iol.co.za Iol.co.za

   
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Domain Summary

What is the traffic rank for Iol.co.za?

• Iol.co.za ranks #99,028 globally on HypeStat.

What percent of global Internet users visit Iol.co.za?

• 0.0072117% of global Internet users visit Iol.co.za

How many people visit Iol.co.za each day?

• Iol.co.za receives approximately 355.5K visitors and 558,582 page impressions per day.

Which countries does Iol.co.za receive most of its visitors from?

• Iol.co.za is mostly visited by people located in South Africa,Namibia,United States.

How much Iol.co.za can earn?

• Iol.co.za should earn about $660.84/day from advertising revenue.

What is Iol.co.za estimated value?

• Estimated value of Iol.co.za is $780,356.33.

What IP addresses does Iol.co.za resolve to?

• Iol.co.za resolves to the IP addresses 2606:4700:10::6814:2ba4, 172.66.168.156.

Where are Iol.co.za servers located in?

• Iol.co.za has servers located in San Francisco, CA, 94107, United States.

iol.co.za Profile

Title:Attention Required! | Cloudflare Description:South African social media has been painted with purple profile pictures and individuals using purple hearts. What exactly is going on?
Tags:
mercury
sport
cape argus
technology
pta news
world news
daily news
cape times
business
financial
newspaper
travel
foreign news
news online
south africa news
breaking news
news
africa news
independent online
news headlines
Category:News and Media / News and Media
About: South African, regional and world news, sport, business, motoring, classifieds and RSS feeds from various wires services and Independent group newspapers .
South Africa's Premier Online News Source. Discover the world of IOL, News South Africa, Sport, Business, Financial, World News, Entertainment, Technology, Motoring, Travel, Property, Classifieds and more. Edit Site Info

What technologies does iol.co.za use?

These are the technologies used at iol.co.za. iol.co.za has a total of 7 technologies installed in 7 different categories.
CDN
CloudFlare CloudFlare
Analytics
Cloudflare Browser Insights Cloudflare Browser Insights
RUM
Cloudflare Browser Insights Cloudflare Browser Insights
Advertising
Taboola Taboola
Performance
Priority Hints Priority Hints
Miscellaneous
Open Graph Open Graph
PWA PWA
JavaScript Libraries
Swiper Swiper

iol.co.za Traffic Analysis

Iol.co.za is ranked #99,028 in the world. This website is viewed by an estimated 355.5K visitors daily, generating a total of 558.6K pageviews. This equates to about 10.8M monthly visitors. Iol.co.za traffic has increased by 5.21% compared to last month.
Daily Visitors355.5K
2.14%
Monthly Visits10.8M
5.21%
Pages per Visit1.57
16.74%
Visit duration00:59
5.22%
Bounce Rate33.72%
3.45%
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Daily Unique Visitors:
355,530
Monthly Visits:
10,772,559
Pages per Visit:
1.57
Daily Pageviews:
558,582
Avg. visit duration:
00:59
Bounce rate:
33.72%
Global Reach:
0.0072117%
Monthly Visits (SEMrush):
4,821,303
Monthly Unique Visitors (SEMrush):
1,581,507
Monthly Visits (SimilarWeb):
10,560,311
HypeRank:
99,028
SEMrush Rank:
77,212
SimilarWeb Rank:
8,142
*All traffic values are estimates only.

Traffic sources

Direct:
80.17%
Referral:
3.42%
Search:
15.46%
Social:
0.93%
Paid:
0.03%

Desktop vs Mobile

Desktop:
22.19%
Mobile:
77.81%

Total Visits Last 3 Months

10.1M
NOV
10.2M
DEC
10.8M
JAN

Visitors by country

Country
Users%
 
South Africa 85.73%
 
Namibia 2.16%
 
United States 1.95%
 
United Kingdom 1.14%
 
Canada 0.68%

Where do visitors go on iol.co.za?

 
Reach%Pageviews%PerUser
iol.co.za
98.94%99.29%1.7
OTHER
0%0.71%0

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SemRushSemRush
Domain:
  iol.co.za
Rank:
(Rank based on keywords, cost and organic traffic)
  77,212
Organic Keywords:
(Number of keywords in top 20 Google SERP)
  79,266
Organic Traffic:
(Number of visitors coming from top 20 search results)
  25,318
Organic Cost:
((How much need to spend if get same number of visitors from Google Adwords)
  $5,498.00
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Which sites are competitors to iol.co.za?

