What does foreignpolicy.com track?
Before any consent, foreignpolicy.com loaded 22 tracking companies and set 28 advertising or analytics cookies.
That's more tracking companies than 98% of the 2,450 sites we scanned.
Scanned October 2, 2026 from Germany, loading foreignpolicy.com once and clicking nothing. How we scan
- Tracking companies
- 22
- Tracking cookies
- 28
- Third-party hosts
- 79
- Cookies in total
- 57
Consent banner
The page loaded Sourcepoint, a consent management platform. Everything below was recorded before anyone answered it. 22 tracking companies still loaded while it was unanswered.
Companies contacted before consent
10 of the 37 companies it contacted before consent were advertising companies.
- Google Ads16 requestsAdvertising
ad.doubleclick.net, securepubads.g.doubleclick.net, www.google.de, stats.g.doubleclick.net
- Microsoft Advertising7 requestsAdvertising
bat.bing.net, bat.bing.com
- Blockthrough7 requestsAdvertising
api.btloader.com, btloader.com, cdn.btloader.com, cdn.api.btloader.com
- Amazon Advertising5 requestsAdvertising
prod.us-east-1.cxm-bcn.publisher-services.amazon.dev, config.aps.amazon-adsystem.com, client.aps.amazon-adsystem.com, c.amazon-adsystem.com
- Quantcast4 requestsAdvertising
pixel.quantserve.com, secure.quantserve.com, rules.quantcount.com
- ID51 requestAdvertising
cdn.id5-sync.com
- LiveRamp1 requestAdvertising
ats.rlcdn.com
- Lotame1 requestAdvertising
tags.crwdcntrl.net
- Epsilon (Conversant)1 requestAdvertising
secure.cdn.fastclick.net
- Index Exchange1 requestAdvertising
htlb.casalemedia.com
- X (Twitter)7 requestsSocial media
t.co, analytics.twitter.com, static.ads-twitter.com
- Meta3 requestsSocial media
connect.facebook.net, www.facebook.com
- Reddit1 requestSocial media
alb.reddit.com
- Google Analytics11 requestsAnalytics
www.googletagmanager.com, region1.analytics.google.com, www.google-analytics.com, region1.google-analytics.com
- Microsoft Clarity6 requestsAnalytics
l.clarity.ms, www.clarity.ms, scripts.clarity.ms
- Cxense (Piano)5 requestsAnalytics
cdn.cxense.com, id.cxense.com, comcluster.cxense.com
- Parse.ly3 requestsAnalytics
cdn.parsely.com, api.parsely.com, srv-2026-10-02-11.pixel.parsely.com
- ZoomInfo3 requestsAnalytics
js.zi-scripts.com, ws.zoominfo.com
- Sailthru2 requestsAnalytics
ak.sail-horizon.com, api.sail-personalize.com
- Chartbeat2 requestsAnalytics
static.chartbeat.com, ping.chartbeat.net
- Cloudflare Web Analytics1 requestAnalytics
static.cloudflareinsights.com
- Marfeel1 requestAnalytics
sdk.mrf.io
Other third parties (content delivery, consent, functional, unclassified)
- ad-delivery.net11 requestsUnclassified
ad-delivery.net
- lngtd.com7 requestsUnclassified
lngtd.com, it.lngtd.com, bd.lngtd.com, floors.lngtd.com
- dns-finder.com2 requestsUnclassified
ab.dns-finder.com
- npttech.com1 requestUnclassified
www.npttech.com
- rudderstack.com1 requestUnclassified
api.rudderstack.com
- sail-track.com1 requestUnclassified
api.sail-track.com
- hadronid.net1 requestUnclassified
cdn.hadronid.net
- newsroom.bi1 requestUnclassified
events.newsroom.bi
- Sourcepoint14 requestsConsent banner
cdn.privacy-mgmt.com, geo.privacymanager.io
- Vimeo75 requestsFunctional
f.vimeocdn.com, player.vimeo.com, i.vimeocdn.com, arclight.vimeo.com
- Google12 requestsFunctional
www.google.com, www.gstatic.com, ajax.googleapis.com, fonts.gstatic.com
- Sentry3 requestsFunctional
js.sentry-cdn.com, browser.sentry-cdn.com, o372603.ingest.us.sentry.io
- WordPress.com2 requestsFunctional
stats.wp.com, pixel.wp.com
- Sophi (Globe and Mail)1 requestFunctional
cdn.sophi.io
- jsDelivr4 requestsContent delivery
cdn.jsdelivr.net
Cookies set before consent
The longest-lived tracking cookie it set was guest_id, from X (Twitter), lasting about 13 months.
