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Uptime, 24 hours
100 %
Uptime, 7 days
100 %
Uptime, 30 days
100 %

Based on 1 day of checks so far. Checks that failed because of how we test, not because of the site, are left out.

Response time per hour, last 24 hours

2026-10-10 03:00 UTC: 37 ms2026-10-10 04:00 UTC: 30 ms2026-10-10 05:00 UTC: 35 ms2026-10-10 06:00 UTC: 40 ms2026-10-10 07:00 UTC: 36 ms2026-10-10 08:00 UTC: 36 ms2026-10-10 09:00 UTC: 39 ms2026-10-10 10:00 UTC: 38 ms2026-10-10 11:00 UTC: 42 ms2026-10-10 12:00 UTC: 615 ms2026-10-10 13:00 UTC: 34 ms2026-10-10 14:00 UTC: 39 ms
Green: response time, full height at 100 ms or more. Red: down. Amber: not confirmed.

Response time by location, last 24 hours

LocationAverage responseReached
Berlin 1, Germany35 ms1 of 1 checks
Falkenstein, Germany200 ms6 of 6 checks
Berlin 2, Germany39 ms5 of 5 checks

Each check runs from all locations at once. A location far from the site’s servers answers later; that says nothing about the site being slow.

Outage history

No confirmed outage on record. An outage is listed once Popular Science could not be reached from at least two locations in two checks in a row.

Recent checks

TimeStatusLocationsResponse
2026-10-10 14:10 UTCUp1 of 139 ms
2026-10-10 13:05 UTCUp1 of 128 ms
2026-10-10 12:03 UTCUp1 of 11025 ms
2026-10-10 11:20 UTCUp1 of 141 ms
2026-10-10 10:16 UTCUp1 of 135 ms
2026-10-10 09:11 UTCUp1 of 145 ms
2026-10-10 08:07 UTCUp1 of 137 ms
2026-10-10 07:04 UTCUp1 of 141 ms

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