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Domain Summary

What is the traffic rank for Cnet.com?

• Cnet.com ranks #11,586 globally on HypeStat.

What percent of global Internet users visit Cnet.com?

0.0152621% of global Internet users visit Cnet.com

How many people visit Cnet.com each day?

• Cnet.com receives approximately 752.4K visitors and 1,456,011 page impressions per day.

Which countries does Cnet.com receive most of its visitors from?

• Cnet.com is mostly visited by people located in United States,Japan,Canada.

How much Cnet.com can earn?

• Cnet.com should earn about $6,090.27/day from advertising revenue.

What is Cnet.com estimated value?

• Estimated value of Cnet.com is $6,919,660.27.

What IP addresses does Cnet.com resolve to?

• Cnet.com resolves to the IP addresses 199.232.198.154.

Where are Cnet.com servers located in?

• Cnet.com has servers located in Kansas City, Missouri, 64184, United States.

cnet.com Profile

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Category:Computers Electronics and Technology / Other Computers Electronics and Technology
About: Reviews, news, and prices on tech products, as well as free downloads and newsletters.
CNET is the world's leader in tech product reviews, news, prices, videos, forums, how-tos and more. Edit Site Info

What technologies does cnet.com use?

These are the technologies used at cnet.com. cnet.com has a total of 7 technologies installed in 8 different categories.

cnet.com Traffic Analysis

Cnet.com is ranked #11,586 in the world. This website is viewed by an estimated 752.4K visitors daily, generating a total of 1.5M pageviews. This equates to about 22.8M monthly visitors. Cnet.com traffic has decreased by 0.16% compared to last month.
Daily Visitors752.4K
4.47%
Monthly Visits22.8M
0.16%
Pages per Visit1.94
8.68%
Visit duration01:03
4.71%
Bounce Rate58.24%
2.61%
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Daily Unique Visitors:
752,409
Monthly Visits:
22,797,993
Pages per Visit:
1.94
Daily Pageviews:
1,456,011
Avg. visit duration:
01:03
Bounce rate:
58.24%
Global Reach:
0.0152621%
Monthly Visits (SEMrush):
28,231,277
Monthly Unique Visitors (SEMrush):
19,712,182
Monthly Visits (SimilarWeb):
22,348,785
HypeRank:
11,586
SEMrush Rank:
298
SimilarWeb Rank:
3,019
*All traffic values are estimates only.

Traffic sources

Direct:
45.60%
Referral:
10.38%
Search:
42.04%
Social:
1.70%
Paid:
0.27%

Desktop vs Mobile

Desktop:
31.43%
Mobile:
68.57%

Total Visits Last 3 Months

25.1M
OCT
22.8M
NOV
22.8M
DEC

Visitors by country

Country
Users%
 
United States 58.97%
 
Japan 6.81%
 
Canada 3.49%
 
India 3.16%
 
United Kingdom 2.69%

Where do visitors go on cnet.com?

 
Reach%Pageviews%PerUser
cnet.com
66.69%62.20%1.47
download.cnet.com
25.33%24.59%1.5
coupons.cnet.com
5.44%9.88%2.9
japan.cnet.com
3.11%3.13%1.6
email.cnet.com
0.17%0.11%1

 

SEMrush is a complete on line advertising and marketing platform that gives a extensive variety of gear and functions to help companies and entrepreneurs in enhancing their on line visibility and optimizing their virtual advertising and marketing strategies.
SemRushSemRush
Domain:
  cnet.com
Rank:
(Rank based on keywords, cost and organic traffic)
  298
Organic Keywords:
(Number of keywords in top 20 Google SERP)
  6,523,020
Organic Traffic:
(Number of visitors coming from top 20 search results)
  9,197,604
Organic Cost:
((How much need to spend if get same number of visitors from Google Adwords)
  $9,835,722.00

Which sites are competitors to cnet.com?

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Search Engine Indexes

Search engine indexes are huge databases or collections of net pages that search engines like google like google and yahoo use to retrieve applicable facts while customers carry out searches. These indexes are created through search engines like google and yahoo through crawling and indexing net pages from throughout the internet.
Google Index:
3,060,000
Bing Index:
4,430,000
Baidu Index:
86,100

Revenue report

Google.com would generate approximately $6.1K per day if the source of income were advertisements, which equates to an estimated monthly revenue of $182.7K and annual gross revenue of approximately $2.2M. Based on these figures, the site's net worth is estimated at around $6.9M.

