What powers mentalfloss.com?
Last seen Jun 2026 · 83 technologies across 30 categories
A/B Testing
Google Optimize
since Jul 2021
Advertising
DoubleClick Campaign Manager (DCM)
since Oct 2018
DoubleClick for Publishers (DFP)
since Jul 2018
Google AdSense
since Jul 2018
Microsoft Advertising
since Feb 2021
Twitter Ads
since Apr 2021
Analytics
Chartbeat
since Jul 2018
comScore
since Dec 2024
Google Ads Conversion Tracking
since Jul 2021
Google Analytics
since Jul 2018
Google Analytics Enhanced eCommerce
since Jul 2020
Hotjar
since Jul 2020
New Relic
since Jul 2020
Pinterest Conversion Tag
since Jul 2021
Quantcast Measure
since Jul 2018
Sift
since Feb 2021
TikTok Pixel
since Jul 2021
Twitter Analytics
since Apr 2021
Authentication
Google Sign-in
since Sep 2025
CDN
Amazon CloudFront
since Jun 2023
Amazon S3
since Jan 2026
Cloudflare
since Mar 2021
Google Hosted Libraries
since Feb 2022
CMS
Cookie compliance
OneTrust
since Aug 2022
Customer data platform
BlueConic
since May 2025
Documentation
Zendesk
since Aug 2022
Ecommerce
Google Workspace
since Aug 2022
LiveIntent
since Jan 2026
Font scripts
JavaScript frameworks
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Load balancers
Amazon ALB
since Jul 2023
Marketing automation
Aimtell
since Feb 2021
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
CentOS
since Feb 2019
PaaS
Amazon Web Services
since Jun 2023
Payment processors
American Express
since Mar 2021
Apple Pay
since Mar 2021
Google Pay
since Mar 2021
Mastercard
since Jan 2022
PayPal
since Jan 2022
Shop Pay
since Mar 2021
Venmo
since Mar 2021
Visa
since Mar 2021
Personalisation
Dynamic Yield
since Feb 2021
Printful
since Jan 2022
Programming languages
Reverse proxies
Nginx
since Aug 2018
Reviews
Shopify Product Reviews
since Sep 2021
Security
Tag managers
Google Tag Manager
since Apr 2018
UI frameworks
Web frameworks
Ruby on Rails
since Jul 2020
Web Servers
Widgets
Top search keywords
| Keyword | Position | Est. monthly visits |
|---|---|---|
| pu | #1 | 27,500 |
| sos what does it stand for | #1 | 15,000 |
| sos meaning | #2 | 7,300 |
| define sos | #2 | 7,300 |
| andre the giant | #7 | 5,800 |
| i dream of jeannie | #4 | 4,900 |
| chartreux | #8 | 4,800 |
| layman's terms | #3 | 4,800 |
| what does sos stand for | #1 | 4,500 |
| hey dude show | #15 | 4,200 |
| how many continents are there | #5 | 3,200 |
| what does what does mean | #7 | 3,200 |
| mental floss | #1 | 3,000 |
| sos what does it mean | #2 | 2,900 |
| pee wee herman | #11 | 2,700 |
| krampus | #13 | 2,700 |
| humpback day | #5 | 2,300 |
| charles the great | #7 | 2,300 |
| pv herman | #11 | 2,200 |
| wilford brimley | #8 | 2,200 |
| michael jordan actor | #23 | 2,100 |
| historical | #69 | 2,100 |
| trunk or treat | #6 | 2,000 |
| random facts | #3 | 2,000 |
| seawise giant | #2 | 2,000 |
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
- 84% phone
- 12% desktop
- 4% tablet
United States
Canada
Ireland
New Zealand
Nigeria
United Kingdom
Countries where the site has Chrome traffic, strongest markets first.
Open Page Rank
8.41 / 10 · ranked #3,080 of all domains
11,057 referring domains · OpenPageRank
Search traffic
820,800 est. monthly organic visits (US)
360,666 keywords in Google's top 30
Core Web Vitals
| LCP | 1.9 s |
| INP | 150 ms |
| CLS | 0.1 |
| TTFB | 600 ms |
Real user p75, Chrome UX Report, Jun 2026.
Page
- Language: English (United States)
- CDN: Amazon CloudFront
- Weight: 4.6 MB · 512 requests
- Structured data: JSON-LD, OpenGraph, Twitter Cards
Homepage as crawled by the HTTP Archive, Jul 2026.
Subdomains
| Host | Techs |
|---|---|
| shop.mentalfloss.com | 42 |
| store.mentalfloss.com | 26 |
| www.mentalfloss.com | 20 |
| mentalfloss.com | 16 |
| search.mentalfloss.com | 6 |
| cms.mentalfloss.com | 5 |
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Recent changes
- dropped Google Publisher Tag Mar 2026
- dropped UserWay Feb 2026
- detected Amazon S3 Jan 2026
- detected Google Publisher Tag Jan 2026
- detected LiveIntent Jan 2026
- detected Google Sign-in Dec 2025
- dropped Google Sign-in Nov 2025
- dropped 33Across Sep 2025
- dropped Adobe Audience Manager Sep 2025
- dropped Amazon Advertising Sep 2025
- dropped AppNexus Sep 2025
- dropped Conversant Consent Tool Sep 2025
- dropped Criteo Sep 2025
- dropped Google Publisher Tag Sep 2025
- detected Google Sign-in Sep 2025
- dropped Microsoft ASP.NET Sep 2025
- dropped OpenX Sep 2025
- dropped PubMatic Sep 2025
- dropped Rubicon Project Sep 2025
- dropped Snowplow Analytics Sep 2025
- dropped Tapad Sep 2025
- dropped TripleLift Sep 2025
- detected Chartbeat Aug 2025
- detected RSS Aug 2025