Last updated · traffic data through Jun 2026 - refreshes automatically as new data lands.
2,109 science websites use WordPress. The top 12 by monthly traffic are below.
WordPress is the world's most widely used open-source content management system, powering a large share of all websites. It began as blogging software and now runs everything from personal sites to major publishers, thanks to a vast ecosystem of themes and plugins. Sites built on it are easy to spot from their wp-content paths and generator tags.
2,109
Websites
523,944,237
Combined monthly traffic
40
Median DR
1,463
Median keywords
13 yrs
Median domain age
Showing 12 of 2,109 results
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Site Stats Database tracks 2,109 science websites using WordPress. They carry a median Ahrefs Domain Rating of 40, higher than the 28 median across all tracked sites. The typical one is about 13 years old and ranks for 1,463 organic keywords. See plans and pricing.
Every figure here is based only on the 2,109 science websites using WordPress that Site Stats Database tracks, not the entire web.
Median DR
40
Median referring domains
741
Median keywords
1,463
Median domain age
13 yrs
Adoption by audience size
Share of the most-visited sites we track that are science websites using WordPress.
0.3%
Top 10K
34 of 10,000
0.3%
Top 100K
329 of 100,000
0.2%
All tracked
2,109 of 880,858
WordPress is the world's most widely used open-source content management system, powering a large share of all websites. It began as blogging software and now runs everything from personal sites to major publishers, thanks to a vast ecosystem of themes and plugins. Sites built on it are easy to spot from their wp-content paths and generator tags.
Site Stats Database tracks 2,109 websites that are both WordPress and Science, each enriched with traffic, authority, and the full detected tech stack.
They tend to have stronger authority than the typical website: their median Ahrefs Domain Rating is 40, higher than the 28 median across all sites Site Stats Database tracks.
Traffic estimates, keywords, and authority come from DataForSEO; Domain Rating comes from Ahrefs' public endpoint; and the topic, market, and technology detections come from Site Stats Database's own crawler.
Yes. The complete, filterable list of all 2,109 science websites using WordPress, with traffic history, authority, keywords, and the full tech stack, is available with a Site Stats Database plan.
Citation
Site Stats Database. "Top Science Websites Using WordPress." Site Stats Database, July 1, 2026. https://sitestatsdb.com/technologies/cms/wordpress/topics/science
Site Stats Database tracks 2,109 science websites using WordPress, enriched with full monthly traffic history, authority, keywords, referring domains, and the complete detected tech stack. Everything refreshes at least monthly.
| English |
| 92 |
| 363,399 |
| 84,196 |
| 28 yrs |
| 37,250,885 |
| WordPress |
| purdue.edu | English | 90 | 877,227 | 170,898 | 41 yrs | 37,101,645 | WordPress |
| geeksforgeeks.org | English | 89 | 1,877,851 | 83,223 | 17 yrs | 36,443,558 | WordPress |
| pewresearch.org | English | 92 | 278,427 | 241,793 | 22 yrs | 7,153,311 | WordPress |
| allthatsinteresting.com | English | 76 | 311,814 | 36,021 | 10 yrs | 5,306,276 | WordPress |
| chowhound.com | English | 77 | 455,927 | 25,398 | 30 yrs | 4,327,852 | WordPress |
| ebird.org | English | 84 | 121,205 | 25,736 | 24 yrs | 4,186,994 | WordPress |
| slashgear.com | English | 81 | 1,140,598 | 94,525 | 20 yrs | 3,965,275 | WordPress |
| alaska.edu | English | 82 | 68,428 | 39,359 | 37 yrs | 3,535,290 | WordPress |
| uic.edu | English | 86 | 197,541 | 66,834 | 38 yrs | 2,926,217 | WordPress |
| nobelprize.org | English | 89 | 43,670 | 121,775 | 27 yrs | 2,752,799 | WordPress |