The top 10 neighbors for IFLScience span research organizations, science magazines, news publishers, and a politician — a genuinely mixed cluster with no single subcategory dominating and scores compressed into a narrow band from 0.84 to 0.89.
The shape is flat. CERN leads at 0.89, followed by News from Science (0.87) and National Geographic (0.86) — but none of these pull far enough ahead to anchor the cluster on their own. Science-adjacent magazines account for three of the top 10: National Geographic, Discover Magazine (0.85), and National Geographic Magazine (0.85). Two news publishers appear — News from Science and Science News (0.84). The most structurally notable entry is Mazie Hirono (0.86), a politician sitting at position four, ahead of several science-focused outlets. CleanTechnica (0.84) is the only other website in the top 10 — IFLScience's own subcategory — making this a predominantly cross-kind cluster. WIRED Science (0.84) and Schneier Blog (0.84) round out the set, adding a magazine and a blog to the mix.
The flat shape and cross-kind composition together suggest IFLScience's audience is defined less by loyalty to a single content format than by a consistent interest profile that cuts across science publishing, news, and civic engagement.