How much would cnet.com make?

Daily Revenue:
$6,090.27
Monthly Revenue:
$182,708.10
Yearly Revenue:
$2,222,948.55
*All earnings values are estimates only.

Daily earning by country

 
CountryPageviewsEarning
 
United States 858,639$4,147.23
 
Canada 50,867$307.24
 
United Kingdom 39,154$104.93
 
Japan 99,089$35.67
 
India 46,082$17.51

Loss of money due to Adblock?

Daily Revenue Loss:
$846.07
Monthly Revenue Loss:
$25,382.18
Yearly Revenue Loss:
$308,816.55
Daily Pageviews Blocked:
189,412
Monthly Pageviews Blocked:
5,682,366
Yearly Pageviews Blocked:
69,135,456

Daily revenue loss by country

 
CountryBlockedLost Money
 
United States 154,555$746.50
 
Canada 12,717$76.81
 
United Kingdom 6,265$16.79
 
India 12,903$4.90
 
Japan 2,973$1.07

How much is cnet.com worth?

Website Value:
$6.9M

Ad Experience Report

Summary of the ad experience rating of a website for a specific platform.

Mobile summary

Root domain:
cnet.com
Last Change Time:
(The last time that the site changed status.)
2026-01-06 18:12:02
Ad filtering:
(Chrome is not filtering ads on your site.)
Off
Status:
(The status of the site that is reviewed for the Better Ads Standards.)
Passing

Desktop summary

Root domain:
cnet.com
Last Change Time:
(The last time that the site changed status.)
2026-01-06 18:12:02
Ad filtering:
(Chrome is not filtering ads on your site.)
Off
Status:
(The status of the site that is reviewed for the Better Ads Standards.)
Passing

Abusive Experience Report

Summary of the abusive experience rating of a website.
Root domain:
cnet.com
Last Change Time:
(The last time that the site changed status.)
2026-01-06 18:12:02
Enforcement:
(Chrome is not preventing your site from opening new windows or tabs.)
Off
Status:
(The status of the site reviewed for the abusive experiences.)
Passing

Where is cnet.com hosted?

Cnet.com may be hosted in multiple data centers distributed in different locations around the world. This is probably just one of them.
Server IP:
199.232.198.154
ASN:
AS54113 
ISP:
Fastly 
Server Location:
Kansas City
Missouri, MO
64184
United States, US
 

Other sites hosted on 199.232.198.154

How fast does cnet.com load?

The average loading time of cnet.com is 216 ms. The Desktop speed index is 51 and mobile speed index is 22.
Average Load Time:
216 ms

Page Speed (Google PageSpeed Insights) - Desktop

51
0-49 50-89 90-100 i

Field Data

Over the last 30 days, the field data shows that this page has a FAST speed compared to other pages in the Chrome User Experience Report.We are showing the 90th percentile of FCP and the 95th percentile of FID.

Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS)1ms Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 86% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 10% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 2%
Time To First Byte (TTFB)454ms Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 87% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 9% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 3%
First Contentful Paint (FCP)829ms Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 93% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 4% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 2%
First Input Delay (FID)4ms Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 95% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 2% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 1%
Interaction To Next Paint (INP)62ms Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 93% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 3% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 2%
Largest Contentful Paint (LCP)1.4s Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 86% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 6% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 7%

Origin Data

All pages served from this origin have an FAST speed compared to other pages in the Chrome User Experience Report. over the last 30 days.To view suggestions tailored to each page, analyze individual page URLs.

Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS)1ms Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 92% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 4% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 3%
Time To First Byte (TTFB)747ms Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 77% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 15% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 7%
First Contentful Paint (FCP)1.2s Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 86% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 8% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 4%
First Input Delay (FID)4ms Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 94% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 2% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 2%
Interaction To Next Paint (INP)85ms Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 87% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 7% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 4%
Largest Contentful Paint (LCP)1.7s Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 87% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 7% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 5%

Lab Data

Lazy load third-party resources with facades  
Some third-party embeds can be lazy loaded. Consider replacing them with a facade until they are required. Learn how to defer third-parties with a facade
First Contentful Paint 1.5 s
First Contentful Paint marks the time at which the first text or image is painted. Learn more about the First Contentful Paint metric
Time to Interactive 11.1 s
Time to Interactive is the amount of time it takes for the page to become fully interactive. Learn more about the Time to Interactive metric
Has a `<meta name="viewport">` tag with `width` or `initial-scale`  
A `<meta name="viewport">` not only optimizes your app for mobile screen sizes, but also prevents . a 300 millisecond delay to user input Learn more about using the viewport meta tag
Timing budget  
Set a timing budget to help you keep an eye on the performance of your site. Performant sites load fast and respond to user input events quickly. Learn more about performance budgets
Performance budget  
Keep the quantity and size of network requests under the targets set by the provided performance budget. Learn more about performance budgets
Speed Index 4.3 s
Speed Index shows how quickly the contents of a page are visibly populated. Learn more about the Speed Index metric
First Meaningful Paint 1.5 s
First Meaningful Paint measures when the primary content of a page is visible. Learn more about the First Meaningful Paint metric
Total Blocking Time 1,830 ms
Sum of all time periods between FCP and Time to Interactive, when task length exceeded 50ms, expressed in milliseconds. Learn more about the Total Blocking Time metric
Largest Contentful Paint 1.5 s
Largest Contentful Paint marks the time at which the largest text or image is painted. Learn more about the Largest Contentful Paint metric

Page Speed (Google PageSpeed Insights) - Mobile

22
0-49 50-89 90-100 i

Field Data

Over the last 30 days, the field data shows that this page has a FAST speed compared to other pages in the Chrome User Experience Report.We are showing the 90th percentile of FCP and the 95th percentile of FID.

Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS)2ms Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 98% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 0% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 1%
Time To First Byte (TTFB)555ms Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 81% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 12% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 5%
First Contentful Paint (FCP)1.2s Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 86% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 7% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 5%
First Input Delay (FID)26ms Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 87% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 6% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 6%
Interactive To Next Paint (INP)187ms Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 76% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 13% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 9%
Largest Contentful Paint (LCP)1.7s Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 83% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 6% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 10%

Origin Data

All pages served from this origin have an SLOW speed compared to other pages in the Chrome User Experience Report. over the last 30 days.To view suggestions tailored to each page, analyze individual page URLs.

Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS)2ms Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 85% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 7% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 6%
Time To First Byte (TTFB)883ms Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 71% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 20% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 7%
First Contentful Paint (FCP)1.6s Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 80% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 12% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 7%
First Input Delay (FID)22ms Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 86% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 6% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 6%
Interactive To Next Paint (INP)580ms Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 51% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 20% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 28%
Largest Contentful Paint (LCP)1.9s Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 87% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 7% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 4%

Lab Data

Timing budget  
Set a timing budget to help you keep an eye on the performance of your site. Performant sites load fast and respond to user input events quickly. Learn more about performance budgets
Has a `<meta name="viewport">` tag with `width` or `initial-scale`  
A `<meta name="viewport">` not only optimizes your app for mobile screen sizes, but also prevents . a 300 millisecond delay to user input Learn more about using the viewport meta tag
Total Blocking Time 13,490 ms
Sum of all time periods between FCP and Time to Interactive, when task length exceeded 50ms, expressed in milliseconds. Learn more about the Total Blocking Time metric
Lazy load third-party resources with facades  
Some third-party embeds can be lazy loaded. Consider replacing them with a facade until they are required. Learn how to defer third-parties with a facade
Performance budget  
Keep the quantity and size of network requests under the targets set by the provided performance budget. Learn more about performance budgets
First Meaningful Paint 7.5 s
First Meaningful Paint measures when the primary content of a page is visible. Learn more about the First Meaningful Paint metric
First Contentful Paint 7.5 s
First Contentful Paint marks the time at which the first text or image is painted. Learn more about the First Contentful Paint metric
Speed Index 26.3 s
Speed Index shows how quickly the contents of a page are visibly populated. Learn more about the Speed Index metric
Largest Contentful Paint 7.8 s
Largest Contentful Paint marks the time at which the largest text or image is painted. Learn more about the Largest Contentful Paint metric
Time to Interactive 52.7 s
Time to Interactive is the amount of time it takes for the page to become fully interactive. Learn more about the Time to Interactive metric

Does cnet.com use compression?

