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All sites / Australia / #55 / Sport / publisher / Disney

espn.com.au grew its search traffic 16%.

estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2024
1.5M
estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2024
estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2026
1.7M
estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2026
change in estimated search traffic
+16%
change in estimated search traffic
change in keywords ranking top 3
+38%
change in keywords ranking top 3

Estimated search traffic

01.3M2.5M2024-10-28: 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 20241.5MOct 20252.3MOct 20261.7M
espn.com.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

023K45K2024-10-28: 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 202427KOct 202541KOct 202637K
espn.com.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 113,674 ranking keywords in Oct 2026, against 270,937 in Oct 2024.

How often AI answers cite espn.com.au

EngineCitations in the Ahrefs index
ChatGPT40
Google AI Mode265
Gemini0

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

Five questions we ask the AI engines about espn.com.au

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

EngineNamedLinked
ChatGPT4 of 50 of 5
Google AI Mode2 of 50 of 5
Gemini1 of 50 of 5
  1. Give me an overview of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, using official tournament information.from the keyword “fifa world cup 2026”
  2. Give me an overview of the NBA, with links to reliable sources.from the keyword “nba”
  3. Give me an overview of NFL, with links to reliable sources.from the keyword “nfl”
  4. Where can I find FIFA World Cup brackets, with the tournament year and match results clearly identified?from the keyword “fifa world cup brackets”
  5. Where can I check NFL scores, with the date and competition clearly identified?from the keyword “nfl scores”

Visits since ChatGPT launched

all visits, Nov 2022
4.0M
all visits, Nov 2022
all visits, Oct 2026
5.0M
all visits, Oct 2026
organic search visits, Oct 2026
1.3M
organic search visits, Oct 2026
visits from AI assistants, Oct 2026
381
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.