thehill.com
DR 90by AhrefsMedium Opportunity · 51/100

About

Unbiased Politics News

Categorynews_and_media
Top 1,988
Global Rank
United States 91%
Top Market
-18%
Monthly Trend
59% Bounce
Engagement Signal

Monthly Visits

34,046,689

18.2% vs last month

Bounce Rate

58.7%

Pages / Visit

2.1

Avg. Session

3m 8s

Domain Age

31.2 years

Traffic

#1,988Global Rank
#444Country Rank (840)
#29Category Rank · News_and_Media
Traffic Trend
18.2%
Traffic Sources
Organic Search
27.3%
Direct
45.5%
Social
9.5%
Referral
13.5%
Paid
0.3%
Email
3.9%

Strong brand recognition: 45.5% from direct traffic

Geographic Distribution
DomainShareBar
🇺🇸United StatesUS
90.6%
🇨🇦CanadaCA
2.4%
🇬🇧United KingdomGB
1.2%
Top 3 countries account for 94.1% of traffic — high geographic concentration

SEO & Keywords

Top Keywords
Keyword
donald trump1.8M$0.00$73.1K
iran news1.5M$0.63$99.8K
graham platner489.6K$1.84$58.7K
the hill125.0K$1.49$352.8K
kash patel bourbon84.6K$0.00$116.3K

Growth Readout

Traffic declined for 3 consecutive months — under pressure recently

Direct traffic at 46% — strong brand recognition

Global rank top 2.0K — established player in the space

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

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

How does thehill.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.

Competitive Landscape

politico.com

politico.com

🔗 4 keyword overlap

nobody knows politics like politico.

35.6M/mo-20%Sep 1998

Shares 4 keywords including "iran news"

ms.now

ms.now

🔗 3 keyword overlap
0/moJul 2025

Shares 3 keywords including "cnn"

xxxxxxx

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"

cnn.com

cnn.com

🔗 2 keyword overlap

A Los Angeles jury found that Meta and YouTube knowingly created addictive platforms that harmed the mental health of a young woman. It’s a landmark decision that could serve as a roadmap for thousands of similar cases. But will this legal pressure lead to real change to how social media platforms operate? And what can parents learn from this case?  Clare is joined by Nicki Petrossi, host of the podcast Scrolling 2 Death, and Sarah Gardner, founder and CEO of the Heat Initiative, to talk about what this verdict could mean for their kids and future generations.  Clare also made a video a few months ago walking through safety features and tools for monitoring kids’ social media use. You can find that here. Terms of Service is a CNN Podcasts and Goat Rodeo production. This episode was produced by Rebecca Seidel. At Goat Rodeo, the lead producer is Rebecca Seidel, and the executive producers are Megan Nadolski and Ian Enright. At CNN, Matt Martinez is our Senior Producer and Dan Dzula is our Technical Director. Production support from Sofía Sanchez.

357.7M/mo-22%Sep 1993

Shares 2 keywords including "cnn"

aljazeera.com

aljazeera.com

🔗 2 keyword overlap

News, analysis from the Middle East & worldwide, multimedia & interactives, opinions, documentaries, podcasts, long reads and broadcast schedule.

86.7M/mo-38%Apr 1996

Shares 2 keywords including "epstein files"

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