Data updated Oct 30, 2026
Enterprise-grade AI hiring platform designed for HR and recruiting talent.
SmartRecruiters’s direct traffic went from 7.7M to 8.3M visits in one month.
How the growth happened
Monthly visit estimates · 2026-05 — 2026-09 · DR 87, flat
Sep 2026
Monthly visits split by channel share: SmartRecruiters added 1.2M visits from Aug to Sep, with direct contributing 57%.
| Channel | Last 3 months | Change barAug → Sep | Change | Share of change | Current share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct | +667K | 57% | 44.4% ↑0.8pp | ||
| Referrals | +180.8K | 15% | 20.2% ↓0.3pp | ||
| Organic social | +135.6K | 12% | 19.3% ↓0.5pp | ||
| 5 other channels | +120.4K | 10% | 14.9% ↓0.3pp |
What you can borrow
SmartRecruiters’s acquisition moves across pages, search terms and AI referrals, each with its data source.
| Keyword | Traffic | CPC | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| smartrecruitersBrand | 9.3K | $10.10 | 1 |
| smart recruitersBrand | 4.1K | $6.26 | 2 |
| smart recruiterNon-brand | 2.3K | $0.65 | 3 |
| ohsNon-brand | 1.8K | $0.34 | 4 |
| etihad airwaysNon-brand | 1.5K | $0.71 | 5 |
Borrow: Search traffic is mostly branded, riding existing awareness; the non-brand needs it does not cover are open to you.
We diff its public Sitemap daily. Bulk launches or removals will appear here and alert watchers.
219.2K visits from AI assistants (previous month 148.7K), 1.2% of all traffic.
Borrow: Check how assistants recommend SmartRecruiters and work on appearing for the same questions.
Full growth history
Where did the +1.2M visits actually come from?
SmartRecruiters grew 6.7% in Sep with almost no paid ads. Unlock the launch posts, community threads and new backlinks behind the spike, 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 · Recruiting and Organization
Each product uses its latest observed month; different months are not a same-period ranking.
Know the next time SmartRecruiters 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.
