arstechnica.com
DR 90by AhrefsMedium Opportunity · 48/100

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Categorycomputers_electronics_and_technology/computers_electronics_and_technology
Top 9,533
Global Rank
United States 68%
Top Market
+3%
Monthly Trend
58% Bounce
Engagement Signal

Monthly Visits

7,624,189

2.9% vs last month

Bounce Rate

58.1%

Pages / Visit

2.2

Avg. Session

2m 2s

Domain Age

27.5 years

Traffic

#9,533Global Rank
#2,825Country Rank (840)
#99Category Rank · Computers_Electronics_and_Technology
Traffic Trend
2.9%
Traffic Sources
Organic Search
19.6%
Direct
61.7%
Social
8.8%
Referral
7.5%
Paid
0.4%
Email
2.0%

Strong brand recognition: 61.7% from direct traffic

Geographic Distribution
DomainShareBar
🇺🇸United StatesUS
68.3%
🇨🇦CanadaCA
5.9%
🇬🇧United KingdomGB
3.0%
🇩🇪GermanyDE
2.1%
🇦🇺AustraliaAU
1.3%
Top 3 countries account for 77.2% of traffic — high geographic concentration

SEO & Keywords

Growth Readout

Direct traffic at 62% — strong brand recognition

Global rank top 9.5K — established player in the space

Traffic concentrated in United States (68%) — high geographic dependency

5 tracked competitors in this category — competitive landscape is well-defined

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Competitive Landscape

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🔗 2 keyword overlap
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🔗 2 keyword overlap

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Shares 2 keywords including "chatgpt"

gizmodo.com

gizmodo.com

🔗 2 keyword overlap

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Shares 2 keywords including "chatgpt"

heise.de

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🔗 2 keyword overlap

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12.6M/mo-4%

Shares 2 keywords including "macbook neo"

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