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All sites / United States / #64 / Reference and knowledge / publisher / Cambridge University Press

cambridge.org grew its search traffic 72%.

estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2024
7.6M
estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2024
estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2026
13.1M
estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2026
change in estimated search traffic
+72%
change in estimated search traffic
change in keywords ranking top 3
+50%
change in keywords ranking top 3

Estimated search traffic

07.2M14.4M2024-10-03: Ads in AI Overviews go live on US mobile2024-10-28: AI Overviews expand to 100 or more countries2024-11-11: November 2024 core update2024-12-12: December 2024 core update2025-03-05: AI Mode opens in Search Labs (US)2025-03-13: March 2025 core update2025-05-20: AI Mode rolls out to all US users2025-05-21: Ads in AI Mode and desktop AI Overviews (US)2025-06-30: June 2025 core update2025-09-18: AI Mode announced for Chrome address bar2025-11-18: Gemini 3 ships in AI Mode2025-12-11: December 2025 core update2026-01-27: Gemini 3 default for AI Overviews, handoff to AI Mode2026-02-05: February 2026 Discover core update2026-03-27: 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 20247.6MOct 20257.1MOct 202613.1M
cambridge.org, 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

0164K329K2024-10-03: Ads in AI Overviews go live on US mobile2024-10-28: AI Overviews expand to 100 or more countries2024-11-11: November 2024 core update2024-12-12: December 2024 core update2025-03-05: AI Mode opens in Search Labs (US)2025-03-13: March 2025 core update2025-05-20: AI Mode rolls out to all US users2025-05-21: Ads in AI Mode and desktop AI Overviews (US)2025-06-30: June 2025 core update2025-09-18: AI Mode announced for Chrome address bar2025-11-18: Gemini 3 ships in AI Mode2025-12-11: December 2025 core update2026-01-27: Gemini 3 default for AI Overviews, handoff to AI Mode2026-02-05: February 2026 Discover core update2026-03-27: 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 2024199KOct 2025168KOct 2026299K
cambridge.org, 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 891,262 ranking keywords in Oct 2026, against 4,136,297 in Oct 2024.

How often AI answers cite cambridge.org

EngineCitations in the Ahrefs index
ChatGPT83,059
Google AI Mode17,390
Gemini3,184

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

Five questions we ask the AI engines about cambridge.org

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

EngineNamedLinked
ChatGPT2 of 54 of 5
Google AI Mode0 of 50 of 5
Gemini0 of 50 of 5
  1. What are the meanings of the word “product”, with examples of usage?from the keyword “product”
  2. Where can I find English-to-Spanish translation tools and guidance on checking translation quality?from the keyword “english to spanish”
  3. What are the meanings of the word “test”, with examples of usage?from the keyword “test”
  4. What is a thesaurus, and how can I use one to find synonyms?from the keyword “thesaurus”
  5. What are the meanings of the word “white”, with examples of usage?from the keyword “white”

Visits since ChatGPT launched

all visits, Nov 2022
8.4M
all visits, Nov 2022
all visits, Oct 2026
15.9M
all visits, Oct 2026
organic search visits, Oct 2026
8.1M
organic search visits, Oct 2026
visits from AI assistants, Oct 2026
101K
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.