What powers kotaku.com?
Last seen Jun 2026 · 80 technologies across 28 categories
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since Jul 2022
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Top search keywords
| Keyword | Position | Est. monthly visits |
|---|---|---|
| kotaku | #1 | 18,400 |
| shadow the hedgehog | #6 | 12,400 |
| ps5 pro | #7 | 11,500 |
| jbl partybox | #5 | 5,200 |
| minecraft movie | #39 | 3,800 |
| lego | #45 | 3,500 |
| mini pc | #5 | 2,800 |
| sonic the hedgehog 3 | #15 | 2,800 |
| microsoft surface | #8 | 2,200 |
| grand theft auto six | #23 | 2,100 |
| sonic 3 | #20 | 2,000 |
| the last of us video game | #73 | 1,900 |
| nintendo switch oled | #8 | 1,600 |
| kindle | #52 | 1,400 |
| mrbeast | #35 | 1,300 |
| doom fantastic four | #16 | 1,100 |
| nytimes games | #85 | 1,100 |
| amazon echo show | #5 | 1,000 |
| final fantasy xv final | #5 | 1,000 |
| amazon fire hd 10 | #4 | 980 |
| zootopia 2 | #43 | 950 |
| the last of us season 2 | #36 | 950 |
| ditto as pokemon | #9 | 910 |
| sonic near me | #46 | 860 |
| pac man 30th anniversary | #34 | 860 |
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
- 65% phone
- 33% desktop
- 2% tablet
United States
United Kingdom
Canada
Australia
Sweden
Ireland
Countries where the site has Chrome traffic, strongest markets first.
Open Page Rank
8.32 / 10 · ranked #3,734 of all domains
9,144 referring domains · OpenPageRank
Search traffic
375,400 est. monthly organic visits (US)
331,646 keywords in Google's top 30
Core Web Vitals
| LCP | 1.3 s |
| INP | 75 ms |
| CLS | 0.15 |
| TTFB | 500 ms |
Real user p75, Chrome UX Report, Jun 2026.
Page
- Language: English (United States)
- CDN: Cloudflare
- Weight: 3.6 MB · 2,136 requests
- Structured data: JSON-LD, OpenGraph, Twitter Cards
Homepage as crawled by the HTTP Archive, Jul 2026.
Subdomains
| Host | Techs |
|---|---|
| kotaku.com | 41 |
| es.kotaku.com | 29 |
| fr.kotaku.com | 27 |
| de.kotaku.com | 23 |
| www.kotaku.com | 22 |
| store.kotaku.com | 19 |
| compete.kotaku.com | 18 |
| cosplay.kotaku.com | 18 |
| thebests.kotaku.com | 18 |
| steamed.kotaku.com | 14 |
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