What does washingtonpost.com track?
Before any consent, washingtonpost.com loaded 12 tracking companies and set 0 advertising or analytics cookies.
That's more tracking companies than 95% of the 2,450 sites we scanned.
Scanned October 2, 2026 from Germany, loading www.washingtonpost.com once and clicking nothing. How we scan
- Tracking companies
- 12
- Tracking cookies
- 0
- Third-party hosts
- 34
- Cookies in total
- 27
Consent banner
The page loaded OneTrust, a consent management platform. Everything below was recorded before anyone answered it. 12 tracking companies still loaded while it was unanswered.
Companies contacted before consent
9 of the 21 companies it contacted before consent were advertising companies.
- Amazon Advertising6 requestsAdvertising
c.amazon-adsystem.com, aax-eu.amazon-adsystem.com, config.aps.amazon-adsystem.com, web-banner.ads.aps.amazon-adsystem.com
- Google Ads3 requestsAdvertising
securepubads.g.doubleclick.net
- DoubleVerify3 requestsAdvertising
pub.doubleverify.com, pub.dv.tech
- GeoEdge2 requestsAdvertising
rumcdn.geoedge.be
- Integral Ad Science1 requestAdvertising
pixel.adsafeprotected.com
- The Trade Desk1 requestAdvertising
direct.adsrvr.org
- Magnite1 requestAdvertising
fastlane.rubiconproject.com
- Teads1 requestAdvertising
a.teads.tv
- Yahoo1 requestAdvertising
exchange.postrelease.com
- Chartbeat1 requestAnalytics
static.chartbeat.com
- Brandmetrics1 requestAnalytics
cdn.brandmetrics.com
- Google Analytics1 requestAnalytics
www.googletagmanager.com
Other third parties (content delivery, consent, functional, unclassified)
- zeustechnology.com2 requestsUnclassified
sponsorship-lines.zeustechnology.com, wapo.zeustechnology.com
- 3gl.net2 requestsUnclassified
g.3gl.net, rjs.3gl.net
- ml314.com1 requestUnclassified
vi.ml314.com
- outcomes.net1 requestUnclassified
prebid.outcomes.net
- bmtrcs.com1 requestUnclassified
phx.bmtrcs.com
- OneTrust9 requestsConsent banner
cdn.cookielaw.org, geolocation.onetrust.com
- Google27 requestsFunctional
www.gstatic.com, news.google.com, www.google.com, play.google.com
- Akamai2 requestsContent delivery
s.go-mpulse.net, c.go-mpulse.net
- unpkg1 requestContent delivery
unpkg.com
Cookies set before consent
| Cookie | Purpose | Set by | Lasts |
|---|---|---|---|
| wp_ak_bfd | Unclassified | washingtonpost.com | 2 months |
| wp_ak_co | Unclassified | washingtonpost.com | 2 months |
| wp_ak_gpp | Unclassified | washingtonpost.com | 30 days |
| wp_ak_kywrd_ab | Unclassified | washingtonpost.com | 15 days |
| wp_ak_pp | Unclassified | washingtonpost.com | 30 days |
| wp_ak_pw | Unclassified | washingtonpost.com | 30 days |
| wp_ak_sff | Unclassified | washingtonpost.com | 2 months |
| wp_ak_signinv2 | Unclassified | washingtonpost.com | 30 days |
| wp_ak_tos | Unclassified | washingtonpost.com | 2 months |
| wp_ak_v_mab | Unclassified | washingtonpost.com | 30 days |
| wp_ak_wab | Unclassified | washingtonpost.com | 12 months |
| wp_devicetype | Unclassified | washingtonpost.com | 30 days |
| wp_geo | Unclassified | washingtonpost.com | Under a day |
| wp_pwapi_ar | Unclassified | washingtonpost.com | 3 months |
| wp_s | Unclassified | washingtonpost.com | 13 months |
| wp_ttrid | Unclassified | washingtonpost.com | 13 months |
| wp_ucp | Unclassified | washingtonpost.com | 12 months |
| wp_usp | Unclassified | washingtonpost.com | 12 months |
| wp_zeus | Unclassified | washingtonpost.com | Session |
| zeus_is_tpc_enabled | Unclassified | wapo.zeustechnology.com (third party) | Session |
| __cf_bm | Functional | px.washingtonpost.com | Under a day |
| _abck | Functional | washingtonpost.com | 12 months |
| ak_bmsc | Functional | washingtonpost.com | Under a day |
| bm_sv | Functional | washingtonpost.com | Under a day |
| OptanonConsent | Functional | washingtonpost.com | 12 months |
| RT | Functional | www.washingtonpost.com | 7 days |
| bm_sz | Necessary | washingtonpost.com | Under a day |
The page also wrote 16 keys to local storage, which works like a cookie but isn't sent with requests.
Understanding this page
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