- [Home](https://truthsignal.com/) - [Business](https://truthsignal.com/business) - Latest news, sport and opinion from the Guardian # theguardian.com Markdown: [Snapshot](https://truthsignal.com/business/theguardian.com/snapshot.md) [Full report](https://truthsignal.com/business/theguardian.com/report.md) ## Website theguardian.com Latest news, sport and opinion from the Guardian Latest news, sport, business, comment, analysis and reviews from the Guardian, the world's leading liberal voice youtube.com [David Walliams accused of preying on young women for sex](https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/UhHnKWIK5dQ) David Walliams accused of preying on young women for sex The latest video on its YouTube channel Checked on 11 Nov 2026, 06:30 Unclaimed Own this business? Claim it now and get instant access to analytics, insights and further ways to improve your truth score. ## Truth score Truth score 93 out of 100, High truth signals. Customer satisfaction: mostly satisfied 93 / 100 High truth signals Top 5% of businesses we’ve checked ## Business details Founded: 1821 Owned by: Guardian Media Group Domain age: 32 years Address: [90 York Way, London, N1 9GU](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=90%20York%20Way%2C%20London%2C%20N1%209GU) Email address: guardian.letters@theguardian.com Phone number: [+44 20 3353 2000](tel:+44%2020%203353%202000) Contact page: [theguardian.com/help/contact-us](https://theguardian.com/help/contact-us) Website: [theguardian.com](https://theguardian.com/?utm_source=truthsignal.com&utm_medium=referral) Social media: [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/theguardian) [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/guardian) [X.com](https://x.com/guardian) [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/theguardian) [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@guardian) [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/user/TheGuardian) ## Customer reviews, accreditations and complaints Site Reviews Rating [SmartCustomer](https://www.smartcustomer.com/reviews/theguardian.com) · Read 11 November 2026 · 29 reviews · 2.4 out of 5 stars [App Store](https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/the-guardian-uk-world-news/id409128287) · Read 11 November 2026 · 255,318 ratings · 4.8 out of 5 stars Total 255,347 4.8 out of 5 stars Also found on [Trustpilot](https://www.trustpilot.com/review/theguardian.com) Customer satisfaction Mostly satisfied From independent reviews, weighed by their number ## Summary Is theguardian.com legit and trustworthy? Truth score 93 out of 100, high truth signals: 7 of 11 public checks clear, 1 to be cautious about, 1 not found, 2 for information. Legitimacy confidence: high. Customer satisfaction: mostly satisfied. We read 4 of its pages: contact, about, terms and privacy. Its website address was registered 32 years ago, and is locked against transfer to someone else. It is among the 5,000 most-visited sites on the internet (Cloudflare Radar). No malware or phishing warnings found for its website. Be cautious: its 29 reviews on SmartCustomer average only 2.4 stars out of 5. We could not find an archive history for its website. ### Positives - We read 4 of its pages · contact, about, terms and privacy. - Its website address was registered 32 years ago. - It is among the 5,000 most-visited sites on the internet (Cloudflare Radar). - No malware or phishing warnings found for its website. ### Be cautious - A low number of independent reviews (29 on [SmartCustomer](https://www.smartcustomer.com/reviews/theguardian.com) ), but it falls short with only 2.4 stars out of 5. ### Not found - Web history and authority information was not found from our checks. 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. ### What they offer Latest news, sport, business, comment, analysis and reviews from the Guardian, the world's leading liberal voice — Latest news, sport and opinion from the Guardian, in their own words What they sell Products: The Guardian Sources [Its homepage](https://www.theguardian.com/) ### Latest YouTube video [David Walliams accused of preying on young women for sex](https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/UhHnKWIK5dQ) Correct as of 11 Nov 2026, 06:30 ### How to check if theguardian.com is legit To check if theguardian.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 (where buyers leave praise and complaints), 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 theguardian.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](https://truthsignal.com/guides/how-to-know-if-a-shopping-site-is-legit). ### Who they are Company details Part of Guardian Media Group; founded in 1821 (Wikipedia) Country Where the company is based: Not stated with its address Which countries the company serves: UK, US Why we believe that: £ prices on its homepage, $ prices on its homepage, its delivery page says it ships to the US From Wikipedia Industry: journalism Parent company: Guardian Media Group Founded: 1821 Sources [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guardian) Domain registration Its website address was registered 32 years ago - Its website address is locked against being transferred to someone else Domain age: 32 years Domain transfer lock enabled: Yes Sources [ICANN Lookup](https://lookup.icann.org/en/lookup?name=theguardian.com) Website details We read 4 of its pages: contact, about, terms and privacy - Company contact email is available HTTPS enabled: Yes Contact phone number