IP Information

IP Lookup shows where an IP address is registered and who runs it: country, region, city and postcode, the internet provider (ISP), the organisation, the network's ASN and domain, the time zone and approximate coordinates. It works for IPv4 and IPv6. Leave the box empty to look up your own public IP address.

How to use IP Lookup

1. Type or paste an IP address, such as 8.8.8.8, or leave the box empty to check your own.
2. Click the button to get the information.
3. Use the share menu to copy a link to the result or save it as a report.

What each field means

• Country, region, city and postcode: where the IP is registered or most often seen, from IP geolocation databases.
• ISP: the company that provides the internet connection.
• Organisation: the company the address block is assigned to, which can differ from the ISP, for example a business renting addresses from a provider.
• ASN: the Autonomous System Number of the network that announces the IP on the internet, such as AS15169 for Google. Every large network has one.
• Network domain: the website of the network owner, handy for finding the right abuse contact.
• Time zone: the local time zone of the location, useful when reading log timestamps.

How accurate is IP location?

Country is right for the vast majority of addresses. City is a good guess for home broadband but can be off by tens or hundreds of kilometres, and for mobile networks it often shows the carrier's hub city. VPNs, proxies, Tor and corporate networks show the location of their exit server, not the person. The coordinates point to an area, never to a street address, and an IP address alone does not identify a person.

When it comes in handy

• Checking where suspicious logins, sign-ups or orders come from.
• Investigating an IP from server logs, spam or a firewall alert, and finding its network owner to report abuse.
• Confirming that your VPN really shows another country: look up your own IP with the VPN on and off.
• Seeing which provider and data centre hosts a server.

Frequently asked questions