In December 2024, the news website with the most monthly visits in the United States was nytimes.com, with a total of 463.07 million monthly visits in that month. In second place was cnn.com with close to 357 million visits, followed by foxnews.com with just over a quater of a million. Online news consumption in the U.S. Americans get their news in a variety of ways, but social media is an increasingly popular option. A survey on social media news consumption revealed that 55 percent of Twitter users regularly used the site for news, and Facebook and Reddit were also popular for news among their users. Interestingly though, social media is the least trusted news sources in the United States. News and trust Trust in news sources has become increasingly important to the American news consumer amidst the spread of fake news, and the public are more vocal about whether or not they have faith in a source to report news correctly. Ongoing discussions about the credibility, accuracy and bias of news networks, anchors, TV show hosts, and news media professionals mean that those looking to keep up to date tend to be more cautious than ever before. In general, news audiences are skeptical. In 2020, just nine percent of respondents to a survey investigating the perceived objectivity of the mass media reported having a great deal of trust in the media to report news fully, accurately, and fairly.

In November 2024, Google.com was the most visited website in the United States, with over 25 billion total visits. YouTube.com came in second with 12 billion total visits. Reddit.com and Amazon.com counted approximately 3.12 billion and 2.89 monthly visits each from U.S. online audiences.

Historic sites include areas where significant historical events of cultural interest occurred. These range from National Historic Parks, Sites, Trails, and Preserves to state, local, and areas held in trust.Dataset SummaryPhenomenon Mapped: Historic Sites in the United StatesUnits: MetersCell Size: 30.92208102 metersSource Type: DiscretePixel Type (Image): 1-bit Pixel Type (Mosaic/Service): 8-bit unsigned integerData Coordinate System: WGS 1984Mosaic Projection: Web Mercator Auxiliary SphereExtent: 50 United States, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, and GuamSource: USGS National Gap Analysis Program PAD-US version 3.0Publication Date: July 2022ArcGIS Server URL: https://landscape10.arcgis.com/arcgis/ The polygon vector layer was converted to raster layers using the Polygon to Raster Tool using the National Elevation Dataset 1 arc second product as a snap raster.A hosted feature service created from these data is also available.What can you do with this layer?This layer can be used to create maps and to visualize the underlying data across the ArcGIS platform. It can also be used as an analytic input in ArcMap and ArcGIS Pro.This layer is part of a larger collection of landscape layers that you can use to perform a wide variety of mapping and analysis tasks. The group includes a feature service created from the vector data used to create this layer.The Living Atlas of the World provides an easy way to explore the landscape layers and many other beautiful and authoritative maps on hundreds of topics.

This data set is a polygon shapefile containing the states and territories of the United States including the continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii and Atlantic and Pacific territories. Each state or territory has attributes for health department name, URL, Coronavirus-specific URL, and hotline number. Spatial state and territory boundary data courtesy of the National Weather Service.

This dataset provides gridded average annual wetland salinity concentrations in practical salinity units (PSU) at 30-meter resolution within 24 coastal estuary sites in the United States predicted for 2020. Salinity in estuaries can serve as a proxy for sulfate concentration, which can inhibit methanogenesis. Data were derived from a hybrid approach to mapping salinity as a continuous variable using a combination of physical watershed and stream characteristics, optical remote sensing based on vegetation characteristics, and climate variables. Data are provided in cloud-optimized GeoTIFF format covering 33 Hydrologic Unit Code 8-digit (HUC8) watersheds to the extent of palustrine and estuarine wetlands as defined by NOAA's 2016 Coastal Change Analysis Program (C-CAP) Coastal Land Cover layer. Additionally, model outputs are provided in comma separated values (CSV) files, and code scripts are provided in a compressed (*.zip) file.

U.S. Populated Place Areas represents populated place areas that include census designated places, consolidated cities, and incorporated places in the United States identified by the U.S. Bureau of the Census.To download this layer as a layer package for use in ArcGIS desktop applications, please refer to USA Census Populated Places Areas.

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Historic sites include areas where significant historical events of cultural interest occurred. These range from National Historic Parks, Sites, Trails, and Preserves to state, local, and areas held in trust.Dataset SummaryPhenomenon Mapped: Historic Sites from the Protected Areas Database of the United States version 3.0Coordinate System: Web Mercator Auxiliary SphereExtent: 50 United States and GuamVisible Scale: Visible at all scalesSource: USGS National Gap Analysis Program PAD-US version 3.0Publication Date: July 2022What can you do with this layer?This layer can be used to create maps and to visualize the underlying data across the ArcGIS platform. It can also be used as an analytic input in ArcGIS Online.The data can be exported to a file geodatabase, a shape file or other format and downloaded using the Export Data button on the top right of the description page.

