What powers niemanlab.org?
Last seen Jun 2026 · 18 technologies across 11 categories
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Top search keywords
| Keyword | Position | Est. monthly visits |
|---|---|---|
| rcp politics | #9 | 8,300 |
| real clear politics | #7 | 4,200 |
| 538 website | #7 | 2,800 |
| consumer reports | #12 | 2,800 |
| gulf of mexico | #27 | 1,700 |
| slade sohmer | #1 | 1,500 |
| kagi | #3 | 1,400 |
| news bad | #6 | 920 |
| tv g | #48 | 580 |
| real clear | #6 | 560 |
| the old farmer's almanac | #6 | 500 |
| worldnews reddit | #16 | 470 |
| 1440 newsletter | #14 | 410 |
| philadelphia inquirer | #11 | 410 |
| daily caller website | #47 | 390 |
| what is ny times | #49 | 320 |
| choose | #85 | 280 |
| mail mail online | #39 | 280 |
| conservative brief | #3 | 230 |
| bari weiss | #32 | 230 |
| epoch times | #25 | 230 |
| nieman lab | #1 | 230 |
| breaking 911 twitter | #8 | 220 |
| 538 | #24 | 210 |
| vanity fair | #29 | 190 |
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
- 73% desktop
- 27% phone
United States
India
Japan
Germany
United Kingdom
Brazil
Countries where the site has Chrome traffic, strongest markets first.
Open Page Rank
8.46 / 10 · ranked #2,749 of all domains
5,321 referring domains · OpenPageRank
Search traffic
46,100 est. monthly organic visits (US)
21,415 keywords in Google's top 30
Core Web Vitals
| LCP | 1.8 s |
| INP | 25 ms |
| CLS | 0 |
| TTFB | 1400 ms |
Real user p75, Chrome UX Report, Jun 2026.
Page
- CDN: Cloudflare
- Weight: 1.0 MB · 54 requests
- Structured data: OpenGraph, Twitter Cards
Homepage as crawled by the HTTP Archive, Jul 2026.
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Recent changes
- dropped Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) Apr 2026
- detected Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) Jan 2026
- dropped MailChimp Aug 2025