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All sites / United States / #56 / News and media / publisher / The Weather Company (Francisco Partners)

weather.com lost rankings and 41% of its search traffic.

estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2024
22.4M
estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2024
estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2026
13.2M
estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2026
change in estimated search traffic
−41%
change in estimated search traffic
change in keywords ranking top 3
−44%
change in keywords ranking top 3

Estimated search traffic

012.3M24.6M2024-10-03: 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 202422.4MOct 202522.3MOct 202613.2M
weather.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

0133K265K2024-10-03: 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 2024241KOct 2025228KOct 2026134K
weather.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 267,413 ranking keywords in Oct 2026, against 945,847 in Oct 2024.

How often AI answers cite weather.com

EngineCitations in the Ahrefs index
ChatGPT170
Google AI Mode160
Gemini19

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

Five questions we ask the AI engines about weather.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 51 of 5
Gemini1 of 50 of 5
  1. Where can I find today’s weather forecast for my location in the United States, with current warnings and the update time?from the keyword “weather today”
  2. Where can I check local weather conditions and warnings for my location in the United States?from the keyword “local weather”
  3. Where can I find a ten-day weather forecast for my location in the United States, with the update time and forecast uncertainty?from the keyword “weather 10 days”
  4. Where can I find a weather forecast for my location in the United States, with the update time and official warnings?from the keyword “weather forecast”
  5. Where can I find tomorrow’s weather forecast for my location in the United States, with warnings and the update time?from the keyword “weather tomorrow”

Visits since ChatGPT launched

all visits, Nov 2022
686.6M
all visits, Nov 2022
all visits, Oct 2026
415.2M
all visits, Oct 2026
organic search visits, Oct 2026
29.5M
organic search visits, Oct 2026
visits from AI assistants, Oct 2026
40K
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.