What does Popular Science use?

As of October 2026, runsonwhat has found 56 tools at Popular Science (popsci.com) in public records. Edge & Hosting: Cloudflare and WordPress VIP. Application: jQuery, Google Fonts and YouTube. Data & Observability: Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager and Microsoft Clarity. Go-to-market: WordPress, Google Ads and Yoast SEO. Company Ops: Google Workspace, reCAPTCHA and Atlassian. Last checked October 20, 2026.

Popular Science uses WordPress VIP for hosting and cloud infrastructure, according to runsonwhat (October 2026). runsonwhat found WordPress VIP through a subdomain that points at WordPress VIP. WordPress VIP is used by 1,365 companies runsonwhat tracks.

Popular Science uses Google Workspace for email and office software, according to runsonwhat (October 2026). runsonwhat found Google Workspace through email records that authorize Google Workspace and code on popsci.com. Google Workspace is used by 400,267 companies runsonwhat tracks.

Popular Science uses Google Analytics for analytics, alongside Google Tag Manager, Microsoft Clarity and Chartbeat, according to runsonwhat (October 2026). runsonwhat found Google Analytics through Google Analytics code on popsci.com. Google Analytics is used by 865,412 companies runsonwhat tracks.

Popular Science uses WordPress for its website, alongside Yoast SEO, according to runsonwhat (October 2026). runsonwhat found WordPress through WordPress code on popsci.com. WordPress is used by 589,122 companies runsonwhat tracks.

Popular Science uses Mailchimp for marketing, alongside Sailthru and Digioh, according to runsonwhat (October 2026). runsonwhat found Mailchimp through email records that authorize Mailchimp. Mailchimp is used by 114,024 companies runsonwhat tracks.

Popular Science has used Digioh since at least June 2026, going by the first public certificate of the popsci.com subdomain that points at Digioh.

Yes. runsonwhat found jQuery at Popular Science through jQuery code on popsci.com. jQuery is a Frontend tool used by 906,028 companies runsonwhat tracks.

Yes. runsonwhat has found Anthropic, OpenAI and TollBit at Popular Science; Anthropic, for example, through a DNS verification record for Anthropic. AI services called only from servers leave no public trace, so Popular Science may use more AI tools than these.

Yes. On runsonwhat's rechecks, Popular Science started using OpenAI (latest on October 20, 2026). A change counts only between two checks of popsci.com done the same way.

The companies with the stacks most like Popular Science's are MedPage Today, migraineagain.com, Everyday Health and What To Expect, according to runsonwhat (October 2026). Each shares 26 to 32 tools with Popular Science, and rare tools count for more than common ones like Google Workspace, so the match reflects real stack choices.

runsonwhat reads public records only. Of the 56 tools at Popular Science, 26 were found through code on popsci.com, 12 through website configuration files, 11 through DNS records, 5 through email records and 2 through subdomains that point at the vendor. A tool is listed only when a direct record backs it up; DNS is rechecked weekly and popsci.com about monthly.