Top Science Websites in New Zealand

Name: Top websites in New Zealand (Science)
Creator: Semrush
License: https://explodone.toolsurf.com/company/legal/terms-of-service/

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 March 2026

March 2026

Domain

Visits

Desktop share

Mobile share

MoM

YoY

Main Traffic Source

phys.org

1.32M

0.51%6.78K

99.49%1.31M

↓3.97%

↑2%

Direct

sciencedirect.com

381.75K

93.21%355.82K

6.79%25.93K

↑76.78%

↓27.77%

Search

wiley.com

207.73K

95.69%198.77K

4.31%8.96K

↑75.36%

↓14.79%

Search

spaceweatherlive.com

203.16K

0.92%1.87K

99.08%201.28K

↓33.83%

↑286.02%

Direct

geonet.org.nz

191.61K

43.81%83.95K

56.19%107.66K

↑97.51%

↓37.35%

Search

elsevier.com

160.46K

91.32%146.54K

8.68%13.92K

↑51.35%

↓11.56%

Referral

mdpi.com

159.92K

65.96%105.48K

34.04%54.43K

↑161.74%

↓1.22%

Search

technologynetworks.com

131.07K

0.42%552

99.58%130.52K

↑79,821.95%

↑239.33%

Direct

space.com

122.6K

14.98%18.37K

85.02%104.23K

↑20.98%

↓84.45%

Direct

niwa.co.nz

111.29K

100%111.29K

-

↓39.37%

↓43.65%

Search

overleaf.com

103.09K

65.64%67.67K

34.36%35.42K

↑31.41%

↑53.61%

Direct

scitechdaily.com

94.11K

14.71%13.85K

85.29%80.26K

↓21.03%

↓37.49%

Direct

paperswithcode.com

71.66K

-

100%71.66K

↑19.4%

↑1,481.12%

Direct

arxiv.org

68.81K

64.08%44.09K

35.92%24.72K

↑28.18%

↑45.64%

Search

newscientist.com

64.43K

8.84%5.7K

91.16%58.73K

↑37.71%

↓14.95%

Direct

uni-freiburg.de

59.07K

2.1%1.24K

97.9%57.83K

↑28.7%

↑9,623.48%

Direct

thebulletin.org

41.61K

8.97%3.73K

91.03%37.88K

↑251.28%

↑19.3%

Search

semanticscholar.org

38.55K

60.07%23.15K

39.93%15.39K

↑284.8%

↓55.27%

Search

doi.org

35.04K

100%35.04K

-

↑148.7%

↑7.06%

Direct

sciencelearn.org.nz

34.9K

100%34.9K

-

↑79.59%

↓34.82%

Search

More data. Sharper moves. Faster growth.

Leverage Traffic & Market intelligence to size markets, evaluate competitors, and guide strategic moves.

Traffic Overview

See how competitors attract and engage audiences.

Market Benchmarking

Measure share, growth, and performance across industries.

AI Traffic

Track how AI tools drive visibility and influence discovery.

Competitor Monitoring

Track shifts in traffic, campaigns, and strategies.

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

As of March 2026, phys.org leads Science in New Zealand with 1.32M monthly visits. Its audience skews mobile-first (0.51% desktop / 0.51% mobile), and traffic is down month over month -3.97% and up year over year 2%. sciencedirect.com holds second with 381.75K visits and a desktop-leaning mix (93.21% desktop / 6.79% mobile), while wiley.com ranks third with 207.73K visits.

Across the leaders, paperswithcode.com is the most mobile-first (100% of visits), whereas niwa.co.nz is the most desktop-reliant (100%). Momentum favors technologynetworks.com in the latest month (79,821.95%), while dailygalaxy.com 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, 42 of the top 100 sites are direct-led, 50 are search-led, and 8 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.

For more detailed information on our data-gathering and analysis process, please visit our information page here.

Top Science Websites in New Zealand