thesun.co.uk

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DR 89by AhrefsMedium Opportunity · 60/100

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The Best for News, Sport, Showbiz, Celebrities

Categorynews_and_media

Top 1,196

Global Rank

United Kingdom 63%

Top Market

+6%

Monthly Trend

48% Bounce

Engagement Signal

Monthly Visits

51,740,399

↑5.6% vs last month

Bounce Rate

48.0%

Pages / Visit

2.2

Avg. Session

2m 14s

Domain Age

29.1 years

Traffic

#1,196Global Rank

#66Country Rank (826)

#8Category Rank · News_and_Media

Traffic Trend

↑5.6%

Traffic Sources

Organic Search

44.1%

Direct

41.6%

Social

6.6%

Referral

3.8%

Paid

0.6%

3.3%

Strong brand recognition: 41.6% from direct traffic

Geographic Distribution

DomainShare

🇬🇧United KingdomGB

62.6%

🇺🇸United StatesUS

10.4%

🇨🇦CanadaCA

3.1%

🇦🇺AustraliaAU

2.4%

🇩🇪GermanyDE

1.3%

Top 3 countries account for 76.1% of traffic — high geographic concentration

SEO & Keywords

Top Keywords

Keyword
premier league standings	10.9M	$1.40	$132.9K
premier league table	4.8M	$0.69	$143.1K
the sun	552.7K	$1.60	$2351.1K
sun	268.5K	$1.56	$136.0K
sun newspaper	57.1K	$1.46	$238.2K

SERP Rankings

Keyword			Ranking URL
quentin griffiths	#10	📄	www.thesun.co.uk/news/38361443/quentin-griffiths-asos-co-founder-convicted-fraud-death-balcony/	64,180	—
roast dating	#8	📄	www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/29917018/dating-hinge-profile-review-photos-prompts/	1,030	$2.27

Business & Domain

Domain Information

RegistrarMarkmonitor Inc.

Registered1997-05-19

Expires2026-05-19

Name Serversns-1478.awsdns-56.org., ns-1970.awsdns-54.co.uk.

Growth Readout

Direct traffic at 42% — strong brand recognition

Global rank top 1.2K — established player in the space

Traffic concentrated in United Kingdom (63%) — high geographic dependency

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

How does thesun.co.uk 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.