What powers howstuffworks.com?
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Top search keywords
| Keyword | Position | Est. monthly visits |
|---|---|---|
| how stuff works | #1 | 2,500 |
| howstuffworks | #1 | 2,500 |
| how | #26 | 1,300 |
| 2222 meaning | #1 | 1,200 |
| 222 angel number meaning | #76 | 770 |
| how it works | #3 | 530 |
| longest living creature | #6 | 500 |
| mood jewelry chart | #2 | 360 |
| green mood ring colors meaning | #2 | 310 |
| mood ring color meanings | #4 | 270 |
| category 1 | #87 | 230 |
| real mood ring colors | #1 | 220 |
| strange matter | #5 | 210 |
| strange matter | #5 | 210 |
| how do telephones work | #1 | 200 |
| define esoteric | #76 | 190 |
| mood ring is purple | #4 | 160 |
| angel number 2222 meaning | #2 | 150 |
| teardrop tattoo meaning | #3 | 140 |
| mood ring chart | #1 | 130 |
| 1122 spiritual meaning | #1 | 130 |
| oldest living creature | #7 | 130 |
| auspicious definition | #78 | 100 |
| ruberg machine | #98 | 100 |
| numbers and angels | #31 | 100 |
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
- 70% phone
- 26% desktop
- 4% tablet
United States
India
United Kingdom
Canada
Spain
Australia
Countries where the site has Chrome traffic, strongest markets first.
Open Page Rank
8.62 / 10 · ranked #1,538 of all domains
20,058 referring domains · OpenPageRank
Search traffic
19,600 est. monthly organic visits (US)
7,088 keywords in Google's top 30
Core Web Vitals
| LCP | 1.7 s |
| INP | 325 ms |
| CLS | 0 |
| TTFB | 800 ms |
Real user p75, Chrome UX Report, Jun 2026.
Page
- Language: English (United States)
- CDN: Amazon CloudFront
- Weight: 2.0 MB · 65 requests
Homepage as crawled by the HTTP Archive, Jul 2026.
Subdomains
| Host | Techs |
|---|---|
| adventure.howstuffworks.com | 32 |
| musclecars.howstuffworks.com | 27 |
| recipes.howstuffworks.com | 27 |
| top10.reviews.howstuffworks.com | 25 |
| www.howstuffworks.com | 23 |
| admin.smartstuff.howstuffworks.com | 22 |
| animals.howstuffworks.com | 22 |
| auto.howstuffworks.com | 22 |
| cfl1.smartstuff.howstuffworks.com | 22 |
| computer.howstuffworks.com | 22 |
| electronics.howstuffworks.com | 22 |
| entertainment.howstuffworks.com | 22 |
| health.howstuffworks.com | 22 |
| history.howstuffworks.com | 22 |
| home.howstuffworks.com | 22 |
| lifestyle.howstuffworks.com | 22 |
| money.howstuffworks.com | 22 |
| people.howstuffworks.com | 22 |
| play.howstuffworks.com | 22 |
| science.howstuffworks.com | 22 |
| search.howstuffworks.com | 20 |
| quiz.howstuffworks.com | 18 |
| s.howstuffworks.com | 18 |
| stage-quizzes.howstuffworks.com | 18 |
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