ask.com Ask.com

   
A Farewell to Ask.com | 30 Years of Curiosity

Domain Summary

What is the traffic rank for Ask.com?

• Ask.com ranks #60,747 globally on HypeStat.

What percent of global Internet users visit Ask.com?

• 0.0022383% of global Internet users visit Ask.com

How many people visit Ask.com each day?

• Ask.com receives approximately 110.3K visitors and 268,480 page impressions per day.

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

• Ask.com is mostly visited by people located in United States,Japan,United Kingdom.

How much Ask.com can earn?

• Ask.com should earn about $1,066.66/day from advertising revenue.

What is Ask.com estimated value?

• Estimated value of Ask.com is $1,244,901.74.

What IP addresses does Ask.com resolve to?

• Ask.com resolves to the IP addresses 185.199.110.153.

Where are Ask.com servers located in?

• Ask.com has servers located in Madrid, Madrid, 28085, United States.

ask.com Profile

Title:A Farewell to Ask.com | 30 Years of Curiosity Description:The 90s was an iconic era for television, with a plethora of memorable shows that captivated audiences around the world.
Tags:
news
question answering service
search
websites
question
browsers
real people
web search
research tools
directories
questions and answers
images
video
blogs
the web
answers
meta search engines
searchengine
Category:Computers Electronics and Technology / Search Engines
About: Offers search for web sites, images, news, blogs, video, maps and directions, local search and shopping.
Ask.com is the #1 question answering service that delivers the best answers from the web and real people - all in one place. Edit Site Info

What technologies does ask.com use?

These are the technologies used at ask.com. ask.com has a total of 4 technologies installed in 4 different categories.
CDN
Fastly Fastly
PaaS
GitHub Pages GitHub Pages
Caching
Varnish Varnish
UI frameworks
Tailwind CSS Tailwind CSS

ask.com Traffic Analysis

Ask.com is ranked #60,747 in the world. This website is viewed by an estimated 110.3K visitors daily, generating a total of 268.5K pageviews. This equates to about 3.3M monthly visitors. Ask.com traffic has decreased by 0.03% compared to last month.
Daily Visitors110.3K
6.71%
Monthly Visits3.3M
0.03%
Pages per Visit2.43
5.28%
Visit duration03:43
1.99%
Bounce Rate50.10%
0.69%
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Daily Unique Visitors:
110,345
Monthly Visits:
3,343,454
Pages per Visit:
2.43
Daily Pageviews:
268,480
Avg. visit duration:
03:43
Bounce rate:
50.10%
Global Reach:
0.0022383%
Monthly Visits (SEMrush):
27,482,488
Monthly Unique Visitors (SEMrush):
3,222,154
Monthly Visits (SimilarWeb):
3,245,434
HypeRank:
60,747
SEMrush Rank:
12,277
SimilarWeb Rank:
20,761
*All traffic values are estimates only.

Traffic sources

Direct:
82.02%
Referral:
2.68%
Search:
14.88%
Social:
0.42%
Paid:
0%

Desktop vs Mobile

Desktop:
29.91%
Mobile:
70.09%

Total Visits Last 3 Months

12.7M
FEB
3.3M
MAR
3.3M
APR

Visitors by country

Country
Users%
 
United States 48.36%
 
Japan 7.27%
 
United Kingdom 7.21%
 
Germany 7.14%
 
Canada 4.76%

Where do visitors go on ask.com?

 
Reach%Pageviews%PerUser
ask.com
45.98%48.64%1.19
tb.ask.com
27.05%25.28%1.1
search.ask.com
26.92%25.46%1.06
games.ask.com
0.23%0.21%1
websearch.ask.com
0.12%0.18%2

ask.com Traffic Flow

The largest share of traffic to ask.com comes from Direct visits (87.64%). After leaving the site, the most common destination is google.com and youtube.com .

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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:
  ask.com
Rank:
(Rank based on keywords, cost and organic traffic)
  12,277
Organic Keywords:
(Number of keywords in top 20 Google SERP)
  288,450
Organic Traffic:
(Number of visitors coming from top 20 search results)
  188,607
Organic Cost:
((How much need to spend if get same number of visitors from Google Adwords)
  $200,271.00
Full SEMrush Report >>

Which sites are competitors to ask.com?

Websites similar to ask.com are sites similar on user interests and browsing behavior. Users can discover new websites that are similar to the ones they already enjoy or find useful.
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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:
31,700
Bing Index:
400
Baidu Index:
4

Revenue report ▼

ask.com would generate approximately $1.1K per day if the source of income were advertisements, which equates to an estimated monthly revenue of $32K and annual gross revenue of approximately $389.3K. Based on these figures, the site's net worth is estimated at around $1.2M.

How much would ask.com make?

