inc.com

DR 91by AhrefsMedium Opportunity · 60/100

About

Inc. media is the entrepreneurs source for ideas, resources and advice on how to successfully start, run and grow your business.

Categorybusiness_and_consumer_services/business_services

Top 14,458

Global Rank

United States 69%

Top Market

-9%

Monthly Trend

55% Bounce

Engagement Signal

Monthly Visits

4,964,364

↓8.9% vs last month

Bounce Rate

54.9%

Pages / Visit

2.0

Avg. Session

1m 1s

Domain Age

30.3 years

Traffic

#14,458Global Rank

#3,911Country Rank (840)

#53Category Rank · Business_Services

Traffic Trend

↓8.9%

Traffic Sources

Organic Search

35.5%

Direct

43.4%

Social

6.7%

Referral

12.3%

Paid

0.2%

1.9%

Strong brand recognition: 43.4% from direct traffic

Geographic Distribution

DomainShare

🇺🇸United StatesUS

69.0%

🇨🇦CanadaCA

3.7%

🇮🇳IndiaIN

3.0%

🇬🇧United KingdomGB

2.0%

🇩🇪GermanyDE

1.2%

Top 3 countries account for 75.7% of traffic — high geographic concentration

SEO & Keywords

Top Keywords

Keyword
claude	47.8M	$0.98	$11.7K
walmart	10.5M	$0.42	$27.7K
the devil wears prada 2	1.8M	$0.60	$109.3K
starbucks	1.0M	$0.34	$20.1K
inc	99.8K	$0.73	$13.6K

SERP Rankings

Keyword			Ranking URL
vibe marketing	#10	📄	www.inc.com/lisa-larson-kelley/vibe-marketing-is-not-as-easy-as-it-sounds/91207364	5,900	$10.62
eureka labs	#8	📄	www.inc.com/ben-sherry/openai-co-founder-andrej-karpathy-announces-eureka-labs-an-ai-education-startup.html	4,710	$2.05
inc 5000 list	#1	📄	www.inc.com/inc5000	2,850	$4.19
inc 5000 list	#2	📄	events.inc.com/inc5000-applications	2,850	$4.19
cal ai revenue	#3	📄	www.inc.com/ben-sherry/he-built-an-ai-app-in-high-school-made-40m-and-sold-to-myfitnesspal-now-hes-aiming-even-bigger/91307748	2,470	—

Growth Readout

Direct traffic at 43% — strong brand recognition

Global rank top 14.5K — established player in the space

Traffic concentrated in United States (69%) — high geographic dependency

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

How does inc.com actually grow?

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Competitive Landscape

use.ai

🔗 3 keyword overlap

27.1M/mo+6%Dec 2017

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chatbotapp.ai

🔗 3 keyword overlap

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5.0M/mo-29%Feb 2024

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theregister.com

🔗 3 keyword overlap

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3.5M/mo-3%Jun 1996

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chatlyai.app

🔗 3 keyword overlap

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2.8M/mo+12%Jun 2024

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askaichat.app

🔗 3 keyword overlap

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1.5M/mo-27%Mar 2023

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