loc.gov

DR 91by AhrefsMedium Opportunity · 60/100

About

We’re excited to welcome you to the Library of Congress. Free timed-entry tickets are required to enter the Library’s Thomas Jefferson Building.

Categorylaw_and_government/government

Top 8,335

Global Rank

United States 70%

Top Market

-3%

Monthly Trend

43% Bounce

Engagement Signal

Monthly Visits

5,056,472

↓3.0% vs last month

Bounce Rate

43.5%

Pages / Visit

6.2

Avg. Session

3m 55s

Domain Age

28.7 years

Traffic

#8,335Global Rank

#2,294Country Rank (840)

#53Category Rank · Government

Traffic Trend

↓3.0%

Traffic Sources

Organic Search

45.7%

Direct

39.4%

Social

3.6%

Referral

10.2%

Paid

0.1%

1.0%

Geographic Distribution

DomainShare

🇺🇸United StatesUS

69.5%

🇬🇧United KingdomGB

2.2%

🇨🇦CanadaCA

1.8%

🇦🇺AustraliaAU

1.6%

🇮🇩IndonesiaID

1.6%

Top 3 countries account for 73.5% of traffic — high geographic concentration

SEO & Keywords

Top Keywords

Keyword
jp morgan	832.6K	$1.91	$5.2K
web archive	537.0K	$2.09	$4.7K
library of congress	86.2K	$1.13	$74.0K
tartaria	39.9K	$1.28	$12.1K
library of congress catalog	5.6K	$3.21	$7.1K

SERP Rankings

Keyword			Ranking URL
catalog	#3	🏠	catalog.loc.gov/	58,360	$0.94
catalogue	#5	🏠	catalog.loc.gov/	57,120	$1.01
prores	#9	📄	www.loc.gov/preservation/digital/formats/fdd/fdd000389.shtml	5,290	$2.25
.sav file	#10	📄	www.loc.gov/preservation/digital/formats/fdd/fdd000469.shtml	1,330	—
history timelines	#2	📄	www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/united-states-history-primary-source-timeline/	1,120	—

Growth Readout

Global rank top 8.3K — established player in the space

Traffic concentrated in United States (70%) — high geographic dependency

How does loc.gov actually grow?

This page shows the surface. A Growth Teardown reverse-engineers the full playbook — which keywords drive signups, where backlinks come from, which channels convert, and what you can replicate in your own product.