In March 2024, Google.com was the leading website in the United States. The search platform accounted for over 19 percent of desktop web traffic in the United States, ahead of second-ranked YouTube.com with 10.71 percent.

These data were compiled to determine whether transient population dynamics substantially alter population growth rates of sagebrush after disturbance, impede resilience and restoration, and in turn drive ecosystem transformation. Data were collected from 2014-2016 on sagebrush population height distributions at 531 sites across the Great Basin that had burned and were subsequently reseeded by the BLM. These data include field data on sagebrush density in 6 size classes and site attributes (seeding year, sampling year, random site designation, elevation, seeding rate). Also included are modeled spring soil moisture data at each site from the year of seeding to sampling. This data release includes associated software code allows the inference of demographic rates (survival, reproduction, and individual growth) of sagebrush using Hamiltonian Monte Carlo approaches in Stan (https://mc-stan.org/).

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This data set contains in-situ soil moisture profile and soil temperature data collected at 20-minute intervals at SoilSCAPE (Soil moisture Sensing Controller and oPtimal Estimator) project sites in four states (California, Arizona, Oklahoma, and Michigan) in the United States. SoilSCAPE used wireless sensor technology to acquire high temporal resolution soil moisture and temperature data at up to 12 sites over varying durations since August 2011. At its maximum, the network consisted of over 200 wireless sensor installations (nodes), with a range of 6 to 27 nodes per site. The soil moisture sensors (EC-5 and 5-TM from Decagon Devices) were installed at three to four depths, nominally at 5, 20, and 50 cm below the surface. Soil conditions (e.g., hard soil or rocks) may have limited sensor placement. Temperature sensors were installed at 5 cm depth at six of the sites. Data collection started in August 2011 and continues at eight sites through the present. The data enables estimation of local-scale soil moisture at high temporal resolution and validation of remote sensing estimates of soil moisture at regional (airborne, e.g. NASA's Airborne Microwave Observation of Subcanopy and Subsurface Mission - AirMOSS) and national (spaceborne, e.g. NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive - SMAP) scales.

This dataset provides information on 3 in Nebraska, United States as of May, 2025. It includes details such as email addresses (where publicly available), phone numbers (where publicly available), and geocoded addresses. Explore market trends, identify potential business partners, and gain valuable insights into the industry. Download a complimentary sample of 10 records to see what's included.

This data set contains in-situ soil moisture profile and soil temperature data collected at 20-minute intervals at SoilSCAPE (Soil moisture Sensing Controller and oPtimal Estimator) project sites in four states (California, Arizona, Oklahoma, and Michigan) in the United States. SoilSCAPE used wireless sensor technology to acquire high temporal resolution soil moisture and temperature data at up to 12 sites over varying durations since August 2011. At its maximum, the network consisted of over 200 wireless sensor installations (nodes), with a range of 6 to 27 nodes per site. The soil moisture sensors (EC-5 and 5-TM from Decagon Devices) were installed at three to four depths, nominally at 5, 20, and 50 cm below the surface. Soil conditions (e.g., hard soil or rocks) may have limited sensor placement. Temperature sensors were installed at 5 cm depth at six of the sites. Data collection started in August 2011 and continues at eight sites through the present. The data enables estimation of local-scale soil moisture at high temporal resolution and validation of remote sensing estimates of soil moisture at regional (airborne, e.g. NASA's Airborne Microwave Observation of Subcanopy and Subsurface Mission - AirMOSS) and national (spaceborne, e.g. NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive - SMAP) scales.

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• Expand market reach with global-scale, high-precision data.
• Enhance mapping, navigation, and spatial analysis.
• Optimize site selection, urban planning, and infrastructure development.
• Improve logistics, delivery routes, and network optimization.
• Assess property values, competitor landscapes, and demographic trends.
• Strengthen disaster management and risk assessment with reliable insights.
• Leverage AI-driven enrichment for deeper, data-driven decision-making.

