Data updated Oct 18, 2026

Midjourney Traffic, SEO & Growth Analysis

Traffic declining · 2 months running
Basic Image Generation
Domain age19 years 6 months

AI image workflow focused on visual ideation and fast high volume concepting.

Midjourney visits fell 7.5% in Sep, mostly lost from Direct

Midjourney made 1 site change in the same windowTiming overlaps; this does not show cause

Reconstruct every step Midjourney took →

Monthly visits: 8.7M; ↓ 7.5% · −708.2K MoM
Market rank: #4 / 143; 5.4% of market traffic
Domain Rating: 90; ↑ 1 · vs last month
AI referrals: 113.8K; 1.3% of traffic

Midjourney Traffic Trend & Channel Attribution

How the growth happened

Monthly visit estimates · 2026-03 — 2026-09　·　DR 90, +1 MoM

Latest monthly visits8.7M

Sep 2026Monthly trend · Arrow keys to explore

Sep 2026

Monthly visits8.7M

vs. previous month−708.2K · −7.5%

Midjourney site changes and traffic signals in this periodTiming overlaps; this does not show cause

Where the new visits came from

Monthly visits split by channel share: Midjourney lost 708.2K visits from Aug to Sep, with direct contributing 52%.

Visit change by channel
Channel	Change	Share of change	Current share
Direct	−368.1K	52%	64.3% ↑0.9pp
Paid search	−150.5K	21%	2.2% ↓1.4pp
Referrals	−95.3K	13%	5.1% ↓0.6pp
5 other channels	−74K	10%	26.9% ↑1.2pp

Midjourney SEO Keywords, Sitemap Pages & AI Referrals

What you can borrow

Midjourney’s acquisition moves across pages, search terms and AI referrals, each with its data source.

Search · source keywords — Non-brand terms bring 5.3% of search traffic

Keyword	Traffic	CPC	Rank
midjourneyBrand	1.1M	$0.91	1
midjourney aiBrand	110.5K	$0.92	2
미드저니Non-brand	67.8K	$1.50	3
mid journeyBrand	16K	$1.35	4
midjourney freeBrand comparison	13.8K	$0.94	5

Borrow: Search traffic is mostly branded, riding existing awareness; the non-brand needs it does not cover are open to you.

Content & page updates · via Sitemap — No bulk page changes lately

We diff its public Sitemap daily. Bulk launches or removals will appear here and alert watchers.

AI referrals · ChatGPT, Copilot… — AI assistants bring 1.3% of visits

113.8K visits from AI assistants (previous month 129.6K), 1.3% of all traffic.

ChatGPT62%
Gemini9.6%
Perplexity2.6%

Borrow: Check how assistants recommend Midjourney and work on appearing for the same questions.

Midjourney Promotion History, Backlinks & Launch Timeline

Full growth history

What did Midjourney do at each step?

Unlock Midjourney’s launch posts, community threads and new backlinks, plus a launch checklist you can copy.

Promotion timeline with original sources
Traffic before and after each channel
Exportable launch action list

Sep 28 – Oct 18Backlinks
New linking websites (+245.5%)
Observed event
Where it launched and who talked about it
- Product Hunt
- Reddit
- X
- Directories
Visible after unlocking
Where the new backlinks came from
- Referring domains
- First seen
Visible after unlocking
A launch sequence you can copy
- Checklist
- Export
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Midjourney Competitors & Alternatives Traffic Benchmark

Same-market benchmark

Sep 2026 · Basic Image Generation

Midjourney
Sep 2026Current
Est. monthly visits
8.7M
DR
90
MoM
-7.5%
Leonardo AI
Sep 2026Alternative
Est. monthly visits
7.1M
DR
82
MoM
-10.2%
Ideogram
Sep 2026Alternative
Est. monthly visits
2.1M
DR
79
MoM
-7.3%
Image2
Sep 2026
Est. monthly visits
31K
DR
27
MoM
+42.7%

Each product uses its latest observed month; different months are not a same-period ranking.

Know the next time Midjourney ships pages in bulk

We diff its Sitemap, backlinks and traffic daily and alert you only on real changes. 81 people watching.

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.