SurfSense is an open-source competitive intelligence platform, like NotebookLM but with live scraping connectors. Your AI agents monitor competitors, track rankings, and listen to your market with live data from platforms like Reddit, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Google Maps, Google Search, and the open web.
In the same window, SurfSense’s Sitemap removed 16 pages, mostly under /announcements/2026-09-18-surfsense-2-desktop-app. The timing overlaps — worth a closer look.
Monthly visit estimates · 2026-04 — 2026-09 · DR 25, flat
Sep 2026
74.9K↓ 23%
Monthly visits split by channel share: SurfSense lost 22.4K visits from Aug to Sep, with direct contributing 71%.
| Channel | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 148.4K | 131.4K | 97.3K | 74.9K |
| Direct | 58.5K | 53.7K | 43.6K | 27.8K |
| Organic search | 74.7K | 63.3K | 38.6K | 27.4K |
| Referrals | 10.7K | 7K | 8K | 17K |
| Organic social | 2.8K | 4.5K | 2.7K | 1.3K |
| — | 537 | 419 | 256 | |
| Paid search | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paid social | 322 | 57 | 229 | 0 |
| Channel | Change barAug → Sep | Change | Share of change | Current share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct | −15.8K | 71% | 37.1% ↓7.7pp | |
| Organic search | −11.2K | 50% | 36.6% ↓3pp | |
| Organic social | −1.4K | 6.3% | 1.7% ↓1.1pp | |
| 4 other channels | +8.6K | -38% | 23% ↑14.1pp |
SurfSense’s acquisition moves across pages, search terms and AI referrals, each with its data source.
Pages listed in the Sitemap shrank 14.4% over 28 days, from 111 listed URLs to 95 listed URLs.
/announcements/2026-09-18-surfsense-2-desktop-app+1/changelog/2025-12-24−1Borrow: SurfSense is pruning pages; watch whether organic search weakens next.
Non-brand terms are traffic anyone can compete for; higher CPC means higher commercial value.
| Keyword | Traffic | CPC | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| surfsenseBrand | 3.5K | $5.42 | 1 |
| open notebook surfsenseBrand | 220 | — | 2 |
| better than google notebokNon-brand | 160 | — | 3 |
| surfsense:Brand | 160 | — | 4 |
| free ai without login and safeguardsNon-brand | 140 | — | 5 |
Borrow: Search traffic is mostly branded, riding existing awareness; the non-brand needs it does not cover are open to you.
0 visits from AI assistants (previous month 0), 0% 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 SurfSense did at each step, and gives you a sequence to follow.
SurfSense's public Sitemap now lists 16 fewer URLs
Observed · SitemapSurfSense's public Sitemap now lists 14 more URLs
Observed · SitemapMonthly visits 131.4K → 97.3K
Observed · traffic dataWhere 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 · Research
| Product | Monthly visits | DR | MoM |
|---|---|---|---|
| SurfSenseThis product | 74.9K | 25 | -23% |
| Semantic ScholarSame market | 7.7M | 91 | +17.3% |
| CloudResearchSame market | 6.3M | 63 | -7.1% |
| ResearchRabbitSame market | 806.4K | 71 | -11.1% |
Each product uses its latest observed month; different months are not a same-period ranking.
Know the next time SurfSense 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.
