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akismet.com
akismet.comis the official website for Akismet, an anti-spam filtering service for blog comments and contact forms, developed and operated by Automattic (the company behind WordPress.com).
Key facts
- Owner / operator: Automattic Inc.
- TLD:
.com— gTLD - Primary purpose: anti-spam/anti-comment-spam filtering API service
- Status: active
History
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 2005 | Akismet launched by Matt Mullenweg, alongside WordPress |
| 2007 | Automattic begins offering commercial API plans for high-volume use |
| 2012 | Akismet reports filtering billions of spam comments across the web |
Related domains
wordpress.com— Automattic's flagship blogging platform, tightly integrated with Akismetautomattic.com— parent company corporate sitejetpack.com— Automattic plugin suite that bundles Akismet spam protection for self-hosted WordPress sites
📈 Tranco rank: #1,488
PTR for
243.80.0.192.in-addr.arpa |
61.58.135.66.in-addr.arpa |
2.69.233.72.in-addr.arpa |
245.80.0.192.in-addr.arpa |
59.58.135.66.in-addr.arpa |
60.58.135.66.in-addr.arpa |
Subdomains
ns2.akismet.com |
ns1.akismet.com |
ns3.akismet.com |
mail.akismet.com |
api.akismet.com |
*.akismet.com |
www.akismet.com |
web.akismet.com |
geons2.akismet.com |
rest.akismet.com |
geons3.akismet.com |
ns4.akismet.com |
comblog.akismet.com |
geons1.akismet.com |
blog.akismet.com |
Same first word
Similar names
DNS History
14 records (9 active, 5 former)
●NSns1.akismet.com2015-08-19 → 2026-08-07 · 2 obs
● 2026-08-07 04:04:08
●NSns1.automattic.com2015-08-19 → 2026-08-07 · 2 obs
● 2026-08-07 04:04:08
●NSns2.akismet.com2015-08-19 → 2026-08-07 · 2 obs
● 2026-08-07 04:04:08
●NSns3.akismet.com2015-08-19 → 2026-08-07 · 2 obs
● 2026-08-07 04:04:08
●NSns4.akismet.com2015-08-19 → 2026-08-07 · 2 obs
● 2026-08-07 04:04:08
○MXmail.automattic.com2015-08-19 → 2020-03-13 · 4 obs
● 2020-03-13 03:38:54
○ 2021-04-23 23:32:46
○ 2026-08-07 04:04:08
●MXmx1.dfw.automattic.com2021-04-23 → 2026-08-07 · 3 obs
● 2021-04-23 23:32:46
● 2026-08-07 04:04:08
●MXmx2.ams.automattic.com2021-04-23 → 2026-08-07 · 3 obs
● 2021-04-23 23:32:46
● 2026-08-07 04:04:08
●A192.0.78.242026-02-15 → 2026-08-07 · 3 obs
● 2026-02-15 03:45:44
● 2026-08-07 04:04:08
●A192.0.78.252026-02-15 → 2026-08-07 · 3 obs
● 2026-02-15 03:45:44
● 2026-08-07 04:04:08
○A192.0.80.2432016-05-31 → 2021-04-23 · 5 obs
● 2016-05-31 07:15:56
● 2021-04-23 23:32:46
○ 2026-02-15 03:45:44
○ 2026-08-07 04:04:08
○A192.0.80.2452016-05-31 → 2021-04-23 · 5 obs
● 2016-05-31 07:15:56
● 2021-04-23 23:32:46
○ 2026-02-15 03:45:44
○ 2026-08-07 04:04:08
○A76.74.255.342015-08-19 → 2016-05-22 · 4 obs
● 2016-05-22 23:30:56
○ 2016-05-31 07:15:56
○ 2026-08-07 04:04:08
○A76.74.255.352015-08-19 → 2016-05-22 · 4 obs
● 2016-05-22 23:30:56
○ 2016-05-31 07:15:56
○ 2026-08-07 04:04:08
🔍 DNS Trace
📋 Delegation Chain
| Zone | Nameservers | Glue |
|---|---|---|
| com | b.gtld-servers.net, j.gtld-servers.net, i.gtld-servers.net, f.gtld-servers.net... | - |
| akismet.com | ns1.akismet.com, ns2.akismet.com, ns3.akismet.com, ns4.akismet.com | 8 records |
✅ Authoritative Response
Server:198.181.116.8
NS records: ns1.akismet.com, ns2.akismet.com, ns3.akismet.com, ns4.akismet.com
🔒 DNSSEC Status
⚠️ Insecure (no DNSSEC)
No DS record for akismet.com (unsigned zone)
⏱️ Timing
Total: 921ms | Queries: -
📄 Records
| Type | Count | Sample Data |
|---|---|---|
| A | 2 | 192.0.78.24, 192.0.78.25 |
| NS | 4 | ns4.akismet.com, ns3.akismet.com... |
| MX | 2 | mx2.ams.automattic.com (pri: 10), mx1.dfw.automattic.com (pri: 10) |
| TXT | 3 | v=spf1 include:_spf.automattic.com inclu, google-site-verification=EtOJu7eEjs0n1iF... |
| SOA | 1 | ns1.automattic.com hostmaster.automattic |
📌 Glue Records Collected
Total: 8
In-bailiwick: 8 (ns1.akismet.com, ns1.akismet.com, ns2.akismet.com...)
Analysis
Hierarchy
akismet.com is a parent domain; its children include ns2.akismet.com, ns1.akismet.com, ns3.akismet.com, mail.akismet.com, api.akismet.com and a few other host names.
IP Addresses
akismet.com directs to two IP numbers, 192.0.78.24 and 192.0.78.25
goodquestionblog.com, dual-threat.com, fostoriabushings.com and two other host names share IP numbers with akismet.com.
Name Servers
akismet.com has five name servers, which are ns1.akismet.com, ns2.akismet.com, ns3.akismet.com and two others.
akismet.com partially shares its NS delegation with several other domains, including webhosting.com, prospress.tv, 75.0.192.in-addr.arpa and two others.
It is common to find these name servers alongside the name servers ns1.automattic.com, ns2.automattic.com, ns3.automattic.com and two others.
Hostnames that resolve to two IP addresses:
ns1.akismet.com resolves to 198.181.116.8 and 2a04:fa87:ffff::c6b5:7408.
ns2.akismet.com resolves to 198.181.117.8 and 2a04:fa87:ffff::c6b5:7508.
ns3.akismet.com resolves to 192.0.74.8 and 2620:115:c00f::c000:4a08.
ns4.akismet.com resolves to 192.0.75.8 and 2620:115:c00f::c000:4b08.
ns1.automattic.com resolves to 198.181.116.5 and 2a04:fa87:ffff::c6b5:7405.
Mail Servers
Mail for akismet.com is handled by two mail servers — mx2.ams.automattic.com and mx1.dfw.automattic.com.
akismet.com uses an identical mail server configuration to several other domains — among them cloudup.com, surveydaddy.com, wpvip.com and two more.
The mail servers of akismet.com overlap at least partially with those of other domains, including blazepro.com, thepalmierireport.com and grupopresidente.com.mx.
mx2.ams.automattic.com resolves to 195.234.109.226. mx1.dfw.automattic.com resolves to 192.0.84.151. Both host names point to a single IP number.