About this page
This page shows every referring domain that links to northwestern.edu, derived from the Common Crawl hyperlink graph (release Jan-Mar 2026). Each row in the dashboard above represents a unique linking domain. Paste northwestern.edu or any competitor into the search box to see who links to them.
About northwestern.edu: Northwestern is one of the country’s leading private research and teaching universities, located in Evanston, IL. Our highly collaborative environment provides our diverse students and faculty with exceptional opportunities for personal and professional growth.
Quick stats
northwestern.edu has approximately 39,046 referring domains in the Jan-Mar 2026 Common Crawl release.
Common questions
How many backlinks does northwestern.edu have?
About 39,046 referring domains as of the Jan-Mar 2026 release. CrawlGraph counts unique linking domains, not raw URL-level backlinks - one referring domain may host many pages that link to northwestern.edu.
What sites link to northwestern.edu?
The full list is in the table above, sorted by number of hosts on the linking domain. You can also filter by TLD or export the full result set as CSV.
How fresh is this data?
This page reflects the Jan-Mar 2026 Common Crawl hyperlink-graph release. Common Crawl publishes a new graph every ~3 months; we re-index within a few days of each release.
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