Daily Revenue:
$1,066.66
Monthly Revenue:
$31,999.80
Yearly Revenue:
$389,330.90
*All earnings values are estimates only.

Daily earning by country

 
CountryPageviewsEarning
 
United States 129,846$627.15
 
Canada 12,774$77.15
 
United Kingdom 19,357$51.88
 
Germany 19,183$26.86
 
Japan 19,528$7.03

Loss of money due to Adblock?

Daily Revenue Loss:
$148.48
Monthly Revenue Loss:
$4,454.26
Yearly Revenue Loss:
$54,193.52
Daily Pageviews Blocked:
35,812
Monthly Pageviews Blocked:
1,074,346
Yearly Pageviews Blocked:
13,071,213

Daily revenue loss by country

 
CountryBlockedLost Money
 
United States 23,372$112.89
 
Canada 3,193$19.29
 
United Kingdom 3,097$8.30
 
Germany 5,563$7.79
 
Japan 586$0.21

How much is ask.com worth?

Website Value:
$1.2M

Ad Experience Report ▼

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

Mobile summary

Root domain:
ask.com
Last Change Time:
(The last time that the site changed status.)
2018-03-06 16:05:56
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:
ask.com
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.)
Not reviewed

Abusive Experience Report ▼

Summary of the abusive experience rating of a website.
Root domain:
ask.com
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 ask.com hosted? ▼

Ask.com may be hosted in multiple data centers distributed in different locations around the world. This is probably just one of them.
Server IP:
185.199.110.153
ASN:
AS54113 
ISP:
Fastly 
Server Location:
Madrid
Madrid, M
28085
United States, US
 

Other sites hosted on 185.199.110.153

How fast does ask.com load? ▼

The average loading time of ask.com is 115 ms. The Desktop speed index is 88 and mobile speed index is 72.
Average Load Time:
115 ms

Page Speed (Google PageSpeed Insights) - Desktop

88
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)0ms 99% of loads for this page have a fast (<0.01s) Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) 99% 0% of loads for this page have an average (0.01s ~ 0.025s) Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) 0% 0% of loads for this page have a slow (>0.025s) Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) 0%
Time To First Byte (TTFB)1.7s 47% of loads for this page have a fast (<0.8s) Time To First Byte (TTFB) 47% 29% of loads for this page have an average (0.8s ~ 1.8s) Time To First Byte (TTFB) 29% 22% of loads for this page have a slow (>1.8s) Time To First Byte (TTFB) 22%
First Contentful Paint (FCP)3.3s 44% of loads for this page have a fast (<1.8s) First Contentful Paint (FCP) 44% 26% of loads for this page have an average (1.8s ~ 3s) First Contentful Paint (FCP) 26% 29% of loads for this page have a slow (>3s) First Contentful Paint (FCP) 29%
First Input Delay (FID)0 0% of loads for this page have a fast (<0ms) First Input Delay (FID) 0% 0% of loads for this page have an average (0ms ~ 0ms) First Input Delay (FID) 0% 0% of loads for this page have a slow (>0ms) First Input Delay (FID) 0%
Interaction To Next Paint (INP)92ms 86% of loads for this page have a fast (<200ms) Interaction To Next Paint (INP) 86% 6% of loads for this page have an average (200ms ~ 500ms) Interaction To Next Paint (INP) 6% 7% of loads for this page have a slow (>500ms) Interaction To Next Paint (INP) 7%
Largest Contentful Paint (LCP)3.4s 62% of loads for this page have a fast (<2500ms) Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) 62% 18% of loads for this page have an average (2500ms ~ 4000ms) Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) 18% 19% of loads for this page have a slow (>4000ms) Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) 19%

Origin Data

All pages served from this origin have an AVERAGE 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 91% of loads for this page have a fast (<0.01s) Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) 91% 6% of loads for this page have an average (0.01s ~ 0.025s) Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) 6% 1% of loads for this page have a slow (>0.025s) Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) 1%
Time To First Byte (TTFB)1.0s 66% of loads for this page have a fast (<0.8s) Time To First Byte (TTFB) 66% 21% of loads for this page have an average (0.8s ~ 1.8s) Time To First Byte (TTFB) 21% 11% of loads for this page have a slow (>1.8s) Time To First Byte (TTFB) 11%
First Contentful Paint (FCP)2.1s 69% of loads for this page have a fast (<1.8s) First Contentful Paint (FCP) 69% 15% of loads for this page have an average (1.8s ~ 3s) First Contentful Paint (FCP) 15% 14% of loads for this page have a slow (>3s) First Contentful Paint (FCP) 14%
First Input Delay (FID)0 0% of loads for this page have a fast (<0ms) First Input Delay (FID) 0% 0% of loads for this page have an average 0ms ~ 0ms) First Input Delay (FID) 0% 0% of loads for this page have a slow (>0ms) First Input Delay (FID) 0%
Interaction To Next Paint (INP)72ms 91% of loads for this page have a fast (<200ms) Interaction To Next Paint (INP) 91% 4% of loads for this page have an average (200ms ~ 500ms) Interaction To Next Paint (INP) 4% 3% of loads for this page have a slow (>500ms) Interaction To Next Paint (INP) 3%
Largest Contentful Paint (LCP)2.8s 70% of loads for this page have a fast (<2500ms) Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) 70% 15% of loads for this page have an average (2500ms ~ 4000ms) Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) 15% 13% of loads for this page have a slow (>4000ms) Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) 13%

