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The Root

Domain Summary

What is the traffic rank for Theroot.com?

• Theroot.com ranks #109,655 globally on HypeStat.

What percent of global Internet users visit Theroot.com?

0.000909% of global Internet users visit Theroot.com

How many people visit Theroot.com each day?

• Theroot.com receives approximately 44.8K visitors and 134,916 page impressions per day.

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

• Theroot.com is mostly visited by people located in United States,United Kingdom,Canada.

How much Theroot.com can earn?

• Theroot.com should earn about $626.74/day from advertising revenue.

What is Theroot.com estimated value?

• Estimated value of Theroot.com is $716,211.42.

What IP addresses does Theroot.com resolve to?

• Theroot.com resolves to the IP addresses 172.66.166.130.

Where are Theroot.com servers located in?

• Theroot.com has servers located in San Francisco, California, 94107, United States.

theroot.com Profile

Title:The Root Description:Black News and Black Views with a Whole Lotta Attitude
Tags:
Category:News and Media / News and Media
About: Daily online news site that provides commentary on today's news from a variety of African America perspectives
Black news, opinions, politics and culture Edit Site Info

What technologies does theroot.com use?

These are the technologies used at theroot.com. theroot.com has a total of 14 technologies installed in 12 different categories.

theroot.com Traffic Analysis

Theroot.com is ranked #109,655 in the world. This website is viewed by an estimated 44.8K visitors daily, generating a total of 134.9K pageviews. This equates to about 1.4M monthly visitors. Theroot.com traffic has decreased by 27.92% compared to last month.
Daily Visitors44.8K
22.09%
Monthly Visits1.4M
27.92%
Pages per Visit3.01
44.31%
Visit duration01:27
44.64%
Bounce Rate48.55%
1.4%
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Daily Unique Visitors:
44,814
Monthly Visits:
1,357,864
Pages per Visit:
3.01
Daily Pageviews:
134,916
Avg. visit duration:
01:27
Bounce rate:
48.55%
Global Reach:
0.000909%
Monthly Visits (SEMrush):
1,790,149
Monthly Unique Visitors (SEMrush):
1,131,173
Monthly Visits (SimilarWeb):
1,331,109
HypeRank:
109,655
SEMrush Rank:
11,010
SimilarWeb Rank:
40,843
*All traffic values are estimates only.

Traffic sources

Direct:
59.85%
Referral:
6.26%
Search:
28.82%
Social:
4.88%
Paid:
0.19%

Desktop vs Mobile

Desktop:
21.18%
Mobile:
78.82%

Total Visits Last 3 Months

2.4M
JUN
1.9M
JUL
1.4M
AUG

Visitors by country

Country
Users%
 
United States 82.31%
 
United Kingdom 2.08%
 
Canada 1.32%
 
France 1.00%
 
Senegal 0.65%

Where do visitors go on theroot.com?

 
Reach%Pageviews%PerUser
theroot.com
99.14%99.55%1.9
OTHER
0%0.45%0

 

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SemRushSemRush
Domain:
  theroot.com
Rank:
(Rank based on keywords, cost and organic traffic)
  11,010
Organic Keywords:
(Number of keywords in top 20 Google SERP)
  234,563
Organic Traffic:
(Number of visitors coming from top 20 search results)
  227,151
Organic Cost:
((How much need to spend if get same number of visitors from Google Adwords)
  $39,768.00

Which sites are competitors to theroot.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:
75,000
Bing Index:
84,000
Baidu Index:
267

Revenue report

Google.com would generate approximately $626.7 per day if the source of income were advertisements, which equates to an estimated monthly revenue of $18.8K and annual gross revenue of approximately $228.8K. Based on these figures, the site's net worth is estimated at around $716.2K.

How much would theroot.com make?

Daily Revenue:
$626.74
Monthly Revenue:
$18,802.20
Yearly Revenue:
$228,760.10
*All earnings values are estimates only.

Daily earning by country

 
CountryPageviewsEarning
 
United States 111,051$536.38
 
Canada 1,783$10.77
 
United Kingdom 2,803$7.51
 
Senegal 879$1.73
 
France 1,348$0.78

Loss of money due to Adblock?

Daily Revenue Loss:
$100.56
Monthly Revenue Loss:
$3,016.88
Yearly Revenue Loss:
$36,705.41
Daily Pageviews Blocked:
21,049
Monthly Pageviews Blocked:
631,482
Yearly Pageviews Blocked:
7,683,027

Daily revenue loss by country

 
CountryBlockedLost Money
 
United States 19,989$96.55
 
Canada 446$2.69
 
United Kingdom 449$1.20
 
France 148$0.09
 
Senegal 18$0.03

How much is theroot.com worth?

Website Value:
$716.2K

Ad Experience Report

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

Mobile summary

Root domain:
theroot.com
Last Change Time:
(The last time that the site changed status.)
2018-09-25 05:45:50
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:
theroot.com
Last Change Time:
(The last time that the site changed status.)
2018-09-13 10:27:29
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:
theroot.com
Last Change Time:
(The last time that the site changed status.)
2018-09-25 05:45:50
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 theroot.com hosted?