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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:
2,350,000
Bing Index:
4,030
Baidu Index:
4,580

Revenue report ▼

iol.co.za would generate approximately $660.8 per day if the source of income were advertisements, which equates to an estimated monthly revenue of $19.8K and annual gross revenue of approximately $241.2K. Based on these figures, the site's net worth is estimated at around $780.4K.

How much would iol.co.za make?

Daily Revenue:
$660.84
Monthly Revenue:
$19,825.20
Yearly Revenue:
$241,206.60
*All earnings values are estimates only.

Daily earning by country

 
CountryPageviewsEarning
 
South Africa 478,846$373.50
 
United States 10,890$52.60
 
Canada 3,815$23.04
 
United Kingdom 6,380$17.10
 
Namibia 12,081$4.59

Loss of money due to Adblock?

Daily Revenue Loss:
$25.57
Monthly Revenue Loss:
$767.17
Yearly Revenue Loss:
$9,333.86
Daily Pageviews Blocked:
13,874
Monthly Pageviews Blocked:
416,224
Yearly Pageviews Blocked:
5,064,056

Daily revenue loss by country

 
CountryBlockedLost Money
 
United States 1,960$9.47
 
South Africa 9,577$7.47
 
Canada 954$5.76
 
United Kingdom 1,021$2.74
 
Namibia 362$0.14

How much is iol.co.za worth?

Website Value:
$780.4K

Ad Experience Report ▼

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

Mobile summary

Root domain:
iol.co.za
Last Change Time:
(The last time that the site changed status.)
2018-11-14 22:26:33
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:
iol.co.za
Last Change Time:
(The last time that the site changed status.)
2018-11-14 22:26:34
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:
iol.co.za
Last Change Time:
(The last time that the site changed status.)
2018-11-14 22:26:34
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 iol.co.za hosted? ▼

Iol.co.za may be hosted in multiple data centers distributed in different locations around the world. This is probably just one of them.
Server IP:
2606:4700:10::6814:2ba4, 172.66.168.156
ASN:
AS13335 
ISP:
Cloudflare Inc 
Server Location:
San Francisco
CA
94107
United States, US
 

Other sites hosted on 172.66.168.156

There are no other sites hosted on this IP

How fast does iol.co.za load? ▼

The average loading time of iol.co.za is 34 ms. The Desktop speed index is 88 and mobile speed index is 70.
Average Load Time:
34 ms

Page Speed (Google PageSpeed Insights) - Desktop

88
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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)0 0% of loads for this page have a fast (<0s) Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) 0% 0% of loads for this page have an average (0s ~ 0s) Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) 0% 0% of loads for this page have a slow (>0s) Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) 0%
Time To First Byte (TTFB)0 0% of loads for this page have a fast (<0s) Time To First Byte (TTFB) 0% 0% of loads for this page have an average (0s ~ 0s) Time To First Byte (TTFB) 0% 0% of loads for this page have a slow (>0s) Time To First Byte (TTFB) 0%
First Contentful Paint (FCP)1.3s 65% of loads for this page have a fast (<1s) First Contentful Paint (FCP) 65% 26% of loads for this page have an average (1s ~ 3s) First Contentful Paint (FCP) 26% 8% of loads for this page have a slow (>3s) First Contentful Paint (FCP) 8%
First Input Delay (FID)43ms 96% of loads for this page have a fast (<100ms) First Input Delay (FID) 96% 1% of loads for this page have an average (100ms ~ 300ms) First Input Delay (FID) 1% 1% of loads for this page have a slow (>300ms) First Input Delay (FID) 1%
Interaction To Next Paint (INP)0 0% of loads for this page have a fast (<0ms) Interaction To Next Paint (INP) 0% 0% of loads for this page have an average (0ms ~ 0ms) Interaction To Next Paint (INP) 0% 0% of loads for this page have a slow (>0ms) Interaction To Next Paint (INP) 0%
Largest Contentful Paint (LCP)0 0% of loads for this page have a fast (<0ms) Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) 0% 0% of loads for this page have an average (0ms ~ 0ms) Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) 0% 0% of loads for this page have a slow (>0ms) Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) 0%

