Every device on the internet has a public IP address, and that address can be mapped to an approximate location and the network that owns it. This is how \"you appear to be in…\" messages work.
Where the data comes from
- Regional registries (RIRs) — ARIN, RIPE, APNIC and others record which organisation owns each IP block (the ASN).
- ISP and routing data — how traffic reaches the block hints at the city or region.
- Crowd-sourced and commercial datasets refine the city-level estimate.
How accurate is it?
Country-level accuracy is very high; city-level is approximate and can be off by tens of kilometres, especially on mobile networks that route through distant gateways. Geolocation reveals your ISP, ASN, and rough area — not your street address. Only your ISP can tie an IP to a subscriber, and only with legal process.
See what your IP reveals
Our free IP geolocation tool shows the country, region, city estimate, ISP, ASN, reverse DNS and any proxy/VPN or hosting flags for any IP or domain — the same signals websites see about you.