D&D Beyond is a digital toolset for Dungeons & Dragons that allows players to create characters, build campaigns, and play online.
In the same window, D&D Beyond’s Sitemap added 82 pages, mostly under /forums/d-d-beyond-general. The timing overlaps — worth a closer look.
Monthly visit estimates · 2026-05 — 2026-09 · DR 82, +1 MoM
Sep 2026
14.1M↓ 9.7%
Monthly visits split by channel share: D&D Beyond lost 1.5M visits from Aug to Sep, with direct contributing 40%.
| Channel | Jul | Aug | Sep |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 15.8M | 15.6M | 14.1M |
| Direct | 7.5M | 7.4M | 6.8M |
| Organic search | 5.9M | 5.7M | 5.1M |
| Organic social | 1.6M | 1.6M | 1.4M |
| Referrals | 547.4K | 548.4K | 490.8K |
| 153.1K | 146.5K | 159.8K | |
| Display ads | 58.4K | 80.2K | 47.1K |
| Paid social | 15.7K | 14.8K | 15.3K |
| Paid search | 11.2K | 11.8K | 8.3K |
| Channel | Change barAug → Sep | Change | Share of change | Current share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct | −605.6K | 40% | 48.2% ↑0.8pp | |
| Organic search | −587.1K | 39% | 36.3% ↓0.2pp | |
| Organic social | −202.1K | 13% | 9.8% ↓0.3pp | |
| 5 other channels | −80.2K | 5.3% | 5.1% ↓0pp |
D&D Beyond’s acquisition moves across pages, search terms and AI referrals, each with its data source.
Pages listed in the Sitemap grew 0.1% over 8 days, from 118.81K listed URLs to 118.89K listed URLs.
/forums/d-d-beyond-general+22/forums/dungeons-dragons-discussion+4Borrow: Generate pages of this kind from data you already have (see /forums/d-d-beyond-general) to capture long-tail search.
Non-brand terms are traffic anyone can compete for; higher CPC means higher commercial value.
| Keyword | Traffic | CPC | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| dnd beyondBrand | 476.2K | $0.34 | 1 |
| dndbeyondBrand | 193.7K | $0.34 | 2 |
| d&d beyondNon-brand | 116.2K | $0.34 | 3 |
| dndNon-brand | 39.7K | $0.47 | 4 |
| dnd racesNon-brand | 39.7K | $1.18 | 5 |
Borrow: Search traffic is mostly branded, riding existing awareness; the non-brand needs it does not cover are open to you.
68.6K visits from AI assistants (previous month 103.7K), 0.5% of all traffic.
Borrow: No need to follow yet; watch whether it scales next month.
Above is what we observe automatically. The reconstruction starts from these moments, searches launches, community threads, directory listings and backlinks from the same period, fills in what D&D Beyond did at each step, and gives you a sequence to follow.
D&D Beyond's public Sitemap now lists 82 more URLs
Observed · SitemapD&D Beyond's public Sitemap now lists 90 more URLs
Observed · SitemapD&D Beyond's public Sitemap now lists 84 more URLs
Observed · SitemapWhere it launched and who discussed it
Product Hunt, Reddit, X, directoriesWhich channels produced new backlinks
Ordered by first seenA launch sequence you can follow
Exportable action listSep 2026 · Gaming
| Product | Monthly visits | DR | MoM |
|---|---|---|---|
| D&D BeyondThis product | 14.1M | 82 | -9.7% |
| ContextSame market | — | 23 | — |
| MENARA188Same market | — | 3 | — |
| toto80Same market | — | 0 | — |
Each product uses its latest observed month; different months are not a same-period ranking.
Know the next time D&D Beyond ships pages in bulk
We diff its Sitemap, backlinks and traffic daily and alert you only on real changes.
Method: visits and channel shares are third-party monthly estimates; channel change = monthly visits × channel share, month over month; site actions and traffic are shown by timing only, not as cause and effect.
