What powers ex.ac.uk?
Last seen Jun 2026 · 40 technologies across 21 categories
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since Feb 2021
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comScore
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since Aug 2022
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since Sep 2018
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since Nov 2023
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since Jan 2022
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since Feb 2023
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Osano
since Aug 2020
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Google Font API
since Apr 2018
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since Sep 2018
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YouTube
since Apr 2023
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since Nov 2022
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since Apr 2018
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Apple iCloud Mail
since Jan 2023
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since Jan 2023
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Twitter
since Dec 2018
Top backlinks
Top links pointing at the site, one per source domain, strongest first. The anchor text opens the page carrying the link.
Audience
- 82% desktop
- 18% phone
United Kingdom
Countries where the site has Chrome traffic, strongest markets first.
Open Page Rank
7.07 / 10 · ranked #34,904 of all domains
1,000 referring domains · OpenPageRank
Core Web Vitals
| LCP | 0.5 s |
| INP | 25 ms |
| CLS | 0 |
| TTFB | 100 ms |
Real user p75, Chrome UX Report, Jun 2026.
Page
- Language: English
- CDN: Cloudflare
- Weight: 1.2 MB · 26 requests
Homepage as crawled by the HTTP Archive, Jul 2026.
Subdomains
| Host | Techs |
|---|---|
| www.astro.ex.ac.uk | 23 |
| access.ex.ac.uk | 22 |
| newton.ex.ac.uk | 22 |
| www1.secam.ex.ac.uk | 20 |
| www.epay.ex.ac.uk | 12 |
| lib-archives.ex.ac.uk | 9 |
| www.ex.ac.uk | 7 |
| empslocal.ex.ac.uk | 6 |
| lib.ex.ac.uk | 1 |
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Recent changes
- dropped Cloudflare Browser Insights Mar 2026