What powers merriam-webster.com?
Last seen Jun 2026 · 88 technologies across 30 categories
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Google Optimize
since Jan 2022
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since Jan 2022
AdThrive
since Dec 2021
Amazon Advertising
since Jun 2021
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since Jan 2019
DoubleClick Campaign Manager (DCM)
since Jun 2018
DoubleClick for Publishers (DFP)
since Apr 2018
Google AdSense
since Jun 2018
Google Publisher Tag
since Feb 2021
ID5
since Oct 2023
OpenX
since Jul 2021
Primis
since May 2026
PubMatic
since Dec 2021
Rubicon Project
since Dec 2021
TripleLift
since Dec 2021
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since Dec 2021
Google Analytics
since Jun 2018
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since Mar 2023
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since Nov 2023
Quantcast Measure
since Aug 2022
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since May 2021
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since Aug 2025
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since Sep 2019
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since May 2019
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since Mar 2021
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since Aug 2022
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since Aug 2022
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since Mar 2019
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since Sep 2024
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since Mar 2021
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since Mar 2021
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since Aug 2022
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Google Font API
since Apr 2018
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Amazon ECS
since Mar 2019
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Sentry
since Nov 2023
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Next.js App Router
since Feb 2025
React
since Feb 2025
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Amazon ALB
since Sep 2021
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Cloudflare Bot Management
since Nov 2021
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since Feb 2025
Confiant
since Jun 2023
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since Sep 2022
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since Apr 2022
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Adobe Audience Manager
since Apr 2022
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Google Tag Manager
since Jun 2018
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Tailwind CSS
since Feb 2025
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Microsoft ASP.NET
since Nov 2023
Web servers
Apache HTTP Server
since Apr 2018
Nginx
since Aug 2022
Top backlinks
Top links pointing at the site, one per source domain, strongest first. The anchor text opens the page carrying the link.
Audience
- 68% phone
- 30% desktop
- 3% tablet
United States
United Kingdom
Canada
Australia
Philippines
Ireland
Countries where the site has Chrome traffic, strongest markets first.
Open Page Rank
8.93 / 10 · ranked #481 of all domains
29,957 referring domains · OpenPageRank
Search traffic
201,558,400 est. monthly organic visits (US)
3,446,226 keywords in Google's top 30
Core Web Vitals
| LCP | 2.1 s |
| INP | 250 ms |
| CLS | 0.05 |
| TTFB | 500 ms |
Real user p75, Chrome UX Report, Jun 2026.
Page
- Language: English
- CDN: Cloudflare
- Weight: 1.9 MB · 85 requests
Homepage as crawled by the HTTP Archive, Jul 2026.
Subdomains
| Host | Techs |
|---|---|
| merriam-webster.com | 39 |
| www.merriam-webster.com | 38 |
| prod-bytebunny.merriam-webster.com | 37 |
| dev.merriam-webster.com | 36 |
| cam.merriam-webster.com | 23 |
| shop.merriam-webster.com | 21 |
| c.merriam-webster.com | 16 |
| nws.merriam-webster.com | 16 |
| unabridged.merriam-webster.com | 11 |
| www2.merriam-webster.com | 10 |
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Recent changes
- detected Primis May 2026
- detected Braze Oct 2025
- detected Amazon ALB Sep 2025
- dropped Amazon ALB Aug 2025
- dropped OneTrust Aug 2025
- detected VWO Aug 2025