found: [+44 20 3353 2000](tel:+442033532000) Contact page found: Yes Hosting company: Fastly, Inc. What its pages say In their own words: “Since 1821 the mission of the Guardian has been to use clarity and imagination to build hope. Guardian Media Group is a global news organisation that delivers fearless, investigative journalism - giving a voice to the powerless and holding power to account. Our independent ownership structure means we are entirely free from political and commercial influence.” Sources [Homepage](https://theguardian.com/) [Contact page](https://theguardian.com/help/contact-us) [About page](https://theguardian.com/about) [Terms page](https://theguardian.com/help/terms-of-service) [David walliams allegations high court case key legal issues](https://theguardian.com/media/2026/nov/10/david-walliams-allegations-high-court-case-key-legal-issues) [Privacy page](https://theguardian.com/info/privacy) Search engines and AI Lets in search engines; blocks 5 of 7 AI training tools and 3 of 5 AI answer tools Which search engines and AI tools its robots.txt file lets read the website. Search engines list it in results; AI training tools learn from it; AI answer tools read it to answer someone’s question. Search engines All allowed Google Search: Allowed by default Googlebot Bing: Allowed by default Bingbot AI training 5 of 7 blocked OpenAI: Allowed by default GPTBot Anthropic: Blocked by its robots.txt ClaudeBot Google AI: Allowed by default Google-Extended Apple AI: Blocked by its robots.txt Applebot-Extended Common Crawl: Blocked by its robots.txt CCBot Meta: Blocked by its robots.txt meta-externalagent ByteDance (TikTok): Blocked by its robots.txt Bytespider AI answers 3 of 5 blocked ChatGPT search: Allowed by default OAI-SearchBot ChatGPT: Allowed by default ChatGPT-User Claude search: Blocked by its robots.txt Claude-SearchBot Claude: Blocked by its robots.txt Claude-User Perplexity: Blocked by its robots.txt PerplexityBot User-agent: NewsNow User-agent: CCBot User-agent: TurnitinBot User-agent: PetalBot User-agent: MoodleBot User-agent: FacebookBot User-agent: Bytespider User-agent: Mojeek User-agent: JenkersBot User-agent: Seekr User-agent: YouBot User-agent: Arquivo-web-crawler User-agent: coccocbot-web User-agent: SeznamBot User-agent: PerplexityBot User-agent: yacy User-agent: anthropic-ai User-agent: ClaudeBot User-agent: Claude-SearchBot User-agent: Claude-User User-agent: AwarioRssBot User-agent: AwarioSmartBot User-agent: SentiOne User-agent: ImageSift User-agent: Applebot-Extended User-agent: YandexAdditional User-agent: YandexAdditionalBot User-agent: scalepostAI User-agent: Buck User-agent: meta-externalagent User-agent: Amazonbot User-agent: amazon-QBusiness User-agent: DuckAssistBot User-agent: Google-CloudVertexBot User-agent: Amzn-SearchBot User-agent: AhrefsBot User-agent: AhrefsSiteAudit Disallow: / Sources [robots.txt](https://theguardian.com/robots.txt) ### Reputation and track record Customer reviews, accreditations and complaints 255,347 reviews across 2 platforms, rated 2.4 to 4.8 out of 5 Platform · Rating · Reviews [Trustpilot](https://www.trustpilot.com/review/theguardian.com) · Unknown · Unknown [SmartCustomer](https://www.smartcustomer.com/reviews/theguardian.com) · 2.4 out of 5 stars · 29 Total · 4.8 out of 5 stars · 255,347 App Store Its app, The Guardian - UK & World News, is on Apple's App Store, rated 4.8 out of 5 from 255,318 ratings, counted in the reviews total. App: The Guardian - UK & World News App Store page: [https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/the-guardian-uk-world-news/id409128287](https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/the-guardian-uk-world-news/id409128287) App Store rating: 4.8 out of 5 App Store ratings: 255,318 Visitor traffic It is among the 5,000 most-visited sites on the internet (Cloudflare Radar) - Real people visited its website in 24 of the last 24 months - Real people have visited its website since February 2021 or earlier Monthly visitor data Popularity among Chrome users: top 1,000 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 5,000 sites Where its visitors are Share of people looking up theguardian.com, by country, over the last 2 days. - Over 50% - 5 to 50% - 1 to 5% - 0.2 to 1% - Under 0.2% - None seen - 1 United States 26.0% - 2 Singapore 25.2% - 3 United Kingdom 17.4% - 4 Australia 3.7% - 5 Germany 2.7% - 6 Canada 2.7% - 7 Netherlands 2.2% - 8 Sweden 1.7% - 9 France 1.6% - 10 India 1.4% Top 10 of 100 countries. Sources [Chrome UX Report](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/crux) [Cloudflare Radar](https://radar.cloudflare.com/domains/domain/theguardian.com) Web history and authority We have checked it 2 times since 11 November 2026 Social presence It is on 6 social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, X.com and YouTube); the largest audience is 9,546,604 followers on Facebook Found · Platform · Audience Found by Truth Signal · [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/theguardian) · 9,546,604 followers Found by Truth Signal · [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/guardian) · 7,000,000 followers Found by Truth Signal · [X.com](https://x.com/guardian) · Unknown Found by Truth Signal · [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/theguardian) · Unknown Found by Truth Signal · [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/user/TheGuardian) · 2,660,000 subscribers Found by Truth Signal · [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@guardian) · 