bellingcat.com

DR 77by AhrefsMedium Opportunity · 59/100

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Categorynews_and_media

Top 101,676

Global Rank

United States 27%

Top Market

-20%

Monthly Trend

50% Bounce

Engagement Signal

Monthly Visits

553,386

↓20.4% vs last month

Bounce Rate

50.3%

Pages / Visit

2.1

Avg. Session

55s

Domain Age

12.4 years

Traffic

#101,676Global Rank

#95,855Country Rank (840)

#3,104Category Rank · News_and_Media

Traffic Trend

↓20.4%

Traffic Sources

Organic Search

41.6%

Direct

44.6%

Social

7.3%

Referral

5.4%

Paid

0.1%

0.9%

Strong brand recognition: 44.6% from direct traffic

Geographic Distribution

DomainShare

🇺🇸United StatesUS

27.4%

🇬🇧United KingdomGB

13.6%

🇳🇱NetherlandsNL

4.9%

🇦🇺AustraliaAU

3.5%

🇩🇪GermanyDE

2.6%

Top 3 countries account for 45.9% of traffic

SEO & Keywords

Top Keywords

Keyword
bellingcat	19.8K	$1.75	$30.0K
mrdeepfake	12.3K	$0.33	$7.6K
mrdeepfakes	12.1K	$0.33	$10.3K
mr deepfake	5.3K	$0.00	$3.6K
dubai bombing	3.2K	$0.00	$2.8K

SERP Rankings

Keyword			Ranking URL
mrdeepfakes.com	#7	📄	www.bellingcat.com/tag/mrdeepfakes/	2,010	—

Growth Readout

Direct traffic at 45% — strong brand recognition

How does bellingcat.com actually grow?

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Competitive Landscape

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🔗 2 keyword overlap

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164.7K/mo+39%Aug 2020

Shares 2 keywords including "clothoff"

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Report based on data from May 2026

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