Technology history for howstuffworks.com
Stack size over time
From 5 detected technologies in May 2018 to 77 in Jun 2026 (peak 79).
Currently detected
- Amazon CloudFront since May 2018
- Bootstrap since May 2018
- Font Awesome since May 2018
- Google Font API since May 2018
- Google Tag Manager since May 2018
- comScore since Jun 2018
- jQuery since Jun 2018
- DoubleClick for Publishers (DFP) since Jun 2018
- Facebook since Jun 2018
- DoubleClick Campaign Manager (DCM) since Jun 2018
- Google Analytics since Jun 2018
- Google AdSense since Jun 2018
- Nginx since Jun 2018
- Prebid since Jun 2018
- Criteo since Nov 2018
- Webpack since Dec 2018
- Amazon Web Services since Jan 2019
- reCAPTCHA since Jan 2019
- Apache HTTP Server since Feb 2019
- jQuery Migrate since Feb 2019
- MySQL since Feb 2019
- MailChimp since Feb 2019
- WordPress since Feb 2019
- PHP since Feb 2019
- New Relic since Apr 2019
- Yoast SEO since Jun 2019
- VideoJS since Mar 2020
- Alpine.js since Jan 2021
- Flickity since Feb 2021
- Google Publisher Tag since Feb 2021
- Amazon Advertising since Jun 2021
- Isotope since Jul 2021
- Facebook Pixel since Jul 2021
- Google Ads Conversion Tracking since Jul 2021
- Snowplow Analytics since Jul 2021
- Outbrain since Jul 2021
- Unpkg since Jul 2021
- IIS since Aug 2021
- Microsoft ASP.NET since Aug 2021
- Windows Server since Aug 2021
- core-js since Sep 2021
- OneTrust since Jan 2022
- Microsoft Advertising since Feb 2022
- ShareThis since Feb 2022
- web-vitals since Feb 2022
- Google Optimize since Feb 2022
- Adobe Audience Manager since Apr 2022
- Tailwind CSS since Apr 2022
- Amazon ALB since May 2022
- Google Workspace since Aug 2022
- PWA since Aug 2022
- Java since Sep 2022
- Open Graph since Sep 2022
- HSTS since Nov 2022
- DocuSign since Nov 2022
- Varnish since Nov 2022
- RSS since Dec 2022
- Debian since Jan 2023
- HTTP/3 since Feb 2023
- Confiant since Jun 2023
- Dropbox since Jun 2023
- jsDelivr since Jun 2023
- Sendgrid since Jun 2023
- OpenX since Jun 2023
- 33Across since Jul 2023
- Priority Hints since Oct 2023
- ID5 since Feb 2024
- Swiper since Nov 2024
- Taboola since Feb 2025
- Histats since Aug 2025
- Lightbox since Aug 2025
- Statcounter since Aug 2025
- WordPress Block Editor since Aug 2025
- Google Hosted Libraries since Aug 2025
- Ubuntu since Aug 2025
- Express since Jun 2026
- Node.js since Jun 2026
Previously used
- PubMatic Feb 2022 to Mar 2026 · 4 yrs
- Rubicon Project Feb 2024 to Mar 2026 · 2 yrs
- Wunderkind Apr 2025 to Mar 2026 · 11 mo
- Integral Ad Science Dec 2025 to Feb 2026 · 2 mo
- Cart Functionality Jul 2022 to Aug 2025 · 3 yrs
- AppNexus Jun 2018 to Jul 2025 · 7 yrs
- Tapad Feb 2024 to Jul 2025 · 1 yr
- Cloudflare Nov 2023 to Apr 2025 · 1 yr
- Cloudflare Bot Management Nov 2023 to Apr 2025 · 1 yr
- Beaver Builder Jul 2024 to Oct 2024 · 3 mo
- Smart Ad Server Feb 2024 to Oct 2024 · 8 mo
- Google Analytics Enhanced eCommerce Nov 2020 to Jul 2024 · 3 yrs
- C Feb 2023 to Feb 2023 · 1 mo
- Moat Aug 2021 to Dec 2022 · 1 yr
- Amazon EC2 Feb 2019 to Aug 2022 · 3 yrs
- OpenSSL Feb 2019 to Aug 2022 · 3 yrs
- Facebook Login Jul 2021 to Jun 2022 · 11 mo
- LazySizes Feb 2022 to Jun 2022 · 4 mo
- Google Remarketing Tag Jul 2021 to May 2022 · 10 mo
- Infolinks Feb 2022 to Feb 2022 · 1 mo
- Google Core Web Vitals Sep 2021 to Jan 2022 · 4 mo
- Wheelio Sep 2021 to Oct 2021 · 1 mo
- Flow Aug 2020 to Jul 2021 · 11 mo
- Essential JS 2 Jan 2020 to Feb 2020 · 1 mo
- Hammer.js Nov 2018 to Nov 2018 · 1 mo
- Quantcast Measure Nov 2018 to Nov 2018 · 1 mo
- Slick Aug 2018 to Nov 2018 · 3 mo
Timeline
2026 4 dropped
- dropped PubMatic May 2026 · Advertising
- dropped Rubicon Project May 2026 · Advertising
- dropped Wunderkind May 2026 · Marketing automation
- dropped Integral Ad Science Apr 2026 · Advertising
2025 6 added · 5 dropped · 1 switched
- added Integral Ad Science Dec 2025 · Advertising
