 and July 2023
Between December 2023 and January 2024
October 2026
Built with today
Detected on the live homepage. Select a technology to see the evidence.
- Hosting / CDN
Cloudflare, 100% confidence. Show evidence.
- Server header is cloudflare
- cf-ray response header
- 100% detection confidence
- Tag manager
Google Tag Managersince 2016, 90% confidence. Show evidence.
- GTM container script / ID
- 90% detection confidence
- CSS framework
Tailwind CSS, 65% confidence. Show evidence.
- Many responsive utility classes (e.g. md:flex, lg:px-8)
- 65% detection confidence
Why we think it launched in 20096 pieces of evidence, each linked to its source
- First archived copy of the website: September 2009.
- Domain registered: February 2009 (7 months earlier).
February 2009
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
September 2009
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
August 2013
Google Analytics first seen
Google Analytics appears in archived copies of the site from this date.
Background onlyInternet Archive (Wayback Machine)
December 2016
Google Tag Manager first seen
Google Tag Manager appears in archived copies of the site from this date.
Background onlyInternet Archive (Wayback Machine)
July 2023
Gatsby first seen
Gatsby appears in archived copies of the site from this date.
Background onlyInternet Archive (Wayback Machine)
October 2026
Oldest page date in the sitemap
The oldest "last modified" date among 652 sitemap entries.
Too recent to date the launchXML sitemapView source
What we checked
- Domain registry (RDAP)Checked
- Internet Archive indexChecked
- Live websiteChecked
- Archived page comparisonChecked
198 months of archived homepage copies; 14 compared in detail (sampling was cut short). BuiltWhen estimates from observable evidence and can be wrong. How estimates work
Domain registrationRegistered February 2009 · Cloudflare, Inc.
- Registered
- 17 February 2009
- Registration expires
- 17 February 2033
- Registry record updated
- 9 January 2024
- Registrar
- Cloudflare, Inc.
- Nameservers
- ns3.cloudflare.com, ns4.cloudflare.com, ns5.cloudflare.com, ns6.cloudflare.com, ns7.cloudflare.com
Public registry data via RDAP. Registrant details are never collected.