- [Home](https://truthsignal.com/) - [Business](https://truthsignal.com/business) - The Hindu # thehindu.com Markdown: [Snapshot](https://truthsignal.com/business/thehindu.com/snapshot.md) [Full report](https://truthsignal.com/business/thehindu.com/report.md) ## Website thehindu.com The Hindu: Latest News today from India and the World, Breaking news, Top Headlines and Trending News Videos. | The Hindu The Hindu Newspaper: Get latest News on Politics, Sports, Business, Arts, Entertainment and trending news Videos from The Hindu thehindu.com One of the first images collected of this website on 18 Oct 2000 Checked on 12 Nov 2026, 20:24 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 92 out of 100, High truth signals. Customer satisfaction: insufficient evidence 92 / 100 High truth signals Top 5% of businesses we’ve checked ## Business details Category: News and magazines Founded: 1878 Sells: Subscription or membership Sells to: The public Kind of seller: Information or media Licensed trade: No licence normally needed Domain age: 30 years Address: [Kasturi Building, Anna Salai, 859-860, Mount Road, Chennai](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Kasturi%20Building%2C%20Anna%20Salai%2C%20859-860%2C%20Mount%20Road%2C%20Chennai) Email address: customersupport@thehindu.co.in Phone number: [+91 44 2857 6300](tel:+91%2044%202857%206300) Contact page: [thehindu.com/contacts/](https://thehindu.com/contacts/) Website: [thehindu.com](https://thehindu.com/?utm_source=truthsignal.com&utm_medium=referral) Social media: Not found ## Customer reviews, accreditations and complaints Site Reviews Rating [SmartCustomer](https://www.smartcustomer.com/reviews/thehindu.com) · Read 12 November 2026 · 2 reviews · 2.5 out of 5 stars [App Store](https://apps.apple.com/in/app/the-hindu-india-world-news/id771672321) · Read 12 November 2026 · 33,662 ratings · 4.6 out of 5 stars Total 33,664 4.6 out of 5 stars Customer satisfaction Insufficient evidence · From 2 reviews on 1 independent review site App experience Mostly satisfied · High confidence · From 33,662 ratings on the App Store ## Summary Is thehindu.com legit and trustworthy? Truth score 92 out of 100, high truth signals: 6 public checks clear, 1 to be cautious about, 1 not found, 3 for information. Legitimacy confidence: high. App experience: mostly satisfied, high confidence. Customer satisfaction: insufficient evidence. We read 3 of its pages: contact, about and terms. Its website address was registered 30 years ago. No malware or phishing warnings found for its website. Be cautious: its 2 reviews on SmartCustomer average only 2.5 stars out of 5. We could not find social media profiles. ### Positives - We read 3 of its pages · contact, about and terms. - Its website address was registered 30 years ago. - No malware or phishing warnings found for its website. ### Be cautious - A low number of independent reviews (2 on [SmartCustomer](https://www.smartcustomer.com/reviews/thehindu.com) ), but it falls short with only 2.5 stars out of 5. ### Not found - Social presence information was not found from our checks. Our technical team has been informed. 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 The Hindu Newspaper: Get latest News on Politics, Sports, Business, Arts, Entertainment and trending news Videos from The Hindu — The Hindu, in their own words About them What makes them different: “The Hindu has a major presence online: it was the first Indian newspaper to start an Internet edition, in 1995.” Customer stories: [Reviews](https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/reviews/) Sources [Its homepage](https://www.thehindu.com/) [Its about page](https://www.thehindu.com/aboutus/) ### How to check if thehindu.com is legit To check if thehindu.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 thehindu.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 Based in India; founded in 1878 (Wikipedia) Country Where the company is based: India Why we believe that: the site's structured data states its country From Wikipedia Founded: 1878 Sources [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hindu) Domain registration Its website address was registered 30 years ago Domain age: 30 years Sources [ICANN Lookup](https://lookup.icann.org/en/lookup?name=thehindu.com) Website details We read 3 of its pages: contact, about and terms - Company contact email is available HTTPS enabled: Yes Contact phone number found: [+91 44 2857 6300](tel:+914428576300) Contact page found: Yes Hosting company: Cloudflare, Inc. What its pages say In their own words: “Account subscription benefits alongside Premium Stories, Editorials, Opinions and more. The View From India Looking at World Affairs from the Indian perspective. First Day First Show News and reviews from the world of cinema and streaming.” Sources [Homepage](https://thehindu.com/) [Contact