facebook.com
- Status
- Taken
- Registered
- 1997
- Registrar
- RegistrarSafe, LLC
- Appraisal
- Premium 93
- Free handles
- 3 of 8
Report built 2026-10-11 20:05 UTC. Registry, DNS and handle answers are as of that moment.
Score
On our 0 to 100 scale facebook.com gets 95.5, a strong result for a .com. It reads as face + book.
It earns most on readability (25 of 25 points) and least on word demand (40.5 of 45). 'face' is a very popular name-starter and 'book' a very popular name-ender among registered .coms.
Appraisal
facebook.com is rated Premium, 93 out of 100 (86 or more: short, meaningful and easy to say). The rating shows how strong the name is as a name; it is not a price.
In its favour: two words: face + book (rater score 95.5); 2 syllables.
Screening
We looked for rude readings of facebook.com in word lists for 20 languages, whole and across the join between words, and found none. A clear result is a good sign, not a guarantee.
Availability
facebook.com is registered. It is in our .com zone snapshot, so it cannot be registered by anyone else unless the owner lets it expire or sells it.
Registration
- Registrar
- RegistrarSafe, LLC
- Registered
- 1997-03-29
- Expires
- 2034-03-30
- Transfer lock
- On
- DNS
- facebook.com
- DNSSEC
- Off
facebook.com is registered through RegistrarSafe, LLC and dates from 29 March 1997 (29 years ago).
It is paid until 30 March 2034 (about 7 years left).
The registry transfer lock is on, which blocks an unauthorised move to another registrar.
DNS is run by facebook.com (4 nameservers); DNSSEC signing is off.
It has mail servers (smtpin.vvv.facebook.com) and a DMARC policy of “reject”.
Social handles
3 of the 8 handles we checked for “facebook” look free, among them PyPI package, crates.io and RubyGems.
Already in use on GitHub, npm package, Docker Hub, Bluesky and Mastodon (mastodon.social).
A handle that looks free can still be reserved or banned by the network, so check it there before you plan around it.
Name in context
At 8 characters facebook.com is shorter than 79% of registered .com names (the median is 12).
“face”: 31,319 registered .coms start with it and 22,099 end with it.
“book”: 98,785 registered .coms start with it and 167,946 end with it.
Lookalikes
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Hosting
DNS hosted at facebook.com.
Health
Registrar: RegistrarSafe, LLC, expires 2034-03-30.
Related names
These are names built on “face” that are missing from our .com snapshot. They are ideas, not confirmed as free, so check each one with a registrar before you buy.
History
The Internet Archive holds 8,650,702 captures of facebook.com, from 1998 to 2026, in 29 different years.
In 1998 the home page was titled “AboutFace: Never Misplace A Face!”.
In 2018 the home page was titled “Facebook”.
In 2026 the home page was titled “Facebook”.
Overall the history looks clean (score 100 of 100, confidence good). The archive does not hold every site and a clean result means nothing was found, not that nothing happened.
We found no red flags in what we could read. That is a good sign, not a guarantee.
Findings
- 29 years of archive history Good sign A long history with no red flags found.
Archive timeline
8650702 captures between 1998-12-12 and 2026-10-11.
- 1998
2 - 1999
5 - 2000
2 - 2001
2 - 2002
4 - 2003
5 - 2004
41 - 2005
244 - 2006
453 - 2007
186 - 2008
373 - 2009
1791 - 2010
3870 - 2011
3563 - 2012
7153 - 2013
50763 - 2014
37381 - 2015
69675 - 2016
114938 - 2017
161702 - 2018
2996163 - 2019
2150675 - 2020
251763 - 2021
155153 - 2022
207296 - 2023
485461 - 2024
478362 - 2025
563276 - 2026
910400
What the archive shows
- 1998-12-12AboutFace: Never Misplace A Face!Open this capture in the archive
- 2018-11-14FacebookOpen this capture in the archive
- 2026-10-11FacebookOpen this capture in the archive
Today
- Registered now: unknown.
- Spamhaus DBL Not listed
- SURBL Not listed
- URIBL Not listed
What this audit cannot tell you
- The Internet Archive does not hold every site, and it honours removal requests.
- We read at most three captures of the home page, so the topic is a rough label.
- A clean result means nothing was found, not that nothing happened.
- We cannot see who links to the domain; that needs a paid backlink index.
Questions about facebook.com
Is facebook.com available to register?
facebook.com is registered. It is in our .com zone snapshot, so it cannot be registered by anyone else unless the owner lets it expire or sells it.
When was facebook.com registered, and who is the registrar?
facebook.com is registered through RegistrarSafe, LLC and dates from 29 March 1997 (29 years ago).
When does facebook.com expire?
It is paid until 30 March 2034 (about 7 years left).
Is facebook.com a good domain name?
facebook.com is rated Premium, 93 out of 100 (86 or more: short, meaningful and easy to say). The rating shows how strong the name is as a name; it is not a price.
Are the social media handles for “facebook” available?
3 of the 8 handles we checked for “facebook” look free, among them PyPI package, crates.io and RubyGems.
What was facebook.com used for in the past?
The Internet Archive holds 8,650,702 captures of facebook.com, from 1998 to 2026, in 29 different years. In 1998 the home page was titled “AboutFace: Never Misplace A Face!”. In 2018 the home page was titled “Facebook”.
Is facebook.com on a spam blocklist?
No. It was not listed on Spamhaus DBL, SURBL and URIBL when we checked.
How many .com domains start with “face”?
31,319 registered .com names start with “face” in our snapshot of the .com zone.
What are some alternatives to facebook.com?
Names built on “face” that are not in our .com snapshot include grandface.com, faceranch.com, facemetal.com, faceridge.com and facecargo.com. They are not confirmed as free, so check each before you buy.
Each card comes from one of the site’s tools and carries the same limits: a name missing from our .com zone snapshot is not always free, the score and appraisal are our heuristics and not a valuation, and a clear screening is a good sign, not a guarantee. A report is a snapshot with its date; always confirm with your registrar before you buy, and check that a name does not infringe a trademark.