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When was example.net built?

Analyzed 18 October 2026. Re-analyze

Estimated launch

January 2002

Medium confidenceLikely range: July 2001 – January 2002

There's good evidence for the year, but the exact month is less certain.

Website age
~25 years
From estimated launch
Domain registered
August 1995
Not the launch date
First evidence
January 2002
Internet Archive (Wayback Machine)
Current version
Between January and March 2002
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.

Domain registeredLikely launch rangeWebsite onlineMajor change

Timeline

  1. August 1995

    Domain registered

    The domain was registered. This is not the same as the website launching.

    Confirmed

  2. July 2001 – January 2002

    Estimated launch

    Based on: first archived copy of the website.

    Medium confidenceView evidence

  3. Between January and March 2002

    Possible major redesign

    The page layout changed a lot. Homepage title changed.

    Medium confidenceBeforeAfter

  4. October 2026

    Current website

    “Example Domain”

    ConfirmedVisit

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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
Why we think it launched in 20023 pieces of evidence, each linked to its source
  • First archived copy of the website: January 2002.
  • Domain registered: August 1995 (77 months earlier).

  1. August 1995

    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

  2. January 2002

    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

  3. October 2026

    Homepage Last-Modified header

    When the server says the current homepage file last changed.

    Background onlyHTTP headersView source

What we checked

  • Domain registry (RDAP)Checked
  • Internet Archive indexChecked
  • Live websiteChecked
  • Archived page comparisonChecked

193 months of archived homepage copies; 13 compared in detail. BuiltWhen estimates from observable evidence and can be wrong. How estimates work

Domain registrationRegistered August 1995 · RESERVED-Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
Registered
31 August 1995
Registration expires
30 August 2027
Registry record updated
31 August 2026
Registrar
RESERVED-Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
Nameservers
betty.ns.cloudflare.com, hugh.ns.cloudflare.com

Public registry data via RDAP. Registrant details are never collected.

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