lifehacker.com
DR 90by AhrefsMedium Opportunity · 60/100

About

Lifehacker is the ultimate authority on optimizing every aspect of your life. Do everything better.

Categorycomputers_electronics_and_technology/computers_electronics_and_technology
Top 16,099
Global Rank
United States 72%
Top Market
-9%
Monthly Trend
54% Bounce
Engagement Signal

Monthly Visits

4,681,238

8.7% vs last month

Bounce Rate

54.4%

Pages / Visit

1.8

Avg. Session

1m 12s

Domain Age

21.8 years

Traffic

#16,099Global Rank
#4,834Country Rank (840)
#154Category Rank · Computers_Electronics_and_Technology
Traffic Trend
8.7%
Traffic Sources
Organic Search
33.1%
Direct
51.0%
Social
3.0%
Referral
6.6%
Paid
0.2%
Email
6.1%

Strong brand recognition: 51.0% from direct traffic

Geographic Distribution
DomainShareBar
🇺🇸United StatesUS
72.2%
🇨🇦CanadaCA
4.7%
🇦🇺AustraliaAU
4.0%
🇬🇧United KingdomGB
2.5%
🇮🇳IndiaIN
1.1%
Top 3 countries account for 80.9% of traffic — high geographic concentration

SEO & Keywords

Growth Readout

Direct traffic at 51% — strong brand recognition

Global rank top 16.1K — established player in the space

Traffic concentrated in United States (72%) — high geographic dependency

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

How does lifehacker.com actually grow?

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🔗 3 keyword overlap

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Shares 3 keywords including "connections"

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🔗 3 keyword overlap

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Report based on data from May 2026

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