All sites / United States / #95 / News and media / publisher / Dotdash Meredith
people.com kept its Google rankings and lost 47% of its search traffic.
estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2024
16.8M
estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2024
estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2026
8.9M
estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2026
change in estimated search traffic
−47%
change in estimated search traffic
change in keywords ranking top 3
+13%
change in keywords ranking top 3
Estimated search traffic
people.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
people.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 893,014 ranking keywords in Oct 2026, against 4,866,085 in Oct 2024.
How often AI answers cite people.com
Engine
Citations in the Ahrefs index
ChatGPT
25,918
Google AI Mode
7,899
Gemini
1
Ahrefs AI responses index, captured 28 October 2026, United States, including subdomains.
Five questions we ask the AI engines about people.com
Written from the site's own top Google keywords, keeping the intent of the search.
Engine
Named
Linked
ChatGPT
2 of 5
1 of 5
Google AI Mode
1 of 5
1 of 5
Gemini
0 of 5
0 of 5
Give me an overview of “dwts”, with links to reliable sources.from the keyword “dwts”
Give me an overview of “dancing with the stars”, with links to reliable sources.from the keyword “dancing with the stars”
Give me an overview of “ken urker”, with links to reliable sources.from the keyword “ken urker”
Give me an overview of “lebron james”, with links to reliable sources.from the keyword “lebron james”
Give me an overview of “susan dell”, with links to reliable sources.from the keyword “susan dell”
Visits since ChatGPT launched
all visits, Nov 2022
93.4M
all visits, Nov 2022
all visits, Oct 2026
120.0M
all visits, Oct 2026
organic search visits, Oct 2026
35.1M
organic search visits, Oct 2026
visits from AI assistants, Oct 2026
32K
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.
