What powers pcgamer.com?
Last seen Jun 2026 · 76 technologies across 30 categories
Advertising
33Across
since Jun 2021
Amazon Advertising
since Jun 2021
AppNexus
since Feb 2019
Criteo
since Jun 2018
DoubleClick Campaign Manager (DCM)
since Apr 2021
Google AdSense
since Jun 2018
Google Publisher Tag
since Feb 2021
ID5
since May 2024
Infolinks
since May 2024
LiveIntent
since May 2024
MainAd
since Oct 2024
Microsoft Advertising
since Aug 2022
OpenX
since Jun 2021
PubMatic
since Feb 2019
Rubicon Project
since Jun 2021
Taboola
since Jun 2022
TripleLift
since Jun 2021
Twitter Ads
since Aug 2022
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AWIN
since Aug 2022
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ClickTale
since Aug 2022
comScore
since Jun 2018
Contentsquare
since Aug 2022
Google Analytics
since Jun 2018
Marfeel
since Jul 2025
Microsoft Clarity
since Aug 2022
Snowplow Analytics
since Jun 2023
TikTok Pixel
since May 2024
Caching
Varnish
since Jun 2021
Cart abandonment
UpSellit
since Feb 2025
CDN
Cloudflare
since Dec 2021
jsDelivr
since Aug 2022
Cookie compliance
Quantcast Choice
since Aug 2020
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MySQL
since Mar 2020
Ecommerce
Cart Functionality
since Aug 2022
Font scripts
Google Font API
since Aug 2018
Issue trackers
Sentry
since Jul 2020
JavaScript frameworks
React
since Aug 2018
JavaScript libraries
Loadable-Components
since Jun 2023
Preact
since Nov 2025
Underscore.js
since Nov 2023
web-vitals
since Feb 2022
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since Mar 2020
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Amazon Web Services
since Mar 2020
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Priority Hints
since Oct 2022
Personalisation
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since Nov 2022
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PHP
since Mar 2020
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Feefo
since Aug 2022
Security
Segmentation
Adobe Audience Manager
since Apr 2022
Surveys
Qualaroo
since Aug 2022
Tag managers
Google Tag Manager
since Apr 2018
UI frameworks
Video players
JW Player
since Feb 2024
Web frameworks
Microsoft ASP.NET
since Sep 2023
Web servers
Webmail
Google Workspace
since Aug 2022
Widgets
Facebook
since Jun 2018
Top search keywords
| Keyword | Position | Est. monthly visits |
|---|---|---|
| wordle | #80 | 116,800 |
| gaming | #9 | 56,300 |
| wayback machine | #5 | 38,600 |
| handheld gaming pc | #2 | 26,700 |
| scratchy game | #4 | 24,300 |
| sims 4 cheats | #2 | 21,900 |
| gta 6 release date | #7 | 12,900 |
| top gaming chairs | #1 | 12,300 |
| wayback machine site | #10 | 9,300 |
| escape from tarkov game | #4 | 8,900 |
| gaming | #75 | 7,900 |
| gpu | #4 | 7,200 |
| graphics card | #3 | 7,200 |
| fanatical discount code | #3 | 7,200 |
| fanatical coupon code | #3 | 7,200 |
| sims cheats | #1 | 6,700 |
| best gaming rig | #2 | 6,600 |
| epic games free games | #2 | 6,600 |
| opera gx | #5 | 6,300 |
| best gaming chairs | #1 | 6,200 |
| great gaming chairs | #1 | 6,200 |
| path of exile 2 | #8 | 5,900 |
| cyberpunk 2077 | #8 | 5,900 |
| dti codes | #6 | 5,600 |
| top gaming processors | #2 | 5,400 |
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
- 80% phone
- 19% desktop
- 1% tablet
United States
Germany
United Kingdom
Canada
Netherlands
Australia
Countries where the site has Chrome traffic, strongest markets first.
Open Page Rank
8.35 / 10 · ranked #3,440 of all domains
7,751 referring domains · OpenPageRank
Search traffic
1,914,800 est. monthly organic visits (US)
942,252 keywords in Google's top 30
Core Web Vitals
| LCP | 1.1 s |
| INP | 100 ms |
| CLS | 0.05 |
| TTFB | 300 ms |
Real user p75, Chrome UX Report, Jun 2026.
Page
- Language: English
- CDN: Fastly
- Weight: 6.7 MB · 1,931 requests
- Structured data: JSON-LD, OpenGraph
Homepage as crawled by the HTTP Archive, Jul 2026.
Subdomains
| Host | Techs |
|---|---|
| www.pcgamer.com | 42 |
| subscribe.pcgamer.com | 33 |
| forums.pcgamer.com | 24 |
| club.pcgamer.com | 5 |
| stories.pcgamer.com | 5 |
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- dropped Tapad Apr 2026
- detected Backbone.js Mar 2026
- detected Quantcast Choice Mar 2026
- detected Underscore.js Mar 2026
- detected Tapad Jan 2026
- detected Infolinks Oct 2025
- detected LiveIntent Oct 2025
- dropped Infolinks Sep 2025
- dropped LiveIntent Sep 2025
- dropped Parse.ly Sep 2025
- detected Priority Hints Sep 2025
- dropped Amazon ALB Aug 2025
- dropped Backbone.js Aug 2025
- dropped Underscore.js Aug 2025