simonwillison.net

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I joined a recording of the Oxide and Friends podcast on Tuesday to talk about 1, 3 and 6 year predictions for the tech industry. This is my second appearance …

Categorycomputers_electronics_and_technology/computers_electronics_and_technology

Top 52,284

Global Rank

United States 31%

Top Market

+6%

Monthly Trend

58% Bounce

Engagement Signal

Monthly Visits

1,254,178

↑6.0% vs last month

Bounce Rate

57.5%

Pages / Visit

2.0

Avg. Session

1m 34s

Domain Age

21.3 years

Traffic

#52,284Global Rank

#40,603Country Rank (840)

#937Category Rank · Computers_Electronics_and_Technology

Traffic Trend

↑6.0%

Traffic Sources

Organic Search

25.8%

Direct

36.6%

Social

26.6%

Referral

8.9%

Paid

0.1%

2.1%

Social-driven: 26.6% from social channels

Geographic Distribution

DomainShare

🇺🇸United StatesUS

31.0%

🇨🇳ChinaCN

9.3%

🇩🇪GermanyDE

5.2%

🇮🇳IndiaIN

5.1%

🇬🇧United KingdomGB

4.2%

Top 3 countries account for 45.5% of traffic

SEO & Keywords

Top Keywords

Keyword
gpt	25.4M	$0.12	$1.9K
talkie	300.8K	$1.26	$14.6K
codex goal	67.3K	$0.00	$4.7K
codex /goal	43.9K	$0.00	$2.6K
simon willison	9.4K	$5.48	$10.2K

SERP Rankings

Keyword			Ranking URL
playwright mcp	#2	📄	til.simonwillison.net/claude-code/playwright-mcp-claude-code	105,980	$2.38
slop	#3	📄	simonwillison.net/2024/May/8/slop/	65,110	$0.30
claude artifacts	#5	📄	simonwillison.net/2024/Oct/21/claude-artifacts/	15,520	$0.96
gpt-5.3-codex-spark	#4	📄	simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/12/codex-spark/	14,690	—
nanochat	#3	📄	simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/13/nanochat/	13,000	$4.04

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

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Competitive Landscape

trendingtopics.eu

🔗 3 keyword overlap

Viele Angestellte haben angesichts des AI-Booms die Sorge, dass sie in Zukunft durch die Technologie ersetzt werden könnten. Bei Klarna scheint das

195.6K/mo-18%

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openai.com

🔗 2 keyword overlap

We believe our research will eventually lead to artificial general intelligence, a system that can solve human-level problems. Building safe and beneficial AGI is our mission.

203.1M/mo+4%Jan 2007

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zdnet.com

🔗 2 keyword overlap

ZDNET news and advice keep professionals prepared to embrace innovation and ready to build a better future.

5.6M/mo+12%Apr 1995

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chatbotapp.ai

🔗 2 keyword overlap

Experience the ultimate Chatbot App with AI features, AI Assistant tools, and seamless chatting. All-in-one solution to enhance productivity and creativity.

5.0M/mo-29%Feb 2024

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github.blog

🔗 2 keyword overlap

Updates, ideas, and inspiration from GitHub to help developers build and design software.

3.0M/mo-11%May 2018

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