What powers thehackernews.com?

Last seen Jun 2026 · 60 technologies across 25 categories

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Google Font API
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Twitter Emoji (Twemoji)
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Typekit
since Oct 2021

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Sentry
since Oct 2021

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GSAP v3.12.2
since Mar 2026
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React
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Apollo v2.6.10
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Choices
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jQuery v3.5.7
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Lightbox
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OWL Carousel
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Swiper
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HTTP/3
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since Sep 2022
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RSS
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Webpack
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Azure
since Jul 2024

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WordPress Site Editor
since Mar 2026

Performance

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since Oct 2022
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since Jan 2023
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Programming languages

GraphQL
since Oct 2021
Node.js
since Oct 2021
PHP
since Jul 2021
TypeScript
since Oct 2021

Reverse proxies

Nginx
since Aug 2018

RUM

New Relic
since Aug 2018

Security

Cloudflare Bot Management
since Sep 2024
HSTS
since Sep 2022
Keybase
since Jan 2023
reCAPTCHA
since Oct 2018

Tag managers

Google Tag Manager
since Aug 2018

UI frameworks

Chakra UI
since Feb 2024

Webmail

Google Workspace
since Aug 2022

Widgets

Facebook
since Jun 2018

WordPress plugins

Contact Form 7 v6.1.5
since Mar 2026
Litespeed Cache
since Mar 2026
RankMath SEO
since Apr 2026

Top search keywords

KeywordPositionEst. monthly visits
cyber security news #1 5,500
outlook login #20 4,000
hacker news #2 2,700
cyber news #1 2,000
the hacker news #1 1,200
malicious #8 1,200
salesforce #27 870
passwords #65 870
passwords #65 870
remote access trojan #74 770
why #43 710
chrome web store #43 630
virustotal #59 520
blindspot #72 470
thn #2 440
telegram app #44 420
safari web browser #32 420
signal app #93 350
brash #11 300
cyber security news today #1 270
cyber attack news today #1 270
cyber security #23 260
chrome vulnerability #2 260
ai chat bot #75 230
400 #41 210

The site's top keywords in Google (US), with the visits each one is estimated to bring per month.

Top backlinks

Top links pointing at the site, one per source domain, strongest first. The anchor text opens the page carrying the link.

Audience

  • 68% phone
  • 31% desktop
  • 2% tablet
  • United States
  • India
  • Germany
  • United Kingdom
  • Italy
  • Canada

Countries where the site has Chrome traffic, strongest markets first.

Open Page Rank

8.48 / 10 · ranked #2,630 of all domains

8,060 referring domains · OpenPageRank

Search traffic

51,000 est. monthly organic visits (US)

29,270 keywords in Google's top 30

Core Web Vitals

LCP1.5 s
INP50 ms
CLS0
TTFB600 ms

Real user p75, Chrome UX Report, Jun 2026.

Page

  • Language: English
  • CDN: Cloudflare
  • Weight: 8.5 MB · 46 requests
  • Structured data: JSON-LD, Microdata, OpenGraph, Twitter Cards

Homepage as crawled by the HTTP Archive, Jul 2026.

Subdomains

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deals.thehackernews.com 33
awards.thehackernews.com 26
amp.thehackernews.com 11
thehackernews.com 11
www.thehackernews.com 6

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