What powers nealstephenson.com?

Last seen Aug 2026 · 7 technologies across 6 categories

Analytics

Google Analytics vUA
since Jan 2019

JavaScript Frameworks

jQuery v2.1.0
since Jan 2016

Miscellaneous

Open Graph
since Sep 2022
RSS
since Dec 2022

Programming languages

PHP
since Sep 2021

Video Players

YouTube
since Jan 2016

Web servers

Nginx
since Aug 2022

AI Crawlers

No robots.txt, so all AI crawlers are allowed by default. Checked Sep 2026.

  • robots.txt not found
  • llms.txt not found
  • ai.txt not found

See who blocks each AI crawler across the web

Top search keywords

KeywordPositionEst. monthly visits
neal stephenson books #2 710
anathem neal stephenson #7 92
termination shock #5 89
diamond age book #7 74
neal stephenson anathem #9 54
neal stephenson new book #1 52
neal #19 45
neal stephenson baroque cycle #6 44
neal stephenson the baroque cycle #4 43
the baroque cycle #7 33
neal stephenson diamond age #6 29
snow crash author #5 28
neal stephenson #85 21
cryptonomicon book #16 19
neal stephenson seveneves #5 18
neal stephenson next book #1 15
seveneves film #7 12
snow crash novel #5 12
anathem neal stephenson #27 8
neal stephenson anathem #23 8
the seven eves #3 7
seveneves sequel #5 7
seveneves illustrations #3 7
neal stephenson cryptonomicon #38 7
neal stephenson bibliography #2 6

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.

AI Crawlers

No robots.txt, all AI crawlers allowed

Full breakdown

Audience

  • 51% phone
  • 49% desktop
  • United States

Where the site's Chrome visitors come from, largest estimated audience first.

Open Page Rank

5.79 / 10 · ranked #129,355 of all domains

439 referring domains · OpenPageRank

Search traffic

1,500 est. monthly organic visits (US)

168 keywords in Google's top 30

Core Web Vitals

LCP1.3 s
INP50 ms
CLS0.1
TTFB500 ms

Real user p75, Chrome UX Report, Aug 2026.

Page

  • Weight: 24.2 MB · 44 requests
  • Structured data: OpenGraph

Homepage as crawled by the HTTP Archive, Sep 2026.

Infrastructure

  • Hosted on IBM Cloud (169.60.126.74)
  • DNS: DigitalOcean
  • Email: no MX record returned
  • SSL: Let's Encrypt, RSA 4096, expires Oct 2026
  • Common Crawl link graph: rank 462,992, 2 hosts

DNS records as swept Sep 2026, certificate as seen Sep 2026. How the web is hosted

Subdomains

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nealstephenson.com 7
www.nealstephenson.com 7

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