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MashableMashable is a global, multi-platform media and entertainment company.

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Business details

Category
News and magazines
Founded
2005
Sells to
The public
Kind of seller
Information or media
Licensed trade
No licence normally needed
Domain age
21 years
Address
114 5th Avenue, 15th Floor, New York, NY 10011
Email address
editors@mashable.com
Phone number
Not found
Contact page
mashable.com/about/contact-us
Website
mashable.com
Social media

Customer reviews

SiteReviewsRating
Trustpilot119 reviews
SmartCustomer95 reviews2.5
Total214
Customer satisfactionMostly dissatisfiedFrom independent reviews, weighed by their number
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Summary

Is mashable.com legit and trustworthy? Truth score 72 out of 100, high truth signals: 6 of 10 public checks clear, 1 to be cautious about, 1 not found, 2 for information. Legitimacy confidence: high. Customer satisfaction: mostly dissatisfied.

mashable.com's website address was registered 21 years ago, and is locked against transfer to someone else. No malware or phishing warnings found for its website. Be cautious: its 95 reviews on SmartCustomer average only 2.5 stars out of 5. We could not find social media profiles or a phone number.

Important context: Truth Signal weighs public evidence about this business. A high score means strong evidence that the business is established and legitimate, not a promise that it is safe to buy from or that every purchase will go well. A low score means the evidence is thin or raises concerns, not that the business is unsafe or a scam.

Positives

  • Its website address was registered 21 years ago.
  • No malware or phishing warnings found for its website.

Be cautious

  • A low number of independent reviews (95 on SmartCustomer), but it falls short with only 2.5 stars out of 5.

Not found

  • Social presence information was not found from our checks.
  • Phone number information was not found from our checks.

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What they offer

Mashable is a global, multi-platform media and entertainment company.
— Mashable, in their own words
Getting help

Mashable offers support and help through their help page, which can be found in the sources below.

Customer stories
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Latest YouTube video

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How to check if mashable.com is legit

To check if mashable.com is legit yourself, look at the same public records we did: the company register, who owns the web address and since when, customer reviews, visitor numbers, how long the site has existed, social profiles, malware lists, data breaches and email security. Each row below shows what that record says about mashable.com; open a row to see the facts and the source to check them yourself. Step by step: how to know if a shopping site is legit.

Who they are

Company detailsBased in the US; serves 5 countries; founded in 2005 (Wikipedia)
Country
Where the company is based
US
Why we believe that
OpenData.org's record puts its head office in 114 Fifth Avenue 15th Floor, New York, NY, 10011, USA
Which countries the company serves
United Arab Emirates, India, Malaysia, Singapore, US
Why we believe that
$ prices on its homepage, it publishes pages for 5 countries (hreflang)
Registration
SEC registration (CIK)
0001459517
Better Business Bureau
Better Business Bureau profile
Not found
From Wikipedia
Industry
journalism
Founded
2005
From OpenData.org
Listed name
MASHABLE, INC.
Locations
Head office (OpenData.org)
114 Fifth Avenue 15th Floor, New York, NY, 10011, USA
Number of locations
1
Business databases
SourcesWikipedia
Domain registrationIts website address was registered 21 years ago
  • Its website address is locked against being transferred to someone else
Domain age
21 years
Domain transfer lock enabled
Yes
Website detailsWe read 4 of its pages: contact, about, delivery and privacy
  • Company contact email is available
HTTPS enabled
Yes
Contact phone number found
Not found
Contact page found
Contact page
What its pages say

Quoted word for word from mashable.com.

Ways to contact them
“If you would like to use the Mashable Logo or any content on your site, please contact us via Customer Support so that we may look into your request.” Contact page
In their own words
“Corrections Policy Mashable makes every effort to correct errors. Grammar, spelling, and style errors will be corrected in the text. If the error is factual, the correction will include an editor's acknowledgment at the bottom of the story.” About page

Reputation and track record

Customer reviews214 reviews across 2 platforms, rated 2.5 to 2.5 out of 5
PlatformRatingReviews
TrustpilotUnknown119
SmartCustomer2.5 out of 595
G2Not found
CapterraNot found
Reviews.ioNot found
FeefoNot found
TrustindexNot found
GoogleNot checked
Visitor trafficReal people visited its website in 24 of the last 24 months
  • Real people have visited its website since February 2021 or earlier
  • It is among the 20,000 most-visited sites on the internet (Cloudflare Radar)
Monthly visitor data
Popularity among Chrome users
top 50,000 sites
First known user traffic
Feb 2021 or earlier
Months with real traffic, of the last 24
24
Traffic pattern
sustained
Rank jump in the last 12 months
none
Rank drop in the last 12 months
none
Cloudflare Radar
Popularity across the internet
top 20,000 sites
Web history and authorityFound: wikipedia page
Wikipedia page
yes
SourcesWikipedia
Social presenceIts website links to its profiles on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X and YouTube
  • Its YouTube channel has 1,180,000 subscribers and 8229 videos, the latest uploaded on 25 Oct 2026
PlatformProfileAudience
FacebookProfileUnknown
InstagramProfileUnknown
XProfileUnknown
LinkedInProfileUnknown
YouTubeProfile1,180,000 subscribers
TikTokNot checked
YouTube channel
8,229 videos, 1,180,000 subscribers, last upload 25 Oct 2026

What data this site collects about you

Tracking tools on its homepageGoogle Analytics, Google Tag Manager and Google Ads

Named in its homepage's code when we read it. Others may load later, so this list may not be complete.

Google Analytics
Counts your visits and what you look at.
Google Tag Manager
Loads other tracking tools, which may not be listed here.
Google Ads
Tracks what you do to show you Google adverts.

Safety

Malware and phishingNo malware or phishing warnings found for its websiteThis check is not perfect: it can miss a harmful site, and it can wrongly warn about a safe one.
Malware or phishing threat status
None
Data breach historyOne known data breach involving the company: Mashable, the latest 6 years ago
Known data breaches found
1
Mashable

In approximately mid-2020, Mashable suffered a data breach that subsequently turned up publicly in November 2020. The data included 1.4 million unique email addresses along with names, genders, expired auth tokens, physical locations, links to social media profiles and days and months of birth. The data was provided to HIBP by dehashed.com.

Accounts affected
1,414,677
Date
1 Jun 2020
Data exposed
Auth tokens, Email addresses, Genders, Geographic locations, IP addresses, Names, Partial dates of birth, Social media profiles

Breach data: Have I Been Pwned

Domain and email securityIts email is protected: mail forged in its name goes to spam
Email
MX records
Yes
SPF record
Yes
DKIM key
Yes
DMARC record
Yes
DMARC policy
quarantine
Certificate
Security certificate browsers warn about
No
Certificate issuer
Google Trust Services
Certificate type
DV
Certificate expires
5 Dec 2026
Hosting
Nameservers
melinda.ns.cloudflare.com
stan.ns.cloudflare.com
Address
104.18.42.17
172.64.145.239

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