All sites / United States / #22 / Technology and software / Microsoft
microsoft.com lost rankings and 19% of its search traffic.
estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2024
62.8M
estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2024
estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2026
51.2M
estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2026
change in estimated search traffic
−19%
change in estimated search traffic
change in keywords ranking top 3
−11%
change in keywords ranking top 3
Estimated search traffic
microsoft.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
microsoft.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 1,236,346 ranking keywords in Oct 2026, against 6,766,247 in Oct 2024.
How often AI answers cite microsoft.com
Engine
Citations in the Ahrefs index
ChatGPT
21,374
Google AI Mode
12,976
Gemini
5,993
Ahrefs AI responses index, captured 28 October 2026, United States, including subdomains.
Five questions we ask the AI engines about microsoft.com
Written from the site's own top Google keywords, keeping the intent of the search.
Engine
Named
Linked
ChatGPT
5 of 5
5 of 5
Google AI Mode
5 of 5
4 of 5
Gemini
5 of 5
5 of 5
Give me an overview of “hotmail”, with links to reliable sources.from the keyword “hotmail”
Give me an overview of “microsoft teams”, with links to reliable sources.from the keyword “microsoft teams”
Give me an overview of “outlook”, with links to reliable sources.from the keyword “outlook”
Give me an overview of “outlook email”, with links to reliable sources.from the keyword “outlook email”
Give me an overview of “bing”, with links to reliable sources.from the keyword “bing”
Visits since ChatGPT launched
all visits, Nov 2022
170.3M
all visits, Nov 2022
all visits, Oct 2026
286.0M
all visits, Oct 2026
organic search visits, Oct 2026
44.2M
organic search visits, Oct 2026
visits from AI assistants, Oct 2026
729K
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.
