What powers thecult.us?
Last seen Oct 2026 · 22 technologies across 15 categories
Advertising
theTradeDesk
since Feb 2022
Analytics
Google Analytics
since Jan 2019
CDN
jsDelivr
since Oct 2026
CMS
WordPress
since Oct 2026
Databases
MySQL
since Oct 2026
Font scripts
Google Font API
since Oct 2026
Twitter Emoji (Twemoji)
since Oct 2026
JavaScript libraries
Miscellaneous
Open Graph
since Oct 2026
RSS
since Oct 2026
PaaS
SiteGround
since Mar 2020
Programming languages
PHP
since Oct 2026
SEO
The SEO Framework
since Oct 2026
UI frameworks
Bootstrap
since Oct 2026
Video players
YouTube
since Aug 2022
Web servers
Nginx
since Jan 2019
Widgets
BandsInTown Events Widget
since Oct 2026
AI Crawlers
robots.txt could not be read at the last check (Nov 2026), so its policy is unknown.
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- llms.txt not checked
- ai.txt not checked
AI Crawlers
Policy unknown
Audience
- 74% phone
- 26% desktop
United States
United Kingdom
Canada
Where the site's Chrome visitors come from, largest estimated audience first.
Open Page Rank
4.00 / 10 · ranked #570,034 of all domains
165 referring domains · OpenPageRank
Core Web Vitals
| LCP | 1.3 s |
| INP | 50 ms |
| CLS | 0 |
| TTFB | 700 ms |
Real user p75, Chrome UX Report, Sep 2026.
Page
- Language: English (United States)
- CDN: Google
- Weight: 6.3 MB · 50 requests
- WordPress theme: thecult · all themes
- Structured data: JSON-LD, OpenGraph, Twitter Cards
Homepage as crawled by the HTTP Archive, Oct 2026.
Organisation
- The Cult
- Founded: 1983
- Industry: Arts and entertainment (declares
MusicEvent)
From the homepage's own structured data (Oct 2026) and Wikidata (CC0).
Infrastructure
- Hosted on Google (35.215.103.73)
- DNS: SiteGround Email
- Email: SiteGround Email
- Email security: SPF (soft fail), DMARC monitor only
- SSL: Let's Encrypt, RSA 2048, wildcard, expires Dec 2026
- Common Crawl link graph: rank 555,949, 2 hosts
DNS records as swept Nov 2026, certificate as seen Nov 2026. How the web is hosted
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- detected BandsInTown Events Widget Oct 2026
- detected Bootstrap Oct 2026
- detected Bootstrap Icons Oct 2026
- detected Google Font API Oct 2026
- detected jQuery Oct 2026
- detected jQuery Migrate Oct 2026
- detected jsDelivr Oct 2026
- detected Lodash Oct 2026
- detected MySQL Oct 2026
- detected Open Graph Oct 2026
- detected PHP Oct 2026
- detected RSS Oct 2026
- detected The SEO Framework Oct 2026
- detected Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) Oct 2026
- detected WordPress Oct 2026
- detected YouTube Oct 2026
- dropped Adobe Audience Manager Sep 2026
- detected Adobe Audience Manager Apr 2026
- dropped Adobe Audience Manager Mar 2026