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All sites / United Kingdom / #44 / Retail and ecommerce / Sainsbury's

sainsburys.co.uk kept its Google rankings and lost 22% of its search traffic.

estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2024
7.4M
estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2024
estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2026
5.8M
estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2026
change in estimated search traffic
−22%
change in estimated search traffic
change in keywords ranking top 3
−9%
change in keywords ranking top 3

Estimated search traffic

05.7M11.4M2024-10-28: 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 20247.4MOct 202510.4MOct 20265.8M
sainsburys.co.uk, 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

037K75K2024-10-28: 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 202463KOct 202568KOct 202657K
sainsburys.co.uk, 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 151,167 ranking keywords in Oct 2026, against 1,006,670 in Oct 2024.

How often AI answers cite sainsburys.co.uk

EngineCitations in the Ahrefs index
ChatGPT5,370
Google AI Mode5,619
Gemini2,161

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

Five questions we ask the AI engines about sainsburys.co.uk

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

EngineNamedLinked
ChatGPT5 of 55 of 5
Google AI Mode5 of 55 of 5
Gemini5 of 53 of 5
  1. What does the Tu clothing brand offer, and where can I verify its official shopping terms?from the keyword “tu”
  2. What does Tu at Sainsbury’s offer, and how can I check sizing, prices and returns?from the keyword “tu sainsburys”
  3. What should I compare when buying Tu clothing, including sizing, materials, prices and returns?from the keyword “tu clothing”
  4. How can I shop for Sainsbury’s groceries and compare prices, availability and delivery or collection terms?from the keyword “sainsbury's groceries”
  5. What does Sainsbury’s offer, and how can I check products, prices and shopping terms?from the keyword “sainsbury”

Visits since ChatGPT launched

all visits, Nov 2022
16.1M
all visits, Nov 2022
all visits, Oct 2026
22.2M
all visits, Oct 2026
organic search visits, Oct 2026
2.3M
organic search visits, Oct 2026
visits from AI assistants, Oct 2026
5K
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.