Overview

Akismet is an organisation documented on akismet.com. Akismet filters spam in comments, forms, and other user-submitted content on millions of websites. Its spam protection is available for WordPress and other platforms through integrations and an open API. The page “Terms of Service – Akismet” on akismet.com records: Terms of use A fairly wordy legal agreement between you and us Last Updated: November 9th, 2021 The Akismet.com website (“Website”) is a hosted anti-comment-spam service (“Service”) operated by Automattic.

Sources: Terms of Service – Akismet, Akismet: Spam Protection for Websites

Key information

akismet.com records the following details for Akismet.

Url
https://akismet.com/

Source: Akismet: Spam Protection for Websites

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Sources

  1. Akismet: Spam Protection for Websites https://akismet.com/ Verified 11 Nov 2026
  2. Features – Akismet https://akismet.com/features/ Verified 11 Nov 2026
  3. Enterprise – Akismet https://akismet.com/enterprise/ Verified 11 Nov 2026
  4. Support Documentation – Akismet https://akismet.com/support/ Verified 11 Nov 2026
  5. Terms of Service – Akismet https://akismet.com/tos/ Verified 19 Oct 2026
  6. How do I update my payment information? – Akismet https://akismet.com/support/billing/updating-payment-info/ Verified 11 Nov 2026
  7. Why do I need a WordPress.com account? – Akismet https://akismet.com/support/general/wordpress-account/ Verified 11 Nov 2026
  8. How do I train Akismet to catch more spam? – Akismet https://akismet.com/support/general/teach-akismet/ Verified 11 Nov 2026
  9. How do I activate the Akismet plugin? – Akismet https://akismet.com/support/getting-started/activate/ Verified 19 Oct 2026
  10. What’s an API key? – Akismet https://akismet.com/support/getting-started/api-key/ Verified 19 Oct 2026
  11. Five things every blogger should know about spam – Akismet https://akismet.com/support/general/spam-facts/ Verified 19 Oct 2026
  12. Viewing your Akismet stats data – Akismet https://akismet.com/support/features-2/stats/ Verified 19 Oct 2026
  13. Features – Akismet https://akismet.com/about/
  14. Akismet API usage limits – Akismet https://akismet.com/support/general/akismet-api-usage-limits/ Verified 19 Oct 2026
  15. It really is spam – Akismet https://akismet.com/blog/it-really-is-spam/ Verified 11 Nov 2026
  16. Remember that web site you made years ago? – Akismet https://akismet.com/blog/remember-that-web-site-you-made-years-ago/ Verified 11 Nov 2026
  17. New Akismet revision available for testing – Akismet https://akismet.com/blog/new-akismet-revision-available-for-testing/ Verified 11 Nov 2026
  18. State of Web Spam – Akismet https://akismet.com/blog/state-of-web-spam/ Verified 11 Nov 2026

Last verified 11 Nov 2026. This entry is compiled from the public web pages listed above. Nothing here is stated that those pages do not, and each of them was read on the date shown.