pbs.org

DR 91by AhrefsMedium Opportunity · 60/100

About

Watch full episodes of your favorite PBS dramas, find in-depth news analysis and explore documentaries on history, science, art and more!

Categoryarts_and_entertainment/tv_movies_and_streaming

Top 3,662

Global Rank

United States 86%

Top Market

-17%

Monthly Trend

61% Bounce

Engagement Signal

Monthly Visits

18,367,000

↓17.1% vs last month

Bounce Rate

60.8%

Pages / Visit

2.2

Avg. Session

1m 43s

Domain Age

31.2 years

Traffic

#3,662Global Rank

#862Country Rank (840)

#33Category Rank · TV_Movies_and_Streaming

Traffic Trend

↓17.1%

Traffic Sources

Organic Search

52.3%

Direct

32.4%

Social

3.9%

Referral

8.2%

Paid

0.3%

2.8%

Geographic Distribution

DomainShare

🇺🇸United StatesUS

86.2%

🇨🇦CanadaCA

2.9%

🇬🇧United KingdomGB

1.3%

Top 3 countries account for 90.4% of traffic — high geographic concentration

SEO & Keywords

Top Keywords

Keyword
memorial day	1.8M	$2.73	$96.7K
iran news	1.5M	$0.63	$173.4K
trump news	571.5K	$0.00	$234.2K
pbs	267.3K	$1.07	$224.4K
pbs newshour	52.9K	$1.42	$58.1K

SERP Rankings

Keyword			Ranking URL
seneca	#7	📄	www.pbs.org/empires/romans/empire/seneca.html	403,900	$1.30
nova	#2	📄	www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/	383,990	$0.48
alan turing	#3	📄	www.pbs.org/newshour/science/8-things-didnt-know-alan-turing	148,220	$0.62
nero	#4	📄	www.pbs.org/empires/romans/empire/nero.html	113,660	$0.45
hemingway	#2	📄	www.pbs.org/kenburns/hemingway/	85,440	$0.47

Business & Domain

Domain Information

RegistrarCSC Corporate Domains, Inc.

Registered1995-04-18

Expires2026-04-19

Name Serversns-1230.awsdns-25.org, ns-1674.awsdns-17.co.uk

Growth Readout

Traffic declined for 3 consecutive months — under pressure recently

Global rank top 3.7K — established player in the space

Traffic concentrated in United States (86%) — high geographic dependency

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

How does pbs.org 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.

Competitive Landscape

war.gov

🔗 3 keyword overlap

The Department of War is America's largest government agency. With our military tracing its roots back to pre-Revolutionary times, the department has grown and evolved with our nation.

15.3M/mo+1054%Sep 2025

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fbi.gov

🔗 3 keyword overlap

4.9M/mo+7%Oct 1997

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bbc.com

🔗 2 keyword overlap

Sports news and live sports coverage including scores, results, video, audio and analysis on Football, F1, Cricket, Rugby Union and all other UK sports.

467.5M/mo-7%Jul 1989$3.7K MRR

Shares 2 keywords including "epstein files"

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