What powers independent.co.uk?
Last seen Jun 2026 · 111 technologies across 36 categories
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Top search keywords
| Keyword | Position | Est. monthly visits |
|---|---|---|
| independent | #1 | 25,100 |
| thailand | #11 | 5,000 |
| down twitter | #4 | 4,900 |
| united kingdom newspaper | #3 | 3,200 |
| twin peaks tv show | #85 | 3,200 |
| twitter down | #5 | 2,600 |
| ukraine | #93 | 2,600 |
| netflix streaming | #60 | 2,100 |
| florida attorney general pam bondi | #84 | 2,100 |
| russia | #87 | 1,900 |
| jay zee | #84 | 1,700 |
| hurricane melissa | #62 | 1,700 |
| rich quan | #14 | 1,700 |
| formula one standings | #18 | 1,200 |
| chernobyl accident | #62 | 1,200 |
| spectrum outage | #68 | 1,200 |
| andrew tate | #84 | 1,200 |
| nba news news | #97 | 1,200 |
| grenoble disaster | #43 | 1,200 |
| sharon osbourne | #20 | 1,100 |
| playstation 5 | #36 | 1,100 |
| ufc pound for pound rankings | #14 | 1,000 |
| news putin | #7 | 950 |
| brendan fr | #73 | 950 |
| spain | #66 | 950 |
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
- 88% phone
- 9% desktop
- 4% tablet
United States
United Kingdom
Canada
Australia
Singapore
Ireland
Countries where the site has Chrome traffic, strongest markets first.
Open Page Rank
9.02 / 10 · ranked #328 of all domains
56,638 referring domains · OpenPageRank
Search traffic
272,800 est. monthly organic visits (US)
191,386 keywords in Google's top 30
Core Web Vitals
| LCP | 1.5 s |
| INP | 175 ms |
| CLS | 0 |
| TTFB | 400 ms |
Real user p75, Chrome UX Report, Jun 2026.
Page
- Language: English
- CDN: Fastly
- Weight: 5.1 MB · 1,367 requests
- Structured data: JSON-LD, OpenGraph, Twitter Cards
Homepage as crawled by the HTTP Archive, Jul 2026.
Subdomains
| Host | Techs |
|---|---|
| www.independent.co.uk | 43 |
| directory.independent.co.uk | 41 |
| link.e.independent.co.uk | 36 |
| courses.independent.co.uk | 25 |
| puzzles.independent.co.uk | 25 |
| wine.independent.co.uk | 24 |
| independentjobs.independent.co.uk | 20 |
| financial-advisor.independent.co.uk | 17 |
| sanmiguelrichlist.independent.co.uk | 16 |
| usapp.independent.co.uk | 14 |
| app.independent.co.uk | 13 |
| edition.independent.co.uk | 11 |
| help.independent.co.uk | 11 |
| subscriptions.independent.co.uk | 9 |
| fip.independent.co.uk | 7 |
| register.independent.co.uk | 6 |
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