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aol.com

Mixed

Results vary across aol.com: of 42 URLs tested, 3 are blocked, 2 are disrupted some of the time, 31 load normally and 6 have no conclusive recent result. The site itself, https://aol.com, loads normally. The Great Firewall resets the connection, blocks the connection outright and silently drops its packets so requests time out. 2,704 tests have been run under this domain since 2011-03-05, the most recent on 2026-07-28.

Connection reset 2 Connection failed 1 Timeout / silent drop 1 TLS handshake failure 1
42URLs tested
3blocked
2,704tests all-time
2011first tested
2 d agolast tested

The site itself

http://aol.comas of 2026Not blockedhttps://aol.comNot blockedhttp://www.aol.comNot blockedhttps://www.aol.comNot blocked

Pages and subdomains (38)

http://aol.com/mailNot blockedhttp://on.aol.comUnresolvablehttp://mail.aol.comas of 2026Not blockedhttp://SMTP.aol.comNot enough datahttp://video.aol.comBlockedhttps://mail.aol.comIntermittenthttp://login.aol.comas of 2026Not blockedhttp://search.aol.comIntermittenthttp://reader.aol.comUnresolvablehttps://login.aol.comas of 2026Not blockedhttps://video.aol.comNot blockedhttp://webmail.aol.comas of 2026Not blockedhttps://reader.aol.comUnresolvablehttps://search.aol.comBlockedhttp://www.mail.aol.comNot blockedhttps://webmail.aol.comas of 2026Not blockedhttp://m.search.aol.comUnresolvablehttp://netscape.aol.comas of 2026Not blockedhttps://r.search.aol.comas of 2026Not blockedhttps://m.search.aol.comas of 2026Not blockedhttp://screenname.aol.comNot blockedhttp://aolchannels.aol.comUnresolvablehttp://www.webmail.aol.comas of 2026Not blockedhttp://my.screenname.aol.comas of 2026Not blockedhttps://my.screenname.aol.comNot blockedhttp://search.aol.com/aol/searchas of 2026Not blockedhttp://search.aol.com/aol/webhomeBlockedhttps://search.aol.com/aol/webhomeas of 2026Not blockedhttps://mail.aol.com/webmail-std/en-us/suiteas of 2026Not blockedhttps://mail.aol.com/webmail-std/en-gb/suiteNot blockedhttps://search.aol.com/aol/search?q=%E5%A5%BD%E6%B3%95%E5%A4%A7%E8%BD%AE%E6%B3%95Not blockedhttps://my.screenname.aol.com/_cqr/login/login.psp?siteState=Ixe2A6gz-Z8a7uBTE3VQCIJo6OYKShkg6gl0lvooEcQ&locale=us&lang=en&sitedomain=account-management&authLev=Sas of 2026Not blockedhttps://login.aol.com?src=mail&client_id=dj0yJmk9VlN3cDhpNm1Id0szJmQ9WVdrOVdtRm1aMVU1Tm1zbWNHbzlNQS0tJnM9Y29uc3VtZXJzZWNyZXQmeD1mYQ--&crumb=RP5QwUwssA8&lang=en-US&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Foidc.mail.aol.com%2Fcallback&pspid=1197806870&activity=header-sias of 2026Not blockedhttps://my.screenname.aol.com/_cqr/login/login.psp?sitedomain=sns.webmail.aol.com&lang=en&seamless=novl&offerId=newmail-en-us-v2&authLev=0&siteState=ver%3A4%7Crt%3ASTANDARD%7Cat%3ASNS%7Cld%3Amail.aol.com%7Cuv%3AAOL%7Clc%3Aen-us%7Cmt%3AANGELIA%7Csnt%3AScreNot blockedhttps://my.screenname.aol.com/_cqr/login/login.psp?sitedomain=sns.webmail.aol.com&lang=ja&seamless=novl&offerId=webmail-ja-jp&authLev=0&siteState=ver%3A4%7Crt%3ASTANDARD%7Cat%3ASNS%7Cld%3Amail.aol.jp%7Cuv%3AAOL%7Clc%3Aja-jp%7Cmt%3AANGELIA%7Csnt%3AScreenNaas of 2026Not blockedhttps://my.screenname.aol.com/_cqr/login/login.psp?seamless=novl&locale=us&offerId=newmail-en-us-v2&siteState=ver%3A4%7Crt%3ASTANDARD%7Cat%3ASNS%7Cld%3Amail.aol.com%7Cuv%3AAOL%7Clc%3Aen-us%7Cmt%3AANGELIA%7Csnt%3AScreenName%7Csid%3Aebc5c189-1aac-444b-9d8b-as of 2026Not blockedhttps://my.screenname.aol.com/_cqr/login/login.psp?sitedomain=sns.mail.aol.com&seamless=novl&lang=en&locale=US&authLev=0&siteState=sid%3Ad093d030-724a-41d8-a15e-ec18eb22c916%7Cqp%3Aicid%3Daol.com-nav%7Cld%3Amail.aol.com%7Cuv%3AAOL%7Cat%3ASNS%7Clc%3Aen_US%as of 2026Not blockedhttps://my.screenname.aol.com/_cqr/login/login.psp?sitedomain=sns.mail.aol.com&seamless=novl&lang=en&locale=US&authLev=0&siteState=sid%3A1b70748b-a1f2-4340-88ff-c922698b42af%7Cqp%3A%7Cld%3Amail.aol.com%7Cuv%3AAOL%7Cat%3ASNS%7Clc%3Aen_US%7Crt%3ASTD%7Csnt%3as of 2026Not blocked

About aol.com and the Great Firewall

Is aol.com blocked in mainland China?

Results vary across aol.com: of 42 URLs tested, 3 are blocked, 2 are disrupted some of the time, 31 load normally and 6 have no conclusive recent result. The site itself, https://aol.com, loads normally. The Great Firewall resets the connection, blocks the connection outright and silently drops its packets so requests time out. 2,704 tests have been run under this domain since 2011-03-05, the most recent on 2026-07-28.

How can I reach aol.com from mainland China?

A VPN or another circumvention tool routes the request outside mainland China, past the filtering that blocks aol.com. GreatFire runs GreatFire VPN; the Analyzer also tests the domains of many VPN and proxy providers, so you can check whether one is reachable before relying on it.

Elsewhere on the site

aol.com is ranked #517 among the world's most-visited domains (Tranco).

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