page](https://thehindu.com/contacts/) [About page](https://thehindu.com/aboutus/) [All you need to know about](https://thehindu.com/topic/all-you-need-to-know-about/) [Terms page](https://thehindu.com/readers-editor-terms/) 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: Blocked by its robots.txt GPTBot Anthropic: Blocked by its robots.txt ClaudeBot Google AI: Allowed by default Google-Extended Apple AI: Allowed by default 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: Blocked by its robots.txt OAI-SearchBot ChatGPT: Blocked by its robots.txt ChatGPT-User Claude search: Allowed by default Claude-SearchBot Claude: Allowed by default Claude-User Perplexity: Blocked by its robots.txt PerplexityBot User-agent: GPTBot User-agent: ChatGPT-User User-agent: OAI-SearchBot User-agent: PerplexityBot User-agent: Amazonbot User-agent: Bytespider User-agent: ClaudeBot User-agent: Claude-Web User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent User-agent: FacebookBot User-agent: CCBot User-agent: Anthropic-ai User-agent: YouBot Disallow: / Sources [robots.txt](https://thehindu.com/robots.txt) ### Reputation and track record Customer reviews, accreditations and complaints 33,664 reviews across 2 platforms, rated 2.5 to 4.6 out of 5 Platform · Rating · Reviews [SmartCustomer](https://www.smartcustomer.com/reviews/thehindu.com) · 2.5 out of 5 stars · 2 Total · 4.6 out of 5 stars · 33,664 App Store Its app, The Hindu : India & World News, is on Apple's App Store, rated 4.6 out of 5 from 33,662 ratings, counted in the reviews total. App: The Hindu : India & World News App Store page: [https://apps.apple.com/in/app/the-hindu-india-world-news/id771672321](https://apps.apple.com/in/app/the-hindu-india-world-news/id771672321) App Store rating: 4.6 out of 5 App Store ratings: 33,662 Visitor traffic Real 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 5,000 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 Where its visitors are Share of people looking up thehindu.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 India 31.8% - 2 United States 25.1% - 3 Singapore 10.4% - 4 Brazil 3.2% - 5 Germany 2.8% - 6 Finland 2.7% - 7 Netherlands 2.4% - 8 France 2.2% - 9 Hong Kong 1.5% - 10 Canada 1.4% Top 10 of 57 countries. Sources [Chrome UX Report](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/crux) [Cloudflare Radar](https://radar.cloudflare.com/domains/domain/thehindu.com) Web history and authority The Internet Archive first saved a copy of its website 26 years ago Website archive history: 26 years Sources [First archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20000815/thehindu.com) Social presence We could not check how big its social media following is: the check ran out of time. ### What data this site collects about you Its privacy policy is on another website thehindugroup.com Its homepage links its privacy policy on another website, so we did not read it. Source [Its privacy policy](https://www.thehindugroup.com/privacy.html) Tracking tools on its homepage Google 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. Source [Its homepage](https://thehindu.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 not protected: anyone could send mail pretending to be it Email MX records: Yes SPF record: Yes Certificate Security certificate browsers warn about: No Certificate issuer: Google Trust Services Certificate type: DV Certificate expires: 28 Jan 2027 Hosting Nameservers: damon.ns.cloudflare.com serena.ns.cloudflare.com Address: 104.18.8.4 104.18.9.4 Sources [Its DNS records](https://dns.google/query?name=thehindu.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 thehindu.com's DNS records Run thehindu.com? Add the record and 3 points are added to its truth score. [Prove you run this website](https://truthsignal.com/claim/thehindu.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 thehindu.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/thehindu.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 thehindu.com/robots.txt Run thehindu.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/thehindu.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 thehindu.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=thehindu.com). Tell us which row or warning is wrong and why. 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With this business's figures: (7 × 3.5 + 2.5 × 2 (SmartCustomer) + 4.6 × 33,662 (App Store)) ÷ (7 + 33,664) = 4.6, to one decimal place ## Cite Truth Signal, The Hindu: truth score 92 out of 100, legitimacy confidence High, assessed 2026-11-12, https://truthsignal.com/business/thehindu.com. Licence Truth Signal terms: free to read and quote with a link back; bulk copying, data sets, resale, white-label and model training need the paid API plan (https://truthsignal.com/terms). The same report as JSON: https://truthsignal.com/business/thehindu.com.json