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Sites where “canvas” is a top search keyword
One site on record lists “canvas” among the searches that send it the most visitors, by traffic estimates. It is searched about 185M times a month on Google, worldwide (Google Ads, Sept 2026), at about $1.17 a click in search ads: a month of its searches would cost about $216.5M as search ads. Each site checked on the backlink value checker adds its top five search keywords, so this list grows as sites are checked.
Keyword intelligence
185MGoogle monthly search volume−18% since Oct 2025
−12%Last 3 months vs 3 beforesteady
61/100Demand scoremoderate
91/100Keyword difficulty (US)very hard
InformationalSearch intentwants to learn
$1.17Google Ads cost per clicktop-of-page bids $0.10–$2.10
6MThird-party estimated keyword demandSept 2026
1Sites getting visits from itSept 2026
What the data says
- Demand is down on the year, now levelling off: Google searches for “canvas” fell 18% (226M to 185M) from Oct 2025 to Sept 2026; the last three months averaged 153.3M, 12% below the three before.
- Searches peak in Oct 2025 (226M) and are lowest in Jul 2026 (124M), a 1.8× swing within the year: time content to be indexed before the peak.
- The listed site takes about 2.6M visits a month from “canvas”, 43% of its 6M searches (traffic estimates). The other 57% goes to sites not on record here, or ends without a click.
- At $1.17 a click (Google Ads), the listed sites' 2.6M visits a month from “canvas” would cost about $3.1M as search ads. That is what the traffic would cost to buy, not what it earns.
- The two sources differ about 31 times for Sept 2026: Google Ads counts 185M searches, the traffic estimates 6M. Read each for its trend, not as an exact count.
1Demand
Google monthly search volume (Google Ads, worldwide)Third-party estimated keyword demand (right axis)
Every month's figures
| Oct 2025 | Nov 2025 | Dec 2025 | Jan 2026 | Feb 2026 | Mar 2026 | Apr 2026 | May 2026 | Jun 2026 | Jul 2026 | Aug 2026 | Sept 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google monthly search volume (Google Ads, worldwide) | 226M | 185M | 151M | 185M | 185M | 185M | 185M | 185M | 151M | 124M | 151M | 185M |
| Third-party estimated keyword demand (right axis) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6M |
2Who gets the traffic
| Site | Share | Visits | As ads | DR | Linking sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| canva.com | 100% | 2.6M | $3.1M | 93 | 465K |
3Ranking competition
91/100Keyword difficulty (US)very hard
10/100Ranking easehard
DR 89First page, median Ahrefs DR
12.3KLinking sites per top-ten pageaverage, US
On Google's page:Product considerationsRelated searchesKnowledge panelImagesAI Overview
| # | Site | Page title | DR |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | canva.comlisted here | Canva: Visual Suite for Everyone | 93 |
| 2 | parents.canvaslms.com | Canvas Login | Instructure | 80 |
| 3 | instructure.com | Canvas Account Log In | 88 |
| 4 | canvas.rutgers.edu | Canvas: Home | 90 |
| 5 | apps.apple.com | Canvas by Instructure - App Store - Apple | 97 |
| 6 | it.psu.edu | Canvas | Information Technology - Penn State | 91 |
| 7 | canvas.apps.chrome | Canvas | 63 |
| 8 | instructure.com | Canvas by Instructure: World Leading LMS for Teaching & ... | 88 |
- Keyword difficulty is 91 of 100 for US results: very hard on the vendor's scale.
- instructure.com has 2 results in Google's top 8 for “canvas”.
- 1 of the sites listed here is in Google's US top 8: canva.com (#1).
- The first page's median Ahrefs DR is 89; the lowest-rated result, canvas.apps.chrome at #7, has DR 63.
- The top ten pages have about 12.3K linking sites each on average (US results, third-party link index).
- Google shows an AI Overview for “canvas”, citing 5 sites, canva.com among them: it sits above the results and takes clicks from them.
4Intent and related searches
Informational: wants to learn · also transactional
Google's related searches
- Canvas login
- Canvas Student login
- Canvas University
- Canvas Instructure
- Canvas school
- Canvas download
- Canvas LMS
- Canvas app
Keywords the same sites get visits from
5Opportunity
61/100 · Demand score, moderate
| Searches | 100 | 185M a month · weight 40% |
| Year | 43 | −18% since Oct 2025 · weight 20% |
| Momentum | 38 | last 3 months −12% on the 3 before · weight 20% |
| Commercial | 23 | $1.17 a click (Google Ads) · weight 20% |
10/100 · Ranking ease, hard
| Keyword difficulty | 9 | 91 of 100 (US) · weight 50% |
| First-page strength | 11 | median Ahrefs DR 89 · weight 50% |
What to do with it
- Strong demand but a hard first page (ease 10): aim at its related searches first and build links before the head term.
- Google answers part of it in an AI Overview: the pages it cites get a link above the results.
6Sources
- Google monthly search volume, Google Ads cost per click, bids and paid competition: Google Ads, worldwide, read 1 Nov 2026.
- Third-party estimated keyword demand, cost per click and each site's visits (est.): third-party traffic estimates, Sept 2026.
- Keyword difficulty, intent, SERP features, top-ten links: a third-party keyword database, United States, read 1 Nov 2026.
- Google's first page, AI Overview, related searches: Google search, United States, read 1 Nov 2026.
- DR: Ahrefs Domain Rating. Linking sites: a third-party link index.
- Phones and computers: Chrome UX Report.
| Site | Report | Visits (est.) | Month |
|---|---|---|---|
| canva.com | Valued | 2.6M | Sept 2026 |