Yes — medium.com has IPv6.

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

IPv6 readiness

Website, mail and DNS all work over IPv6.

Website over IPv6 medium.com has 2 IPv6 addresses and answers on every one we tested. ✓ 2606:4700:7::a29f:9904 answers · 443✓ 2606:4700:7::a29f:9804 answers · 443	yes
www over IPv6 www.medium.com has 2 IPv6 addresses and answers on every one we tested. ✓ 2606:4700:7::a29f:9804 answers · 443✓ 2606:4700:7::a29f:9904 answers · 443	yes
Mail servers (MX) have IPv6 Every mail server has an AAAA record. aspmx.l.google.com ✓aspmx2.googlemail.com ✓aspmx3.googlemail.com ✓alt1.aspmx.l.google.com ✓alt2.aspmx.l.google.com ✓	yes
Nameservers have IPv6 2 of 2 nameservers checked have an AAAA record, so IPv6-only resolvers can look the domain up. alina.ns.cloudflare.com ✓kip.ns.cloudflare.com ✓	yes

HTTPS over IPv6 · not part of the grade yet
Loads over IPv6 with a valid certificate: HTTP 403.

https://medium.com/ via 2606:4700:7::a29f:9904 → 403

works

Nothing keeping you from an A

Nothing to fix
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medium.com Has IPv6

A (IPv4)	162.159.153.4 162.159.152.4
AAAA (IPv6)	2606:4700:7::a29f:9904 2606:4700:7::a29f:9804

www.medium.com Has IPv6

A (IPv4)	162.159.153.4 162.159.152.4
AAAA (IPv6)	2606:4700:7::a29f:9804 2606:4700:7::a29f:9904

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

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IPv6 measurement: medium.com
Measured 2026-10-30 21:27:07 UTC by aaaa.bot (one server on Fly.io, region iad)

A (IPv4):    162.159.153.4, 162.159.152.4
AAAA (IPv6): 2606:4700:7::a29f:9904, 2606:4700:7::a29f:9804
www AAAA:    2606:4700:7::a29f:9804, 2606:4700:7::a29f:9904

Readiness grade A: Website, mail and DNS all work over IPv6.
- Website over IPv6: medium.com has 2 IPv6 addresses and answers on every one we tested.
    2606:4700:7::a29f:9904: answers (TCP 443)
    2606:4700:7::a29f:9804: answers (TCP 443)
- www over IPv6: www.medium.com has 2 IPv6 addresses and answers on every one we tested.
    2606:4700:7::a29f:9804: answers (TCP 443)
    2606:4700:7::a29f:9904: answers (TCP 443)
- Mail servers (MX) have IPv6: Every mail server has an AAAA record.
- Nameservers have IPv6: 2 of 2 nameservers checked have an AAAA record, so IPv6-only resolvers can look the domain up.

Reachability = a TCP connection opened on port 443 (or 80).

HTTPS over IPv6 (not graded): Loads over IPv6 with a valid certificate: HTTP 403.
    https://medium.com/ via 2606:4700:7::a29f:9904 -> HTTP 403, certificate: valid
DNS answers via DNS-over-HTTPS (Cloudflare). Method: https://aaaa.bot/method
Permanent link: https://aaaa.bot/r/VXGNebed4t

Permanent link: aaaa.bot/r/VXGNebed4t · How we measure

Checked 2026-10-30 21:27:07 UTC. Full DNS report: dns.pizza/domain/medium.com · JSON: /api/v1/medium.com