All sites / Australia / #73 / News and media / publisher / BBC
bbc.com kept its Google rankings and lost 41% of its search traffic.
estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2024
2.2M
estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2024
estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2026
1.3M
estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2026
change in estimated search traffic
−41%
change in estimated search traffic
change in keywords ranking top 3
+44%
change in keywords ranking top 3
Estimated search traffic
bbc.com, 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
bbc.com, 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 133,212 ranking keywords in Oct 2026, against 789,018 in Oct 2024.
How often AI answers cite bbc.com
Engine
Citations in the Ahrefs index
ChatGPT
withheld, failed consistency check
Google AI Mode
1,617
Gemini
3
Ahrefs AI responses index, captured 28 October 2026, Australia, including subdomains.
Five questions we ask the AI engines about bbc.com
Written from the site's own top Google keywords, keeping the intent of the search.
Engine
Named
Linked
ChatGPT
2 of 5
2 of 5
Google AI Mode
4 of 5
2 of 5
Gemini
2 of 5
0 of 5
Give me an overview of “World Cup”, clarifying which competition the sources refer to.from the keyword “world cup”
Where can I find current world news coverage, with publication dates and original sources?from the keyword “world news”
Where can I find the EFL Championship standings, with the season and last update clearly identified?from the keyword “efl championship standings”
What does “looksmaxxing” mean, and what concerns do reliable sources raise about it?from the keyword “looksmaxxing”
Where can I find current BBC news coverage, with publication dates and original sources?from the keyword “bbc news”
Visits since ChatGPT launched
all visits, Nov 2022
19.2M
all visits, Nov 2022
all visits, Oct 2026
24.0M
all visits, Oct 2026
organic search visits, Oct 2026
3.4M
organic search visits, Oct 2026
visits from AI assistants, Oct 2026
4K
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.