Theroot.com may be hosted in multiple data centers distributed in different locations around the world. This is probably just one of them.
Server IP:
172.66.166.130
ASN:
AS13335 
ISP:
Cloudflare Inc 
Server Location:
San Francisco
California, CA
94107
United States, US
 

Other sites hosted on 172.66.166.130

There are no other sites hosted on this IP

How fast does theroot.com load?

The average loading time of theroot.com is 2185 ms. The Desktop speed index is 34 and mobile speed index is 95.
Average Load Time:
2185 ms

Page Speed (Google PageSpeed Insights) - Desktop

34
0-49 50-89 90-100 i

Field Data

Over the last 30 days, the field data shows that this page has a SLOW 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)0 Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 0% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 0% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 0%
Time To First Byte (TTFB)0 Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 0% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 0% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 0%
First Contentful Paint (FCP)2.0s Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 69% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 23% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 6%
First Input Delay (FID)272ms Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 85% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 9% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 4%
Interaction To Next Paint (INP)0 Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 0% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 0% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 0%
Largest Contentful Paint (LCP)0 Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 0% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 0% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 0%

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)0 Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 0% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 0% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 0%
Time To First Byte (TTFB)0 Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 0% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 0% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 0%
First Contentful Paint (FCP)1.8s Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 71% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 23% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 5%
First Input Delay (FID)342ms Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 84% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 9% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 6%
Interaction To Next Paint (INP)0 Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 0% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 0% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 0%
Largest Contentful Paint (LCP)0 Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 0% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 0% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 0%

Lab Data

Performance budget  
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First Meaningful Paint 1.4 s
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Max Potential First Input Delay 440 ms
The maximum potential First Input Delay that your users could experience is the duration, in milliseconds, of the longest task. Learn more
Time to Interactive 7.2 s
Time to interactive is the amount of time it takes for the page to become fully interactive. Learn more
Estimated Input Latency 80 ms
Estimated Input Latency is an estimate of how long your app takes to respond to user input, in milliseconds, during the busiest 5s window of page load. If your latency is higher than 50 ms, users may perceive your app as laggy. Learn more
Total Blocking Time 820 ms
Sum of all time periods between FCP and Time to Interactive, when task length exceeded 50ms, expressed in milliseconds.
Speed Index 3.0 s
Speed Index shows how quickly the contents of a page are visibly populated. Learn more
First CPU Idle 6.3 s
First CPU Idle marks the first time at which the page's main thread is quiet enough to handle input. Learn more
First Contentful Paint 1.2 s
First Contentful Paint marks the time at which the first text or image is painted. Learn more

Page Speed (Google PageSpeed Insights) - Mobile

95
0-49 50-89 90-100 i

Field Data

Over the last 30 days, the field data shows that this page has a 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)0 Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 0% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 0% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 0%
Time To First Byte (TTFB)0 Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 0% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 0% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 0%
First Contentful Paint (FCP)0 Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 0% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 0% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 0%
First Input Delay (FID)0 Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 0% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 0% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 0%
Interactive To Next Paint (INP)0 Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 0% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 0% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 0%
Largest Contentful Paint (LCP)0 Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 0% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 0% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 0%

Origin Data

All pages served from this origin have an 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)0 Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 0% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 0% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 0%
Time To First Byte (TTFB)0 Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 0% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 0% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 0%
First Contentful Paint (FCP)0 Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 0% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 0% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 0%
First Input Delay (FID)0 Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 0% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 0% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 0%
Interactive To Next Paint (INP)0 Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 0% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 0% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 0%
Largest Contentful Paint (LCP)0 Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 0% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 0% Web Statistics and Analysis | HypeStat 0%

Lab Data

Does theroot.com use compression?

Website compression is the process of reducing the size of website files, such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and image files, to improve website performance and load times. Compressing website files can significantly reduce the amount of data that needs to be transferred from the server to the user's browser, resulting in faster page load times and improved user experience. Files on theroot.com are reduced by 84%.
theroot.com use br compression.
Original size: 312.38 KB
Compressed size: 49.85 KB
File reduced by: 262.54 KB (84%)

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. theroot.com has 87 Safety Reputations.
Status:
  SAFE
Safety Reputations:
  87
Safety Confidence:
  42
Child Safety Reputations:
  87
Child Safety Confidence:
  41

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. theroot.com supports HTTPS.
 theroot.com supports HTTPS
     
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Common Name: theroot.com
Organization:
Location:
Issuer: WE1
Valid from: Jul 19 12:47:49 2025 GMT
Valid until: Oct 17 13:47:30 2025 GMT
Authority: CA:FALSE
Keysize:
Common Name: WE1
Organization: Google Trust Services
Location: US
Issuer: GTS Root R4
Valid from: Dec 13 09:00:00 2023 GMT
Valid until: Feb 20 14:00:00 2029 GMT
Authority: CA:TRUE
Keysize:
Common Name: GTS Root R4
Organization: Google Trust Services LLC
Location: US
Issuer: GlobalSign Root CA
Valid from: Nov 15 03:43:21 2023 GMT
Valid until: Jan 28 00:00:42 2028 GMT
Authority: CA:TRUE
Keysize:

