Bulbagarden (bulbagarden.net) is a Pokémon portal with news, forums, a Pokémon encyclopedia, and more.

As of December 2023, bulbagarden.net has 21.23 million monthly views (27.2 million Dec 2022), according to Similar Web. The Wayback Machine estimates that bulbagarden.net was founded on January 15, 2004. The Internet Archive has saved bulbagarden.net 2,683 times between January 15, 2004, and February 25, 2023. I can see that the crawl rate has steadily grown over the years and has been most frequent since 2014, suggesting the domain’s traffic has been highest since then.

Is bulbagarden.net Safe?

I analyzed bulbagarden.net for malware and malicious content to check if it was legit or a scam. Here are the results:

I checked bulbagarden.net on Sucuri, and it returned with no issues. Results: Sucuri scan for the site bulbagarden.net.

Bulbagarden.net Sucuri results

Security hardening flaws:

  • Missing security header for ClickJacking Protection. Affected pages:
    https://bulbagarden.net/404javascript.js
    https://bulbagarden.net/404testpage4525d2fdc
  • Missing security header to prevent Content Type sniffing. Affected pages:
    https://bulbagarden.net/404javascript.js
    https://bulbagarden.net/404testpage4525d2fdc
  • Missing Strict-Transport-Security security header. Affected pages:
    https://bulbagarden.net/404javascript.js
    https://bulbagarden.net/404testpage4525d2fdc

I then ran a parasite scan with Unmask Parasites on bulbagarden.net, and it is clean. Results: Unmask Parasites scan for the site bulbagarden.net.

I also checked bulbagarden.net on VirusTotal, and it is clean. Results: VirusTotal scan for the site bulbagarden.net.

Bulbagarden.net Sucuri results

In conclusion, bulbagarden.net is safe. But it has security header issues. OVERALL GRADE: Safe.

Links and Profiles

Website: bulbagarden.net

References

1. SimilarWeb – bulbagarden.net

2. Wayback Machine – bulbagarden.net

(Last Updated: 2/19/2024)