marketwatch.com

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About

MarketWatch provides the latest stock market, financial and business news. Get stock market quotes, personal finance advice, company news and more.

Categoryfinance/finance

Top 2,294

Global Rank

United States 73%

Top Market

-9%

Monthly Trend

57% Bounce

Engagement Signal

Monthly Visits

29,227,848

↓8.8% vs last month

Bounce Rate

57.4%

Pages / Visit

2.7

Avg. Session

4m 0s

Domain Age

28.9 years

Traffic

#2,294Global Rank

#699Country Rank (840)

#10Category Rank · Finance

Traffic Trend

↓8.8%

Traffic Sources

Organic Search

18.3%

Direct

70.8%

Social

2.9%

Referral

4.0%

Paid

1.4%

2.5%

Strong brand recognition: 70.8% from direct traffic

Geographic Distribution

DomainShare

🇺🇸United StatesUS

72.9%

🇨🇦CanadaCA

6.1%

🇬🇧United KingdomGB

3.6%

🇩🇪GermanyDE

1.4%

🇹🇼TaiwanTW

1.1%

Top 3 countries account for 82.6% of traffic — high geographic concentration

SEO & Keywords

Top Keywords

Keyword
amd stock	2.9M	$1.80	$78.4K
stock market today	483.5K	$1.83	$110.3K
marketwatch	164.9K	$2.53	$320.4K
economic calendar	60.7K	$0.77	$53.6K
dollar index	24.5K	$0.49	$90.3K

SERP Rankings

Keyword			Ranking URL
s&p 500	#7	📄	www.marketwatch.com/investing/index/spx?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqcI66qydJ4iOau2N9VoehJJYFqp4MMWhPGaYpBwcunPQhRCwluJYNky&gaa_ts=69c51db2&gaa_sig=klQ07NKfsfr8wVMRKpLeeteuJsQKkmA5ped1EsN1R-fTnocQxpXSmiL9x2gSCuDoLcsqH9K06YsDfRqFj4uPOw%3D%3D	2,693,190	$2.35
amd stock	#7	📄	www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/amd?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqe1H7L8xF2wtfkHmsFFZyTe1vjXLJBEYzimEigasBI_ye6ubzcLdpKj&gaa_ts=69c50f97&gaa_sig=czdx9AmROE-E2Y9yc-c0XcVqs_SZC9CnulvXEchZrP7hzOim1_LiwkbuD4yPOj8RmYS1WS0sQkPk2tbeipBwog%3D%3D	1,740,980	$2.73
meta stock	#5	📄	www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/meta?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqcI5m6v6FUsAc1EKSnf8TjNP7nUTYv1fAWFtqJiuZqTiJJIg4CWK2jc&gaa_ts=69c51a6d&gaa_sig=VPGtJZLLddP4VIVD6dPIlKXl3SONuabiHCGHOA76VD2rgteP3tZxBijgeS3kNZ880XOKdE8tqNfCwj7BqQm-og%3D%3D	1,646,550	$3.81
nasdaq: amzn	#7	📄	www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/amzn?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqfOBzgyG677ZRN6Dyfsj-FgOlhIrlnUcs2Hw8oocTRsMre00klD0S1j&gaa_ts=69c51afd&gaa_sig=gsnneyKihK3K-X5faH6AYetqcCQHOVgRyoYby1HmlKZhy02OQQxke60z69Qyde8BmzZBz6vO0dJ5FEE9SfHlvA%3D%3D	831,080	—
tsla stock	#9	📄	www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/tsla?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqeTuyd_H-R-DYmh0PpY1hQCWzVjXnsvA6JXFUTO8gXzs5dlHyJy6xNf&gaa_ts=69c52041&gaa_sig=K7gxBs9278lUUCXk_zADZ8WrOvV69TluKAUDyEWeQw94hozXv9ja2Uv1AOqjf5OWzVsuAYSVRvJUQmSSUHCPmQ%3D%3D	669,620	$2.20

Growth Readout

Direct traffic at 71% — strong brand recognition

Global rank top 2.3K — established player in the space

Traffic concentrated in United States (73%) — high geographic dependency

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

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Competitive Landscape

cnbc.com

🔗 3 keyword overlap

CNBC is the world leader in business news and real-time financial market coverage. Find fast, actionable information.

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Shares 3 keywords including "s&p 500"

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barrons.com

🔗 3 keyword overlap

Barron's is a leading source of financial news, providing in-depth analysis and commentary on stocks, investments and how markets are moving across the world.

7.0M/mo+23%Jul 1995

Shares 3 keywords including "s&p 500"

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seekingalpha.com

🔗 2 keyword overlap

Breaking news and real-time stock market updates from Seeking Alpha. Check out the latest investing news and financial headlines.

18.9M/mo+10%Sep 2004

Shares 2 keywords including "s&p 500"

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fool.com

🔗 2 keyword overlap

The Motley Fool has been providing investing insights and personal finance to millions of people for over 25 years. Learn how we make the world Smarter, Happier & Richer.

15.0M/mo+12%Jun 1995

Shares 2 keywords including "s&p 500"

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tipranks.com

🔗 2 keyword overlap

TipRanks stock market research and analysis, lets you see the track record and measured performance of any analyst or blogger, so you know who to trust!

8.1M/mo+14%Sep 2011

Shares 2 keywords including "s&p 500"

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