Technology history for arstechnica.com
Stack size over time
From 3 detected technologies in Apr 2018 to 91 in Jun 2026 (peak 94).
Currently detected
- Nginx since Apr 2018
- Modernizr since Apr 2018
- WordPress since Apr 2018
- Adobe Analytics since Jun 2018
- Parse.ly since Jun 2018
- Google Tag Manager since Jun 2018
- Moment.js since Jun 2018
- Google Analytics since Jun 2018
- MySQL since Jun 2018
- TrackJs since Jun 2018
- PHP since Jun 2018
- Bounce Exchange since Jun 2018
- DoubleClick for Publishers (DFP) since Jun 2018
- Google AdSense since Jun 2018
- jQuery since Jun 2018
- Criteo since Jul 2018
- Google Plus since Aug 2018
- Facebook since Aug 2018
- Google Font API since Aug 2018
- Ruby since Aug 2018
- Swiftype since Aug 2018
- DoubleClick Ad Exchange (AdX) since Aug 2018
- Chartbeat since Aug 2018
- FrontPage since Aug 2018
- Ruby on Rails since Aug 2018
- Quantcast Measure since Dec 2018
- AppNexus since Feb 2019
- Google Analytics Enhanced eCommerce since Feb 2019
- Fastly since Jan 2020
- GitHub Pages since Jan 2020
- Varnish since Jan 2020
- Hotjar since Feb 2020
- Prebid since Apr 2020
- OneTrust since Aug 2020
- Linkedin Insight Tag since Feb 2021
- Google Publisher Tag since Feb 2021
- Wunderkind since Feb 2021
- Sailthru since May 2021
- Twitter Ads since May 2021
- Boomerang since Jun 2021
- Adobe Experience Platform Identity Service since Jun 2021
- Amazon Advertising since Jun 2021
- Skimlinks since Jun 2021
- Rubicon Project since Jun 2021
- OpenX since Jun 2021
- TikTok Pixel since Jun 2021
- Facebook Pixel since Jun 2021
- Amazon Associates since Jun 2021
- core-js since Oct 2021
- Adobe Audience Manager since Oct 2021
- PubMatic since Oct 2021
- Microsoft ASP.NET since Oct 2021
- Cart Functionality since Nov 2021
- Cloudflare Bot Management since Jan 2022
- Cloudflare since Jan 2022
- Smart Ad Server since Feb 2022
- reCAPTCHA since Apr 2022
- Amazon Web Services since Aug 2022
- Google Workspace since Aug 2022
- Open Graph since Sep 2022
- Teads since Nov 2022
- Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) since Nov 2022
- RSS since Dec 2022
- Tapad since Jan 2023
- Outbrain since Feb 2023
- Datadog since Apr 2023
- Admiral since Apr 2023
- Integral Ad Science since May 2023
- TripleLift since May 2023
- cdnjs since Jun 2023
- Bootstrap since Jun 2023
- Underscore.js since Jun 2023
- Lodash since Jun 2023
- Google Hosted Libraries since Jun 2023
- RequireJS since Jun 2023
- particles.js since Jun 2023
- Amazon CloudFront since Jun 2023
- Backbone.js since Jun 2023
- Hammer.js since Jun 2023
- HSTS since Jun 2023
- VideoJS since Jun 2023
- Permutive since Sep 2023
- Amazon ALB since Oct 2023
- Oracle Moat Measurement since Oct 2023
- comScore since Nov 2023
- Snowplow Analytics since Dec 2023
- web-vitals since Dec 2023
- Priority Hints since Oct 2024
- The SEO Framework since Oct 2024
- Alpine.js since Oct 2024
- Preact since Jun 2025
Previously used
- Chargebee Aug 2025 to Mar 2026 · 7 mo
- Sentry Aug 2025 to Mar 2026 · 7 mo
- Unpkg Oct 2025 to Dec 2025 · 2 mo
- Taboola Apr 2024 to May 2025 · 1 yr
- Moat Feb 2021 to Sep 2023 · 2 yrs
- C Feb 2023 to Feb 2023 · 1 mo
- Choices Dec 2021 to Jun 2022 · 6 mo
