Popularity tiers gained and lost from one month to the next in CrUX, the real visits of Chrome users.
Data: CrUX September 2026 compared with August 2026
Rises and falls (22,245 / 21,059) Entries into and exits from the Top 1M (69,698 / 74,351)
Rank by: Tiers Organic search (SEO) Direct Social networks AI traffic Likely Discover
Domains 3,711 Subdomains 2,289 Both 6,000
No adult, casino or streaming 3,351 Excluded 360 All 3,711
E-commerce 1,015 Entertainment 301 Travel 264 Media 250 Education 193 Other 186 Adult 182 Sport 147 Portal / tool 143 SaaS / software 135 Business services 121 Blog 118 Betting & casino 93 Streaming / downloads 85 Brand 81 Government 57 Health 54 Forum / dating 54 Finance 53 Non-profit 47 Local business 46 Cars 14 Real estate 14 Social network 13 Jobs 9 Unknown 36
| Website | Type of site | August 2026 | September 2026 | Tiers | Ahrefs SEO | AI traffic |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government PL | Top 5K | Top 1K | ↑ 1 | 567,290 −9 % | 25,909 · 1 % · ChatGPT 81 %, Gemini 15 % | |
| Education EN | Top 10K | Top 5K | ↑ 1 | 11,243 +13 % | 2,948 · 0.8 % · Gemini 100 % | |
| Travel EN | Top 500K | Top 50K | ↑ 2 | 5,247 −10 % | 1,661 · 16 % · ChatGPT 100 % | |
| Brand | Top 10K | Top 5K | ↑ 1 | 31,072 +0 % | 1,398 · 0.4 % · ChatGPT 100 % | |
| Entertainment US | Top 10K | Top 5K | ↑ 1 | −6 % | 1,192 · 0.5 % · ChatGPT 97 % | |
| E-commerce EN | Top 10K | Top 5K | ↑ 1 | 797 · 1 % · ChatGPT 90 %, Gemini 10 % | ||
| Entertainment | Top 50K | Top 10K | ↑ 1 | 401 · 0.3 % · ChatGPT 100 % | ||
| Entertainment EN | Top 50K | Top 10K | ↑ 1 | 261 · 0.6 % · ChatGPT 100 % | ||
| Blog | Top 50K | Top 10K | ↑ 1 | 190 · 0.5 % · ChatGPT 39 %, Gemini 21 % | ||
| Other IT | Top 500K | Top 50K | ↑ 2 | −22 % | 108 · 0.3 % · ChatGPT 50 %, Gemini 20 % | |
| Education UK | Top 50K | Top 10K | ↑ 1 | 688 +26 % | 68 · 0.5 % · ChatGPT 54 %, Gemini 46 % | |
| SaaS / software EN | Top 500K | Top 50K | ↑ 2 | 53 · 0.5 % · ChatGPT 100 % | ||
| Education RU | Top 500K | Top 50K | ↑ 2 | +7 % | 31 · 0.2 % · chat.deepseek.com 100 % | |
| Education NL | Top 500K | Top 50K | ↑ 2 | −28 % | 9 · 0.3 % · ChatGPT 100 % |
| Website | Type of site | August 2026 | September 2026 | Tiers | Ahrefs SEO | AI traffic |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travel EN | Top 1K | Top 5K | ↓ 1 | −3 % | 8,698 · 0.5 % · ChatGPT 41 % | |
| Forum / dating FR | Top 5K | Top 10K | ↓ 1 | 747,280 +2 % | 5,530 · 0.3 % · ChatGPT 41 %, Gemini 22 % | |
| Forum / dating EN | Top 5K | Top 10K | ↓ 1 | 1,243 · 0.8 % · ChatGPT 85 %, Gemini 13 % | ||
| Portal / tool | Top 1K | Top 5K | ↓ 1 | 42,333 −11 % | 890 · 0.4 % · ChatGPT 7 % | |
| Entertainment | Top 5K | Top 10K | ↓ 1 | 598 · 0.2 % · ChatGPT 33 % | ||
| E-commerce FR | Top 10K | Top 50K | ↓ 1 | 560 · 1 % · ChatGPT 23 % | ||
| E-commerce EN | Top 10K | Top 50K | ↓ 1 | 248 · 0.4 % · Gemini 59 % | ||
| Portal / tool EN | Top 10K | Top 50K | ↓ 1 | 109 · 0.4 % · |