Top Science Websites in the United States

Name: Top websites in United States (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 the United States, Updated February 2026

February 2026

Domain

Visits

Desktop share

Mobile share

MoM

YoY

Main Traffic Source

sciencedirect.com

20.21M

75.99%15.36M

24.01%4.85M

↑5.51%

↓3.69%

Search

phys.org

14.15M

4.4%621.78K

95.6%13.52M

↑8.71%

↑0.21%

Direct

wiley.com

11.31M

82.89%9.38M

17.11%1.94M

↑8.85%

↓7.85%

Direct

cloudresearch.com

10.92M

8.57%936.1K

91.43%9.99M

↓9.51%

↑184.84%

Referral

elsevier.com

8.95M

81.81%7.32M

18.19%1.63M

↑4.09%

↓1.84%

Referral

scitechdaily.com

8.46M

3.84%324.94K

96.16%8.13M

↓7.72%

↑19.35%

Direct

overleaf.com

8.05M

91.49%7.36M

8.51%684.49K

↓10.48%

↑10.01%

Direct

space.com

7.23M

13.02%941.22K

86.98%6.29M

↓13.28%

↓59.85%

Direct

arxiv.org

6.34M

71.64%4.54M

28.36%1.8M

↓16.05%

↑13.04%

Search

mdpi.com

5.07M

80.64%4.09M

19.36%982.17K

↑13.01%

↑6.76%

Search

dailygalaxy.com

4.36M

6.38%277.71K

93.62%4.08M

↓21.29%

↑111.58%

Direct

focusgroups.org

3.54M

2.45%86.79K

97.55%3.45M

↓18.28%

↑844.79%

Direct

focusgroup.com

3.17M

4.45%141.16K

95.55%3.03M

↓15.55%

↓25.19%

Direct

census.gov

2.71M

65.6%1.78M

34.4%932.95K

↑11.35%

↓29.71%

Direct

m3globalresearch.com

2.34M

4.76%111.5K

95.24%2.23M

↑11.08%

↑253.5%

Referral

doi.org

2.06M

42.64%878.22K

57.36%1.18M

↑18.2%

↑13.9%

Direct

orcid.org

1.97M

88.68%1.75M

11.32%223.55K

↓4.91%

↑20%

Referral

caltech.edu

1.75M

38.49%673.72K

61.51%1.08M

↑4.98%

↑24.72%

Direct

survey.bz

1.72M

5.28%91.03K

94.72%1.63M

↓15.58%

↑103.16%

Referral

newscientist.com

1.66M

16.37%272.43K

83.63%1.39M

↓16.07%

↓1.31%

Direct

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Key Insights on Top Science Websites in the United States on February 2026

As of February 2026, sciencedirect.com leads Science in the United States with 20.21M monthly visits. Its audience skews desktop-first (75.99% desktop / 75.99% mobile), and traffic is up month over month 5.51% and down year over year -3.69%. phys.org holds second with 14.15M visits and a mobile-leaning mix (4.4% desktop / 95.6% mobile), while wiley.com ranks third with 11.31M visits.

Across the leaders, uvsq.fr is the most mobile-first (99.55% of visits), whereas uniprot.org is the most desktop-reliant (100%). Momentum favors uvsq.fr in the latest month (225.36%), while thebulletin.org shows the steepest pullback.

Acquisition patterns also differ: sciencedirect.com is driven primarily by search, sciencedirect.com by direct, and sciencedirect.com by referral; overall, 53 of the top 100 sites are direct-led, 35 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 the United States