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Sites where “dune” is a top search keyword
One site on record lists “dune” among the searches that send it the most visitors, by traffic estimates. It is searched about 1.5M times a month on Google, worldwide (Google Ads, Sept 2026), at about $0.44 a click in search ads: a month of its searches would cost about $660K 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
1.5MGoogle monthly search volumeno change since Oct 2025
+31%Last 3 months vs 3 beforerising
68/100Demand scoremoderate
65/100Keyword difficulty (US)difficult
InformationalSearch intentwants to learn
$0.44Google Ads cost per clicktop-of-page bids $0.13–$0.98
527.5KThird-party estimated keyword demandSept 2026
1Sites getting visits from itSept 2026
What the data says
- Demand is picking up: Google searches for “dune” held steady at about 1.5M from Oct 2025 to Sept 2026; the last three months averaged 2M, 31% above the three before.
- Searches peak in Mar 2026 (2.7M) and are lowest in Feb 2026 (1.2M), a 2.2× swing within the year: time content to be indexed before the peak.
- The listed site takes about 1,460 visits a month from “dune”, 0% of its 527.5K searches (traffic estimates). The other 100% goes to sites not on record here, or ends without a click.
- At $0.44 a click (Google Ads), the listed sites' 1,460 visits a month from “dune” would cost about $642 as search ads. That is what the traffic would cost to buy, not what it earns.
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) | 1.5M | 1.5M | 1.8M | 1.8M | 1.2M | 2.7M | 1.8M | 1.5M | 1.2M | 2.2M | 2.2M | 1.5M |
| Third-party estimated keyword demand (right axis) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 527.5K |
2Who gets the traffic
| Site | Share | Visits | As ads | DR | Linking sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dune.com | 100% | 1,460 | $642 | 83 | 16.9K |
3Ranking competition
65/100Keyword difficulty (US)difficult
20/100Ranking easehard
DR 96First page, median Ahrefs DR
573Linking sites per top-ten pageaverage, US
On Google's page:Knowledge panelCarouselPeople also askVideosPerspectivesRelated searchesImagesAI Overview
| # | Site | Page title | DR |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | en.wikipedia.org | Dune (novel) | 97 |
| 2 | imdb.com | Dune (2021) | 94 |
| 3 | en.wikipedia.org | Dune (2021 film) | 97 |
| 4 | youtube.com | Dune | Official Main Trailer | 99 |
| 5 | dunenovels.com | Dune Novels – The Official Dune Website | 53 |
| 6 | instagram.com | DUNE (@dunemovie) • Instagram photos and videos | 100 |
| 7 | dunemovie.com | Dune: Part Three | Official Movie Site | 57 |
| 8 | goodreads.com | Dune (Dune, #1) by Frank Herbert | 92 |
- Keyword difficulty is 65 of 100 for US results: difficult on the vendor's scale.
- en.wikipedia.org has 2 results in Google's top 8 for “dune”.
- None of the 1 sites listed here is in Google's US top 8 for “dune”.
- The first page's median Ahrefs DR is 96; the lowest-rated result, dunenovels.com at #5, has DR 53.
- The top ten pages have about 573 linking sites each on average (US results, third-party link index).
- Google shows an AI Overview for “dune”, citing 6 sites: it sits above the results and takes clicks from them.
4Intent and related searches
Informational: wants to learn
Google's related searches
- Dune book
- Dune 2
- Dune 1
- Dune film
- Dune cast
- Dune where to watch
- Dune (2021)
- Dune 3
Questions people ask
- Why was Dune controversial?
- What the heck is Dune about?
- Is Dune a hit or flop?
- Is Dune 3 the last Dune?
Keywords the same sites get visits from
5Opportunity
68/100 · Demand score, moderate
| Searches | 100 | 1.5M a month · weight 40% |
| Year | 50 | +0% since Oct 2025 · weight 20% |
| Momentum | 81 | last 3 months +31% on the 3 before · weight 20% |
| Commercial | 9 | $0.44 a click (Google Ads) · weight 20% |
20/100 · Ranking ease, hard
| Keyword difficulty | 35 | 65 of 100 (US) · weight 50% |
| First-page strength | 5 | median Ahrefs DR 96 · weight 50% |
What to do with it
- Strong demand but a hard first page (ease 20): 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.
- The listed sites take 0% of its searches: most of the traffic goes to sites not on record here.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| dune.com | Valued | 1,460 | Sept 2026 |