Top Science Websites in the World

Name: Top websites World (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 World, Updated March 2026

March 2026

Domain

Visits

Desktop share

Mobile share

MoM

YoY

Main Traffic Source

sciencedirect.com

99.07M

73.92%73.23M

26.08%25.84M

↑26.21%

↓11.06%

Search

phys.org

74.32M

1.94%1.44M

98.06%72.88M

↑18.36%

↑25.63%

Direct

elsevier.com

43.6M

82.32%35.89M

17.68%7.71M

↑23.84%

↓4.78%

Direct

wiley.com

43.48M

78.08%33.94M

21.92%9.53M

↑21.36%

↓9.41%

Direct

overleaf.com

43.4M

88.8%38.54M

11.2%4.86M

↑30.63%

↑7.4%

Direct

mdpi.com

29.3M

81.48%23.87M

18.52%5.42M

↑17.09%

↑7.84%

Search

arxiv.org

28.93M

79.38%22.96M

20.62%5.96M

↑30.23%

↑9.49%

Direct

jma.go.jp

28.63M

20.29%5.81M

79.71%22.82M

↑27.84%

↓15.32%

Direct

metoffice.gov.uk

21.93M

42.15%9.24M

57.85%12.69M

↑14.95%

↓28.55%

Direct

scitechdaily.com

20.22M

3.63%734.66K

96.37%19.48M

↑55.93%

↑22.67%

Direct

space.com

19.03M

13.27%2.53M

86.73%16.51M

↑14.79%

↓72.91%

Direct

cloudresearch.com

17.3M

13.93%2.41M

86.07%14.89M

↑30.15%

↑137.54%

Referral

doi.org

14.76M

49.15%7.26M

50.85%7.51M

↑40.13%

↑13.64%

Direct

usp.br

13.73M

32.48%4.46M

67.52%9.27M

↑85.3%

↓34.34%

Direct

orcid.org

12.81M

79.3%10.16M

20.7%2.65M

↑14.72%

↑19.36%

Referral

google.ch

10.84M

54.53%5.91M

45.47%4.93M

↑38.53%

↓50.27%

Direct

dailygalaxy.com

9.78M

6.07%593.57K

93.93%9.18M

↑52.56%

↑74.94%

Direct

semanticscholar.org

9.55M

74.56%7.12M

25.44%2.43M

↑33.58%

↓35.03%

Search

cineca.it

9.46M

37.89%3.58M

62.11%5.88M

↑20.9%

↑20.15%

Direct

unibo.it

8.8M

41.31%3.64M

58.69%5.17M

↑26.48%

↑7.07%

Direct

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Key Insights on Top Science Websites in the World on March 2026

As of March 2026, sciencedirect.com leads Science in the World with 99.07M monthly visits. Its audience skews desktop-first (73.92% desktop / 73.92% mobile), and traffic is up month over month 26.21% and down year over year -11.06%. phys.org holds second with 74.32M visits and a mobile-leaning mix (1.94% desktop / 98.06% mobile), while elsevier.com ranks third with 43.6M visits.

Across the leaders, focusgroups.org is the most mobile-first (98.41% of visits), whereas nsfc.gov.cn is the most desktop-reliant (100%). Momentum favors nsfc.gov.cn in the latest month (220.02%), while fau.de 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, 83 of the top 100 sites are direct-led, 13 are search-led, and 4 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 World