The oldest websites still online
The top 3 according to 10 votes from people: symbolics.com (1985) · acme.com (1991) · mtv.com (1993). (Updated Feb 4, 2026.)
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?
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Top 20
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1
symbolics.com (1985)
The very first .com domain.
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2
acme.com (1991)
Freeware and utilities.
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3
mtv.com (1993)
Born as an unofficial fan site.
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4
info.cern.ch (1991)
The world's first website, by Tim Berners-Lee.
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5
the-tech.mit.edu (1993)
MIT's student newspaper.
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6
w3.org (1994)
The web standards body.
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7
northernlight.com (1995)
A half-free, half-paid search engine.
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8
itcorp.com (1986)
An early consulting firm.
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9
vortex.com (1986)
A site devoted to digital privacy.
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10
cfg.com (1987)
A software company.
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11
slac.stanford.edu (1991)
The first web server in North America.
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12
aliweb.com (1993)
The world's first search engine.
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13
bloomberg.com (1993)
Financial data online.
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14
imdb.com (1993)
A hobby project that became the film industry's reference.
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15
milk.com (1994)
A personal site whose owner refused to sell.
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16
fogcam.org (1994)
The oldest webcam still running.
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17
chabad.org (1994)
A religious community site.
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18
travelassist.com (1995)
The first online travel magazine.
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19
spork.org (1995)
A site devoted to the spork.
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20
gamespot.com (1996)
Video game news.
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