Most Visited Science Websites in South Africa, Updated January 2026

Key Insights on Top Science Websites in South Africa on January 2026

As of January 2026, scitechdaily.com leads Science in South Africa with 342.63K monthly visits. Its audience skews mobile-first (0.51% desktop / 0.51% mobile), and traffic is up month over month 188.46% and down year over year -20.96%. sciencedirect.com holds second with 339.56K visits and a desktop-leaning mix (71.69% desktop / 28.31% mobile), while dailygalaxy.com ranks third with 210.07K visits.

Across the leaders, sib.swiss is the most mobile-first (100% of visits), whereas witshealth.co.za is the most desktop-reliant (100%). Momentum favors poverty-action.org in the latest month (8,156.6%), while oyunlarim.com.tr shows the steepest pullback. On a yearly view, ijtrs.com posts the strongest expansion (4,665.52%), contrasted with sarao.ac.za (-70.83%).

Acquisition patterns also differ: scitechdaily.com is driven primarily by search, scitechdaily.com by direct, and scitechdaily.com by referral; overall, 52 of the top 100 sites are direct-led, 39 are search-led, and 8 lean on social.

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