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research.gov had about 420.17K visits in September 2026, up 15.31% from August; most traffic is direct.

Research.gov - Grants Management for NSF Community

Website traffic

How much traffic does research.gov get?

420.17K

+15.31%MoMEstimated monthly visits
789556.31K370.87K185.44K0
Global rank

69,793

Country rank · United States

14,182

Category rank · Physics

5

Average visit duration

07:06

Pages per visit

10.60

Bounce rate

22.90%

Domain age

20 years

Search share

9.0%

Sources

Where does research.gov's traffic come from?

  • Direct
    65.9%
  • Referrals
    16.7%
  • Search
    9.0%
  • Email
    5.5%
  • Social
    2.6%
  • Generative AI
    0.3%
  • Display ads
    0.1%
  • Paid search
    0.0%
  • Other
    0.0%

Regions

Which countries visit research.gov?

  • United States
    98.4%
  • United Kingdom
    0.2%
  • India
    0.2%
  • Canada
    0.1%
  • Brazil
    0.1%

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Search visibility

What keywords send traffic to research.gov?

Keyword samples

Estimated visitsMonthly searchesVisits ÷ searches
  1. nsf grfp loginBRAND1.68K2.05K82%
  2. nsf loginBRAND1.52K3.93K39%
  3. research.gov loginBRAND1.35K1.15K117%
  4. research.govBRAND1.23K1.25K98%
  5. nsf grfpBRAND1.02K43.15K2%

Keyword rankings

Keyword rankings

Example · google.comUnited States · English

86.4M

Search estimate

New 1 · Up 2

Ranking keywords
12,400
Landing pages
4
Search competitors
4
AI citations
2
PositionEstimated visits
  1. google#142M
  2. gmail#118.2M
  3. google maps#19.4M
  4. google drive#14.1M

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Site profile

What does research.gov show publicly?

  • HTTP 200
  • Email authentication
  • Hosting ASN
  • DNSSEC
HTTP
200
Page size
21.8 KiB
Hosting
NSF-HQ-AS · AS102
Email authentication
SPF · DMARC reject
TLS
TLSv1.2 · 156 days
Page and SEO
Title
Research.gov - Grants Management for NSF Community
Description
NSF's Research.gov is where to prepare and submit proposals, manage awards, and participate in reviews and panels.
Cross-origin redirect
Yes
Word count
168
Internal / external links
15 / 6
Canonical
https://www.research.gov/
Language
en
H1 / H2
0 / 6
Images missing alt
0 / 1
OG / Twitter
OG
OG locale
en_US
Technology and tracking2 technologies
Technology clues
Bootstrap · jQuery
External script hosts
resources.research.gov · script.crazyegg.com · dap.digitalgov.gov
Server
nginx/1.29.8
Security headers
4 / 6
HSTS / CSP
HSTS · CSP
Cookie
1(Secure 1)
Email and DNS securitySet
SPF
Set
DMARC
Set · reject
DKIM selectors
Not found
IPv6
AAAA present
DNSSEC
DNSKEY · AD
Site verification TXT
Google
SOA
blue.foundationdns.com
NS
blue.foundationdns.com. · blue.foundationdns.net. · blue.foundationdns.org.
Hosting and networkAS102
A
128.150.221.182
AAAA
2620:10f:6002:221::182
Hosting ASN
AS102 · 128.150.0.0/16
Hosting organization
NSF-HQ-AS - U.S. National Science Foundation
Hosting country
US
BGP announcement
Yes
Reverse DNS
web.research.gov · research.gov
TLS
TLSv1.2 · Verified
Certificate issuer
GeoTrust TLS RSA CA G1
Certificate remaining
156 days
Certificate SAN
DNS:www.research.gov · DNS:research.gov · DNS:web.research.gov

Website information

When was research.gov registered?

Domain
research.gov
Registration status
Domain registered
Registered
2006-10-12
Registrar
get.gov
Expires
2027-09-15
Domain age
20 years
DNSSEC
Yes
Registry status
server transfer prohibited

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What's in this report

The report starts with a whole-site monthly visit estimate. Search visibility and public site facts follow when they exist.

  • Website traffic is a modeled whole-site estimate, with a source, observation period and confidence.
  • Search visibility is ranking keywords and search traffic, listed separately from whole-site visits.
  • Missing or partial values stay marked in the report.