# The oldest websites still online

From the first .com domain, registered in 1985, to CERN's very first website in 1991 and the oldest webcam still running: the elders of the internet. Which one surprises you most?

- 10 votes · 20 items
- Feb 4, 2026 · madameinternaute
- https://even.best/en/l/2819/the-oldest-websites-still-online

## Top 20

1. **symbolics.com (1985)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — The very first .com domain.
2. **acme.com (1991)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Freeware and utilities.
3. **mtv.com (1993)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Born as an unofficial fan site.
4. **info.cern.ch (1991)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The world's first website, by Tim Berners-Lee.
5. **the-tech.mit.edu (1993)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — MIT's student newspaper.
6. **w3.org (1994)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The web standards body.
7. **northernlight.com (1995)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A half-free, half-paid search engine.
8. **itcorp.com (1986)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — An early consulting firm.
9. **vortex.com (1986)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A site devoted to digital privacy.
10. **cfg.com (1987)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A software company.
11. **slac.stanford.edu (1991)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The first web server in North America.
12. **aliweb.com (1993)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The world's first search engine.
13. **bloomberg.com (1993)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Financial data online.
14. **imdb.com (1993)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A hobby project that became the film industry's reference.
15. **milk.com (1994)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A personal site whose owner refused to sell.
16. **fogcam.org (1994)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The oldest webcam still running.
17. **chabad.org (1994)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A religious community site.
18. **travelassist.com (1995)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The first online travel magazine.
19. **spork.org (1995)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A site devoted to the spork.
20. **gamespot.com (1996)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Video game news.

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