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baseball-reference.com held its search traffic within 10%.

estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2024: 8.2M; estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2024
estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2026: 7.7M; estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2026
change in estimated search traffic: −6%; change in estimated search traffic
change in keywords ranking top 3: +39%; change in keywords ranking top 3

Estimated search traffic

baseball-reference.com, Ahrefs estimated monthly organic search traffic, United States. Dotted line marks the Oct 2024 level. Vertical marks are Google results page changes.

Keywords ranking in Google's top three

baseball-reference.com, keywords ranking positions 1 to 3, United States. 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 201,770 ranking keywords in Oct 2026, against 536,715 in Oct 2024.

How often AI answers cite baseball-reference.com

Engine	Citations in the Ahrefs index
ChatGPT	742
Google AI Mode	377
Gemini	327

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

Five questions we ask the AI engines about baseball-reference.com

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

Engine	Named	Linked
ChatGPT	4 of 5	4 of 5
Google AI Mode	1 of 5	1 of 5
Gemini	4 of 5	1 of 5

Give me an overview of “tarik skubal”, with links to reliable sources.from the keyword “tarik skubal”
Give me an overview of “freddie freeman”, with links to reliable sources.from the keyword “freddie freeman”
Give me an overview of “aaron judge”, with links to reliable sources.from the keyword “aaron judge”
Give me an overview of “pete rose”, with links to reliable sources.from the keyword “pete rose”
Where can I check mlb scores, with the date and competition clearly identified?from the keyword “mlb scores”

Visits since ChatGPT launched

all visits, Nov 2022: 25.4M; all visits, Nov 2022
all visits, Oct 2026: 14.2M; all visits, Oct 2026
organic search visits, Oct 2026: 5.2M; organic search visits, Oct 2026
visits from AI assistants, Oct 2026: 2K; visits from AI assistants, Oct 2026

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