When was figma.com built?
Analyzed 8 November 2026. Re-analyze
Estimated launch
September 1999
Several independent sources agree on this date.
BuiltWhen verified that figma.com launched in September 1999 (81% confidence), with domain registration recorded in April 1999.
- Website age
- ~27 years
- From estimated launch
- Domain registered
- April 1999
- Not the launch date
- First evidence
- September 1999
- Internet Archive (Wayback Machine)
- Current version
- Between April and May 2023
- Moved from Gatsby to Next.js
History at a glance
The domain and the website have separate lives. Website age is measured from the launch, not from registration.
Timeline
April–September 1999
April 1999
Domain registered
The domain was registered. This is not the same as the website launching.
Confirmed
Between October 2009 and February 2011
Between October and December 2015
Between May and November 2019
Between April and May 2023
November 2026
Current website
“Figma: The collaborative canvas for design, code, and AI”, built with Next.js
ConfirmedVisit
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Detected on the live homepage — it runs on Next.js. Select a technology to see the evidence.
- Hosting / CDN
Netlify, 95% confidence. Show evidence.
- x-nf-request-id response header
- 95% detection confidence
AWS, 90% confidence. Show evidence.
- Amazon CloudFront x-amz-cf-id header
- 90% detection confidence
- Framework
Next.jssince 2023, 90% confidence. Show evidence.
- Loads bundles from /_next/static/
- 90% detection confidence
- JavaScript library
Reactsince 2018, 81% confidence. Show evidence.
- Implied by Next.js
- 81% detection confidence
Why we think it launched in 19996 pieces of evidence, each linked to its source
- First archived copy of the website: September 1999.
- Domain registered: April 1999 (5 months earlier).
April 1999
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 1999
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
May 2014
Google Analytics first seen
Google Analytics appears in archived copies of the site from this date.
Background onlyInternet Archive (Wayback Machine)
June 2018
Gatsby first seen
Gatsby appears in archived copies of the site from this date.
Background onlyInternet Archive (Wayback Machine)
October 2023
Next.js first seen
Next.js appears in archived copies of the site from this date.
Background onlyInternet Archive (Wayback Machine)
November 2026
Oldest page date in the sitemap
The oldest "last modified" date among 14 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
227 months of archived homepage copies; 34 compared in detail (sampling was cut short). BuiltWhen estimates from observable evidence and can be wrong. How estimates work
Domain registrationRegistered April 1999 · Amazon Registrar, Inc.
- Registered
- 10 April 1999
- Registration expires
- 10 April 2027
- Registry record updated
- 15 May 2026
- Registrar
- Amazon Registrar, Inc.
- Nameservers
- ns-1239.awsdns-26.org, ns-1657.awsdns-15.co.uk, ns-326.awsdns-40.com, ns-912.awsdns-50.net
Public registry data via RDAP. Registrant details are never collected.