Verify HTTP/2 Support

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 theroot.com supports HTTP/2
     
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Site Categories

Website categories are used to classify websites based on their content or purpose. These categories provide a way to organize and filter websites, allowing users to find relevant information or ensure compliance with specific regulations or policies.
News/Magazines and E-zines

Http Header

HTTP headers are extra portions of records despatched among a consumer (which include an internet browser) and a server at some stage in an HTTP request or response. They offer instructions, metadata, or manipulate parameters for the conversation among the consumer and server.
date: Wed, 10 Sep 2025 09:07:11 GMT
location: https://www.theroot.com/
speculation-rules: "/cdn-cgi/speculation"
vary: accept-encoding
server: cloudflare
cf-ray: 97cdc60a1db365aa-FRA
alt-svc: h3=":443"; ma=86400

HTTP/2 200 
date: Wed, 10 Sep 2025 09:07:13 GMT
content-type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
server: cloudflare
vary: Accept-Encoding
cf-edge-cache: cache,platform=wordpress
cache-control: public, max-age=301, stale-while-revalidate=600, stale-if-error=86400, must-revalidate
link: <https://www.theroot.com/wp-json/>; rel="https://api.w.org/"
link: <https://www.theroot.com/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/7>; rel="alternate"; title="JSON"; type="application/json"
x-frame-options: DENY
cf-cache-status: EXPIRED
last-modified: Wed, 10 Sep 2025 09:07:13 GMT
speculation-rules: "/cdn-cgi/speculation"
content-security-policy: frame-ancestors 'self'; upgrade-insecure-requests
strict-transport-security: max-age=63072000; includeSubDomains; preload
x-content-type-options: nosniff
content-encoding: br
cf-ray: 97cdc60a7d231332-FRA
alt-svc: h3=":443"; ma=86400

DNS Lookup

DNS entries (Domain Name System) are a critical component of the Internet infrastructure. They act as directories that translate human-readable domain names (such as example.com) to machine-readable IP addresses. DNS records are stored on DNS servers and help forward internet traffic efficiently.
Type Ip Target/Txt TTL
A 172.66.166.130 293
A 104.20.17.109 293

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 May 8, 1999 and will expire on May 8, 2025 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 May 4, 2024.
Domain Created:
1999-05-08
Domain Expires:
2025-05-08
Domain Updated:
2024-05-04
Domain Age:
26 years 9 months 1 days
Domain Registrar:
CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.
Domain Owner:
G/O Media Inc
WhoIs:
 

Domain Name: theroot.com
Registry Domain ID: 6337285_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.corporatedomains.com
Registrar URL: www.cscprotectsbrands.com
Updated Date: 2024-05-04T01:14:37Z
Creation Date: 1999-05-07T22:18:13Z
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2025-05-08T02:16:30Z
Registrar: CSC CORPORATE DOMAINS, INC.
Sponsoring Registrar IANA ID: 299
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: email
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.8887802723
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited http://www.icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited
Registry Registrant ID: 
Registrant Name: DNS Admin
Registrant Organization: G/O Media Inc
Registrant Street: 1540 Broadway 27th Floor
Registrant City: New York
Registrant State/Province: NY
Registrant Postal Code: 10036
Registrant Country: US
Registrant Phone: +1.6464175893
Registrant Phone Ext: 
Registrant Fax: +1.6464175893
Registrant Fax Ext: 
Registrant Email: email
Registry Admin ID: 
Admin Name: DNS Admin
Admin Organization: G/O Media Inc
Admin Street: 1540 Broadway 27th Floor
Admin City: New York
Admin State/Province: NY
Admin Postal Code: 10036
Admin Country: US
Admin Phone: +1.6464175893
Admin Phone Ext: 
Admin Fax: +1.6464175893
Admin Fax Ext: 
Admin Email: email
Registry Tech ID: 
Tech Name: DNS Admin
Tech Organization: G/O Media Inc
Tech Street: 1540 Broadway 27th Floor
Tech City: New York
Tech State/Province: NY
Tech Postal Code: 10036
Tech Country: US
Tech Phone: +1.6464175893
Tech Phone Ext: 
Tech Fax: +1.6464175893
Tech Fax Ext: 
Tech Email: email
Name Server: ns-1146.awsdns-15.org
Name Server: ns-110.awsdns-13.com
Name Server: ns-624.awsdns-14.net
Name Server: ns-1835.awsdns-37.co.uk
DNSSEC: unsigned
URL of the ICANN WHOIS Data Problem Reporting System: http://wdprs.internic.net/
>>> Last update of WHOIS database: 2024-05-04T01:14:37Z