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Le Monde - World news, culture and opinion from the unique perspective of the leading French newspaper

Categorynews_and_media

Top 736

Global Rank

France 75%

Top Market

-8%

Monthly Trend

54% Bounce

Engagement Signal

Monthly Visits

70,015,431

↓8.1% vs last month

Bounce Rate

54.1%

Pages / Visit

2.8

Avg. Session

6m 38s

Domain Age

20.8 years

Traffic

#736Global Rank

#36Country Rank (250)

#5Category Rank · News_and_Media

Traffic Trend

↓8.1%

Traffic Sources

Organic Search

33.4%

Direct

56.2%

Social

4.0%

Referral

3.8%

Paid

0.4%

2.2%

Strong brand recognition: 56.2% from direct traffic

Geographic Distribution

DomainShare

🇫🇷FranceFR

75.2%

🇺🇸United StatesUS

4.8%

🇨🇭SwitzerlandCH

3.3%

🇧🇪BelgiumBE

3.1%

🇨🇦CanadaCA

2.6%

Top 3 countries account for 83.3% of traffic — high geographic concentration

SEO & Keywords

Top Keywords

Keyword
roland garros	6.9M	$0.88	$346.0K
ligue 1	2.4M	$0.61	$700.1K
le monde	491.5K	$0.32	$976.8K
actualités	426.9K	$0.22	$180.6K
lemonde	87.3K	$0.32	$132.0K

SERP Rankings

Keyword			Ranking URL
nude ai	#7	📄	www.lemonde.fr/en/pixels/article/2026/01/09/grok-limits-ai-image-editing-to-paid-users-after-nudes-backlash_6749258_13.html	22,840	—
ai nude	#6	📄	www.lemonde.fr/en/pixels/article/2026/01/09/grok-limits-ai-image-editing-to-paid-users-after-nudes-backlash_6749258_13.html	16,990	—
ia francaise	#6	📄	www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2025/09/26/mistral-ai-incarnation-de-l-intelligence-artificielle-a-la-francaise_6643087_3234.html	4,620	$0.98
grok nude images	#5	📄	www.lemonde.fr/en/pixels/article/2026/01/09/grok-limits-ai-image-editing-to-paid-users-after-nudes-backlash_6749258_13.html	3,490	—
frantastique	#6	📄	langues.lemonde.fr/en/french	1,470	$1.85

Growth Readout

Direct traffic at 56% — strong brand recognition

Global rank top 736 — established player in the space

Traffic concentrated in France (75%) — high geographic dependency

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

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Competitive Landscape

lefigaro.fr

🔗 4 keyword overlap

A la Une : Retrouvez toute l'actualité en France, à l'international, l'actualité économique et politique avec Le Figaro

80.3M/mo-5%Aug 1996

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20minutes.fr

🔗 3 keyword overlap

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51.8M/mo-4%Jul 2001

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dw.com

🔗 3 keyword overlap

More than 200 people are now thought to have died from Ebola in the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Attacks on isolation centers and defiance of bans on gathering are hampering efforts to slow the spread.

28.0M/mo-6%Dec 1994

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euronews.com

🔗 3 keyword overlap

Latest breaking news available as free video on demand. Stay informed on European and world news about economy, politics, diplomacy… with Euronews.

26.0M/mo-29%Apr 1997

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france24.com

🔗 3 keyword overlap

Breaking news and world news from France 24 on Business, Sports, Culture. Video news. News from the US, Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa, Middle East, America

9.8M/mo-26%Dec 2005

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