What powers popsci.com?
Last seen Jun 2026 · 98 technologies across 34 categories
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since May 2022
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since Jul 2021
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since Oct 2022
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since Feb 2022
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since Jun 2026
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Top search keywords
| Keyword | Position | Est. monthly visits |
|---|---|---|
| busy area | #2 | 21,900 |
| liquid glass | #2 | 4,900 |
| frankincense and mur | #1 | 4,100 |
| mario and mushroom | #2 | 4,000 |
| popular science magazine | #1 | 3,700 |
| cat | #27 | 2,900 |
| top rated solar generator | #1 | 2,500 |
| tadpole | #4 | 2,400 |
| carrington effect | #4 | 1,800 |
| why do we have toenails | #1 | 1,600 |
| ai ai animal | #8 | 1,500 |
| airpods pro | #87 | 1,400 |
| glas | #55 | 1,200 |
| shipwreck | #8 | 1,100 |
| find a gravestone | #70 | 1,100 |
| temperature and feels like | #4 | 980 |
| werewolf spider | #89 | 870 |
| ios 18.0 features | #11 | 820 |
| airpods pro 3 | #26 | 770 |
| area 51 | #13 | 730 |
| mother bird | #2 | 710 |
| 1859 solar flare | #6 | 690 |
| solar generator | #10 | 680 |
| darkest black | #3 | 640 |
| solar generator for home | #5 | 640 |
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
- 88% phone
- 8% desktop
- 4% tablet
United States
United Kingdom
Canada
Australia
Ireland
New Zealand
Countries where the site has Chrome traffic, strongest markets first.
Open Page Rank
8.47 / 10 · ranked #2,701 of all domains
12,193 referring domains · OpenPageRank
Search traffic
303,400 est. monthly organic visits (US)
287,357 keywords in Google's top 30
Core Web Vitals
| LCP | 1.5 s |
| INP | 75 ms |
| CLS | 0.05 |
| TTFB | 500 ms |
Real user p75, Chrome UX Report, Jun 2026.
Page
- Language: English (United States)
- Weight: 4.3 MB · 1,840 requests
- WordPress theme: recurrent-base (child: popsci) · all themes
- Structured data: JSON-LD, OpenGraph, Twitter Cards
Homepage as crawled by the HTTP Archive, Jul 2026.
Subdomains
| Host | Techs |
|---|---|
| www.popsci.com | 41 |
| shop.popsci.com | 34 |
| store.popsci.com | 24 |
| stg.popsci.com | 18 |
| reviews.popsci.com | 14 |
| whoa.popsci.com | 14 |
| bestofwhatsnew.popsci.com | 13 |
| subscriptions.popsci.com | 12 |
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