Top Science Websites in Canada

Name: Top websites in Canada (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 Canada, Updated June 2026

June 2026

Domain

Visits

Desktop share

Mobile share

MoM

YoY

Main Traffic Source

sciencedirect.com

1.79M

75.76%1.36M

24.24%433.6K

↑13.89%

↓11.03%

Search

umontreal.ca

1.56M

51.62%807.63K

48.38%756.94K

↓2.05%

↑7.87%

Direct

phys.org

1.21M

5.22%63.09K

94.78%1.15M

↑8.85%

↓8.49%

Direct

wiley.com

1.15M

77.9%897.48K

22.1%254.68K

↑16.2%

↓7.75%

Direct

overleaf.com

1.1M

99.18%1.09M

0.82%8.99K

↑7.55%

↑8.51%

Direct

elsevier.com

1M

89.94%901.74K

10.06%100.85K

↑20.38%

↑6.3%

Direct

space.com

786.51K

12.8%100.68K

87.2%685.83K

↑35.53%

↓57.88%

Direct

arxiv.org

604.16K

84.69%511.64K

15.31%92.52K

↑24.91%

↑13.53%

Search

mdpi.com

505.55K

79.71%402.95K

20.29%102.6K

↑26.56%

↑2.3%

Direct

polymtl.ca

450.62K

57.55%259.34K

42.45%191.28K

↓36.48%

↑24.66%

Direct

doi.org

254.49K

60.26%153.35K

39.74%101.14K

↑3.56%

↑14.11%

Direct

cloudresearch.com

215.77K

41.64%89.85K

58.36%125.92K

↑23.6%

↑120.22%

Direct

orcid.org

198.79K

84.9%168.77K

15.1%30.02K

↑14.27%

↑13.19%

Referral

scitechdaily.com

181.79K

11.92%21.67K

88.08%160.12K

↓73.92%

↑24.2%

Direct

altasciences.com

154.31K

14.75%22.77K

85.25%131.55K

↑45.32%

↑11.37%

Direct

semanticscholar.org

122.12K

77.24%94.32K

22.76%27.8K

↑11.7%

↓18.34%

Search

plos.org

112.74K

89.46%100.86K

10.54%11.88K

↑5.12%

↓1.59%

Search

ssrn.com

108.26K

59.41%64.32K

40.59%43.94K

↑55.17%

↑7.21%

Direct

acm.org

105.71K

88.23%93.26K

11.77%12.44K

↑38.54%

↓3.81%

Direct

biorxiv.org

99.88K

88.03%87.92K

11.97%11.96K

↑21.2%

↑21.93%

Search

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Key Insights on Top Science Websites in Canada on June 2026

As of June 2026, sciencedirect.com leads Science in Canada with 1.79M monthly visits. Its audience skews desktop-first (75.76% desktop / 75.76% mobile), and traffic is up month over month 13.89% and down year over year -11.03%. umontreal.ca holds second with 1.56M visits and a desktop-leaning mix (51.62% desktop / 48.38% mobile), while phys.org ranks third with 1.21M visits.

Across the leaders, fz-juelich.de is the most mobile-first (98.93% of visits), whereas openreview.net is the most desktop-reliant (100%). Momentum favors fz-juelich.de in the latest month (7,829.56%), while dailygalaxy.com 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, 59 of the top 100 sites are direct-led, 34 are search-led, and 6 lean on social.

These insights come from the Traffic & Market Toolkit, enriched with extensive clickstream data.

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Top Science Websites in Canada