grumpy-economist.com
DR 41by AhrefsLow Opportunity · 35/100

About

News, views, and commentary from a free market point of view. I moved from Blogger to Substack in December 2023. For previous posts back to 2011 see my Blogger page at https://johnhcochrane.blogspot.com. Click to read The Grumpy Economist, by John H. Cochrane, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.

Categorylaw_and_government/law_and_government
Top 967,772
Global Rank
Brazil 58%
Top Market
-20%
Monthly Trend
32% Bounce
Engagement Signal

Monthly Visits

27,589

20.3% vs last month

Bounce Rate

32.0%

Pages / Visit

3.0

Avg. Session

1m 30s

Domain Age

2.5 years

Traffic

#967,772Global Rank
#139,683Country Rank (76)
#682Category Rank · Law_and_Government
Traffic Trend
20.3%
Traffic Sources
Organic Search
6.7%
Direct
55.6%
Social
8.0%
Referral
22.5%
Paid
0.0%
Email
7.2%

Strong brand recognition: 55.6% from direct traffic

Geographic Distribution
DomainShareBar
🇧🇷BrazilBR
57.8%
🇺🇸United StatesUS
20.8%
🇻🇳VietnamVN
4.9%
🇩🇪GermanyDE
2.6%
🇬🇧United KingdomGB
2.4%
Top 3 countries account for 83.5% of traffic — high geographic concentration

SEO & Keywords

Top Keywords
Keyword
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SERP Rankings
KeywordRanking URL
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Growth Readout

Direct traffic at 56% — strong brand recognition

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Competitive Landscape

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🔗 2 keyword overlap

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🔗 2 keyword overlap

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