nationalgeographic.com
Mixed
Results vary across nationalgeographic.com: of 24 URLs tested, 1 is blocked, 5 are disrupted some of the time, 17 load normally and 1 has no conclusive recent result. The site itself, https://nationalgeographic.com, loads normally. The Great Firewall resets the connection. 1,015 tests have been run under this domain since 2011-03-23, the most recent on 2026-07-25.
The site itself
http://nationalgeographic.comNot blockedhttps://nationalgeographic.comNot blockedhttp://www.nationalgeographic.comas of 2026Not blockedhttps://www.nationalgeographic.comIntermittentPages and subdomains (20)
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.comas of 2025Not blockedhttp://news.nationalgeographic.comNot blockedhttp://kids.nationalgeographic.comas of 2026Not blockedhttp://video.nationalgeographic.comas of 2025Not blockedhttps://kids.nationalgeographic.comas of 2026Not blockedhttp://archive.nationalgeographic.comas of 2026Not blockedhttp://channel.nationalgeographic.comIntermittenthttp://maps.nationalgeographic.com/mapsas of 2026Intermittenthttp://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/your-shot/submitNot blockedhttp://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/countries/chinaas of 2026Not blockedhttp://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photographersas of 2026Not blockedhttp://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/06/060609-gorges-dam.htmlNot blockedhttp://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/07/070709-china-pollution.htmlas of 2026Not blockedhttp://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/stories/peopleplaces/meet-the-dalai-lamaas of 2026Intermittenthttp://intelligenttravel.nationalgeographic.com/2014/10/14/chinas-fountain-of-lifeNot blockedhttp://intelligenttravel.nationalgeographic.com/2014/10/10/reader-recs-worlds-best-marketsas of 2026Intermittenthttp://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/05/weeks-night-sky-saturn-moon-mars-space-astronomyNot blockedhttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/2020/09/hong-kong-mourns-way-life-china-cracks-down-dissentas of 2026Not blockedhttps://kids.nationalgeographic.com/geography/u-s-states-and-territories/article/united-states-virgin-islandsNot enough datahttp://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/06/140603-tiananmen-square-massacre-anniversary-china-opposition-turnleyas of 2026BlockedAbout nationalgeographic.com and the Great Firewall
Results vary across nationalgeographic.com: of 24 URLs tested, 1 is blocked, 5 are disrupted some of the time, 17 load normally and 1 has no conclusive recent result. The site itself, https://nationalgeographic.com, loads normally. The Great Firewall resets the connection. 1,015 tests have been run under this domain since 2011-03-23, the most recent on 2026-07-25.
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