Lab Data

Largest Contentful Paint 1.4 s
Largest Contentful Paint marks the time at which the largest text or image is painted. Learn more about the Largest Contentful Paint metric
Speed Index 1.4 s
Speed Index shows how quickly the contents of a page are visibly populated. Learn more about the Speed Index metric
Total Blocking Time 130 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
Time to Interactive 2.1 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
Max Potential First Input Delay 600 ms
The maximum potential First Input Delay that your users could experience is the duration of the longest task. Learn more about the Maximum Potential First Input Delay metric
INP breakdown  
Start investigating by looking at the longest subpart. how to improve INP
First Contentful Paint 1.4 s
First Contentful Paint marks the time at which the first text or image is painted. Learn more about the First Contentful Paint metric

Page Speed (Google PageSpeed Insights) - Mobile

72
0-49 50-89 90-100 i

Field Data

Over the last 30 days, the field data shows that this page has a AVERAGE 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)0ms 99% of loads for this page have a fast (<0.01s) Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) 94% 3% of loads for this page have an average (0.01s ~ 0.025s) Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) 3% 2% of loads for this page have a slow (>0.025s) Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) 2%
Time To First Byte (TTFB)641ms 47% of loads for this page have a fast (<800s) Time To First Byte (TTFB) 81% 12% of loads for this page have an average (800s ~ 1800s) Time To First Byte (TTFB) 12% 6% of loads for this page have a slow (>1800s) Time To First Byte (TTFB) 6%
First Contentful Paint (FCP)2.5s 44% of loads for this page have a fast (<1.8s) First Contentful Paint (FCP) 54% 30% of loads for this page have an average (1.8s ~ 3s) First Contentful Paint (FCP) 30% 15% of loads for this page have a slow (>3s) First Contentful Paint (FCP) 15%
First Input Delay (FID)0 0% of loads for this page have a fast (<0ms) First Input Delay (FID) 0% 0% of loads for this page have an average (0ms ~ 0ms) First Input Delay (FID) 0% 0% of loads for this page have a slow (>0ms) First Input Delay (FID) 0%
Interactive To Next Paint (INP)305ms 86% of loads for this page have a fast (<200s) Interactive To Next Paint (INP) 64% 18% of loads for this page have an average (200s ~ 500s) Interactive To Next Paint (INP) 18% 16% of loads for this page have a slow (>500s) Interactive To Next Paint (INP) 16%
Largest Contentful Paint (LCP)2.5s 62% of loads for this page have a fast (<2500s) Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) 74% 16% of loads for this page have an average (2500s ~ 4000s) Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) 16% 8% of loads for this page have a slow (>4000s) Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) 8%

Origin Data

All pages served from this origin have an AVERAGE 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)0ms 90% of loads for this page have a fast (<0.01s) Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) 90% 4% of loads for this page have an average (0.01s ~ 0.025s) Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) 4% 4% of loads for this page have a slow (>0.025s) Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) 4%
Time To First Byte (TTFB)722ms 77% of loads for this page have a fast (<0.8s) Time To First Byte (TTFB) 77% 15% of loads for this page have an average (0.8s ~ 1.8s) Time To First Byte (TTFB) 15% 6% of loads for this page have a slow (>1.8s) Time To First Byte (TTFB) 6%
First Contentful Paint (FCP)2.2s 64% of loads for this page have a fast (<1.8s) First Contentful Paint (FCP) 64% 21% of loads for this page have an average (1.8s ~ 3s) First Contentful Paint (FCP) 21% 13% of loads for this page have a slow (>3s) First Contentful Paint (FCP) 13%
First Input Delay (FID)0 0% of loads for this page have a fast (<0ms) First Input Delay (FID) 0% 0% of loads for this page have an average 0ms ~ 0ms) First Input Delay (FID) 0% 0% of loads for this page have a slow (>0ms) First Input Delay (FID) 0%
Interactive To Next Paint (INP)249ms 70% of loads for this page have a fast (<0.2s) Interactive To Next Paint (INP) 70% 17% of loads for this page have an average (0.2s ~ 0.5s) Interactive To Next Paint (INP) 17% 12% of loads for this page have a slow (>0.5s) Interactive To Next Paint (INP) 12%
Largest Contentful Paint (LCP)2.7s 70% of loads for this page have a fast (<2.5s)Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) 70% 16% of loads for this page have an average (2.5s ~ 4s)Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) 16% 12% of loads for this page have a slow (>4s)Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) 12%

