nbcchicago.com
DR 82by AhrefsMedium Opportunity · 60/100

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Categorynews_and_media
Top 17,271
Global Rank
United States 91%
Top Market
+15%
Monthly Trend
57% Bounce
Engagement Signal

Monthly Visits

4,371,279

15.0% vs last month

Bounce Rate

57.4%

Pages / Visit

1.7

Avg. Session

48s

Domain Age

26.3 years

Traffic

#17,271Global Rank
#3,480Country Rank (840)
#172Category Rank · News_and_Media
Traffic Trend
15.0%
Traffic Sources
Organic Search
38.3%
Direct
41.3%
Social
5.6%
Referral
13.8%
Paid
0.3%
Email
0.5%

Strong brand recognition: 41.3% from direct traffic

Geographic Distribution
DomainShareBar
🇺🇸United StatesUS
91.3%
Top 3 countries account for 92.7% of traffic — high geographic concentration

SEO & Keywords

Top Keywords
Keyword
weather21.7M$0.53$47.0K
chicago weather367.7K$0.35$32.2K
weather chicago200.3K$0.46$41.3K
chicago news63.7K$2.16$20.0K
nbc 5 chicago14.6K$2.59$33.4K

Growth Readout

Direct traffic at 41% — strong brand recognition

Global rank top 17.3K — established player in the space

Traffic concentrated in United States (91%) — high geographic dependency

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

How does nbcchicago.com actually grow?

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Competitive Landscape

abc7chicago.com

abc7chicago.com

🔗 4 keyword overlap

Start your back-to-school shopping now with products over 40% off featuring your favorite characters from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, and more!

6.4M/mo-6%Oct 1996

Shares 4 keywords including "chicago weather"

eonline.com

eonline.com

🔗 2 keyword overlap

"I've used these since high school and they're the best things ever. It's better than going to the dentist. This is my favorite." Paige's pick is a top-seller with 47,600+ 5-star Amazon reviews. It has also been recommended by Selling Sunset star Chrishell Stause, The Bachelor's Catherine Giudici Lowe, and Vanderpump Rules cast member Tom Schwartz.

15.9M/mo-4%Aug 1995

Shares 2 keywords including "alysa liu"

slate.com

slate.com

🔗 2 keyword overlap

California residents, please use the form below to submit a Right to Know or Right to Delete request.

11.1M/mo-18%Feb 1995

Shares 2 keywords including "alysa liu"

cincinnati.com

cincinnati.com

🔗 2 keyword overlap

Breaking Cincinnati news, traffic, weather and local headlines from The Cincinnati Enquirer newspaper.

3.4M/mo-3%Oct 1998

Shares 2 keywords including "weather"

Report based on data from May 2026

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