wired.com

Mixed

Results vary across wired.com: of 16 URLs tested, 8 are disrupted some of the time and 8 load normally. 785 tests have been run under this domain since 2011-04-06, the most recent on 2026-07-30.

Plain HTTP and HTTPS differ here: http://wired.com is not blocked, https://wired.com is intermittent.

The two are filtered by different means — an unencrypted request by the address and keywords it carries in the clear, an encrypted one by the server name in its TLS handshake — so one working while the other does not is normal.

16URLs tested
8accessible
785tests all-time
2011first tested
14 h agolast tested

The site itself

http://wired.comNot blockedhttps://wired.comas of 2026Intermittenthttp://www.wired.comas of 2026Intermittenthttps://www.wired.comas of 2026Not blocked

Pages and subdomains (12)

http://feeds.wired.comas of 2026Intermittenthttps://video.wired.comas of 2026Not blockedhttps://www.wired.com/1996/12/fftransparentas of 2026Not blockedhttps://www.wired.com/2012/04/language-and-biasas of 2026Intermittenthttp://www.wired.com/2014/10/google-chrome-helperas of 2026Not blockedhttps://www.wired.com/story/how-to-buy-the-right-laptop-for-youIntermittenthttps://www.wired.com/story/geedge-networks-mass-censorship-leak/as of 2026Intermittenthttps://www.wired.com/story/tezos-blockchain-love-story-horror-storyIntermittenthttps://www.wired.com/video/watch/5-levels-machine-learning?c=seriesIntermittenthttps://www.wired.com/story/two-satellites-almost-crashed-heres-how-they-dodged-it/ampNot blockedhttps://www.wired.com/story/what-is-gdpr-uk-eu-legislation-compliance-summary-fines-2018/as of 2026Not blockedhttp://www.wired.com/business/2014/01/google-amazon-samsung-tap-architects-design-offices-futureas of 2026Not blocked

About wired.com and the Great Firewall

Is wired.com blocked in mainland China?

Results vary across wired.com: of 16 URLs tested, 8 are disrupted some of the time and 8 load normally. 785 tests have been run under this domain since 2011-04-06, the most recent on 2026-07-30.

Why does http://wired.com behave differently from https://wired.com?

Plain HTTP and HTTPS differ here: http://wired.com is not blocked, https://wired.com is intermittent. The two are filtered by different means — an unencrypted request by the address and keywords it carries in the clear, an encrypted one by the server name in its TLS handshake — so one working while the other does not is normal.

Elsewhere on the site

wired.com is ranked #525 among the world's most-visited domains (Tranco).

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