What Is My IP Address?
See your public IPv4 and IPv6 address, your approximate location and ISP, and the browser details websites can read — all looked up live from your own browser.
Looking up your public address now. This runs in your browser and calls free third-party APIs (ipify and ipapi.co).
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- ISP / Org
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- ASN
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- User agent
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What this tool shows you
Every time you connect to the internet, your network is given a public IP address — the return address that websites, games and apps use to send data back to you. This page asks a couple of small public APIs "what address did this request come from?" and shows you the answer, along with the approximate location and network that address belongs to.
You will usually see two kinds of address. An IPv4 address looks like 203.0.113.42, and an IPv6 address looks like 2001:db8::8a2e:370:7334. If no IPv6 appears, your network probably only offers IPv4 today — that is still very common and nothing to worry about. To understand the numbers themselves, read what is an IP address.
The location, ISP and ASN come from an IP geolocation database. These map blocks of addresses to the organisation that owns them and to a rough geographic area.
IP geolocation is not GPS. It often gets your city or region right but can be off by a long way, and it frequently shows your ISP's location or a VPN exit rather than where you physically are. Curious how it works and what it can and cannot reveal? See how IP geolocation works and can someone find me from my IP.
A quick privacy note: the lookups on this page are made from your browser to third-party APIs (ipify for the address and ipapi.co for the location). IP Animals does not log your address, but those services do see the request — that is unavoidable, because learning your public IP means asking a server on the internet what it sees. If you would rather investigate a specific address instead of your own, try the IP Geolocation Lookup. To dig into a domain's records, use the DNS Lookup tool.
Want to know who is behind your connection? The "ISP / Org" and "ASN" rows name the network that routes your traffic. Learn more in what is an ISP.
Frequently asked questions
Is my IP address looked up privately?
The lookup happens directly from your browser. Your IPv4 and IPv6 addresses come from the ipify API, and the approximate location comes from the ipapi.co API. IP Animals does not store your address on a server — but those third-party APIs necessarily see the request, because that is how any IP checker learns your public address.
Why is no IPv6 address shown?
Many home and mobile networks still only give you IPv4 connectivity, so the IPv6 request simply fails or times out. That is normal and not a problem — it just means your connection reached the internet over IPv4.
How accurate is the location shown?
It is approximate. IP geolocation usually pins your city or region correctly but can be wrong by miles, and it may show the location of your ISP or VPN exit node rather than your actual address. It is not GPS.
Why is my IP different from someone else on the same Wi-Fi?
Usually it is not. Devices behind the same router normally share one public IP thanks to NAT. If you see different public IPs, one device may be on a different network, a VPN, or a mobile connection.
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