Review preview. Private, not for sharing. Data snapshot October 2026 cohort, assembled 2026-11-07.
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All sites / Australia / #6 / Social and video platforms / Meta

instagram.com held its search traffic within 10%.

estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2024
18.0M
estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2024
estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2026
17.1M
estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2026
change in estimated search traffic
−5%
change in estimated search traffic
change in keywords ranking top 3
+34%
change in keywords ranking top 3

Estimated search traffic

010.9M21.8M2024-10-28: 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 202418.0MOct 202519.8MOct 202617.1M
instagram.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

0475K950K2024-10-28: 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 2024643KOct 2025683KOct 2026864K
instagram.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 2,724,863 ranking keywords in Oct 2026, against 5,961,800 in Oct 2024.

How often AI answers cite instagram.com

EngineCitations in the Ahrefs index
ChatGPTwithheld, failed consistency check
Google AI Modewithheld, failed consistency check
Geminiwithheld, failed consistency check

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

Five questions we ask the AI engines about instagram.com

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

EngineNamedLinked
ChatGPT0 of 50 of 5
Google AI Mode0 of 50 of 5
Gemini0 of 50 of 5
  1. Give me an overview of Kmart, with links to reliable sources.from the keyword “kmart”
  2. What does “BCF” refer to, and where can I verify the relevant organisation or other meaning?from the keyword “bcf”
  3. Give me an overview of Kahoot, with links to reliable sources.from the keyword “kahoot”
  4. Give me an overview of Amazon, with links to reliable sources.from the keyword “amazon”
  5. Give me an overview of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, using official tournament information.from the keyword “fifa world cup 2026”

Visits since ChatGPT launched

all visits, Nov 2022
70.3M
all visits, Nov 2022
all visits, Oct 2026
97.4M
all visits, Oct 2026
organic search visits, Oct 2026
19.7M
organic search visits, Oct 2026
visits from AI assistants, Oct 2026
48K
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.

instagram.com is also in the top 100 in United Kingdom and United States.