What powers ensembl.org?
Last seen Jun 2026 · 29 technologies across 16 categories
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Top search keywords
| Keyword | Position | Est. monthly visits |
|---|---|---|
| trmu | #17 | 26,300 |
| ucsc genome | #7 | 460 |
| ccds | #10 | 340 |
| ensembl genome browser | #1 | 300 |
| ensembl biomart | #1 | 220 |
| sus scrofa scrofa | #36 | 210 |
| c-myc gene | #10 | 210 |
| myc gene | #10 | 210 |
| h sapiens sapiens | #76 | 190 |
| hommo sapiens | #53 | 190 |
| eng gene | #11 | 170 |
| emu dolphin | #59 | 160 |
| saltwater sunfish | #92 | 130 |
| jerboa | #79 | 130 |
| arnt | #4 | 130 |
| genome assembly | #1 | 120 |
| ncbi blastp | #16 | 120 |
| synteny | #4 | 110 |
| apob | #34 | 100 |
| ftp | #63 | 100 |
| gtf file format | #1 | 97 |
| google gnome | #53 | 95 |
| embl | #21 | 93 |
| rbks | #7 | 92 |
| genome | #27 | 85 |
The site's top keywords in Google (US), with the visits each one is estimated to bring per month.
Top backlinks
Top links pointing at the site, one per source domain, strongest first. The anchor text opens the page carrying the link.
Audience
- 93% desktop
- 5% phone
- 1% tablet
United Kingdom
Italy
Spain
Türkiye
Mexico
Argentina
Countries where the site has Chrome traffic, strongest markets first.
Open Page Rank
7.57 / 10 · ranked #16,025 of all domains
1,493 referring domains · OpenPageRank
Search traffic
42,400 est. monthly organic visits (US)
16,153 keywords in Google's top 30
Core Web Vitals
| LCP | 3.3 s |
| INP | 50 ms |
| CLS | 0.15 |
| TTFB | 2800 ms |
Real user p75, Chrome UX Report, Jun 2026.
Page
- Language: English (United Kingdom)
- CDN: Amazon CloudFront
- Weight: 1.9 MB · 31 requests
- Structured data: JSON-LD
Homepage as crawled by the HTTP Archive, Jul 2026.
Subdomains
| Host | Techs |
|---|---|
| beta.ensembl.org | 11 |
| bacteria.ensembl.org | 9 |
| training.ensembl.org | 8 |
| fungi.ensembl.org | 7 |
| plants.ensembl.org | 7 |
| uswest.ensembl.org | 7 |
| asia.ensembl.org | 6 |
| metazoa.ensembl.org | 6 |
| protists.ensembl.org | 6 |
| vega.archive.ensembl.org | 6 |
| covid-19.ensembl.org | 5 |
| grch37.ensembl.org | 5 |
| may2017.archive.ensembl.org | 5 |
| oct2014.archive.ensembl.org | 5 |
| useast.ensembl.org | 5 |
| www.ensembl.org | 5 |
| feb2021.archive.ensembl.org | 4 |
| feb2023.archive.ensembl.org | 4 |
| jan2020.archive.ensembl.org | 4 |
| jul2023.archive.ensembl.org | 4 |
| m.ensembl.org | 4 |
| mart.ensembl.org | 4 |
| may2009.archive.ensembl.org | 4 |
| may2015.archive.ensembl.org | 4 |