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)0 0% of loads for this page have a fast (<0s) Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) 0% 0% of loads for this page have an average (0s ~ 0s) Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) 0% 0% of loads for this page have a slow (>0s) Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) 0%
Time To First Byte (TTFB)0 0% of loads for this page have a fast (<0s) Time To First Byte (TTFB) 0% 0% of loads for this page have an average (0s ~ 0s) Time To First Byte (TTFB) 0% 0% of loads for this page have a slow (>0s) Time To First Byte (TTFB) 0%
First Contentful Paint (FCP)1.6s 53% of loads for this page have a fast (<1s) First Contentful Paint (FCP) 53% 37% of loads for this page have an average (1s ~ 3s) First Contentful Paint (FCP) 37% 9% of loads for this page have a slow (>3s) First Contentful Paint (FCP) 9%
First Input Delay (FID)125ms 94% of loads for this page have a fast (<100ms) First Input Delay (FID) 94% 3% of loads for this page have an average 100ms ~ 300ms) First Input Delay (FID) 3% 2% of loads for this page have a slow (>300ms) First Input Delay (FID) 2%
Interaction To Next Paint (INP)0 0% of loads for this page have a fast (<0ms) Interaction To Next Paint (INP) 0% 0% of loads for this page have an average (0ms ~ 0ms) Interaction To Next Paint (INP) 0% 0% of loads for this page have a slow (>0ms) Interaction To Next Paint (INP) 0%
Largest Contentful Paint (LCP)0 0% of loads for this page have a fast (<0ms) Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) 0% 0% of loads for this page have an average (0ms ~ 0ms) Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) 0% 0% of loads for this page have a slow (>0ms) Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) 0%

Lab Data

Speed Index 1.2 s
Speed Index shows how quickly the contents of a page are visibly populated. Learn more
First CPU Idle 2.2 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
Performance budget  
Keep the quantity and size of network requests under the targets set by the provided performance budget. Learn more
First Meaningful Paint 1.3 s
First Meaningful Paint measures when the primary content of a page is visible. Learn more
Max Potential First Input Delay 110 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 2.3 s
Time to interactive is the amount of time it takes for the page to become fully interactive. Learn more
Total Blocking Time 110 ms
Sum of all time periods between FCP and Time to Interactive, when task length exceeded 50ms, expressed in milliseconds.
Estimated Input Latency 20 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

Page Speed (Google PageSpeed Insights) - Mobile

70
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)27ms 0% of loads for this page have a fast (<0.01s) Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) 45% 26% of loads for this page have an average (0.01s ~ 0.025s) Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) 26% 28% of loads for this page have a slow (>0.025s) Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) 28%
Time To First Byte (TTFB)475ms 0% of loads for this page have a fast (<800s) Time To First Byte (TTFB) 87% 8% of loads for this page have an average (800s ~ 1800s) Time To First Byte (TTFB) 8% 3% of loads for this page have a slow (>1800s) Time To First Byte (TTFB) 3%
First Contentful Paint (FCP)1.3s 65% of loads for this page have a fast (<1.8s) First Contentful Paint (FCP) 85% 9% of loads for this page have an average (1.8s ~ 3s) First Contentful Paint (FCP) 9% 5% of loads for this page have a slow (>3s) First Contentful Paint (FCP) 5%
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)275ms 0% of loads for this page have a fast (<200s) Interactive To Next Paint (INP) 64% 24% of loads for this page have an average (200s ~ 500s) Interactive To Next Paint (INP) 24% 11% of loads for this page have a slow (>500s) Interactive To Next Paint (INP) 11%
Largest Contentful Paint (LCP)1.7s 0% of loads for this page have a fast (<2500s) Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) 86% 7% of loads for this page have an average (2500s ~ 4000s) Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) 7% 5% of loads for this page have a slow (>4000s) Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) 5%

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)40ms 38% of loads for this page have a fast (<0.01s) Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) 38% 20% of loads for this page have an average (0.01s ~ 0.025s) Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) 20% 40% of loads for this page have a slow (>0.025s) Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) 40%
Time To First Byte (TTFB)632ms 82% of loads for this page have a fast (<0.8s) Time To First Byte (TTFB) 82% 12% of loads for this page have an average (0.8s ~ 1.8s) Time To First Byte (TTFB) 12% 5% of loads for this page have a slow (>1.8s) Time To First Byte (TTFB) 5%
First Contentful Paint (FCP)1.7s 77% of loads for this page have a fast (<1.8s) First Contentful Paint (FCP) 77% 14% of loads for this page have an average (1.8s ~ 3s) First Contentful Paint (FCP) 14% 7% of loads for this page have a slow (>3s) First Contentful Paint (FCP) 7%
First Input Delay (FID)0 94% 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)389ms 53% of loads for this page have a fast (<0.2s) Interactive To Next Paint (INP) 53% 28% of loads for this page have an average (0.2s ~ 0.5s) Interactive To Next Paint (INP) 28% 18% of loads for this page have a slow (>0.5s) Interactive To Next Paint (INP) 18%
Largest Contentful Paint (LCP)2.1s 81% of loads for this page have a fast (<2.5s)Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) 81% 9% of loads for this page have an average (2.5s ~ 4s)Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) 9% 9% of loads for this page have a slow (>4s)Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) 9%

