Technology history for freakonomics.com
Stack size over time
From 7 detected technologies in Apr 2018 to 20 in Aug 2026 (peak 22).
Currently detected
- Google Font API since Apr 2018
- jQuery since Apr 2018
- WordPress since Apr 2018
- Yoast SEO since Apr 2018
- Google Analytics since Jun 2018
- MySQL since Jun 2018
- PHP since Jun 2018
- Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) since Jun 2018
- Nginx since Mar 2020
- jQuery Migrate since Jan 2022
- Slick since Jan 2022
- Google Hosted Libraries since Feb 2022
- GoDaddy since Aug 2022
- Google Workspace since Aug 2022
- Open Graph since Sep 2022
- Cloudflare since Dec 2024
- Cloudflare Bot Management since Dec 2024
- Cloudflare Browser Insights since Jul 2026
- HTTP/3 since Jul 2026
- WordPress Block Editor since Jul 2026
Previously used
- Apache HTTP Server Apr 2018 to Sep 2025 · 7 yrs
- WordPress Super Cache Aug 2025 to Sep 2025 · 1 mo
- MailChimp Apr 2018 to Dec 2024 · 6 yrs
- Polyfill Jun 2023 to Jun 2024 · 1 yr
- C Feb 2023 to Feb 2023 · 1 mo
- core-js Sep 2021 to Dec 2021 · 3 mo
- Disqus Sep 2021 to Dec 2021 · 3 mo
- Facebook Oct 2020 to Dec 2021 · 1 yr
- Facebook Pixel Jul 2021 to Dec 2021 · 5 mo
- Google Tag Manager Jan 2019 to Dec 2021 · 2 yrs
- Linkedin Insight Tag Feb 2021 to Dec 2021 · 10 mo
- Pinterest Conversion Tag Oct 2021 to Dec 2021 · 2 mo
- Snowplow Analytics Jul 2021 to Dec 2021 · 5 mo
- TikTok Pixel Jul 2021 to Dec 2021 · 5 mo
- WP-Statistics Oct 2020 to Dec 2021 · 1 yr
- Wheelio Sep 2021 to Oct 2021 · 1 mo
- Varnish Apr 2018 to Jul 2019 · 1 yr
Timeline
2026 2 dropped
- dropped Apache HTTP Server Aug 2026 · Web servers
- dropped WordPress Super Cache Aug 2026 · Caching
2025 2 added · 1 dropped
- added Apache HTTP Server Aug 2025 · Web servers
- added WordPress Super Cache Aug 2025 · Caching
- dropped MailChimp Feb 2025 · Marketing automation
2024 2 added · 1 dropped
- added Cloudflare Dec 2024 · CDN
- added Cloudflare Bot Management Dec 2024 · Security
- dropped Polyfill Aug 2024 · JavaScript libraries
2023 2 added · 2 dropped
- dropped Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) Jul 2023 · Font scripts
- added Polyfill Jun 2023 · JavaScript libraries
- dropped C Apr 2023 · Programming languages
- added C Feb 2023 · Programming languages
2022 19 added · 10 dropped
- added Open Graph Sep 2022 · Miscellaneous
- added GoDaddy Aug 2022 · Hosting
- added Google Analytics Aug 2022 · Analytics
- added Google Font API Aug 2022 · Font scripts
- added Google Hosted Libraries Aug 2022 · CDN
- added Google Workspace Aug 2022 · Email
- added jQuery Aug 2022 · JavaScript libraries
- added jQuery Migrate Aug 2022 · JavaScript libraries
- added MailChimp Aug 2022 · Marketing automation
- added MySQL Aug 2022 · Databases
- added Nginx Aug 2022 · Web servers
- added PHP Aug 2022 · Programming languages
- added Slick Aug 2022 · JavaScript libraries
- added Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) Aug 2022 · Font scripts
- added WordPress Aug 2022 · CMS
- added Yoast SEO Aug 2022 · SEO
- dropped core-js Feb 2022 · JavaScript libraries
- dropped Disqus Feb 2022 · Comment systems
- dropped Facebook Feb 2022 · Widgets
- dropped Facebook Pixel Feb 2022 · Analytics
- added Google Hosted Libraries Feb 2022 · CDN
- dropped Google Tag Manager Feb 2022 · Tag managers
- dropped Linkedin Insight Tag Feb 2022 · Analytics
- dropped Pinterest Conversion Tag Feb 2022 · Analytics
- dropped Snowplow Analytics Feb 2022 · IaaS
- dropped TikTok Pixel Feb 2022 · Analytics
- dropped WP-Statistics Feb 2022 · Analytics
- added jQuery Migrate Jan 2022 · JavaScript libraries
- added Slick Jan 2022 · JavaScript libraries
2021 10 added · 5 dropped
- dropped Wheelio Dec 2021 · Widgets
- added WP-Statistics Nov 2021 · Analytics
- added Yoast SEO Nov 2021 · SEO
- dropped Apache HTTP Server Oct 2021 · Web Servers
- added Pinterest Conversion Tag Oct 2021 · Analytics
- dropped Varnish Oct 2021 · Cache Tools
- dropped WP-Statistics Oct 2021 · Analytics
- dropped Yoast SEO Oct 2021 · SEO
- added core-js Sep 2021 · JavaScript libraries
- added Disqus Sep 2021 · Comment systems
- added Wheelio Sep 2021 · Widgets
- added Facebook Pixel Jul 2021 · Analytics
- added Snowplow Analytics Jul 2021 · Analytics
- added TikTok Pixel Jul 2021 · Analytics
- added Linkedin Insight Tag Feb 2021 · Analytics
2020 3 added
- added Facebook Oct 2020 · Widgets
- added WP-Statistics Oct 2020 · Analytics
- added Nginx Mar 2020 · Reverse Proxy
2019 2 added
- added Google Tag Manager Mar 2019 · Tag Managers
- added Google Tag Manager Jan 2019 · Tag Managers
2018 4 added
- added Google Analytics Jun 2018 · Analytics
- added MySQL Jun 2018 · Databases
- added PHP Jun 2018 · Programming Languages
- added Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) Jun 2018 · Miscellaneous