- dropped Cart Functionality Oct 2025 · Ecommerce
- dropped AppNexus Sep 2025 · Advertising
- dropped Tapad Sep 2025 · Advertising
- added Cart Functionality Jun 2025 · Ecommerce
- dropped Cloudflare Jun 2025 · CDN
- dropped Cloudflare Bot Management Jun 2025 · Security
- added PubMatic Apr 2025 · Advertising
- added Wunderkind Apr 2025 · Marketing automation
- switched Smart Ad Server Taboola Feb 2025 · Advertising
- added Cloudflare Jan 2025 · CDN
- added Cloudflare Bot Management Jan 2025 · Security
2024 9 added · 5 dropped
- dropped Beaver Builder Dec 2024 · WordPress plugins
- dropped Cloudflare Nov 2024 · CDN
- dropped Cloudflare Bot Management Nov 2024 · Security
- added Swiper Nov 2024 · JavaScript libraries
- dropped Cart Functionality Oct 2024 · Ecommerce
- dropped Google Analytics Enhanced eCommerce Oct 2024 · Analytics
- added Beaver Builder Jul 2024 · WordPress plugins
- added Adobe Audience Manager Feb 2024 · Segmentation
- added AppNexus Feb 2024 · Advertising
- added Google Analytics Enhanced eCommerce Feb 2024 · Analytics
- added ID5 Feb 2024 · Advertising
- added Rubicon Project Feb 2024 · Advertising
- added Smart Ad Server Feb 2024 · Advertising
- added Tapad Feb 2024 · Advertising
2023 13 added · 4 dropped · 1 switched
- added Cloudflare Nov 2023 · CDN
- added Cloudflare Bot Management Nov 2023 · Security
- added Priority Hints Oct 2023 · Performance
- dropped Adobe Audience Manager Aug 2023 · Segmentation
- added 33Across Jul 2023 · Advertising
- dropped Google Core Web Vitals Jul 2023 · RUM
- dropped Wheelio Jul 2023 · Widgets
- added Confiant Jun 2023 · Security
- added Criteo Jun 2023 · Advertising
- added Dropbox Jun 2023 · Digital asset management
- added jsDelivr Jun 2023 · CDN
- added OpenX Jun 2023 · Advertising
- added Sendgrid Jun 2023 · Email
- added Amazon ALB May 2023 · Load balancers
- dropped C May 2023 · Programming languages
- added C Feb 2023 · Programming languages
- added HTTP/3 Feb 2023 · Miscellaneous
- switched Moat Snowplow Analytics Jan 2023 · Analytics
2022 32 added · 8 dropped · 2 switched
- added Moat Dec 2022 · Analytics
- added RSS Dec 2022 · Miscellaneous
- added DocuSign Nov 2022 · Miscellaneous
- dropped Apache HTTP Server Oct 2022 · Web servers
- dropped OpenSSL Oct 2022 · Web server extensions
- added Java Sep 2022 · Programming languages
- added New Relic Sep 2022 · RUM
- added Open Graph Sep 2022 · Miscellaneous
- added Adobe Audience Manager Aug 2022 · Segmentation
- dropped Amazon ALB Aug 2022 · Load balancers
- added Amazon EC2 Aug 2022 · Web servers
- switched Amazon EC2 Apache HTTP Server Aug 2022 · Web servers
- added Cart Functionality Aug 2022 · Ecommerce
- dropped Facebook Login Aug 2022 · Authentication
- added Facebook Pixel Aug 2022 · Analytics
- added Flickity Aug 2022 · JavaScript libraries
- added Google Ads Conversion Tracking Aug 2022 · Analytics
- added Google Workspace Aug 2022 · Webmail
- added Isotope Aug 2022 · JavaScript libraries
- added jQuery Migrate Aug 2022 · JavaScript libraries
- dropped LazySizes Aug 2022 · JavaScript libraries
- dropped Moat Aug 2022 · Analytics
- added OpenSSL Aug 2022 · Web server extensions
- added Outbrain Aug 2022 · Widgets
- added PWA Aug 2022 · Miscellaneous
- added reCAPTCHA Aug 2022 · Security
- added ShareThis Aug 2022 · Widgets
- added Tailwind CSS Aug 2022 · UI frameworks
- added Cart Functionality Jul 2022 · Ecommerce
- dropped Google Remarketing Tag Jul 2022 · Retargeting
- added Amazon ALB May 2022 · Load balancers
- added Adobe Audience Manager Apr 2022 · Segmentation
- dropped PubMatic Apr 2022 · Advertising
- added reCAPTCHA Apr 2022 · Security
- added Tailwind CSS Apr 2022 · UI frameworks
- added Infolinks Feb 2022 · Advertising
- added LazySizes Feb 2022 · JavaScript libraries
- added Moat Feb 2022 · Analytics
- switched Infolinks PubMatic Feb 2022 · Advertising
- added ShareThis Feb 2022 · Widgets
