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All sites / United States / #78 / News and media / publisher / Ziff Davis

mashable.com grew its search traffic 105%.

estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2024
6.2M
estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2024
estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2026
12.8M
estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2026
change in estimated search traffic
+105%
change in estimated search traffic
change in keywords ranking top 3
+3%
change in keywords ranking top 3

Estimated search traffic

07.8M15.7M2024-10-03: 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 20246.2MOct 202514.2MOct 202612.8M
mashable.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

022K45K2024-10-03: 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 202439KOct 202536KOct 202641K
mashable.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 148,594 ranking keywords in Oct 2026, against 2,054,517 in Oct 2024.

How often AI answers cite mashable.com

EngineCitations in the Ahrefs index
ChatGPT0
Google AI Mode3,553
Gemini6,055

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

Five questions we ask the AI engines about mashable.com

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

EngineNamedLinked
ChatGPT1 of 50 of 5
Google AI Mode2 of 52 of 5
Gemini1 of 50 of 5
  1. Where can I find hints for the current Wordle puzzle, with the puzzle date clearly identified?from the keyword “wordle hint”
  2. Where can I find hints for the current Connections puzzle, with the puzzle date clearly identified?from the keyword “connections hint”
  3. Give me an overview of “etsy”, with links to reliable sources.from the keyword “etsy”
  4. Where can I find Mashable’s Connections hints for today, with the puzzle date clearly identified?from the keyword “connections hint today mashable”
  5. Give me an overview of “grok”, with links to reliable sources.from the keyword “grok”

Visits since ChatGPT launched

all visits, Nov 2022
9.2M
all visits, Nov 2022
all visits, Oct 2026
11.5M
all visits, Oct 2026
organic search visits, Oct 2026
6.6M
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.