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Independent Newspaper Nigeria – Breaking News from Nigeria and the World

Domain Summary

What is the traffic rank for Independent.ng?

• Independent.ng ranks #1,060,321 globally on HypeStat.

What percent of global Internet users visit Independent.ng?

• 0.0001765% of global Internet users visit Independent.ng

How many people visit Independent.ng each day?

• Independent.ng receives approximately 8.7K visitors and 16,903 page impressions per day.

Which countries does Independent.ng receive most of its visitors from?

• Independent.ng is mostly visited by people located in Nigeria,United States,United Kingdom.

How much Independent.ng can earn?

• Independent.ng should earn about $42.20/day from advertising revenue.

What is Independent.ng estimated value?

• Estimated value of Independent.ng is $41,450.51.

What IP addresses does Independent.ng resolve to?

• Independent.ng resolves to the IP addresses 162.159.136.54.

Where are Independent.ng servers located in?

• Independent.ng has servers located in Slough, Slough, SL1, United Kingdom.

independent.ng Profile

Title:Independent Newspaper Nigeria – Breaking News from Nigeria and the World Description:Independent.ng - Nigeria News - Top Nigerian newspapers - Breaking news - Top news headlines from Nigeria and World.
Category:News and Media / News and Media
About: Independent Newspapers Nigeria - Nigeria News - Africa News - Leading Nigerian newspapers - Breaking news - Top news headlines from Nigeria, Africa and world related news in politics, business, sports and entertainment. Edit Site Info

What technologies does independent.ng use?

These are the technologies used at independent.ng. independent.ng has a total of 15 technologies installed in 14 different categories.
CDN
CloudFlare CloudFlare
Security
Cloudflare Bot Management Cloudflare Bot Management
Page builders
Elementor Elementor
wpBakery wpBakery
Analytics
Google Analytics Google Analytics
Miscellaneous
HTTP/3 HTTP/3
Open Graph Open Graph
JavaScript Libraries
jQuery jQuery
jQuery Migrate jQuery Migrate
Swiper Swiper
Marketing Automation
OneSignal OneSignal
A/B Testing
OneSignal OneSignal
Performance
Priority Hints Priority Hints
CMS
WordPress WordPress
Blogs
WordPress WordPress
WordPress plugins
wpBakery wpBakery
Programming Languages
PHP PHP
Databases
MySQL MySQL

independent.ng Traffic Analysis

Independent.ng is ranked #1,060,321 in the world. This website is viewed by an estimated 8.7K visitors daily, generating a total of 16.9K pageviews. This equates to about 263.6K monthly visitors. Independent.ng traffic has increased by 173.65% compared to last month.
Daily Visitors8.7K
191.26%
Monthly Visits263.6K
173.65%
Pages per Visit1.94
48.47%
Visit duration01:14
8.03%
Bounce Rate49.78%
26.73%
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Daily Unique Visitors:
8,700
Monthly Visits:
263,610
Pages per Visit:
1.94
Daily Pageviews:
16,903
Avg. visit duration:
01:14
Bounce rate:
49.78%
Global Reach:
0.0001765%
Monthly Visits (SEMrush):
134,316
Monthly Unique Visitors (SEMrush):
100,168
Monthly Visits (SimilarWeb):
255,874
HypeRank:
1,060,321
SEMrush Rank:
913,997
SimilarWeb Rank:
172,957
*All traffic values are estimates only.

Traffic sources

Direct:
59.72%
Referral:
27.19%
Search:
12.69%
Social:
0.12%
Paid:
0.29%

Desktop vs Mobile

Desktop:
23.22%
Mobile:
76.78%

Total Visits Last 3 Months

204.2K
APR
96.3K
MAY
263.6K
JUN

Visitors by country

Country
Users%
 
Nigeria 51.40%
 
United States 15.46%
 
United Kingdom 8.06%
 
Canada 4.00%
 
Netherlands 3.53%

Where do visitors go on independent.ng?

 
Reach%Pageviews%PerUser
independent.ng
100.00%100.00%5.2

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Google Index:
688,000
Bing Index:
23
Baidu Index:
555

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Domain:
  independent.ng
Rank:
(Rank based on keywords, cost and organic traffic)
  913,997
Organic Keywords:
(Number of keywords in top 20 Google SERP)
  10,309
Organic Traffic:
(Number of visitors coming from top 20 search results)
  1,199
Organic Cost:
((How much need to spend if get same number of visitors from Google Adwords)
  $286.00
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Revenue report ▼

Google.com would generate approximately $42.2 per day if the source of income were advertisements, which equates to an estimated monthly revenue of $1.3K and annual gross revenue of approximately $15.4K. Based on these figures, the site's net worth is estimated at around $41.5K.

How much would independent.ng make?

