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Popular Science: History, Technology, Science & Companies

Popular Science (also known as PopSci) is an American popular science website, covering science and technology topics geared toward general readers. Its print magazine, which ran from 1872 to 2020, was translated into over 30 languages and distributed to at least 45 countries. In 2021, Popular Science switched to an all-digital format and abandoned the…

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Popular Science topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Technology, Science and Companies as prominent areas in the source structure around Popular Science.

Related topics
71
Source areas
6
Connected nodes
77
Extracted relationships
127
Concept neighborhoods
23
Bridge connections
77

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Magazine history · 50 topics
Media · 15 topics
International · 2 topics
Overview · 2 topics
Gallery · 1 topics
Publishers · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Founded
May 1872; 154 years ago (1872-05) (as The Popular Science Monthly)
Based in
New York, New York
Categories
Interdisciplinary
Company
Recurrent Ventures
Country
United States
Final issue
April 27, 2021 (print)

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Magazine history

Media

Publishers

International

Gallery

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Popular Science connects Entity context

The extracted context around Popular Science shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Popular Science → After, By, Cattell, Electrician, In, It, Mechanic, Mechanics, Modern Electrics, Modern Mechanics, Modern Publishing Company, November, Popular Electricity, Popular Science Monthly, Science, Scientific Monthly, September, The, The Scientific Monthly, World's Advance Another extracted example is Popular Science → Appleton, Appleton's Journal, Charles Darwin, Charles Sanders Peirce, Company, Early, Edward, English, Henry Ward Beecher, James McKeen Cattell, John Dewey, John Shaw Billings, Louis Pasteur, May, The, The Popular Science Monthly, Thomas Edison, Thomas Henry Huxley, William James, Youmans. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Popular Science

Top relations

related to Modern Publishing Company · 20
Popular Science → After, By, Cattell, Electrician, In, It, Mechanic, Mechanics, Modern Electrics, Modern Mechanics, Modern Publishing Company, November, Popular Electricity, Popular Science Monthly, Science, Scientific Monthly, September, The, The Scientific Monthly, World's Advance
related to The Popular Science Monthly · 20
Popular Science → Appleton, Appleton's Journal, Charles Darwin, Charles Sanders Peirce, Company, Early, Edward, English, Henry Ward Beecher, James McKeen Cattell, John Dewey, John Shaw Billings, Louis Pasteur, May, The, The Popular Science Monthly, Thomas Edison, Thomas Henry Huxley, William James, Youmans
related to Recurrent Ventures · 17
Popular Science → At, Bonnier Group, Field, For, In, In August, In June, June, North Equity, North Equity LLC, On October, Outdoor Life, PopSci, Popular Photography, Recurrent Ventures, Stream, The
related to International · 12
Popular Science → American, Australian, Australian Media Properties, Directed, Francesco Maria Avitto, In June, It, Italy, Kekoa Publishing, On September, Popular Science Italia, WW Media Group
related to Times Mirror · 12
Popular Science → Company, February, From July, In, ITC Avant Garde, Los Angeles, May, The, The Popular Science Publishing, The What's New Magazine, Times Mirror Company, Within
related to Radio and podcasts · 9
Popular Science → Entertainment Radio Network, February, In, Last Week, Learned This Week, Popular Science Radio, Tech, Techathlon, The Weirdest Thing
related to Books · 8
Popular Science → Big Book, Hacks, In, In July, Maker Skills, The December, The May, TVs
related to Tribune, Time, and Bonnier · 8
Popular Science → By, Chicago-based Tribune Company, In, Time Inc, Time Warner, Times Mirror, Times Mirror Magazines, United States
related to Ziff Davis · 6
Popular Science → Business, Domino, Dwell, Home, In May, Ziff Davis
related to External links · 3
Popular Science → Online, Popular SciencePopular Science, Science AustraliaPopular Science

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

science popular magazine new company publishing issue monthly launched also may publication popsci website general journal version american time digital

Popular Science relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 127 structured relationships around Popular Science. Examples in this analysis include Popular Science → Based in → New York, New York and Popular Science → Categories → Interdisciplinary. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Popular ScienceBased inNew York, New York1.00infobox
Popular ScienceCategoriesInterdisciplinary1.00infobox
Popular ScienceCompanyRecurrent Ventures1.00infobox
Popular ScienceCountryUnited States1.00infobox
Popular ScienceFinal issueApril 27, 2021 (print)1.00infobox
Popular ScienceFoundedMay 1872; 154 years ago (1872-05) (as The Popular Science Monthly)1.00infobox
Popular ScienceFrequencyFully digital1.00infobox
Popular ScienceGeneral ManagerAdam Morath1.00infobox
Popular ScienceISSN0161-73701.00infobox
Popular ScienceOCLC4886128111.00infobox
Popular ScienceTotal circulation1,321,075 (June 2014)1.00infobox
Popular ScienceWebsitepopsci.com1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Popular Science bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Science, Launched and Website. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Popular Science
    • Science
    • Launched
    • Website
    • Monthly
    • Publishing
    • Magazine
    • Company
    • General
    • Media
    • Modern
    • July
    • Popsci
  • popular science
    • Science
    • Launched
    • Monthly
    • Website
    • Publishing
    • Magazine
    • Company
    • Issue
    • General
    • Media
    • Modern
    • July
  • american society of magazine editors
    • General
    • New
    • Issue
    • Technology
    • Science
    • Popular
    • Publishing
    • Editor
    • Popsci
    • Website
    • Print
    • Bonnier
  • d. appleton & company
    • Publishing
    • Modern
    • Media
    • Times
    • Monthly
    • General
    • June
    • Digital
    • New
    • Publication
    • Popular
    • Launched
  • science
    • Launched
    • Monthly
    • Publishing
    • Website
    • Magazine
    • Company
    • Issue
    • Technology
    • Media
    • July
    • May
    • Modern
  • times mirror company
    • Publishing
    • Modern
    • Years
    • Media
    • Times
    • Monthly
    • General
    • June
    • Digital
    • New
    • Publication
    • Popular
  • tribune company
    • Publishing
    • Modern
    • Media
    • Times
    • Monthly
    • General
    • June
    • Digital
    • New
    • Publication
    • Popular
    • Launched
  • bonnier magazine group
    • Time
    • Publication
    • New
    • Issue
    • Publishing
    • Science
    • Popular
    • Circulation
    • General
    • June
    • Media
    • Modern

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Popular Science, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Popular Science with Magazine history. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Popular Science — Magazine history · splits 27 ⟂ 51
Popular Science — Media · splits 62 ⟂ 16
Popular Science — Overview · splits 75 ⟂ 3
Popular Science — International · splits 75 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Popular Science

Nodes78
Edges77
Triples127
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.025641
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Popular Science to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Technology, Science & Companies, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Popular Science · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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