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Categoryscience_and_education/education

Top 13,404

Global Rank

United States 49%

Top Market

-12%

Monthly Trend

52% Bounce

Engagement Signal

Monthly Visits

4,574,071

↓11.6% vs last month

Bounce Rate

52.1%

Pages / Visit

3.1

Avg. Session

4m 14s

Domain Age

19.3 years

Traffic

#13,404Global Rank

#6,118Country Rank (840)

#197Category Rank · Education

Traffic Trend

↓11.6%

Traffic Sources

Organic Search

68.3%

Direct

24.2%

Social

2.3%

Referral

4.5%

Paid

0.1%

0.5%

SEO-dependent: 68.3% from organic search

Geographic Distribution

DomainShare

🇺🇸United StatesUS

49.2%

🇬🇧United KingdomGB

10.3%

🇦🇺AustraliaAU

8.1%

🇨🇦CanadaCA

4.6%

🇮🇳IndiaIN

4.0%

Top 3 countries account for 67.6% of traffic

SEO & Keywords

Top Keywords

Keyword
judge holden	83.2K	$0.15	$2.5K
litcharts	38.6K	$4.11	$44.5K
lit charts	8.0K	$4.11	$7.7K
macbeth translation	3.5K	$0.00	$3.0K
shakescleare	2.5K	$0.00	$2.2K

SERP Rankings

Keyword			Ranking URL
sonnet 5	#5	📄	www.litcharts.com/shakescleare/shakespeare-translations/sonnets/sonnet-5	258,440	—
plot	#7	📄	www.litcharts.com/literary-devices-and-terms/plot	43,660	$0.65
aporia	#6	📄	www.litcharts.com/literary-devices-and-terms/aporia	19,490	$7.36
stream of consciousness	#5	📄	www.litcharts.com/literary-devices-and-terms/stream-of-consciousness	18,510	$0.71
acrostic	#7	📄	www.litcharts.com/literary-devices-and-terms/acrostic	15,130	$2.33

Growth Readout

Traffic declined for 3 consecutive months — under pressure recently

Global rank top 13.4K — established player in the space

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

How does litcharts.com actually grow?

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Competitive Landscape

poetryfoundation.org

🔗 4 keyword overlap

Poems, readings, poetry news and the entire 110-year archive of POETRY magazine.

6.5M/mo-8%Apr 2002

Shares 4 keywords including "acrostic"

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merriam-webster.com

🔗 3 keyword overlap

Find definitions for over 300,000 words from the most authoritative English dictionary. Continuously updated with new words and meanings.

63.1M/mo+7%Feb 1999

Shares 3 keywords including "plot"

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britannica.com

🔗 3 keyword overlap

Explore the fact-checked online encyclopedia from Encyclopaedia Britannica with hundreds of thousands of objective articles, biographies, videos, and images from experts.

33.2M/mo+0%Jun 1995

Shares 3 keywords including "stream of consciousness"

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oregonstate.edu

🔗 3 keyword overlap

Oregon State University’s 2024 Distinguished Professors — Todd S. Palmer and Małgorzata Peszyńska — will share their research via lectures on May 8.

6.8M/mo+3%

Shares 3 keywords including "stream of consciousness"

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study.com

🔗 3 keyword overlap

Take online courses on Study.com that are fun and engaging. Pass exams to earn real college credit. Research schools and degrees to further your education.

5.7M/mo-6%Aug 1995

Shares 3 keywords including "aporia"

litcharts.com vs study.com →Visit Website ↗

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