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All sites / United Kingdom / #77 / Travel and local / Booking Holdings

booking.com lost rankings and 43% of its search traffic.

estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2024
6.3M
estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2024
estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2026
3.6M
estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2026
change in estimated search traffic
−43%
change in estimated search traffic
change in keywords ranking top 3
−39%
change in keywords ranking top 3

Estimated search traffic

03.9M7.9M2024-10-28: AI Overviews expand to 100 or more countries2024-11-11: November 2024 core update2024-12-12: December 2024 core update2025-03-13: March 2025 core update2025-06-30: June 2025 core update2025-07-28: AI Mode launches in the UK2025-10-07: AI Mode adds 35 languages and 40 countries2025-11-18: 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 20246.3MOct 20257.1MOct 20263.6M
booking.com, Ahrefs estimated monthly organic search traffic, United Kingdom. Dotted line marks the Oct 2024 level. Vertical marks are Google results page changes.

Keywords ranking in Google's top three

0101K202K2024-10-28: AI Overviews expand to 100 or more countries2024-11-11: November 2024 core update2024-12-12: December 2024 core update2025-03-13: March 2025 core update2025-06-30: June 2025 core update2025-07-28: AI Mode launches in the UK2025-10-07: AI Mode adds 35 languages and 40 countries2025-11-18: 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 2024184KOct 2025161KOct 2026112K
booking.com, keywords ranking positions 1 to 3, United Kingdom. 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 336,857 ranking keywords in Oct 2026, against 1,070,812 in Oct 2024.

How often AI answers cite booking.com

EngineCitations in the Ahrefs index
ChatGPTwithheld, failed consistency check
Google AI Mode5,216
Gemini2,974

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

Five questions we ask the AI engines about booking.com

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

EngineNamedLinked
ChatGPT4 of 54 of 5
Google AI Mode4 of 53 of 5
Gemini4 of 53 of 5
  1. How can I find the official Booking.com website and learn about its services?from the keyword “booking .com”
  2. Where can I find official information about using Booking.com in the United Kingdom?from the keyword “booking uk”
  3. Give me an overview of “hilton”, with links to reliable sources.from the keyword “hilton”
  4. Give me an overview of “booking.com uk”, with links to reliable sources.from the keyword “booking.com uk”
  5. Where can I find official information about booking.com and the services available?from the keyword “booking.com”

Visits since ChatGPT launched

all visits, Nov 2022
23.4M
all visits, Nov 2022
all visits, Oct 2026
38.1M
all visits, Oct 2026
organic search visits, Oct 2026
1.5M
organic search visits, Oct 2026
visits from AI assistants, Oct 2026
22K
visits from AI assistants, Oct 2026

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

booking.com is also in the top 100 in Australia.