thetimes.com

DR 91by AhrefsMedium Opportunity · 60/100

About

The latest breaking UK, US, world, business and sport news from The Times and The Sunday Times. Go beyond today's headlines with in-depth analysis and comment.

Categorynews_and_media

Top 1,954

Global Rank

United Kingdom 55%

Top Market

+5%

Monthly Trend

60% Bounce

Engagement Signal

Monthly Visits

28,570,057

↑4.6% vs last month

Bounce Rate

60.2%

Pages / Visit

2.9

Avg. Session

3m 14s

Domain Age

31.4 years

Traffic

#1,954Global Rank

#126Country Rank (826)

#16Category Rank · News_and_Media

Traffic Trend

↑4.6%

Traffic Sources

Organic Search

31.0%

Direct

50.2%

Social

6.7%

Referral

6.1%

Paid

2.8%

3.1%

Strong brand recognition: 50.2% from direct traffic

Geographic Distribution

DomainShare

🇬🇧United KingdomGB

55.3%

🇺🇸United StatesUS

19.5%

🇩🇪GermanyDE

2.4%

🇮🇪IrelandIE

1.9%

🇪🇸SpainES

1.8%

Top 3 countries account for 77.2% of traffic — high geographic concentration

SEO & Keywords

Top Keywords

Keyword
arsenal	12.8M	$0.70	$50.0K
arsenal f.c.	3.9M	$0.64	$63.5K
the times	157.3K	$0.75	$281.7K
times	140.8K	$0.75	$105.5K
the times uk	27.7K	$0.57	$67.1K

SERP Rankings

Keyword			Ranking URL
quentin griffiths	#7	📄	www.thetimes.com/uk/obituaries/article/quentin-griffiths-obituary-co-founder-asos-wpzbzhbvm?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqe5oj6LK41J6wQDFv1ia-dW0_zKrYObBK4jmiHGTqii5y9hNvYKyJBB&gaa_ts=69c51cde&gaa_sig=YXPSLoyJNde9rLHi5vlMAWM-UaHDtaDzUMzYw6cux6A46mfLQya3ohjUbeckZ1U6l2o5LdntspAGrXuyPJqoeA%3D%3D	64,180	—

Growth Readout

Direct traffic at 50% — strong brand recognition

Global rank top 2.0K — established player in the space

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

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Competitive Landscape

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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 "iran"

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theguardian.com

🔗 2 keyword overlap

This privacy policy explains how we collect, use, share and transfer your personal data when you use the services provided on theguardian.com and our related mobile applications

275.6M/mo-8%Jul 1994

Shares 2 keywords including "iran"

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detik.com

🔗 2 keyword overlap

Geisha hadir dengan single Geram. Lagu ini menggambarkan emosi saat kepercayaan dikhianati. Lagu ini menyoroti rasa sakit yang terpendam dalam hubungan.

119.2M/mo-3%May 1998

Shares 2 keywords including "arsenal"

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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 "iran"

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npr.org

🔗 2 keyword overlap

Top stories in the U.S. and world news, politics, health, science, business, music, arts and culture. Nonprofit journalism with a mission. This is NPR.

60.5M/mo-7%

Shares 2 keywords including "iran"

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