- IIS Oct 2021 to May 2022 · 7 mo
- Windows Server Oct 2021 to May 2022 · 7 mo
- Twitter Analytics May 2021 to Apr 2022 · 11 mo
- Snap Pixel Jul 2021 to Jan 2022 · 6 mo
- Wheelio Oct 2021 to Oct 2021 · 1 mo
- Quantcast Choice Dec 2020 to Jul 2021 · 7 mo
- Adobe DTM Jan 2019 to Sep 2019 · 8 mo
Timeline
2026 3 dropped
- dropped Chargebee May 2026 · Payment processors
- dropped Sentry May 2026 · Issue trackers
- dropped Unpkg Feb 2026 · CDN
2025 4 added · 1 dropped
- added Unpkg Oct 2025 · CDN
- added Chargebee Aug 2025 · Payment processors
- added Sentry Aug 2025 · Issue trackers
- dropped Taboola Jul 2025 · Advertising
- added Preact Jun 2025 · JavaScript libraries
2024 1 added
- added Taboola Apr 2024 · Advertising
2023 13 added · 2 dropped
- added Snowplow Analytics Dec 2023 · Analytics
- added web-vitals Dec 2023 · JavaScript libraries
- added comScore Nov 2023 · Analytics
- dropped Moat Nov 2023 · Analytics
- added Amazon ALB Oct 2023 · Load balancers
- added Oracle Moat Measurement Oct 2023 · Analytics
- added Permutive Sep 2023 · Miscellaneous
- added Integral Ad Science May 2023 · Advertising
- added TripleLift May 2023 · Advertising
- added Admiral Apr 2023 · Miscellaneous
- dropped C Apr 2023 · Programming languages
- added Datadog Apr 2023 · Analytics
- added C Feb 2023 · Programming languages
- added Outbrain Feb 2023 · Advertising
- added Tapad Jan 2023 · Advertising
2022 35 added · 10 dropped
- added RSS Dec 2022 · Miscellaneous
- added Smart Ad Server Dec 2022 · Advertising
- dropped Smart Ad Server Nov 2022 · Advertising
- added Teads Nov 2022 · Advertising
- added Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) Nov 2022 · Font scripts
- added Open Graph Sep 2022 · Miscellaneous
- added Adobe Audience Manager Aug 2022 · Segmentation
- added Adobe Experience Platform Identity Service Aug 2022 · Customer data platform
- added Amazon Advertising Aug 2022 · Advertising
- added Amazon Associates Aug 2022 · Affiliate programs
- added Amazon Web Services Aug 2022 · PaaS
- added Boomerang Aug 2022 · JavaScript libraries
- added Cart Functionality Aug 2022 · Ecommerce
- dropped Choices Aug 2022 · JavaScript libraries
- added core-js Aug 2022 · JavaScript libraries
- added Facebook Pixel Aug 2022 · Analytics
- added Google Publisher Tag Aug 2022 · Advertising
- added Google Workspace Aug 2022 · Email
- added Linkedin Insight Tag Aug 2022 · Analytics
- added Microsoft ASP.NET Aug 2022 · Web frameworks
- added Moat Aug 2022 · Analytics
- added OneTrust Aug 2022 · Cookie compliance
- added OpenX Aug 2022 · Advertising
- added Prebid Aug 2022 · Advertising
- added reCAPTCHA Aug 2022 · Security
- added Rubicon Project Aug 2022 · Advertising
- added Sailthru Aug 2022 · Marketing automation
- added Skimlinks Aug 2022 · Affiliate programs
- added Smart Ad Server Aug 2022 · Advertising
- added TikTok Pixel Aug 2022 · Analytics
- added Twitter Ads Aug 2022 · Advertising
- added Wunderkind Aug 2022 · Marketing automation
- dropped IIS Jul 2022 · Web servers
- dropped Windows Server Jul 2022 · Operating systems
- dropped PubMatic Jun 2022 · Advertising
- dropped Twitter Analytics Jun 2022 · Analytics
- added Choices May 2022 · JavaScript libraries
