whois.com
DR 84by AhrefsMedium Opportunity · 60/100

About

Whois Domain Name & IP lookup service to search the whois database for verified registration information

Categorycomputers_electronics_and_technology/web_hosting_and_domain_names
Top 15,554
Global Rank
United States 25%
Top Market
+0%
Monthly Trend
32% Bounce
Engagement Signal

Monthly Visits

3,818,797

0.5% vs last month

Bounce Rate

32.4%

Pages / Visit

3.1

Avg. Session

2m 37s

Domain Age

31.2 years

Traffic

#15,554Global Rank
#11,322Country Rank (840)
#38Category Rank · Web_Hosting_and_Domain_Names
Traffic Trend
0.5%
Traffic Sources
Organic Search
44.2%
Direct
50.5%
Social
2.3%
Referral
2.1%
Paid
0.2%
Email
0.6%

Strong brand recognition: 50.5% from direct traffic

Geographic Distribution
DomainShareBar
🇺🇸United StatesUS
25.4%
🇮🇳IndiaIN
12.0%
🇬🇧United KingdomGB
4.1%
🇵🇰PakistanPK
3.3%
🇧🇷BrazilBR
3.1%
Top 3 countries account for 41.5% of traffic

SEO & Keywords

Top Keywords
Keyword
whois1.3M$1.55$521.3K
who is333.4K$1.52$76.3K
whois domain205.2K$1.28$143.3K
whois lookup161.8K$3.10$98.1K
maal6917.7K$0.00$45.6K
SERP Rankings
KeywordRanking URL
thothub#7📄www.whois.com/whois/thothub.info392,210$0.40
domain checker#8📄www.whois.com/whois/174,690$1.69
domain whois#1📄www.whois.com/whois/36,140$3.64
domain expiry check#10📄www.whois.com/whois/10,280$0.81
whois api#9📄www.whois.com/whois/api.com2,870$3.03

Growth Readout

Direct traffic at 51% — strong brand recognition

Global rank top 15.6K — established player in the space

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

How does whois.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

domaintools.com

domaintools.com

🔗 4 keyword overlap

DomainTools provides DNS-based threat intelligence covering 97% of internet infrastructure. Detect, investigate & block malicious domains. Request a demo.

899.2K/mo+1%Aug 1998

Shares 4 keywords including "whois"

nic.ai

nic.ai

🔗 4 keyword overlap

Shape the future with .ai, the world’s leading domain for innovators and entrepreneurs building cutting-edge artificial intelligence solutions. Learn more at the .ai Official Registry Operator Website.

34.4K/mo+19%Dec 2017

Shares 4 keywords including "whois"

who.is

who.is

🔗 3 keyword overlap

find information on any domain name or website. large database of whois information, dns, domain names, name servers, ips, and tools for searching and monitoring domain names.

1.8M/mo+11%Jun 2002

Shares 3 keywords including "whois"

dnsimple.com

dnsimple.com

🔗 3 keyword overlap

Managed DNS and domain management for .BANK domains with security, compliance alignment, automation, and high reliability.

93.5K/mo-3%Apr 2010

Shares 3 keywords including "who is"

icann.org

icann.org

🔗 2 keyword overlap

icann’s mission is to help ensure a stable, secure, and unified global internet.

1.5M/mo+2%Sep 1998

Shares 2 keywords including "whois"

Report based on data from May 2026

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