seattletimes.com

DR 89by AhrefsMedium Opportunity · 51/100

About

local news, sports, business, politics, entertainment, travel, restaurants and opinion for seattle and the pacific northwest.

Categorynews_and_media

Top 5,342

Global Rank

United States 91%

Top Market

+5%

Monthly Trend

58% Bounce

Engagement Signal

Monthly Visits

11,106,138

↑4.5% vs last month

Bounce Rate

58.4%

Pages / Visit

3.3

Avg. Session

2m 43s

Domain Age

30.3 years

Traffic

#5,342Global Rank

#1,128Country Rank (840)

#63Category Rank · News_and_Media

Traffic Trend

↑4.5%

Traffic Sources

Organic Search

26.6%

Direct

56.2%

Social

4.8%

Referral

4.8%

Paid

0.3%

7.3%

Strong brand recognition: 56.2% from direct traffic

Geographic Distribution

DomainShare

🇺🇸United StatesUS

90.7%

🇨🇦CanadaCA

1.7%

🇬🇧United KingdomGB

1.0%

Top 3 countries account for 93.4% of traffic — high geographic concentration

SEO & Keywords

Top Keywords

Keyword
mariners	551.8K	$1.00	$72.9K
nyt crossword	274.7K	$2.73	$30.1K
seattle mariners	254.3K	$1.01	$32.8K
seattle times	38.0K	$3.37	$74.8K
seattle times crossword	15.2K	$2.47	$27.6K

SERP Rankings

Keyword			Ranking URL
mini crossword	#5	📄	www.seattletimes.com/games-crossword-mini/	239,130	$1.70
endgame	#10	📄	www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/movies/avengers-endgame-review-big-cast-big-action-and-a-stirring-ending/	42,900	$0.49

Growth Readout

Direct traffic at 56% — strong brand recognition

Global rank top 5.3K — established player in the space

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

How does seattletimes.com actually grow?

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Competitive Landscape

cbssports.com

🔗 2 keyword overlap

CBS Sports features live scoring, news, stats, and player info for NFL football, MLB baseball, NBA basketball, NHL hockey, college basketball and football.

32.2M/mo-16%May 1996

Shares 2 keywords including "nba"

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Report based on data from May 2026

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