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harvard.edu grew its search traffic 51%.

estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2024: 7.1M; estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2024
estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2026: 10.7M; estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2026
change in estimated search traffic: +51%; change in estimated search traffic
change in keywords ranking top 3: +70%; change in keywords ranking top 3

Estimated search traffic

harvard.edu, 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

harvard.edu, 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 865,782 ranking keywords in Oct 2026, against 5,407,840 in Oct 2024.

How often AI answers cite harvard.edu

Engine	Citations in the Ahrefs index
ChatGPT	12,274
Google AI Mode	10,250
Gemini	3,472

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

Five questions we ask the AI engines about harvard.edu

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

Engine	Named	Linked
ChatGPT	1 of 5	0 of 5
Google AI Mode	2 of 5	2 of 5
Gemini	2 of 5	0 of 5

Give me an overview of “anti inflammatory diet”, with links to reliable sources.from the keyword “anti inflammatory diet”
What are practical public-speaking tips, with reliable sources?from the keyword “public speaking tips”
Give me an overview of “banana”, with links to reliable sources.from the keyword “banana”
Give me an overview of “peptides”, with links to reliable sources.from the keyword “peptides”
Give me an overview of “bmi calculator”, with links to reliable sources.from the keyword “bmi calculator”

Visits since ChatGPT launched

all visits, Nov 2022: 20.6M; all visits, Nov 2022
all visits, Oct 2026: 20.1M; all visits, Oct 2026
organic search visits, Oct 2026: 8.0M; organic search visits, Oct 2026
visits from AI assistants, Oct 2026: 95K; 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.