Lab Data

Total Blocking Time 1,040 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
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
Time to Interactive 25.1 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 360 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  
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Speed Index 7.0 s
Speed Index shows how quickly the contents of a page are visibly populated. Learn more about the Speed Index metric
Largest Contentful Paint 2.1 s
Largest Contentful Paint marks the time at which the largest text or image is painted. Learn more about the Largest Contentful Paint metric

Does iol.co.za 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 iol.co.za are reduced by 65%.
iol.co.za use br compression.
Original size: 4.72 KB
Compressed size: 1.63 KB
File reduced by: 3.09 KB (65%)

Google Safe Browsing ▼

Google Safe Browsing is a service provided by Google that helps protect users from visiting websites that may contain malicious or harmful content, such as malware, phishing attempts, or deceptive software.
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. iol.co.za has 87 Safety Reputations.
Status:
  SAFE
Safety Reputations:
  87
Safety Confidence:
  41
Child Safety Reputations:
  86
Child Safety Confidence:
  39

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. iol.co.za supports HTTPS.
 iol.co.za supports HTTPS
     
Verifying SSL Support. Please wait...
Common Name: iol.co.za
Organization:
Location:
Issuer: E8
Valid from: Feb 6 17:28:37 2026 GMT
Valid until: May 7 17:28:36 2026 GMT
Authority: CA:FALSE
Keysize:
Common Name: E8
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:

Verify HTTP/2 Support ▼

HTTP/2 (Hypertext Transfer Protocol version 2) is a major revision of the HTTP protocol, which is the foundation of data communication on the World Wide Web. It was developed as an improvement over the previous HTTP/1.1 version to enhance web performance and efficiency.
 iol.co.za supports HTTP/2
     
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Site Categories ▼

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South Africa/News and Media

Http Header ▼

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date: Mon, 23 Feb 2026 06:27:45 GMT
content-type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
cache-control: private, max-age=0, no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0
expires: Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:01 GMT
referrer-policy: same-origin
x-frame-options: SAMEORIGIN
speculation-rules: "/cdn-cgi/speculation"
content-encoding: br
server: cloudflare
cf-ray: 9d24a8c44abdd349-FRA

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 104.20.43.164 286
A 172.66.168.156 286
AAAA 2606:4700:10::ac42:a89c 1
AAAA 2606:4700:10::6814:2ba4 1
NS pete.ns.cloudflare.com 56564
NS coco.ns.cloudflare.com 56564

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 August 18, 1996 and will expire on August 18, 2025 if not renewed. This website is now assigned through the registrar Gandi. The WHOIS data for this website's domain was last updated on January 31, 2025.
Domain Created:
1996-08-18
Domain Expires:
2025-08-18
Domain Updated:
2025-01-31
Domain Age:
29 years 9 months 30 days
Domain Registrar:
Gandi
Domain Owner:
Independent Media
WhoIs:
 

Domain Name: iol.co.za
Registry Domain ID: dom_20WSD--1
Registrar WHOIS Server: https://gandi.net/whois/
Registrar URL: https://www.gandi.net
Updated Date: 2025-01-31T12:18:17Z
Creation Date: 1996-08-18T22:00:00Z
Registry Expiry Date: 2025-08-18T22:00:00Z
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2025-08-18T22:00:00Z
Registrar: Gandi
Registrar IANA ID: 81
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: email
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +33.170377661
Reseller:
Domain Status: ok https://icann.org/epp#ok
Registrant Organization: Independent Media
Registrant Country: ZA
Registrant Email: Please contact the RDDS service of the listed Registrar for Registrant, Admin, or Tech contact information.
Admin Email: Please contact the RDDS service of the listed Registrar for Registrant, Admin, or Tech contact information.
Tech Email: Please contact the RDDS service of the listed Registrar for Registrant, Admin, or Tech contact information.
Billing Email: Please contact the RDDS service of the listed Registrar for Registrant, Admin, or Tech contact information.
Name Server: pete.ns.cloudflare.com
Name Server: coco.ns.cloudflare.com
DNSSEC: unsigned
URL of the ICANN Whois Inaccuracy Complaint Form: https://www.icann.org/wicf/
>>> Last update of WHOIS database: 2025-03-17T10:53:36Z