933,900 followers · · 20,140,504 followers total YouTube channel: 7,681 videos, 2,660,000 subscribers, last upload 10 Nov 2026 YouTube Data 113,252 views a video, 114,852 views a day and a new video every 1.0 days [The Guardian](https://www.youtube.com/@theguardian) @theguardian Views per video 869,887,688 views ÷ 7,681 videos: 113,252 Views a day 869,887,688 views ÷ 7,574 days: 114,852 Views per subscriber 869,887,688 views ÷ 2,660,000 subscribers: 327 New subscribers a day 2,660,000 subscribers ÷ 7,574 days: 351 Subscribers per 1,000 views 2,660,000 subscribers ÷ 869,887,688 views × 1,000: 3.1 Subscribers per video 2,660,000 subscribers ÷ 7,681 videos: 346 Days between videos 7,574 days ÷ 7,681 videos: 1.0 Channel age 15 February 2006 to 11 November 2026: 20 years 8 months Subscribers: 2,660,000 Views: 869,887,688 Videos: 7,681 Started: 15 February 2006 Country: United Kingdom Language: Not stated Topics: Society, Politics Made for children: No Website in its description: [https://bit.ly/2Zyt72O](https://bit.ly/2Zyt72O) Trailer: Yes Sources [Its YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/@theguardian) [YouTube Terms of Service](https://www.youtube.com/t/terms) Read 11 November 2026 ### What data this site collects about you Tracking tools on its homepage Google Ads Named in its homepage's code when we read it. Others may load later, so this list may not be complete. Google Ads: Tracks what you do to show you Google adverts. Source [Its homepage](https://theguardian.com/) ### Safety Malware and phishing No malware or phishing warnings found for its website This 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 found Sources [Google Web Risk](https://docs.cloud.google.com/web-risk/docs/advisory) Data breach history No known data breach involving the company Known data breaches found: 0 Sources [Have I Been Pwned](https://haveibeenpwned.com/) Domain and email security Its email is protected: mail forged in its name is blocked Email MX records: Yes SPF record: Yes DKIM key: Yes DMARC record: Yes DMARC policy: reject Certificate Security certificate browsers warn about: No Certificate issuer: GlobalSign nv-sa Certificate type: DV Certificate expires: 5 Mar 2027 Hosting Nameservers: dns1.p04.nsone.net dns2.p04.nsone.net dns3.p04.nsone.net dns4.p04.nsone.net ns01.theguardiandns.com ns02.theguardiandns.com ns03.theguardiandns.com ns04.theguardiandns.com Address: 151.101.1.111 151.101.129.111 151.101.193.111 151.101.65.111 Sources [Its DNS records](https://dns.google/query?name=theguardian.com&rr_type=TXT) ### Proof of ownership What the business has done to prove it runs this website. Each proof adds points to its truth score, up to 5. A proof it has not added is never counted against it. DNS record Not added yet +3 possible What we check: A record the business adds in its domain's settings. Only someone who runs the website can add one. When we check: On every check. The points stay only while the record is there. Points: 0 of 3 added Source theguardian.com's DNS records Run theguardian.com? Add the record and 3 points are added to its truth score. [Prove you run this website](https://truthsignal.com/claim/theguardian.com) Email at its own domain Not added yet +1 possible What we check: That someone at the business has confirmed an email address at its own website's domain. When we check: When the address is confirmed. It counts from then on. Points: 0 of 1 added Source Truth Signal's own records Run theguardian.com? Confirm an email address at the domain and 1 point is added to its truth score. [Prove you run this website](https://truthsignal.com/claim/theguardian.com) Lets our checker read it Not added yet +1 possible What we check: That its robots.txt file names our checker, TruthSignal, and lets it read the whole website. When we check: On every check. The point stays only while the file allows it. Points: 0 of 1 added Source theguardian.com/robots.txt Run theguardian.com? Let our checker read the whole website and 1 point is added to its truth score. [Prove you run this website](https://truthsignal.com/claim/theguardian.com) Points added to its truth score 0 of 5 Is this your business? Get the code to show this score on your website Truth Signal truth score for theguardian.com The badge always shows your latest score and links to your full report. Something wrong on this report? [Dispute this page](https://truthsignal.com/contact?dispute=theguardian.com). Tell us which row or warning is wrong and why. A person checks it against its source and replies by email; the report stays as it is until then. ### Change over time - Truth score - Social Followers - Data points [Register / log in to view](https://truthsignal.com/login?to=/business/theguardian.com%23change) ## Past reports The report as it read each month, newest first: - 2026-11: truth score 93, High: https://truthsignal.com/business/theguardian.com/report/2026-11.md ## How the customers' Total rating is worked out Bayesian average: 7 reviews at 3.5 stars added, so a few reviews move it less. The 7 added reviews at 3.5 stars are the weighting Trustpilot publishes for its TrustScore. With this business's figures: (7 × 3.5 + 2.4 × 29 (SmartCustomer) + 4.8 × 255,318 (App Store)) ÷ (7 + 255,347) = 4.8, to one decimal place ## Cite Truth Signal, Latest news, sport and opinion from the Guardian: truth score 93 out of 100, legitimacy confidence High, assessed 2026-11-11, https://truthsignal.com/business/theguardian.com. 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