Lab Data

Time to Interactive 7.0 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
Total Blocking Time 120 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
Max Potential First Input Delay 150 ms
The maximum potential First Input Delay that your users could experience is the duration of the longest task. Learn more about the Maximum Potential First Input Delay metric
INP breakdown  
Start investigating by looking at the longest subpart. how to improve INP
First Contentful Paint 3.9 s
First Contentful Paint marks the time at which the first text or image is painted. Learn more about the First Contentful Paint metric
Largest Contentful Paint 4.9 s
Largest Contentful Paint marks the time at which the largest text or image is painted. Learn more about the Largest Contentful Paint metric
Speed Index 3.9 s
Speed Index shows how quickly the contents of a page are visibly populated. Learn more about the Speed Index metric

Does ask.com use compression? ▼

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ask.com use gzip compression.
Original size: 3.27 KB
Compressed size: 1.38 KB
File reduced by: 1.89 KB (57%)

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. ask.com has 90 Safety Reputations.
Status:
  SAFE
Safety Reputations:
  90
Safety Confidence:
  57
Child Safety Reputations:
  91
Child Safety Confidence:
  56

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. ask.com supports HTTPS.
 ask.com supports HTTPS
     
Verifying SSL Support. Please wait...
Common Name: www.ask.com
Organization:
Location:
Issuer: R12
Valid from: May 1 19:15:51 2026 GMT
Valid until: Jul 30 19:15:50 2026 GMT
Authority: CA:FALSE
Keysize: 2048
Common Name: R12
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

Verify HTTP/2 Support ▼

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 ask.com supports HTTP/2
     
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Site Categories ▼

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Search Engines/Ask

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. 
server: GitHub.com
content-type: text/html
location: https://www.ask.com/
x-github-request-id: CEF0:1D0B07:F9ACF2:FCD0FF:6A070421
accept-ranges: bytes
date: Fri, 15 May 2026 12:17:21 GMT
via: 1.1 varnish
age: 2735
x-served-by: cache-par-lfpg1960099-PAR
x-cache: HIT
x-cache-hits: 1
x-timer: S1778847441.456952,VS0,VE2
vary: Accept-Encoding
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content-length: 162

HTTP/2 200 
server: GitHub.com
content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8
x-origin-cache: HIT
last-modified: Mon, 04 May 2026 16:46:57 GMT
access-control-allow-origin: *
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expires: Tue, 12 May 2026 01:15:53 GMT
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vary: Accept-Encoding
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content-length: 1415

DNS Lookup ▼

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Type Ip Target/Txt TTL
MX mxb-0015af01.gslb.pphosted.com 32195
MX mxa-0015af01.gslb.pphosted.com 32195

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 October 20, 1998 and will expire on October 19, 2026 if not renewed. This website is now assigned through the registrar MarkMonitor Inc.. The WHOIS data for this website's domain was last updated on September 17, 2024.
Domain Created:
1998-10-20
Domain Expires:
2026-10-19
Domain Updated:
2024-09-17
Domain Age:
27 years 11 months 7 days
Domain Registrar:
MarkMonitor Inc.
Domain Owner:
Ask.com
WhoIs:
 

   Domain Name: ASK.COM
   Registry Domain ID: 2227408_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
   Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.markmonitor.com
   Registrar URL: http://www.markmonitor.com
   Updated Date: 2024-09-17T09:03:42Z
   Creation Date: 1998-10-20T04:00:00Z
   Registry Expiry Date: 2026-10-19T04:00:00Z
   Registrar: MarkMonitor Inc.
   Registrar IANA ID: 292
   Registrar Abuse Contact Email: email
   Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.2086851750
   Domain Status: clientDeleteProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientDeleteProhibited
   Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited
   Domain Status: clientUpdateProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientUpdateProhibited
   Domain Status: serverDeleteProhibited https://icann.org/epp#serverDeleteProhibited
   Domain Status: serverTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#serverTransferProhibited
   Domain Status: serverUpdateProhibited https://icann.org/epp#serverUpdateProhibited
   Name Server: DNS1.P06.NSONE.NET
   Name Server: DNS2.P06.NSONE.NET
   Name Server: DNS3.P06.NSONE.NET
   Name Server: DNS4.P06.NSONE.NET
   DNSSEC: unsigned
   URL of the ICANN Whois Inaccuracy Complaint Form: https://www.icann.org/wicf/
>>> Last update of whois database: 2026-05-15T12:17:50Z