What powers thesun.co.uk?
Last seen Jun 2026 · 115 technologies across 32 categories
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Top search keywords
| Keyword | Position | Est. monthly visits |
|---|---|---|
| brooklyn beckham | #2 | 13,400 |
| the sun | #3 | 8,000 |
| lidl | #13 | 5,900 |
| british broadcasting corporation | #90 | 4,700 |
| joanna simpson | #14 | 3,100 |
| premier league standings | #98 | 2,600 |
| megan fox | #93 | 2,400 |
| noel gallagher oasis | #5 | 2,300 |
| the sun uk | #1 | 2,300 |
| rachel zegler | #86 | 2,100 |
| pirate shipwreck | #79 | 2,100 |
| j aniston | #89 | 2,100 |
| j aniston | #89 | 2,100 |
| david corenswet | #76 | 2,100 |
| pamela anderson | #81 | 1,900 |
| the latter day saints | #94 | 1,700 |
| tottenham hot spurs | #59 | 1,700 |
| liam neeson | #72 | 1,700 |
| liam john neeson | #87 | 1,700 |
| premier league | #55 | 1,600 |
| alexandra hollywood | #3 | 1,400 |
| demi rose | #5 | 1,400 |
| jim carrey | #64 | 1,400 |
| messi age | #4 | 1,300 |
| thomas holland | #25 | 1,300 |
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
- 83% phone
- 11% desktop
- 6% tablet
United Kingdom
Ireland
New Zealand
United States
Germany
France
Countries where the site has Chrome traffic, strongest markets first.
Open Page Rank
8.76 / 10 · ranked #914 of all domains
21,150 referring domains · OpenPageRank
Search traffic
549,800 est. monthly organic visits (US)
570,089 keywords in Google's top 30
Core Web Vitals
| LCP | 1.9 s |
| INP | 200 ms |
| CLS | 0 |
| TTFB | 400 ms |
Real user p75, Chrome UX Report, Jun 2026.
Page
- Language: English
- CDN: BunnyCDN
- Weight: 0.7 MB · 12 requests
Homepage as crawled by the HTTP Archive, Jul 2026.
Subdomains
| Host | Techs |
|---|---|
| www.thesun.co.uk | 55 |
| iframe.thesun.co.uk | 53 |
| helios.iframe.thesun.co.uk | 52 |
| feeds.thesun.co.uk | 41 |
| account.thesun.co.uk | 40 |
| link.thesun.co.uk | 40 |
| thesun.co.uk | 25 |
| savers.thesun.co.uk | 20 |
| enewspaper.thesun.co.uk | 17 |
| footballsweepstake.thesun.co.uk | 17 |
| vouchercodes.thesun.co.uk | 16 |
| jobs.thesun.co.uk | 15 |
| help.thesun.co.uk | 13 |
| superdays.thesun.co.uk | 13 |
| join.thesun.co.uk | 12 |
| racingpredictor.thesun.co.uk | 11 |
| cricketpredictor.thesun.co.uk | 10 |
| digital-newspaper.thesun.co.uk | 10 |
| europeanpredictor.thesun.co.uk | 10 |
| mypreferences.thesun.co.uk | 10 |
| junglegame.thesun.co.uk | 9 |
| ptr.thesun.co.uk | 8 |
| directory.thesun.co.uk | 6 |
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