Top Science Websites in New Zealand

Name: Top websites in New Zealand (Science)
Creator: Semrush
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Based on data from the Semrush Traffic Analytics tool, this page reveals the most visited websites. We will be updating this list on a monthly basis, so you can keep track of all the market shifts and spot changes in user interest.

Most Visited Science Websites in New Zealand, Updated February 2026

February 2026

Domain

Visits

Desktop share

Mobile share

MoM

YoY

Main Traffic Source

phys.org

1.37M

0.31%4.24K

99.69%1.37M

↑19.82%

↓9.29%

Direct

spaceweatherlive.com

307K

1.02%3.14K

98.98%303.87K

↑454.78%

↑183.79%

Direct

sciencedirect.com

215.94K

90.03%194.42K

9.97%21.52K

↓31%

↓23.85%

Search

niwa.co.nz

183.55K

30.62%56.21K

69.38%127.34K

↑47.05%

↓45.46%

Search

scitechdaily.com

119.17K

5.05%6.01K

94.95%113.15K

↓71.32%

↓17.86%

Direct

wiley.com

118.46K

94.61%112.08K

5.39%6.38K

↑6.72%

↓8.99%

Direct

elsevier.com

106.02K

86.26%91.44K

13.74%14.57K

↑12.56%

↓7.34%

Referral

space.com

101.34K

10.3%10.44K

89.7%90.9K

↑3.75%

↓81.08%

Direct

geonet.org.nz

97.01K

41.63%40.39K

58.37%56.63K

↓34.47%

↓20.97%

Direct

overleaf.com

78.45K

78.08%61.25K

21.92%17.2K

↑0.43%

↑53.92%

Direct

mdpi.com

61.1K

100%61.1K

-

↓9.57%

↓2.55%

Search

paperswithcode.com

60.02K

0.17%101

99.83%59.92K

↑2.08%

↑1,201.74%

Direct

arxiv.org

53.68K

66.72%35.82K

33.28%17.86K

↓26.07%

↑37.3%

Direct

newscientist.com

46.79K

13.05%6.11K

86.95%40.68K

↓80.63%

↓16.6%

Direct

uni-freiburg.de

45.89K

0.22%99

99.78%45.8K

↑246.29%

↑6,862.93%

Direct

gwdg.de

39.69K

-

100%39.69K

0%

↑1,135.73%

Referral

dailygalaxy.com

37.59K

4.89%1.84K

95.11%35.75K

↓71.44%

↑216.33%

Direct

orcid.org

24.88K

100%24.88K

-

↓37.39%

↑16.04%

Referral

nesi.org.nz

23.58K

2.45%577

97.55%23K

↑109.8%

↑171.1%

Direct

hochschulstart.de

20.29K

-

100%20.29K

0%

↑1,624.15%

Direct

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Key Insights on Top Science Websites in New Zealand on February 2026

As of February 2026, phys.org leads Science in New Zealand with 1.37M monthly visits. Its audience skews mobile-first (0.31% desktop / 0.31% mobile), and traffic is up month over month 19.82% and down year over year -9.29%. spaceweatherlive.com holds second with 307K visits and a mobile-leaning mix (1.02% desktop / 98.98% mobile), while sciencedirect.com ranks third with 215.94K visits.

Across the leaders, gwdg.de is the most mobile-first (100% of visits), whereas mdpi.com is the most desktop-reliant (100%). Momentum favors mnhn.fr in the latest month (4,454.43%), while sciencenews.org shows the steepest pullback.

Acquisition patterns also differ: phys.org is driven primarily by search, phys.org by direct, and phys.org by referral; overall, 47 of the top 100 sites are direct-led, 41 are search-led, and 12 lean on social.

These insights come from the Traffic & Market Toolkit, enriched with extensive clickstream data.

Our AI algorithms analyze petabytes of information from a blend of proprietary and external data pools, reflecting the online activities of over 200 million anonymized users.

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Top Science Websites in New Zealand