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Overall Summary
Safe
Why we think so

✅ Quick verdict: programiz.com appears to be a legitimate, high-traffic programming tutorial site. It receives roughly 7.9 million visits/month (SimilarWeb), has a long history (registered 2011), a valid SSL certificate, and no matches on major scam blacklists. Most traffic comes from organic search (≈81%) and the top country is India (≈64% of visits).

Confidence Score
87%

Risk Insights

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High organic reach

About 7.9M visits/month (SimilarWeb, Aug 2025).
Search drives ≈81% of traffic — typical for reference/tutorial sites.
Top country: India (~64% share).
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No major blacklist hits

Google Safe Browsing and crypto-scam checks returned no threats.
Independent reputation scanners list the domain as legitimate.

Contradictory Signals

Privacy-protected WHOIS is common and not decisive; combine with other signals (traffic, SSL, social) to judge legitimacy.

Signal A: High traffic and public contacts imply legitimacy

Signal B: WHOIS privacy redacts owner identity

Category Scores

Identity 85/100
Reputation 88/100
Technical 90/100
Content 86/100
Legal 80/100
Business Validity 88/100

Red Flags & Warnings

  • WHOIS uses a privacy service (registrant redacted) which makes direct ownership harder to verify.
  • Site uses many advertising and tracking technologies (multiple ad networks and analytics vendors), increasing exposure to third-party trackers and potentially misleading ad content.
  • Relatively high bounce rate (~67–75%) which can indicate single-page visits for quick lookups; not a scam signal on its own but worth noting when judging user engagement.

🔎 Detailed Checks & Analysis

Domain age & WHOIS

Score: 85/100
Passed

"Registered 2011-11-05; registrar NAMECHEAP INC; registrant set to privacy service (Withheld for Privacy ehf). Privacy is common for small companies but reduces direct ownership traceability."

Reason: Domain registered in 2011, no recent suspicious registrar changes, but the registrant uses a privacy service so ownership details are redacted.

Traffic & engagement

Score: 90/100
Passed

"SimilarWeb reports ≈7.9M visits (Aug 2025), search accounts for ~81% of traffic, time on site ≈150s, pages/visit ≈2.29 — consistent with educational content usage patterns."

Reason: High monthly visits (~7.9M) and heavy search-driven traffic align with a public educational resource rather than a scam landing page.

SSL, hosting & DNS

Score: 92/100
Passed

"SSL listed as valid (signature ecdsa-with-SHA256); nameservers hosted on Cloudflare (kristin/roan). DNS TXT entries include SPF and site-verification tokens which indicate administrative control."

Reason: Valid SSL certificate and Cloudflare nameservers; DNS records include standard MX and TXT entries for email and verification.

Blacklist / Safe Browsing

Score: 95/100
Passed

"Google Safe Browsing returned no matched threats; crypto-scam sniffer flagged domain as not blacklisted. These are fast but incomplete checks — absence of flags lowers immediate risk."

Reason: No matches on Google Safe Browsing and no crypto-scam blacklist hits.

Contactability & social proof

Score: 82/100
Passed

"Scraped contacts include app@programiz.com and social profiles on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn and GitHub; presence across platforms supports legitimacy but does not guarantee it."

Reason: Public email addresses and active social accounts make the organization reachable and easier to vet.

Trademark / impersonation risk

Score: 70/100
Passed

"No USPTO results found for the simple query used here; absence of a match in this cursory check is helpful but not legal clearance."

Reason: Quick USPTO search returned no matching trademark entries for the exact query, reducing immediate impersonation concerns, though a comprehensive legal search was not performed.

Content & editorial signals

Score: 86/100
Passed

"Top keywords include "python compiler" and "online python compiler"; multiple news items reference product features and reach, supporting active content publishing."

Reason: Extensive tutorial content, keyword footprint (python compiler, online compiler) and press mentions point to consistent editorial activity.

Your Next Steps

  • 1
    If you plan to provide payment or personal data, verify you are on https://programiz.com and check for a valid browser padlock before entering any details.
  • 2
    Use the public contact email (app@programiz.com) or linked LinkedIn/GitHub pages to verify any employment or partnership claims.
  • 3
    Avoid clicking unfamiliar ads on the site; consider using an ad-blocker or privacy browser if you want fewer third-party trackers.
  • 4
    If you need legal certainty (contracts, trademark clearance), consult official registries or a lawyer — quick checks do not replace legal searches.
  • 5
    Report any suspicious account messages or unexpected payment requests that claim to be from Programiz to their listed contact email and to consumer protection authorities.

Evidence & Citations