Review preview. Private, not for sharing. Data snapshot October 2026 cohort, assembled 2026-11-07.
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All sites / United States / #18 / Social and video platforms / Microsoft

linkedin.com grew its search traffic 66%.

estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2024
38.4M
estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2024
estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2026
63.9M
estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2026
change in estimated search traffic
+66%
change in estimated search traffic
change in keywords ranking top 3
+28%
change in keywords ranking top 3

Estimated search traffic

035.1M70.3M2024-10-03: 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 202438.4MOct 202545.3MOct 202663.9M
linkedin.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

01.1M2.2M2024-10-03: 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 20241.6MOct 20251.4MOct 20262.0M
linkedin.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 5,816,756 ranking keywords in Oct 2026, against 31,460,773 in Oct 2024.

How often AI answers cite linkedin.com

EngineCitations in the Ahrefs index
ChatGPT39,976
Google AI Mode70,442
Gemini184

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

Five questions we ask the AI engines about linkedin.com

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

EngineNamedLinked
ChatGPT2 of 52 of 5
Google AI Mode2 of 52 of 5
Gemini2 of 50 of 5
  1. Give me an overview of “goguardian”, with links to reliable sources.from the keyword “goguardian”
  2. Give me an overview of “wikipedia”, with links to reliable sources.from the keyword “wikipedia”
  3. How can I find current job listings on LinkedIn in the United States and check their requirements?from the keyword “linkedin jobs”
  4. Give me an overview of “linkedin learning”, with links to reliable sources.from the keyword “linkedin learning”
  5. What is Scholastic, and what educational products and services does it offer?from the keyword “scholastic”

Visits since ChatGPT launched

all visits, Nov 2022
251.3M
all visits, Nov 2022
all visits, Oct 2026
403.3M
all visits, Oct 2026
organic search visits, Oct 2026
78.8M
organic search visits, Oct 2026
visits from AI assistants, Oct 2026
790K
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.

linkedin.com is also in the top 100 in Australia and United Kingdom.