Yes — about.com has IPv6.

Has both IPv4 (A) and IPv6 (AAAA) addresses.

Measured 2026-11-01 14:50 UTC. We reuse a result for up to a week, so we aren't testing the same site over and over. Check about.com now

A
IPv6 readiness
Website, mail and DNS all work over IPv6.
Website over IPv6
about.com has 2 IPv6 addresses and answers on every one we tested.
✓ 2606:4700:7::1d8 answers · 443✓ 2a06:98c1:58::1d8 answers · 443
yes
Mail servers (MX) have IPv6
Every mail server has an AAAA record.
aspmx.l.google.com ✓alt1.aspmx.l.google.com ✓alt2.aspmx.l.google.com ✓aspmx2.googlemail.com ✓aspmx3.googlemail.com ✓
yes
Nameservers have IPv6
3 of 3 nameservers checked have an AAAA record, so IPv6-only resolvers can look the domain up.
blue.foundationdns.com ✓blue.foundationdns.net ✓blue.foundationdns.org ✓
yes

First measured 2026-11-01; last confirmed 2026-11-01.

HTTPS over IPv6 · not part of the grade yet
Loads over IPv6 with a valid certificate after 2 redirects: HTTP 200.
https://about.com/ via 2606:4700:7::1d8 → 301https://www.dotdashmeredith.com/ via 2a06:98c1:58::1d8 → 301https://www.people.inc/ via 2a06:98c1:58::1d8 → 200
works
 Load about.com over IPv6 from up to six other places — a second opinion.

Nothing keeping you from an A

  1. Nothing to fix
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about.com  Has IPv6

A (IPv4)162.159.141.224
172.66.1.220
AAAA (IPv6)2606:4700:7::1d8
2a06:98c1:58::1d8

Browsers on dual-stack networks will usually pick IPv6 here (the "Happy Eyeballs" algorithm races both and prefers v6).

Copy the evidence — a citation-ready record of this measurement

 Permanent link: aaaa.bot/r/kkN47JnxIM · How we measure

Checked 2026-11-01 14:50:55 UTC. Full DNS report: dns.pizza/domain/about.com · JSON: /api/v1/about.com