The site was founded in March 2004, by two Ph.D. students who wanted a science news service for informed and educated readers[citation needed]. In 2005 it was purchased by, and as of 2008[update] is the registered property of, Omicron Technology Limited, Douglas, Isle Of Man.[3]
It has a full-time staff of 16, including 11 contributing authors. Its editor-in-chief is John Benson (UK) and managing editors are Andrew Zinin and Alexander Pol.[4][5]
In 2008, it published 75-100 news stories per day and hosted about 100,000 daily readers[citation needed]. It had 25,000 registered members.[5]
In 2009, Quantcast listed it as a top 1,800 site with 880,000+ U.S. people visiting per month and this being 57% of all visitors[citation needed]. It said the site is popular among a more educated, older, male audience.[6] Trends Updates named PhysOrg amongst the Top 25 Technology Blogs for 2008.[7]
In April 2012, (formerly known as) Physorg.com moved to its current domain, phys.org.
