- [Home](https://truthsignal.com/) - [Business](https://truthsignal.com/business) - The Onion # theonion.com Markdown: [Snapshot](https://truthsignal.com/business/theonion.com/snapshot.md) [Full report](https://truthsignal.com/business/theonion.com/report.md) ## Website theonion.com Home - The Onion The Onion brings you all of the latest news, stories, photos, videos and more from America's finest news source. theonion.com One of the first images collected of this website on 19 Dec 1996 youtube.com [Adult Diaper Model Clarifies He Does Not Use Adult Diapers](https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/a6bNEcmouGc) Adult Diaper Model Clarifies He Does Not Use Adult Diapers The latest video on its YouTube channel Checked on 12 Nov 2026, 22:04 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 80 out of 100, High truth signals. Customer satisfaction: mixed 80 / 100 High truth signals ## Business details Category: News and magazines Founded: 1988 Sells: Subscription or membership Sells to: The public Kind of seller: Information or media Licensed trade: No licence normally needed Domain age: 31 years Address: [730 N. Franklin Street, Suite 700, Chicago, IL 60654](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=730%20N.%20Franklin%20Street%2C%20Suite%20700%2C%20Chicago%2C%20IL%2060654) Email address: membership@theonion.com Phone number: [+1 916-445-1254](tel:+1%20916-445-1254) Contact page: Not found Website: [theonion.com](https://theonion.com/?utm_source=truthsignal.com&utm_medium=referral) Social media: [Facebook](https://facebook.com/theonion) [Instagram](https://instagram.com/theonion) [X.com](https://twitter.com/theonion) [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@theonion) ## Customer reviews, accreditations and complaints Site Reviews Rating [SmartCustomer](https://www.smartcustomer.com/reviews/theonion.com) · Read 12 November 2026 · 29 reviews · 3.9 out of 5 stars Total 29 3.8 out of 5 stars Trustpilot reviews are not included in this assessment. This business also has a [Trustpilot page](https://www.trustpilot.com/review/theonion.com), which may contain additional customer reviews. We recommend checking these alongside the reviews shown here. Customer satisfaction Mixed · Low confidence · From 29 reviews on 1 independent review site App experience Insufficient evidence · No app ratings found ## Summary Is theonion.com legit and trustworthy? Truth score 80 out of 100, high truth signals: 8 public checks clear, 2 for information. Legitimacy confidence: high. App experience: insufficient evidence. Customer satisfaction: mixed, low confidence. We read 3 of its pages: about, terms and privacy. Its website address was registered 31 years ago, and is locked against transfer to someone else. No malware or phishing warnings found for its website. ### Positives - We read 3 of its pages · about, terms and privacy. - Its website address was registered 31 years ago. - No malware or phishing warnings found for its website. 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 Onion brings you all of the latest news, stories, photos, videos and more from America's finest news source. — The Onion, in their own words About them What makes them different: “The First Amendment protects satire as a form of free speech and expression.” Sources [Its homepage](https://theonion.com/) [Its about page](https://theonion.com/about-us/) ### Latest YouTube video [Adult Diaper Model Clarifies He Does Not Use Adult Diapers](https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/a6bNEcmouGc) Correct as of 12 Nov 2026, 22:04 ### How to check if theonion.com is legit To check if theonion.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 theonion.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 the US; serves the US; founded in 1988 (Wikipedia) Country Where the company is based: US Why we believe that: the site's structured data states its country, its phone number starts +1, its postcode is a US zip code Which countries the company serves: US Why we believe that: $ prices on its homepage From Wikipedia Type (Wikipedia): corporation Industry: publishing Founded: 1988 Sources [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Onion) Domain registration Its website address was registered 31 years ago - Its website address is locked against being transferred to someone else Domain age: 31 years Domain transfer lock enabled: Yes Sources [ICANN Lookup](https://lookup.icann.org/en/lookup?name=theonion.com) Website details We read 3 of its pages: about, terms and privacy - Company contact email is available HTTPS enabled: Yes Contact phone number found: [+1 916-445-1254](tel:+19164451254) Contact page linked: Yes Hosting company: Automattic, Inc What its pages say In their own words: “The Onion is the world’s leading news publication, offering highly acclaimed, universally revered coverage of breaking national, international, and local news events. Rising from its humble beginnings as a print newspaper in 1756, The Onion now enjoys a daily readership of 4.3 trillion and has grown into the single most powerful and influential organization in human history. On top of its journalistic pursuits, The Onion also owns and operates the majority of the world’s transoceanic shipping lanes, stands on the nation’s leading edge on matters of deforestation and strip mining, and proudly conducts tests on millions of animals daily.” Sources [Homepage](https://theonion.com/) [About page](https://theonion.com/about-us/) [Terms page](https://theonion.com/terms-of-use/) [Privacy page](https://theonion.com/privacy-policy-archive/) [Privacy policy](https://theonion.com/privacy-policy/) Search engines and AI Lets in search engines; blocks AI training 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 All blocked OpenAI: Blocked by its robots.txt