Realurls

Apple Inc.

Also known as apple, apple oss distributions, apple-oss-distributions. Wikidata Q312. GitHub apple.

Official domains: apple.com

Identity anchored by wikidata:Q312/P856 wikidata:Q312/P2037. Display name from wikidata:Q312.

apple.com verified primary · confidence 0.98 · verified 2026-09-06

3 independent anchor(s) + 3 independent corroboration(s): meets the verified threshold

EvidenceWhat it shows
A1 anchor GitHub verified this organization's domain (DNS-level check performed by GitHub)
org=apple org_verified=true blog=https://apple.com
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A8 not counted Anchored repository's homepage points here, and this site links back
repo=apple/foundationdb org=apple repo_anchored=true homepage=https://apple.github.io/foundationdb/ backlink=false stars=16666 age_days=3188 contributors=365
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A9 anchor App Store history: an established app by an Apple-verified company named like the entity, seller URL points here
app=Pages: Create Documents track_id=361309726 seller=Apple Inc. artist=Apple seller_url=https://www.apple.com/apps/#pages released=2010-04-01 age_days=6001 ratings=562079 apps_for_domain=15 apps=[{"app":"Pages: Create Documents","seller":"Apple Inc.","released":"2010-04-01","age_days":6001,"ratings":562079},{"app":"Numbers: Make Spreadsheets","seller":"Apple Inc.","released":"2010-04-01","age_days":6001,"ratings":219268},{"app":"Keynote: Design Presentations","seller":"Apple Inc.","released":"2010-04-01","age_days":6001,"ratings":81916}]
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A3 not counted Corporate registrar fingerprint (brand-protection registrar, long prepaid term, registry locks)
registrar=Nom-iq Ltd. dba COM LAUDE created=1987-02-19 expires=2027-02-20 remaining_days=166 locks=["delete","transfer","update","server delete","server transfer","server update"]
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A4 anchor TLS certificate carries the organization name (OV/EV)
subject_org=Apple Inc. validation_type=OV issuer=Apple Inc. san_count=1
 TLS handshake apple.com:443
B1 corroboration Wikidata official-website claim (P856) on the anchored item
qid=Q312 label=Apple Inc. kind=organization site=https://apple.com/ sitelinks=183 competing_items=3
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B5 corroboration Tranco top-1M ranking
rank=10 source=top-1m list
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B4 corroboration Wayback Machine history
first_snapshot=1996-10-22 history_days=10911
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2 piece(s) of evidence not counted — why
  • A8: repository homepage (https://apple.github.io/foundationdb/) does not point to this domain
  • A3: fewer than 1095 days until expiry; not the long prepaid term typical of corporate registrations
Reproduce this yourself
# A1 — GitHub verified this org's domain
curl -s https://api.github.com/orgs/apple | jq '{name, blog, is_verified}'

# A8 — anchored repo's homepage
curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/apple/foundationdb | jq '{homepage, created_at, stargazers_count}'

# A3 — registrar / dates / locks
curl -sL https://rdap.org/domain/apple.com | jq '{status, events, registrar: [.entities[]|select(.roles[]=="registrar")|.vcardArray[1][1][3]]}'

# B1 — Wikidata P856
curl -s "https://www.wikidata.org/w/api.php?action=wbgetclaims&entity=Q312&property=P856&format=json"

# B5 — Tranco rank
curl -s https://tranco-list.eu/api/ranks/domain/apple.com

# B4 — first Wayback snapshot
curl -s "http://web.archive.org/cdx/search/cdx?url=apple.com&limit=1&output=json"

# Re-run the whole pipeline for this domain
git clone https://github.com/zhouchungong/realurls-registry && cd realurls-registry && pip install -e . && python -m src.verify apple.com

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