Top Science Websites in New Zealand

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

As of August 2026, geonet.org.nz leads Science in New Zealand with 616.07K monthly visits. Its audience skews mobile-first (19.42% desktop / 19.42% mobile), and traffic is down month over month -32.87% and down year over year -13.21%. phys.org holds second with 445.64K visits and a mobile-leaning mix (1.03% desktop / 98.97% mobile), while sciencedirect.com ranks third with 377.12K visits.

Across the leaders, paperswithcode.com is the most mobile-first (100% of visits), whereas ovid.com is the most desktop-reliant (100%). Momentum favors survey.bz in the latest month (28,945.16%), while sciencenews.org shows the steepest pullback.

Acquisition patterns also differ: geonet.org.nz is driven primarily by search, geonet.org.nz by direct, and geonet.org.nz by referral; overall, 53 of the top 100 sites are direct-led, 34 are search-led, and 13 lean on social.

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