About this page
This page shows every referring domain that links to theconversation.com, derived from the Common Crawl hyperlink graph (release Jan-Mar 2026). Each row in the dashboard above represents a unique linking domain. Paste theconversation.com or any competitor into the search box to see who links to them.
About theconversation.com: Curated by professional editors, The Conversation offers informed commentary and debate on the issues affecting our world. Plus a Plain English guide to the latest developments and discoveries from the university and research sector.
Quick stats
theconversation.com has approximately 97,538 referring domains in the Jan-Mar 2026 Common Crawl release.
Common questions
How many backlinks does theconversation.com have?
About 97,538 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 theconversation.com.
What sites link to theconversation.com?
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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