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Last seen Jun 2026 · 11 technologies across 9 categories

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since Apr 2018

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Ruby

since Jun 2018

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since Jun 2018

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Top search keywords

Keyword	Position	Est. monthly visits
neal fun	#56	1,400
nicky case	#1	730
the evolution of trust	#1	400
me remember	#45	230
nicky case games	#1	220
game theory games	#17	210
ncase	#5	210
prisoner's dilemma	#12	200
trust game	#1	110
game theory games	#49	100
game theory	#60	100
game theory	#28	100
madness of crowds	#5	100
coming out simulator 2014	#2	96
the trust game	#1	64
ncase m e	#1	64
how to remember	#5	61
anxiety video game	#1	52
adoorable	#1	52
domino theory	#91	47
parable of the polygons	#1	43
parable of the polygons	#1	43
emoji simulator	#1	43
shadow 2d	#2	42
nicolas cage net worth	#85	38

The site's top keywords in Google (US), with the visits each one is estimated to bring per month.

Top backlinks

From	Anchor text
reddit.com	some designers
telegraph.co.uk	Nicky Case
weforum.org	this little game
theatlantic.com	published
cnet.com	this one
notion.so	https://ncase.me/trust/
lemonde.fr	ncase.me/contact-tracing/
scientificamerican.com	The Wisdom and/or Madness of Crowds
scoop.it	How To Remember Anything Forever-ish :: Nicky Case
psychologytoday.com	create formula simulations
frontiersin.org	https://ncase.me/loopy/
smashingmagazine.com	(no text)
oreilly.com	(no text)
skillshare.com	Nick Case, How To Remember Anything Forever
wired.co.uk	[i]The Evolution of Trust
buzzsprout.com	https://ncase.me/polygons/
cam.ac.uk	synchronise their flashes
freecodecamp.org	pick up anything faster and make it stick
infoq.com	grupos de vagalumes conseguem sincronizar suas luzes
computerweekly.com	The Evolution of Trust
schneier.com	DP-3T cartoon credits: Nicky Case
thestudentroom.co.uk	Here's a post by Nicky Case which describes Spaced Repetition very well.
repubblica.it	The Evolution of Trust
lifehacker.com.au	How to Remember Anything Forever-ish
wbur.org	here

Top links pointing at the site, one per source domain, strongest first. The anchor text opens the page carrying the link.

Audience

51% phone
43% desktop
6% tablet

India
Russia
Australia
Philippines
South Korea
Ukraine

Countries where the site has Chrome traffic, strongest markets first.

Open Page Rank

7.08 / 10 · ranked #34,294 of all domains

950 referring domains · OpenPageRank

Search traffic

5,700 est. monthly organic visits (US)

1,815 keywords in Google's top 30

Core Web Vitals

LCP	1.5 s
INP	275 ms
CLS	0
TTFB	500 ms

Real user p75, Chrome UX Report, Jun 2026.

Subdomains

Host	Techs
blog.ncase.me	9
ncase.me	6
www.ncase.me	5

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