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The Muse Traffic, SEO & Growth Analysis
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SIGPIK VERDICT · Sep 2026
The Muse visits were roughly flat in Sep (2.3%)
The Muse’s direct traffic went from 198.2K to 231K visits in one month.
- Monthly visits
- 624K
- ↑ 2.3% · +13.8K MoM
- Market rank
- #3 / 77
- 10.2% of market traffic
- Domain Rating
- 85
- Flat vs last month
- AI referrals
- 12.2K
- 2% of traffic
01 · How the growth happened
The Muse Traffic Trend & Channel Attribution
Monthly visit estimates · 2026-05 — 2026-09 · DR 85, flat
Sep 2026
624K↑ 2.3%
Where the new visits came from
Monthly visits split by channel share: The Muse added 13.8K visits from Aug to Sep, with direct contributing 100%.
Monthly breakdown
| Channel | Jul | Aug | Sep |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 603.8K | 610.2K | 624K |
| Organic search | 256.8K | 268.4K | 241.5K |
| Direct | 190.8K | 198.2K | 231K |
| Referrals | 72.1K | 78.1K | 74K |
| Organic social | 27.4K | 23.2K | 28.6K |
| 25.8K | 17K | 20K | |
| Display ads | 11.7K | 5K | 5.8K |
| Paid search | 5.7K | 3.7K | 2.8K |
| Paid social | 2.7K | 3.1K | 1.7K |
| Channel | Change barAug → Sep | Change | Share of change | Current share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct | +32.8K | 238% | 37% ↑4.5pp | |
| Organic social | +5.4K | 39% | 4.6% ↑0.8pp | |
| +3K | 22% | 3.2% ↑0.4pp | ||
| 5 other channels | −32.5K | -236% | 52.2% ↓6.5pp |
02 · What you can borrow
The Muse SEO Keywords, Sitemap Pages & AI Referrals
The Muse’s acquisition moves across pages, search terms and AI referrals, each with its data source.
Search · source keywords — Non-brand terms bring 44% of search traffic
Non-brand terms are traffic anyone can compete for; higher CPC means higher commercial value.
| Keyword | Traffic | CPC | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| museUnclassified | 6.6K | $0.78 | 1 |
| common interview questionsNon-brand | 3.1K | $0.22 | 2 |
| the museBrand | 2.8K | $2.33 | 3 |
| interview questionsNon-brand | 2.6K | $0.48 | 4 |
| behavioral interview questionsNon-brand | 1.8K | $0.23 | 5 |
Borrow: Search traffic is mostly branded, riding existing awareness; the non-brand needs it does not cover are open to you.
AI referrals · ChatGPT, Copilot… — AI assistants bring 2% of visits
12.2K visits from AI assistants (previous month 9K), 2% of all traffic.
- ChatGPT75%
- Claude22%
- Perplexity1.9%
Borrow: Check how assistants recommend The Muse and work on appearing for the same questions.
03 · Full growth history
The Muse Promotion History, Backlinks & Launch Timeline
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 The Muse did at each step, and gives you a sequence to follow.
- Promotion timeline with original sources
- Traffic before and after each channel
- Exportable launch action list
Where 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 list
04 · Same-market benchmark
The Muse Competitors & Alternatives Traffic Benchmark
Sep 2026 · Job Seekers
| Product | Monthly visits | DR | MoM |
|---|---|---|---|
| The MuseThis product | 624K | 85 | +2.3% |
| HuntrSame market | 252.4K | 72 | +17.4% |
| SorceSame market | 137.5K | 34 | -16.9% |
| AI Resume Builder & ATS Checker — Tested Against Major ATSSame market | 75.9K | 41 | -11.1% |
Each product uses its latest observed month; different months are not a same-period ranking.
Know the next time The Muse 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.