| Cookie | Purpose | Set by | Lasts |
|---|---|---|---|
| _fbp | Advertising | foreignpolicy.com | 3 months |
| _gcl_au | Advertising | foreignpolicy.com | 3 months |
| _pcus | Advertising | foreignpolicy.com | 13 months |
| cX_G | Advertising | foreignpolicy.com | 13 months |
| gckp | Advertising | cxense.com (third party) | 12 months |
| guest_id | Advertising | twitter.com (third party) | 13 months |
| guest_id_ads | Advertising | twitter.com (third party) | 13 months |
| guest_id_marketing | Advertising | twitter.com (third party) | 13 months |
| muc_ads | Advertising | t.co (third party) | 13 months |
| personalization_id | Advertising | twitter.com (third party) | 13 months |
| sailthru_content | Advertising | foreignpolicy.com | 12 months |
| sailthru_pageviews | Advertising | foreignpolicy.com | Under a day |
| sailthru_visitor | Advertising | foreignpolicy.com | 12 months |
| __pat | Analytics | foreignpolicy.com | 30 days |
| __pvi | Analytics | foreignpolicy.com | 1 day |
| _cb | Analytics | foreignpolicy.com | 13 months |
| _cb_svref | Analytics | foreignpolicy.com | Under a day |
| _chartbeat2 | Analytics | foreignpolicy.com | 13 months |
| _ga | Analytics | foreignpolicy.com | 13 months |
| _ga_1T05LPL754 | Analytics | foreignpolicy.com | 13 months |
| _ga_T5CKP06L0Y | Analytics | foreignpolicy.com | 13 months |
| _gat_pianoTracker | Analytics | foreignpolicy.com | Under a day |
| _gid | Analytics | foreignpolicy.com | 1 day |
| cX_P | Analytics | foreignpolicy.com | 13 months |
| rl_anonymous_id | Analytics | foreignpolicy.com | 12 months |
| rl_page_init_referrer | Analytics | foreignpolicy.com | 12 months |
| rl_session | Analytics | foreignpolicy.com | 12 months |
| vuid | Analytics | vimeo.com (third party) | 13 months |
| Unclassified | foreignpolicy.com | Session | |
| __cf_ob | Unclassified | player.vimeo.com (third party) | Session |
| _lr_geo_location | Unclassified | foreignpolicy.com | 1 day |
| _matheriSegs | Unclassified | foreignpolicy.com | 6 months |
| _ml_id | Unclassified | foreignpolicy.com | 13 months |
| _twpid | Unclassified | foreignpolicy.com | 13 months |
| _twsid | Unclassified | foreignpolicy.com | 13 months |
| _zitok | Unclassified | foreignpolicy.com | 12 months |
| cf_zaraz_client | Unclassified | foreignpolicy.com | 12 months |
| cfz_reddit | Unclassified | foreignpolicy.com | 12 months |
| cfz_zaraz-analytics | Unclassified | foreignpolicy.com | 12 months |
| __adblocker | Functional | foreignpolicy.com | Under a day |
| __cf_bm | Functional | t.co (third party) | Under a day |
| __cf_bm | Functional | twitter.com (third party) | Under a day |
| __cf_bm | Functional | vimeo.com (third party) | Under a day |
| __cf_bm | Functional | pianoauth.foreignpolicy.com | Under a day |
| __cf_bm | Functional | pianocomposer.foreignpolicy.com | Under a day |
| __pid | Functional | foreignpolicy.com | 30 days |
| __pnahc | Functional | foreignpolicy.com | 3 months |
| __tbc | Functional | foreignpolicy.com | 13 months |
| _cfuvid | Functional | zoominfo.com (third party) | Session |
| _parsely_session | Functional | foreignpolicy.com | Under a day |
| _parsely_visitor | Functional | foreignpolicy.com | 13 months |
| _pcid | Functional | foreignpolicy.com | 13 months |
| _pctx | Functional | foreignpolicy.com | 13 months |
| cf_clearance | Functional | vimeo.com (third party) | 12 months |
| cf_clearance | Functional | foreignpolicy.com | 12 months |
| consentUUID | Functional | foreignpolicy.com | 12 months |
| xbc | Functional | foreignpolicy.com | 13 months |
The page also wrote 35 keys to local storage, which works like a cookie but isn't sent with requests.
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