- added reCAPTCHA Apr 2022 · Security
- dropped Cloudflare Mar 2022 · CDN
- dropped Cloudflare Bot Management Mar 2022 · Security
- dropped Snap Pixel Mar 2022 · Advertising
- dropped Choices Feb 2022 · Miscellaneous
- added Smart Ad Server Feb 2022 · Advertising
- added Cloudflare Jan 2022 · CDN
- added Cloudflare Bot Management Jan 2022 · Security
2021 17 added · 4 dropped
- added Choices Dec 2021 · Miscellaneous
- dropped Wheelio Dec 2021 · Widgets
- added Cart Functionality Nov 2021 · Ecommerce
- dropped Quantcast Choice Oct 2021 · Cookie compliance
- added Snap Pixel Jul 2021 · Advertising
- added Adobe Experience Platform Identity Service Jun 2021 · Analytics
- added Amazon Advertising Jun 2021 · Advertising
- added Amazon Associates Jun 2021 · Affiliate programs
- added Boomerang Jun 2021 · JavaScript libraries
- added Facebook Pixel Jun 2021 · Analytics
- added OpenX Jun 2021 · Advertising
- added Prebid Jun 2021 · Advertising
- added Quantcast Choice Jun 2021 · Cookie compliance
- added Rubicon Project Jun 2021 · Advertising
- added Skimlinks Jun 2021 · Affiliate programs
- added TikTok Pixel Jun 2021 · Analytics
- added Sailthru May 2021 · Personalisation
- added Twitter Ads May 2021 · Advertising
- added Twitter Analytics May 2021 · Analytics
- dropped Prebid Mar 2021 · Advertising
- dropped Quantcast Choice Mar 2021 · Cookie compliance
2020 7 added
- added Quantcast Choice Dec 2020 · Cookie compliance
- added OneTrust Aug 2020 · Cookie compliance
- added Prebid Apr 2020 · Advertising Networks
- added Hotjar Feb 2020 · Analytics
- added Fastly Jan 2020 · CDN
- added GitHub Pages Jan 2020 · CDN
- added Varnish Jan 2020 · Cache Tools
2019 15 added · 1 dropped
- dropped Adobe DTM Nov 2019 · Tag Managers
- added Adobe DTM Mar 2019 · Tag Managers
- added AppNexus Mar 2019 · Advertising Networks
- added Chartbeat Mar 2019 · Analytics
- added Facebook Mar 2019 · Widgets
- added Google Analytics Enhanced eCommerce Mar 2019 · Analytics
- added Google Font API Mar 2019 · Font Scripts
- added Google Plus Mar 2019 · Widgets
- added Modernizr Mar 2019 · JavaScript Libraries
- added Quantcast Measure Mar 2019 · Analytics
- added Ruby Mar 2019 · Programming Languages
- added Ruby on Rails Mar 2019 · Web Frameworks
- added Swiftype Mar 2019 · Search Engines
- added AppNexus Feb 2019 · Advertising Networks
- added Google Analytics Enhanced eCommerce Feb 2019 · Analytics
- added Adobe DTM Jan 2019 · Tag Managers
2018 14 added · 1 dropped
- added Quantcast Measure Dec 2018 · Analytics
- added Criteo Jul 2018 · Advertising Networks
- dropped Modernizr Jul 2018 · JavaScript Frameworks
- added Adobe Analytics Jun 2018 · Analytics
- added Bounce Exchange Jun 2018 · Marketing Automation
- added DoubleClick for Publishers (DFP) Jun 2018 · Advertising Networks
- added Google AdSense Jun 2018 · Advertising Networks
- added Google Analytics Jun 2018 · Analytics
- added Google Tag Manager Jun 2018 · Tag Managers
- added jQuery Jun 2018 · JavaScript Frameworks
- added Moment.js Jun 2018 · JavaScript Frameworks
- added MySQL Jun 2018 · Databases
- added Parse.ly Jun 2018 · Analytics
- added PHP Jun 2018 · Programming Languages
- added TrackJs Jun 2018 · Analytics