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All sites / United States / #87 / News and media / publisher / Paramount Skydance

cbsnews.com lost rankings and 41% of its search traffic.

estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2024
16.3M
estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2024
estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2026
9.6M
estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2026
change in estimated search traffic
−41%
change in estimated search traffic
change in keywords ranking top 3
−37%
change in keywords ranking top 3

Estimated search traffic

010.3M20.7M2024-10-03: 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 202416.3MOct 202518.8MOct 20269.6M
cbsnews.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

0135K270K2024-10-03: 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 2024245KOct 2025203KOct 2026153K
cbsnews.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 524,192 ranking keywords in Oct 2026, against 8,136,839 in Oct 2024.

How often AI answers cite cbsnews.com

EngineCitations in the Ahrefs index
ChatGPT12,218
Google AI Mode7,099
Gemini7,149

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

Five questions we ask the AI engines about cbsnews.com

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

EngineNamedLinked
ChatGPT1 of 51 of 5
Google AI Mode1 of 50 of 5
Gemini2 of 50 of 5
  1. Give me an overview of “iran”, with links to reliable sources.from the keyword “iran”
  2. Give me an overview of “cbs”, with links to reliable sources.from the keyword “cbs”
  3. Where can I find current iran news coverage, with publication dates and original sources?from the keyword “iran news”
  4. Where can I find current trump news coverage, with publication dates and original sources?from the keyword “trump news”
  5. Give me an overview of “knicks”, with links to reliable sources.from the keyword “knicks”

Visits since ChatGPT launched

all visits, Nov 2022
45.9M
all visits, Nov 2022
all visits, Oct 2026
46.7M
all visits, Oct 2026
organic search visits, Oct 2026
18.8M
organic search visits, Oct 2026
visits from AI assistants, Oct 2026
49K
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.