Akamai
Akamai operates one of the largest content-delivery and edge-security networks on the web, fronting a huge share of enterprise and government sites. A scan of an Akamai-fronted site often captures an Akamai reference-error or challenge page rather than the origin’s content.
Like any CDN, Akamai conceals the origin server and absorbs automated traffic, so its presence is a routing fact rather than a trust signal. The verdict for a scanned site always comes from the page’s actual content and behaviour.
Commonly deployed alongside Akamai
Of the 2,348 public scans where Akamai was detected, these are the technologies most often present on the same site. The share is the percentage of Akamai sites that also ran each one.
| Technology | Category | Share of Akamai sites |
|---|---|---|
| HSTS | wappalyzer | 84.24% |
| Script | miscellaneous | 43.4% |
| X-UA-Compatible | miscellaneous | 42.67% |
| Akamai Bot Manager | wappalyzer | 38.33% |
| Google Analytics | wappalyzer | 33.99% |
| Google Tag Manager | wappalyzer | 29.05% |
| Open-Graph-Protocol | miscellaneous | 22.83% |
| jQuery | wappalyzer | 19.17% |
| PoweredBy | miscellaneous | 18.78% |
| MetaGenerator | miscellaneous | 13.93% |
| Google-Analytics | miscellaneous | 13.93% |
| scrollreveal | wappalyzer | 12.48% |
| Drupal | cms | 12.22% |
| HTTP/3 | wappalyzer | 12.18% |
How ScanMalware detects Akamai
Akamai is detected by analysing the response headers, HTML markup, JavaScript runtime and asset URLs captured when ScanMalware loads the site in a real headless browser.
From any scan you can pivot into related signals — JARM TLS fingerprints, ASN ownership and BGP routing, certificate history, JavaScript analysis and the overall security verdict — to understand not just that Akamai is present, but how it is being used. Open the full search interface for Akamai →
Recent public scans featuring Akamai
A rolling sample of recent public scans where Akamai was detected. Listing a site here is not a safety judgement — open a scan to see its full verdict.
| Site | Scanned |
|---|---|
| https://image.mail.hurtigruten.com | 2026-06-16 |
| https://insiteupdate.cummins.com | 2026-06-16 |
| Invalid URL https://common.update.easebar.com.edgekey.net | 2026-06-16 |
| maintenance https://www10.watsons.com.hk | 2026-06-16 |
| https://t.co/2b2IjzBwQ7 | 2026-06-15 |
| Invalid URL https://e2636.dsce6.akamaiedge.net | 2026-06-15 |
| https://cs.frederick.edu | 2026-06-15 |
| Invalid URL https://e1660.d.akamaiedge.net | 2026-06-15 |
Frequently asked questions about Akamai
- Does using Akamai mean a website is unsafe?
- No. Akamai is a stack component, not a verdict. ScanMalware scores the whole page — its scripts, redirects, certificates, threat-intelligence matches and behaviour — so a site using Akamai can be perfectly safe or actively malicious.
- How many sites using Akamai has ScanMalware scanned?
- Akamai has been detected in 2,348 public scans on ScanMalware.com. Each scan is a real headless-browser visit, and the figure updates as new URLs are submitted.
- What technologies are commonly used with Akamai?
- Across scanned sites, Akamai is most often seen alongside HSTS, Script and X-UA-Compatible. The full co-occurrence breakdown is listed on this page.
Browse all profiled technologies on the technology index, or scan a URL to see its full stack.