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msn.com

msn.com is served by Akamai (CDN & security) and uses NS1 (IBM) + Azure DNS for DNS.

CDN & Security

serving www.msn.com

ConfirmedSeveral independent signals agree

DNS

main: NS1 (IBM) 50% + Azure DNS 50%

Rank

#129

of the top 1,000 websites · last scanned Oct 17, 2026

How a visit reaches msn.com

1 · VisitorBrowserlooks up www.msn.com
2 · DNSNS1 (IBM) Azure DNSanswers with Akamai addresses
3 · CDN & security edgeAkamaiAS16625 Akamai · 23.2.88.0/21
4 · Behind the edgeAzureMicrosoft edge

Steps 2 and 3 come from DNS and network data. Step 4 is seen in the HTTP response.

Same stack as bing.com: Akamai + NS1 (IBM) Azure DNS. 2 of the top 1,000 websites use this pair.

Ranked by Chrome UX Report: top 1,000 · Majestic Million: #148 · Common Crawl: #432.

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Hostnames (1)

HostnameCDN & securityDNSStatusNetwork
www.msn.com mainAkamai
Azure behind the edge
NS1 (IBM) Azure DNSliveAS16625 Akamai · 23.2.88.0/21

For top sites we check the main hostname people visit, plus the page it redirects to on the same domain. msn.com doesn't redirect.

Records

Hostname scannedwww.msn.com
Hostname visitors reachwww.msn.com
Statuslive
CNAME chainwww-msn-com-world-atm-default.trafficmanager.net → www.msn.com.edgekey.net → e592.d.akamaiedge.net
A23.2.88.44
AAAA—
Zonemsn.com
Zone NSdns1.p08.nsone.net dns2.p08.nsone.net dns3.p08.nsone.net dns4.p08.nsone.net ns1-204.azure-dns.com ns2-204.azure-dns.net ns3-204.azure-dns.org ns4-204.azure-dns.info
Network (ASN)AS16625 Akamai
BGP prefix23.2.88.0/21

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