Data updated Oct 30, 2026
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How the growth happened
Monthly visit estimates · 2026-05 — 2026-09 · DR 96, flat
Sep 2026
Monthly visits split by channel share: Microsoft Learn lost 4.9M visits from Aug to Sep, with organic search contributing 56%.
| Channel | Last 3 months | Change barAug → Sep | Change | Share of change | Current share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Organic search | −2.8M | 56% | 60.4% ↑0.2pp | ||
| Direct | −683.8K | 14% | 24.1% ↑0.6pp | ||
| Organic social | −458.2K | 9.3% | 4.3% ↓0.3pp | ||
| 5 other channels | −158.5K | 3.2% | 9.1% ↑0.3pp |
What you can borrow
Microsoft Learn’s acquisition moves across pages, search terms and AI referrals, each with its data source.
| Keyword | Traffic | CPC | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| outlookNon-brand | 420.3K | $0.51 | 1 |
| tiscali mailNon-brand | 385.1K | $1.53 | 2 |
| cNon-brand | 385K | $0.68 | 3 |
| rammapNon-brand | 262.3K | $1.18 | 4 |
| hotmailNon-brand | 187.4K | $0.42 | 5 |
Borrow: Most of its search traffic comes from non-brand terms (e.g. “outlook”, “tiscali mail”). Find the needs your product also serves and capture them with tool or landing pages.
We diff its public Sitemap daily. Bulk launches or removals will appear here and alert watchers.
1.7M visits from AI assistants (previous month 2.6M), 2% of all traffic.
Borrow: Check how assistants recommend Microsoft Learn and work on appearing for the same questions.
Full growth history
What did Microsoft Learn do at each step?
Unlock Microsoft Learn’s launch posts, community threads and new backlinks, plus a launch checklist you can copy.
Where it launched and who talked about it
Visible after unlockingWhere the new backlinks came from
Visible after unlockingA launch sequence you can copy
Visible after unlockingSame-market benchmark
Sep 2026 · Learning and Teaching
Each product uses its latest observed month; different months are not a same-period ranking.
Know the next time Microsoft Learn 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.
