thecommonsense.co.za
In the census. Status: active when Palo last checked it, on 26 October 2026 (the homepage answered with a page, directly or after redirects). 8 sites in the census link to it, and it links to 1 site.
Recorded about the site
Text in quotation marks is what the site declares about itself.
- Title
- “The Common Sense - Independent News & Analysis”
- Description
- “The Common Sense delivers independent journalism, thoughtful analysis, and engaging content through articles, podcasts, and videos. Stay informed with our unique perspective on current events.”
- Language
- en
- schema.org types
- Organization
- Open Graph metadata
- yes
- Homepage size
- 541 KB, 82 links
- First seen
- before 12 October 2026 (not recorded earlier)
- Listed by
- Common Crawl (crawl CC-MAIN-2026-39); Common Crawl (crawl CC-MAIN-2026-43); a link from a crawled .za site
Position in the link graph
The graph holds the active and blocked sites in the census and the links between them: 309,482 sites. Rank 1 is the highest.
- Links in (in-degree)
- 8 sites in the graph link to it
- Links out (out-degree)
- it links to 1 site in the graph
- PageRank rank
- 35,531 of 309,482. PageRank weighs links by the rank of the sites they come from; every link counts the same, whatever its purpose
- PageRank rank without footer-only links
- 21,380 of 309,482. The same, leaving out links only ever seen in a page footer
- PageRank rank between registered names
- 20,775 of 309,482. The same, leaving out links between sites under one registered name, such as x.co.za and shop.x.co.za
- Betweenness rank
- 54,548 of 309,482. How often the site lies on the shortest paths between others
- Sites reachable by following links
- about 1 (estimated)
- Community
- one of 9,908 sites in its Louvain community, a group more densely linked to each other than to the rest
Links in: 8 sites
Sites in the census whose crawled pages link to thecommonsense.co.za, by PageRank rank (unranked last). “Seen in” is where on the linking pages the link appears.
| Site | Status | PageRank rank | Seen in |
|---|---|---|---|
| macinsights.co.za | active | 4,503 | body |
| homefoodandtravel.co.za | active | 19,166 | body |
| irr.org.za | active | 21,090 | not recorded |
| nu.org.za | active | 27,529 | body |
| exporthelp.co.za | active | 27,690 | body |
| southafricafacts.co.za | active | 112,539 | body |
| srfreports.co.za | blocked | 279,514 | body |
| worldtrackers.co.za | active | 305,905 | not recorded |
Links out: 1 site
Sites in the census that its crawled pages link to, by PageRank rank (unranked last). “Seen in” is where on the linking pages the link appears.
| Site | Status | PageRank rank | Seen in |
|---|---|---|---|
| politicsweb.co.za | active | 3,199 | body |
Links leaving .za: 8 domains
Domains outside .za that its crawled pages link to:
- facebook.com (body)
- google.com (body)
- instagram.com (body)
- linkedin.com (body)
- open.spotify.com (body)
- x.com (body)
- youtu.be (body)
- youtube.com (body)
Related
Other sites in its zone (co.za) · Search the census
About these figures
- Only links between .za sites in the census are in the graph; links from outside .za, social media and search engines are not observed.
- Links added by scripts after a page loads may be missed, and pages Palo has not crawled are not seen.
- As of the analysis on 27 October 2026, 22:28 SAST. The data is CC BY 4.0; credit “Palo, Dirišwago (palo.dirishwago.co.za)”.
- This record as Markdown, for language models and other programs: /explore/thecommonsense.co.za.md.