Daily Revenue:
$42.20
Monthly Revenue:
$1,266.00
Yearly Revenue:
$15,403.00
*All earnings values are estimates only.

Daily earning by country

 
CountryPageviewsEarning
 
United States 2,614$12.62
 
Nigeria 8,688$8.60
 
Canada 677$4.09
 
United Kingdom 1,363$3.65
 
Netherlands 596$1.14

Loss of money due to Adblock?

Daily Revenue Loss:
$4.24
Monthly Revenue Loss:
$127.32
Yearly Revenue Loss:
$1,549.06
Daily Pageviews Blocked:
1,133
Monthly Pageviews Blocked:
33,983
Yearly Pageviews Blocked:
413,464

Daily revenue loss by country

 
CountryBlockedLost Money
 
United States 470$2.27
 
Canada 169$1.02
 
United Kingdom 218$0.58
 
Netherlands 101$0.19
 
Nigeria 174$0.17

How much is independent.ng worth?

Website Value:
$41.5K

Ad Experience Report ▼

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Mobile summary

Root domain:
independent.ng
Last Change Time:
(The last time that the site changed status.)
2019-02-12 17:31:35
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:
independent.ng
Last Change Time:
(The last time that the site changed status.)
2019-02-12 17:31:27
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 ▼

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Root domain:
independent.ng
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 independent.ng hosted? ▼

Independent.ng may be hosted in multiple data centers distributed in different locations around the world. This is probably just one of them.
Server IP:
162.159.136.54
ASN:
AS13335 
ISP:
Cloudflare Inc 
Server Location:
Slough
Slough, SLG
SL1
United Kingdom, GB
 

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How fast does independent.ng load? ▼

The average loading time of independent.ng is 88 ms. The Desktop speed index is 61 and mobile speed index is 99.
Average Load Time:
88 ms

Page Speed (Google PageSpeed Insights) - Desktop

61
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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.

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Origin Data

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Lab Data


Page Speed (Google PageSpeed Insights) - Mobile

99
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Field Data

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independent.ng use br compression.
Original size: 459.99 KB
Compressed size: 44.58 KB
File reduced by: 415.42 KB (90%)

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Status:
  SAFE

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 independent.ng supports HTTPS
     
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Common Name: independent.ng
Organization:
Location:
Issuer: WE1
Valid from: Jun 15 19:02:14 2025 GMT
Valid until: Sep 13 20:02:02 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:

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News and Media/Newspapers

Http Header ▼

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expires: Fri, 25 Jul 2025 12:21:24 GMT
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server: cloudflare
content-encoding: br
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Type Ip Target/Txt TTL
A 162.159.136.54 11175
NS ns2.host-ww.net 29721
NS ns1.host-ww.net 29721

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 February 28, 2017 and will expire on February 28, 2026 if not renewed. This website is now assigned through the registrar HostAfrica. The WHOIS data for this website's domain was last updated on April 23, 2025.
Domain Created:
2017-02-28
Domain Expires:
2026-02-28
Domain Updated:
2025-04-23
Domain Age:
8 years 6 months 17 days
Domain Registrar:
HostAfrica
Domain Owner:
Independent Newspapers Nigeria
WhoIs:
 

Domain Name: independent.ng
Registry Domain ID: 824752-NIRA
Registrar URL: http://www.domainking.ng/domain-registration
Updated Date: 2025-04-23T08:58:03Z
Creation Date: 2017-02-28T06:55:11Z
Registry Expiry Date: 2026-02-28T06:55:11Z
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2026-02-28T06:55:11Z
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited
Domain Status: clientDeleteProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientDeleteProhibited
Registrar: HostAfrica
Registrar IANA ID: 28112014
Registrar Address: 12 Helena Avenue Helena Heights
Registrar Country: ZA
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: email
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: 23412278926
Registry Registrant ID: 2692161-NIRA
Registrant Name: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY
Registrant Organization: Independent Newspapers Nigeria
Registrant Street: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY
Registrant City: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY
Registrant State/Province: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY
Registrant Postal Code: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY
Registrant Country: NG
Registrant Phone: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY
Registrant Email: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY
Registry Admin ID: 2940996-NIRA
Admin Name: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY
Admin Organization: Daily independent
Admin Street: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY
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Admin Country: NG
Admin Phone: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY
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Registry Tech ID: 2940997-NIRA
Tech Name: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY
Tech Organization: Daily independent
Tech Street: 15, Adaranijo Street,  ikeja
Tech City: Lagos
Tech State/Province: Lagos
Tech Postal Code: 
Tech Country: NG
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Tech Email: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY
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Name Server: ns2.host-ww.net
Name Server: ns1.host-ww.net
DNSSEC: unsigned
>>> Last update of WHOIS database: 2025-07-25T12:23:08.540Z