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cnet.com use gzip compression.
Original size: 2.08 MB
Compressed size: 432.84 KB
File reduced by: 1.66 MB (79%)

Google Safe Browsing

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This site is not currently listed as suspicious

MyWot.com Reputation Ratings

MyWOT (short for "My Web of Trust") is a web-based reputation and rating service that provides users with information about the trustworthiness and safety of websites. cnet.com has 92 Safety Reputations.
Status:
  SAFE
Safety Reputations:
  92
Safety Confidence:
  59
Child Safety Reputations:
  93
Child Safety Confidence:
  60

SSL Checker - SSL Certificate Verify

An SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) certificate is a digital certificate that establishes a secure encrypted connection between a web server and a user's web browser. It provides authentication and encryption, ensuring that data transmitted between the server and the browser remains private and protected. cnet.com supports HTTPS.
 cnet.com supports HTTPS
     
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Common Name: *.cnet.com
Organization:
Location:
Issuer: R13
Valid from: Dec 10 02:18:05 2025 GMT
Valid until: Mar 10 02:18:04 2026 GMT
Authority: CA:FALSE
Keysize: 2048 Bits
Common Name: R13
Organization: Let's Encrypt
Location: US
Issuer: ISRG Root X1
Valid from: Mar 13 00:00:00 2024 GMT
Valid until: Mar 12 23:59:59 2027 GMT
Authority: CA:TRUE
Keysize: 2048 Bits

Verify HTTP/2 Support

HTTP/2 (Hypertext Transfer Protocol version 2) is a major revision of the HTTP protocol, which is the foundation of data communication on the World Wide Web. It was developed as an improvement over the previous HTTP/1.1 version to enhance web performance and efficiency.
 cnet.com supports HTTP/2
     
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Http Header

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retry-after: 0
location: https://www.cnet.com/
date: Fri, 30 Jan 2026 11:06:04 GMT
vary: Accept-Encoding, User-Agent
strict-transport-security: max-age=63072000; includeSubDomains; preload
accept-ranges: bytes
content-length: 0

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last-modified: Fri, 30 Jan 2026 11:04:56 GMT
content-encoding: gzip
date: Fri, 30 Jan 2026 11:06:04 GMT
age: 71
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cache-control: max-age=300, private
strict-transport-security: max-age=63072000; includeSubDomains; preload
accept-ranges: bytes
content-length: 443224

DNS Lookup

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Type Ip Target/Txt TTL
A 199.232.198.154 74
A 199.232.194.154 74

Whois Lookup

Domain WHOIS is a public database that provides information about domain names, including registered owners, contact information, domain registrars, registration and expiration dates, name servers, and other relevant information. Domain registration for this website began on March 5, 1994 and will expire on March 6, 2026 if not renewed. This website is now assigned through the registrar CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.. The WHOIS data for this website's domain was last updated on September 26, 2024.
Domain Created:
1994-03-05
Domain Expires:
2026-03-06
Domain Updated:
2024-09-26
Domain Age:
31 years 11 months 1 days
Domain Registrar:
CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.
Domain Owner:
Ziff Davis LLC
WhoIs:
 

   Domain Name: CNET.COM
   Registry Domain ID: 1887422_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
   Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.corporatedomains.com
   Registrar URL: http://cscdbs.com
   Updated Date: 2024-09-26T14:16:27Z
   Creation Date: 1994-03-05T05:00:00Z
   Registry Expiry Date: 2026-03-06T05:00:00Z
   Registrar: CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.
   Registrar IANA ID: 299
   Registrar Abuse Contact Email: email
   Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: 8887802723
   Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited
   Name Server: NS-CLOUD-A1.GOOGLEDOMAINS.COM
   Name Server: NS-CLOUD-A2.GOOGLEDOMAINS.COM
   Name Server: NS-CLOUD-A3.GOOGLEDOMAINS.COM
   Name Server: NS-CLOUD-A4.GOOGLEDOMAINS.COM
   DNSSEC: unsigned
   URL of the ICANN Whois Inaccuracy Complaint Form: https://www.icann.org/wicf/
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