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See how well critics are rating new Music and Albums at Metacritic

Categoryarts_and_entertainment/tv_movies_and_streaming

Top 4,501

Global Rank

United States 28%

Top Market

+4%

Monthly Trend

44% Bounce

Engagement Signal

Monthly Visits

12,955,875

↑4.2% vs last month

Bounce Rate

43.8%

Pages / Visit

3.4

Avg. Session

2m 11s

Domain Age

26.9 years

Traffic

#4,501Global Rank

#2,953Country Rank (840)

#83Category Rank · TV_Movies_and_Streaming

Traffic Trend

↑4.2%

Traffic Sources

Organic Search

45.0%

Direct

45.7%

Social

3.2%

Referral

5.5%

Paid

0.1%

0.5%

Strong brand recognition: 45.7% from direct traffic

Geographic Distribution

DomainShare

🇺🇸United StatesUS

28.3%

🇩🇪GermanyDE

5.5%

🇬🇧United KingdomGB

5.4%

🇨🇦CanadaCA

3.8%

🇧🇷BrazilBR

3.6%

Top 3 countries account for 39.2% of traffic

SEO & Keywords

Top Keywords

Keyword
metacritic	374.6K	$0.34	$606.7K
007 first light metacritic	66.8K	$0.00	$90.4K
mixtape metacritic	53.8K	$0.00	$101.9K
forza horizon 6 metacritic	38.6K	$0.00	$55.7K
saros metacritic	35.6K	$0.00	$72.1K

SERP Rankings

Keyword			Ranking URL
reviews	#9	🏠	www.metacritic.com/	49,090	$1.01
adventure movies	#9	📄	www.metacritic.com/browse/movie/all/adventure/	26,540	$0.24
quills	#9	📄	www.metacritic.com/movie/quills/	8,430	$1.67
videoverse	#8	📄	www.metacritic.com/game/videoverse/	1,860	$0.19

Growth Readout

Direct traffic at 46% — strong brand recognition

Global rank top 4.5K — established player in the space

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

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Competitive Landscape

play-this.com

🔗 4 keyword overlap

Resolves YES if Forza Horizon 6 launches on PlayStation 5 on or before December 31, 2026. Resolves NO if no PS5 release occurs by that date.

92.1K/mo-2%Nov 2023

Shares 4 keywords including "pragmata metacritic"

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steampowered.com

🔗 2 keyword overlap

Steam is the ultimate destination for playing, discussing, and creating games.

239.1M/mo+6%Aug 2000

Shares 2 keywords including "crimson desert"

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gamespot.com

🔗 2 keyword overlap

Fight foes in style by finding various outfits for Eve in Stellar Blade.

35.1M/mo-3%Jan 1996

Shares 2 keywords including "crimson desert"

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thegamer.com

🔗 2 keyword overlap

TheGamer is a digital publication founded in 2017. Our gaming experts specialize in creating in-depth game guides, breaking gaming news, and opinion pieces.

8.9M/mo+4%Oct 1996

Shares 2 keywords including "crimson desert"

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rpgsite.net

🔗 2 keyword overlap

rpg site is the premiere source for news, reviews, articles, and information on the role-playing game genre.

2.1M/mo+13%Feb 2006

Shares 2 keywords including "crimson desert"

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