rollingstone.com

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DR 90by AhrefsMedium Opportunity · 60/100

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Music, Film, TV and Political News Coverage

Categoryarts_and_entertainment/music

Top 3,317

Global Rank

United States 57%

Top Market

+0%

Monthly Trend

54% Bounce

Engagement Signal

Monthly Visits

12,336,806

↑0.2% vs last month

Bounce Rate

54.0%

Pages / Visit

5.3

Avg. Session

1m 26s

Domain Age

31.8 years

Traffic

#3,317Global Rank

#1,261Country Rank (840)

#16Category Rank · Music

Traffic Trend

↑0.2%

Traffic Sources

Organic Search

55.5%

Direct

25.7%

Social

8.1%

Referral

8.5%

Paid

0.5%

1.7%

Geographic Distribution

DomainShare

🇺🇸United StatesUS

56.9%

🇨🇦CanadaCA

5.4%

🇬🇧United KingdomGB

5.2%

🇦🇺AustraliaAU

4.0%

🇲🇽MexicoMX

1.4%

Top 3 countries account for 67.6% of traffic

SEO & Keywords

Top Keywords

Keyword
off campus	4.8M	$0.41	$264.4K
drake	1.8M	$0.80	$71.7K
chud the builder	620.6K	$0.00	$64.8K
david allan coe	107.9K	$0.00	$42.8K
rolling stone	38.4K	$1.47	$38.2K

SERP Rankings

Keyword			Ranking URL
piper rockelle nude	#10	📄	www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/piper-rockelle-onlyfans-interview-1235494798/	21,780	—
hamnet sinopsis	#10	📄	www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-reviews/hamnet-review-paul-mescal-jessie-buckley-1235420381/	3,450	—
songwriter	#10	📄	www.rollingstone.com/interactive/lists-100-greatest-songwriters/	3,060	$1.61
spiral ai	#9	📄	www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/spiralist-cult-ai-chatbot-1235463175/	1,580	$5.06

Growth Readout

Global rank top 3.3K — established player in the space

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

How does rollingstone.com actually grow?

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Competitive Landscape

pitchfork.com

🔗 4 keyword overlap

Catch Angry Blackmen, Doss, L’Rain, Kara Jackson, and more at official Pitchfork concerts around Chicago

9.3M/mo-5%Oct 1995

Shares 4 keywords including "bad bunny"

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variety.com

🔗 3 keyword overlap

Entertainment news, film reviews, awards, film festivals, box office, entertainment industry conferences

27.2M/mo+0%Sep 1996

Shares 3 keywords including "off campus"

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billboard.com

🔗 3 keyword overlap

Music Charts, News, Photos & Video

14.1M/mo+16%Nov 1996

Shares 3 keywords including "bad bunny"

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primetimer.com

🔗 3 keyword overlap

Tracking the Peak TV era in real-time.

3.0M/mo+4%Oct 2013

Shares 3 keywords including "the pitt"

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hotnewhiphop.com

🔗 2 keyword overlap

the latest hip hop news, songs, rap albums & music, gossip & entertainment news, sneaker releases, sports news, tv & movies, interviews, culture & more @hotnewhiphop.

3.6M/mo+13%Sep 2006

Shares 2 keywords including "drake"

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