- added web-vitals Feb 2022 · RUM
- added OneTrust Jan 2022 · Cookie compliance
2021 22 added · 9 dropped
- dropped Moat Oct 2021 · Analytics
- added core-js Sep 2021 · JavaScript libraries
- dropped Flow Sep 2021 · Ecommerce
- added Google Core Web Vitals Sep 2021 · RUM
- dropped Snowplow Analytics Sep 2021 · IaaS
- added Wheelio Sep 2021 · Widgets
- added IIS Aug 2021 · Web servers
- added Microsoft ASP.NET Aug 2021 · Web frameworks
- added Moat Aug 2021 · Analytics
- added Windows Server Aug 2021 · Operating systems
- added Facebook Login Jul 2021 · Social logins
- added Facebook Pixel Jul 2021 · Analytics
- added Google Ads Conversion Tracking Jul 2021 · Analytics
- added Google Remarketing Tag Jul 2021 · Retargeting
- added Isotope Jul 2021 · JavaScript libraries
- added Outbrain Jul 2021 · Widgets
- added Snowplow Analytics Jul 2021 · IaaS
- added Unpkg Jul 2021 · CDN
- added Amazon Advertising Jun 2021 · Advertising
- added Prebid Jun 2021 · Advertising
- added Webpack Jun 2021 · Miscellaneous
- added Flow May 2021 · Ecommerce
- dropped AppNexus Apr 2021 ·
- dropped Flow Mar 2021 · Ecommerce
- dropped Google Analytics Enhanced eCommerce Mar 2021 · Analytics
- dropped Prebid Mar 2021 · Advertising
- dropped Webpack Mar 2021 · Miscellaneous
- added Flickity Feb 2021 ·
- added Google Publisher Tag Feb 2021 ·
- added Alpine.js Jan 2021 · JavaScript frameworks
- dropped New Relic Jan 2021 · Analytics
2020 5 added · 2 dropped
- added AppNexus Nov 2020 · Advertising
- added Google Analytics Enhanced eCommerce Nov 2020 · Analytics
- added Flow Aug 2020 · Ecommerce
- dropped AppNexus May 2020 · Advertising Networks
- dropped Essential JS 2 Apr 2020 · JavaScript Frameworks
- added VideoJS Mar 2020 · Video Players
- added Essential JS 2 Jan 2020 · JavaScript Libraries
2019 21 added · 6 dropped · 1 switched
- added MailChimp Nov 2019 · Marketing Automation
- dropped MailChimp Aug 2019 · Marketing Automation
- added jQuery Migrate Jul 2019 · JavaScript Libraries
- dropped jQuery Migrate Jun 2019 · JavaScript Libraries
- added Yoast SEO Jun 2019 · SEO
- dropped reCAPTCHA May 2019 · Captchas
- switched Quantcast Measure New Relic Apr 2019 · Analytics
- added Amazon EC2 Mar 2019 · Web Servers
- added Amazon Web Services Mar 2019 · PaaS
- added Apache HTTP Server Mar 2019 · Web Servers
- added AppNexus Mar 2019 · Advertising Networks
- added DoubleClick Campaign Manager (DCM) Mar 2019 · Advertising Networks
- added DoubleClick for Publishers (DFP) Mar 2019 · Advertising Networks
- added Google AdSense Mar 2019 · Advertising Networks
- added jQuery Migrate Mar 2019 · JavaScript Libraries
- added MailChimp Mar 2019 · Marketing Automation
- added MySQL Mar 2019 · Databases
- added OpenSSL Mar 2019 · Web Server Extensions
- added PHP Mar 2019 · Programming Languages
- added Prebid Mar 2019 · Advertising Networks
- added reCAPTCHA Mar 2019 · Captchas
- added Webpack Mar 2019 · Miscellaneous
- added WordPress Mar 2019 · Blogs
- added Amazon Web Services Jan 2019 · PaaS
- dropped Criteo Jan 2019 · Advertising Networks
- dropped Hammer.js Jan 2019 · JavaScript Libraries
- added reCAPTCHA Jan 2019 · Captchas
- dropped Slick Jan 2019 · JavaScript Libraries
2018 14 added
- added Webpack Dec 2018 · Miscellaneous
- added Criteo Nov 2018 · Advertising Networks
- added Hammer.js Nov 2018 · JavaScript Libraries
- added Quantcast Measure Nov 2018 · Analytics
- added AppNexus Jun 2018 · Advertising Networks
- added comScore Jun 2018 · Analytics
- added DoubleClick Campaign Manager (DCM) Jun 2018 · Advertising Networks
- added DoubleClick for Publishers (DFP) Jun 2018 · Advertising Networks
- added Facebook Jun 2018 · Widgets
- added Google AdSense Jun 2018 · Advertising Networks
- added Google Analytics Jun 2018 · Analytics
- added jQuery Jun 2018 · JavaScript Frameworks
- added Nginx Jun 2018 · Web Servers
- added Prebid Jun 2018 · Advertising Networks