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All sites / Australia / #16 / News and media / publisher / ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

abc.net.au held its search traffic within 10%.

estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2024
5.4M
estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2024
estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2026
5.9M
estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2026
change in estimated search traffic
+9%
change in estimated search traffic
change in keywords ranking top 3
+41%
change in keywords ranking top 3

Estimated search traffic

05.1M10.2M2024-10-28: AI Overviews expand to 100 or more countries2024-10-29: AI Overviews roll out in Australia2024-11-11: November 2024 core update2024-12-12: December 2024 core update2025-03-13: March 2025 core update2025-06-30: June 2025 core update2025-08-21: AI Mode expands to 180 more countries in English2025-10-07: AI Mode adds 35 languages and 40 countries2025-10-08: AI Mode launches in Australia2025-10-15: Ads inside AI Overviews reported in Australia2025-11-18: Gemini 3 ships in AI Mode2025-12-11: December 2025 core update2026-01-27: Gemini 3 default for AI Overviews, handoff to AI Mode2026-03-27: March 2026 core update2026-05-19: I/O 2026: AI Mode hits 1 billion users, Gemini 3.5 Flash2026-05-20: AI Overviews and AI Mode combined worldwide2026-05-21: May 2026 core update2026-09-29: AI Mode information monitoring for all usersOct 20245.4MOct 20259.2MOct 20265.9M
abc.net.au, Ahrefs estimated monthly organic search traffic, Australia. Dotted line marks the Oct 2024 level. Vertical marks are Google results page changes.

Keywords ranking in Google's top three

074K149K2024-10-28: AI Overviews expand to 100 or more countries2024-10-29: AI Overviews roll out in Australia2024-11-11: November 2024 core update2024-12-12: December 2024 core update2025-03-13: March 2025 core update2025-06-30: June 2025 core update2025-08-21: AI Mode expands to 180 more countries in English2025-10-07: AI Mode adds 35 languages and 40 countries2025-10-08: AI Mode launches in Australia2025-10-15: Ads inside AI Overviews reported in Australia2025-11-18: Gemini 3 ships in AI Mode2025-12-11: December 2025 core update2026-01-27: Gemini 3 default for AI Overviews, handoff to AI Mode2026-03-27: March 2026 core update2026-05-19: I/O 2026: AI Mode hits 1 billion users, Gemini 3.5 Flash2026-05-20: AI Overviews and AI Mode combined worldwide2026-05-21: May 2026 core update2026-09-29: AI Mode information monitoring for all usersOct 202477KOct 2025135KOct 2026108K
abc.net.au, keywords ranking positions 1 to 3, Australia. Dotted line marks the Oct 2024 level. Vertical marks are Google results page changes.

Points are Ahrefs Site Explorer estimates for the first of each month shown. Months in between are being collected. All 302,035 ranking keywords in Oct 2026, against 1,862,753 in Oct 2024.

How often AI answers cite abc.net.au

EngineCitations in the Ahrefs index
ChatGPT12,025
Google AI Mode4,579
Gemini23

Ahrefs AI responses index, captured 28 October 2026, Australia, including subdomains.

Five questions we ask the AI engines about abc.net.au

Written from the site's own top Google keywords, keeping the intent of the search.

EngineNamedLinked
ChatGPT4 of 54 of 5
Google AI Mode2 of 51 of 5
Gemini2 of 50 of 5
  1. Where can I find the latest news, with publication dates and original sources?from the keyword “latest news”
  2. What are the current news headlines, with links and publication times?from the keyword “news headlines”
  3. Where can I find the latest ABC News “Just In” updates and their publication times?from the keyword “abc news just in”
  4. Where can I find current news coverage, with publication dates and original sources?from the keyword “news”
  5. Give me an overview of “World Cup”, clarifying which competition the sources refer to.from the keyword “world cup”

Visits since ChatGPT launched

all visits, Nov 2022
67.1M
all visits, Nov 2022
all visits, Oct 2026
38.0M
all visits, Oct 2026
organic search visits, Oct 2026
8.3M
organic search visits, Oct 2026
visits from AI assistants, Oct 2026
36K
visits from AI assistants, Oct 2026

Semrush Traffic Analytics modelled visits, Australia, a separate source from the Ahrefs estimates above. Semrush restates this data on 9 November 2026.