thecut.com
DR 87by AhrefsMedium Opportunity · 60/100

About

The Cut is a New York Magazine site covering women’s lives and interests, from politics, feminism, work, money, relationships, mental health, style, pop culture, parenting, and more.

Categorynews_and_media
Top 16,115
Global Rank
United States 76%
Top Market
-10%
Monthly Trend
59% Bounce
Engagement Signal

Monthly Visits

4,735,502

9.8% vs last month

Bounce Rate

58.9%

Pages / Visit

1.7

Avg. Session

1m 6s

Domain Age

27.9 years

Traffic

#16,115Global Rank
#4,382Country Rank (840)
#225Category Rank · News_and_Media
Traffic Trend
9.8%
Traffic Sources
Organic Search
30.9%
Direct
32.8%
Social
8.6%
Referral
22.4%
Paid
0.8%
Email
4.5%
Geographic Distribution
DomainShareBar
🇺🇸United StatesUS
76.3%
🇨🇦CanadaCA
4.8%
🇬🇧United KingdomGB
2.8%
🇦🇺AustraliaAU
2.3%
Top 3 countries account for 83.9% of traffic — high geographic concentration

SEO & Keywords

Top Keywords
Keyword
hantavirus14.2M$0.31$7.5K
natalie harp93.6K$0.00$7.0K
summer house reunion60.8K$1.29$6.4K
the cut53.9K$1.75$52.8K
thecut8.4K$1.94$7.7K

Growth Readout

Global rank top 16.1K — established player in the space

Traffic concentrated in United States (76%) — high geographic dependency

How does thecut.com 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.

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🔗 2 keyword overlap

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Report based on data from May 2026

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