Our use cases demonstrate how our data has been beneficial and helped our customers in several key areas:

1. Gain a Competitive Edge with Smarter Mapping: Use building footprint data to analyse competitors, identify high-traffic areas, and optimize locations for maximum market impact.
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A complete list of live websites using the web3.us.com Direct technology, compiled through global website indexing conducted by WebTechSurvey.

Comprehensive dataset of 5 Archaeological sites in Alabama, United States as of July, 2025. Includes verified contact information (email, phone), geocoded addresses, customer ratings, reviews, business categories, and operational details. Perfect for market research, lead generation, competitive analysis, and business intelligence. Download a complimentary sample to evaluate data quality and completeness.

Context

Federal Superfund sites are some of the most polluted in the United States. This dataset contains a multifaceted view of Superfunds, including free-form text descriptions, geography, demographics and socioeconomics.

Content

The core data was scraped from the National Priorities List (NPL) provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This table provides basic information such as site name, site score, date added, and links to a site description and current status. Apache Tika was used to extract text from the site description pdfs. The addresses were scraped from site status pages, and used to geocode to latitude and longitude and Census block group. The block group assignment was used to join with the Census Bureau's planning database, a rich source of nationwide demographic and socioeconomic data. The full source code used to generate the data can be found here, on github.

I have provided three separate downloads to explore:

• priorities_list_full.json: the NPL containing all geographic, site information, text descriptions, and Census Bureau data from the relevant block groups.
• pdb_tract.csv: the planning database aggregated on the tract level with an additional indicator (has_superfund) noting whether or not the tract contains the address of a Superfund site.
• pdb_block_group.csv: the planning database aggregated on the block group level with an additional indicator (has_superfund) noting whether or not the block group contains the address of a Superfund site.

Some caveats:

1. The planning database contains 300+ columns. For a full description of these columns, please see the documentation here.
2. Since the Google geocoder is relatively aggressive in providing address matches, geocoding was done through a hierarchy of queries (full address, city-state-zip, and zipcode only) to prevent gross errors. The address string used to geocode is noted through the 'geocode_source' column.
3. While this data is linked to demographic and socioeconomic data based on either the block group (tract for pdb_tract.csv), the impacts of a particular site's pollution may extend beyond these geographic regions.

Acknowledgements

I would like to thank the EPA and the Census Bureau for making such detailed information publicly available. For relevant academic work, please see Burwell-Naney et al. (2013) and references, both to and therein.

Please let me know if you have any suggestions for improving the dataset!

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Key use cases where Location Data has helped businesses : 1. Optimize Logistics & Route Planning : Streamline delivery routes, reduce transit times, and enhance operational efficiency with precise location intelligence. 2. Enhance Market Positioning & Competitor Insights : Identify high-traffic zones, analyse competitor locations, and fine-tune business strategies to maximize market presence. 3. Transform Navigation & EV Infrastructure : Power navigation systems, real-time travel recommendations, and EV charging station mapping for seamless location-based services. 4. Enhance Urban & Retail Site Selection : Identify optimal locations for stores, warehouses, and infrastructure investments with in-depth spatial data and demographic insights. 5. Strengthen Spatial Analysis & Risk Management : Leverage advanced geospatial insights for disaster preparedness, public health initiatives, and land-use optimization.

This dataset is part of the Geographical repository maintained by Opendatasoft. This dataset contains data for places and equivalent entities in United States of America.This layer both incorporated places (legal entities) and census designated places or CDPs (statistical entities). An incorporated place is established to provide governmental functions for a concentration of people as opposed to a minor civil division (MCD), which generally is created to provide services or administer an area without regard, necessarily, to population. Places always nest within a state, but may extend across county and county subdivision boundaries. An incorporated place usually is a city, town, village, or borough, but can have other legal descriptions. CDPs are delineated for the decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places. CDPs are delineated to provide data for settled concentrations of population that are identifiable by name, but are not legally incorporated under the laws of the state in which they are located. The boundaries for CDPs often are defined in partnership with state, local, and/or tribal officials and usually coincide with visible features or the boundary of an adjacent incorporated place or another legal entity. CDP boundaries often change from one decennial census to the next with changes in the settlement pattern and development; a CDP with the same name as in an earlier census does not necessarily have the same boundary. The only population/housing size requirement for CDPs is that they must contain some housing and population. Processors and tools are using this data. Enhancements Add ISO 3166-3 codes. Simplify geometries to provide better performance across the services. Add administrative hierarchy.