hardcoregamer.com

DR 68by AhrefsMedium Opportunity · 60/100

About

HardcoreGamer is a digital publication founded in June 2005 as a hardcopy video game magazine. It's now an online source for news, reviews, databases, and more.

Categorygames/video_games_consoles_and_accessories

Top 65,500

Global Rank

United States 24%

Top Market

-3%

Monthly Trend

52% Bounce

Engagement Signal

Monthly Visits

857,228

↓3.1% vs last month

Bounce Rate

52.5%

Pages / Visit

2.9

Avg. Session

3m 34s

Domain Age

24.8 years

Traffic

#65,500Global Rank

#43,965Country Rank (840)

#1,414Category Rank · Video_Games_Consoles_and_Accessories

Traffic Trend

↓3.1%

Traffic Sources

Organic Search

56.1%

Direct

24.9%

Social

5.9%

Referral

12.8%

Paid

0.1%

0.2%

Geographic Distribution

DomainShare

🇺🇸United StatesUS

23.6%

🇬🇧United KingdomGB

9.9%

🇹🇭ThailandTH

6.4%

🇵🇭PhilippinesPH

4.5%

🇨🇦CanadaCA

2.8%

Top 3 countries account for 39.9% of traffic

SEO & Keywords

Top Keywords

Keyword
persona 5 confidants	3.4K	$0.00	$1.3K
hifumi confidant	2.9K	$0.00	$4.3K
hardcore gamer	2.9K	$0.00	$3.0K
persona 5 royal confidant guide	1.8K	$0.00	$3.0K
p5r confidant guide	900	$0.00	$1.5K

SERP Rankings

Keyword			Ranking URL
persona 5 ann	#6	📄	hardcoregamer.com/features/persona-5-confidant-guide-lovers-ann-takamaki/252748/	3,240	—

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Competitive Landscape

rpgsite.net

🔗 2 keyword overlap

rpg site is the premiere source for news, reviews, articles, and information on the role-playing game genre.

2.1M/mo+13%Feb 2006

Shares 2 keywords including "ps5 pro"

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