snopes.com
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Snopes.com | The definitive fact-checking site and reference source for urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, and misinformation.The definitive Internet reference source for researching urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, and misinformation.
Snopes.com | The definitive fact-checking site and reference source for urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, and misinformation.The definitive Internet reference source for researching urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, and misinformation.
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Business details
- Category
- News and magazines
- Founded
- 1994
- Sells
- Subscription or membership
- Sells to
- The public
- Kind of seller
- Information or media
- Licensed trade
- No licence normally needed
- Domain age
- 29 years
- Address
- 8 The Green, Suite 8298, Dover, DE 19901
- Email address
- Not found
- Phone number
- Not found
- Contact page
- snopes.com/
contact/ - Website
- snopes.com
- Social media
Customer reviews
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Is snopes.com legit and trustworthy? Truth score 79 out of 100, high truth signals: 7 of 10 public checks clear, 1 to be cautious about, 2 for information. Legitimacy confidence: high. Customer satisfaction: mostly dissatisfied.
We read 4 of its pages: contact, about, terms and privacy. Its website address was registered 29 years ago, and is locked against transfer to someone else. No malware or phishing warnings found for its website. Be cautious: its 73 reviews on SmartCustomer average only 2.7 stars out of 5. We could not find an email address 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
- We read 4 of its pages · contact, about, terms and privacy.
- Its website address was registered 29 years ago.
- No malware or phishing warnings found for its website.
Be cautious
- A low number of independent reviews (73 on SmartCustomer), but it falls short with only 2.7 stars out of 5.
Not found
- Email address information was not found from our checks.
- Phone number information was not found from our checks.
What they offer
The definitive Internet reference source for researching urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, and misinformation.
Snopes.com offers support and help through their help page, which can be found in the sources below.
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How to check if snopes.com is legit
To check if snopes.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 snopes.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; founded in 1994 (Wikipedia)
- Where the company is based
- US
- Why we believe that
- the site's structured data states its country, its terms are governed by the laws of California, its postcode is a US zip code
- Founded
- 1994
Domain registrationIts website address was registered 29 years ago
- Its website address is locked against being transferred to someone else
- Domain age
- 29 years
- Domain transfer lock enabled
- Yes
Website detailsWe read 4 of its pages: contact, about, terms and privacy
- HTTPS enabled
- Yes
- Contact phone number found
- Not found
- Contact page found
- Contact page
Quoted word for word from snopes.com.
- In their own words
- “When misinformation obscures the truth and readers don’t know what to trust, Snopes’ fact-checking and original investigative reporting lights the way to evidence-based, contextualized answers. We always link to and document our sources so readers can independently make up their own minds about the truth. Snopes got its start in 1994, investigating urban legends, hoaxes and folklore.” About page
Reputation and track record
Customer reviews110 reviews across 2 platforms, rated 2.7 to 2.7 out of 5
| Platform | Rating | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| Trustpilot | Unknown | 37 |
| SmartCustomer | 2.7 out of 5 | 73 |
| G2 | Not found | |
| Capterra | Not found | |
| Reviews.io | Not found | |
| Feefo | Not found | |
| Trustindex | Not found | |
| Not 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 100,000 most-visited sites on the internet (Cloudflare Radar)
- 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
- Popularity across the internet
- top 100,000 sites
Web history and authorityFound: wikipedia page
- Wikipedia page
- yes
Social presenceIt is on 6 social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, X and YouTube); the largest audience is 257,000 followers on Instagram
- Its YouTube channel has 3,620 subscribers and 447 videos, the latest uploaded on 30 Dec 2023
| Platform | Profile | Audience |
|---|---|---|
| Profile | Unknown | |
| Profile | 257,000 followers | |
| X | Profile | Unknown |
| Profile | Unknown | |
| YouTube | Profile | 3,620 subscribers |
| TikTok | Profile | 5 followers |
- Social platforms with discovered profiles
- facebook, instagram, linkedin, tiktok, x, youtube
- Social follower counts
- 260,625 followers in total
- YouTube channel
- 447 videos, 3,620 subscribers, last upload 30 Dec 2023
What data this site collects about you
Tracking tools on its homepageGoogle Analytics, Google Ads and Meta Pixel
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 Ads
- Tracks what you do to show you Google adverts.
- Meta Pixel
- Tells Facebook and Instagram what you do on its site, for 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 historyNo known data breach involving the company
- Known data breaches found
- 0
Domain and email securityIts email is protected: mail forged in its name is blocked
- MX records
- Yes
- SPF record
- Yes
- DKIM key
- Yes
- DMARC record
- Yes
- DMARC policy
- reject
- Security certificate browsers warn about
- No
- Certificate issuer
- Let's Encrypt
- Certificate type
- DV
- Certificate expires
- 3 Dec 2026
- Nameservers
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- 104.18.3.193
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