GPTBot Anthropic: Blocked by its robots.txt ClaudeBot Google AI: Blocked by its robots.txt 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: 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: Applebot-Extended Disallow: / User-agent: Bytespider Disallow: / User-agent: CCBot Disallow: / User-agent: ChatGPT-User Disallow: / User-agent: ClaudeBot Disallow: / User-agent: Google-Extended Disallow: / User-agent: GPTBot Disallow: / User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent User-agent: meta-externalagent Disallow: / User-agent: OAI-SearchBot Disallow: / User-agent: PerplexityBot Disallow: / User-agent: CCBot Disallow: / User-agent: Google-Extended Disallow: / User-agent: GPTBot Disallow: / Sources [robots.txt](https://theonion.com/robots.txt) ### Reputation and track record Customer reviews, accreditations and complaints Rated 3.9 stars out of 5 from 29 reviews on [SmartCustomer](https://www.smartcustomer.com/reviews/theonion.com) Platform · Rating · Reviews [Trustpilot](https://www.trustpilot.com/review/theonion.com) · Unknown · Unknown [SmartCustomer](https://www.smartcustomer.com/reviews/theonion.com) · 3.9 out of 5 stars · 29 Total · 3.8 out of 5 stars · 29 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 100,000 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 100,000 sites Where its visitors are Share of people looking up theonion.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 30.7% - 2 Netherlands 25.3% - 3 France 12.7% - 4 Kazakhstan 7.3% - 5 Bulgaria 6.7% - 6 Singapore 5.3% - 7 Finland 2.0% - 8 Australia 1.3% - 9 United Kingdom 1.3% - 10 Austria 0.7% Top 10 of 20 countries. Sources [Chrome UX Report](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/crux) [Cloudflare Radar](https://radar.cloudflare.com/domains/domain/theonion.com) Web history and authority The Internet Archive first saved a copy of its website 29 years ago Website archive history: 29 years Sources [First archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/19961219/theonion.com) Social presence It is on 5 social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X.com and YouTube); the largest audience is 5,000,000 followers on Instagram Found · Platform · Audience Found by Truth Signal · [Facebook](https://facebook.com/theonion) · Unknown Found by Truth Signal · [Instagram](https://instagram.com/theonion) · 5,000,000 followers Found by Truth Signal · [X.com](https://twitter.com/theonion) · Unknown Not found · LinkedIn Found by Truth Signal · [YouTube](http://youtube.com/theonion) · 3,310,000 subscribers Found by Truth Signal · [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@theonion) · 1,800,000 followers · · 10,110,000 followers total YouTube channel: 2,677 videos, 3,310,000 subscribers, last upload 12 Nov 2026 YouTube Data 558,951 views a video, 198,239 views a day and a new video every 2.8 days [The Onion](https://www.youtube.com/@theonion) @theonion Views per video 1,496,310,803 views ÷ 2,677 videos: 558,951 Views a day 1,496,310,803 views ÷ 7,548 days: 198,239 Views per subscriber 1,496,310,803 views ÷ 3,310,000 subscribers: 452 New subscribers a day 3,310,000 subscribers ÷ 7,548 days: 439 Subscribers per 1,000 views 3,310,000 subscribers ÷ 1,496,310,803 views × 1,000: 2.2 Subscribers per video 3,310,000 subscribers ÷ 2,677 videos: 1,236 Days between videos 7,548 days ÷ 2,677 videos: 2.8 Channel age 14 March 2006 to 12 November 2026: 20 years 7 months Subscribers: 3,310,000 Views: 1,496,310,803 Videos: 2,677 Started: 14 March 2006 Country: United States Language: Not stated Topics: Politics, Society Made for children: No Website in its description: Not stated Trailer: Yes Sources [Its YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/@theonion) [YouTube Terms of Service](https://www.youtube.com/t/terms) Read 12 November 2026 ### What data this site collects about you What its privacy policy says We found this business stores and uses your data Collects where you are.: “We may also collect precise geolocation information to better tailor content and ads.” Source [Its privacy policy](https://theonion.com/privacy-policy-archive/) Tracking tools on its homepage Google Tag Manager Named in its homepage's code when we read it. Others may load later, so this list may not be complete. Google Tag Manager: Loads other tracking tools, which may not be listed here. Source [Its homepage](https://theonion.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 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: Let's Encrypt Certificate type: DV Certificate expires: 28 Jan 2027 Hosting Nameservers: ha1.markmonitor.zone ha2.markmonitor.zone ha3.markmonitor.zone ha4.markmonitor.zone Address: 192.0.66.48 Sources [Its DNS records](https://dns.google/query?name=theonion.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 theonion.com's DNS records Run theonion.com? Add the record and 3 points are added to its truth score. [Prove you run this website](https://truthsignal.com/claim/theonion.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 theonion.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/theonion.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 theonion.com/robots.txt Run theonion.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/theonion.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 theonion.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=theonion.com). Tell us which row or warning is wrong and why. 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With this business's figures: (7 × 3.5 + 3.9 × 29 (SmartCustomer)) ÷ (7 + 29) = 3.8, to one decimal place ## Cite Truth Signal, The Onion: truth score 80 out of 100, legitimacy confidence High, assessed 2026-11-12, https://truthsignal.com/business/theonion.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/theonion.com.json