An observed site

arstechnica.com

Scanned April 23, 2026

On arstechnica.com, 62 trackers watched you load the homepage — drawing from 25 distinct third-party origins across 5 of seven categories.

Trackers observed

62

Unique origins

25

Requests, untouched

115

with no blocking

Requests, defended

32

83 fewer after blocking

One voice per tracker

Click anywhere to listen

The shape

AdvertisingAnalyticsConsentContentEmailEmail+Fingerprint

Each site has a unique shape. This is theirs.

Category breakdown

Who is watching, by what they do.

Advertising
17
Analytics
3
Consent
0
Content
2
Email
1
Email+
0
Fingerprint
2

The loudest

Top ten trackers on this site.

  1. 01

    tiktok.com

    Script · Ping

    8
  2. 02

    facebook.com

    Image

    8
  3. 03

    amazon-adsystem.com

    Script · Fetch · XHR · Image

    5
  4. 04

    snapchat.com

    Script · Document · Ping

    5
  5. 05

    doubleclick.net

    Script · Fetch · Image

    4
  6. 06

    google.com

    Fetch · Image

    4
  7. 07

    planebasin.com

    Script · Fetch

    3
  8. 08

    scorecardresearch.com

    Script · Image

    3
  9. 09

    permutive.app

    Script · Document

    2
  10. 10

    facebook.net

    Script

    2
These were caught by the strict list, but slipped past the one most browsers use.

Missed by the recommended list

  • tiktok.com 8
  • facebook.com 8
  • amazon-adsystem.com 5
  • snapchat.com 5
  • doubleclick.net 4
  • google.com 4
  • facebook.net 2
  • google.com.pr 2
  • googletagservices.com 1
  • sc-static.net 1
  • googleadservices.com 1
  • t.co 1
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