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title: "1 Site Where smashing magazine Is a Top Search Keyword"
url: https://mxverify.uk/keywords/smashing-magazine
description: "1 site on mxverify lists “smashing magazine” among the searches that send it the most visitors, by traffic estimates: smashingmagazine.com."
site: mxverify
generated: 2026-11-01T15:07:17.249Z
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# Sites where “smashing magazine” is a top search keyword

One site on record lists “smashing magazine” among the searches that send it the most visitors, by traffic estimates. It is searched about **4,400** times a month on Google, worldwide (Google Ads, Sept 2026). Each site checked on the [backlink value checker](https://mxverify.uk/backlink-value) adds its top five search keywords, so this list grows as sites are checked.

## Keyword intelligence

- **4,400** Google monthly search volume −46% since Oct 2025
- **−7%** Last 3 months vs 3 before steady
- **35/100** Demand score weak
- **42/100** Keyword difficulty (US) possible
- **Informational** Search intent wants to learn
- **4,350** Third-party estimated keyword demand −34% vs Aug 2026
- **1** Sites getting visits from it Sept 2026
- **Low** Paid competition (Google Ads) 0 of 100 advertisers' index

### What the data says

- Demand is down on the year, now levelling off: Google searches for “smashing magazine” fell 46% (8,100 to 4,400) from Oct 2025 to Sept 2026.
- The listed sites' estimated visits from “smashing magazine” (8,470 a month) exceed its 4,350 searches: the estimates count visits from close searches too, so the listed sites take most of its traffic, not more than all of it.
- From Aug 2026 to Sept 2026: smashingmagazine.com lost most (11.8K → 8,470).
- No advertiser pays for “smashing magazine” (cost per click $0 in both sources): its traffic is worth audience, not ad money.

### 1Demand

**Search demand, month by month**

Google monthly search volume (Google Ads, worldwide) Third-party estimated keyword demand

Search demand, month by month. Google monthly search volume (Google Ads, worldwide): Oct 2025 8,100, Nov 2025 6,600, Dec 2025 5,400, Jan 2026 6,600, Feb 2026 5,400, Mar 2026 6,600, Apr 2026 5,400, May 2026 4,400, Jun 2026 4,400, Jul 2026 4,400, Aug 2026 4,400, Sept 2026 4,400; Third-party estimated keyword demand: Aug 2026 6,560, Sept 2026 4,350

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) | 8,100 | 6,600 | 5,400 | 6,600 | 5,400 | 6,600 | 5,400 | 4,400 | 4,400 | 4,400 | 4,400 | 4,400 |
| Third-party estimated keyword demand | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6,560 | 4,350 |

Google monthly search volume: Google Ads, worldwide, read 1 Nov 2026. Third-party estimated keyword demand is a separate source, on the same axis: the two can differ.

### 2Who gets the traffic

**Visits from it by site, month by month**

smashingmagazine.com

Visits from the keyword by site, month by month. Aug 2026: smashingmagazine.com 11.8K; total 11.8K. Sept 2026: smashingmagazine.com 8,470; total 8,470

Visits from this keyword (est.), stacked by site: a column is all the listed sites' visits from it that month.

**Share of the visits, Sept 2026**

Each site's latest estimate of its visits from this keyword; DR: Ahrefs Domain Rating; linking sites: sites linking to it (third-party link index).

**Where these sites' visitors are**

- United States 33%
- Canada 5%
- Germany 5%
- United Kingdom 4%
- Mexico 4%
- Other countries 49%

The listed sites' own visitors by country (all their traffic), weighted by each site's visits from this keyword: their audience, not where the keyword is searched.

**Phones and computers**

- Phones 25%
- Computers and tablets 75%

Page loads of the listed sites by Chrome users (Chrome UX Report), weighted by each site's visits from this keyword: a site's device mix, not the keyword's. No source gives a keyword's device split.

### 3Ranking competition

- **42/100** Keyword difficulty (US) possible
- **30/100** Ranking ease hard
- **DR 98** First page, median Ahrefs DR
- **626** Linking sites per top-ten page average, US

On Google's page: People also ask Related searches Images AI Overview

**Google's first page, United States**

| # | Site | Page title | DR |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [smashingmagazine.com](https://mxverify.uk/publications/smashingmagazine.com) listed here | Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | 90 |
| 2 | facebook.com | Smashing Magazine (@smashmag) | 100 |
| 3 | linkedin.com | Smashing Magazine | 99 |
| 4 | x.com | Smashing Magazine 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈 (@smashingmag) / ... | 97 |
| 5 | vimeo.com | Smashing Magazine | 96 |
| 6 | youtube.com | Smashing Magazine | 99 |

Google's results for “smashing magazine” in the United States, in English, read 1 Nov 2026. DR: Ahrefs Domain Rating; “—”: Ahrefs gives no rating.

- Keyword difficulty is 42 of 100 for US results: possible on the vendor's scale.
- 1 of the sites listed here is in Google's US top 6: smashingmagazine.com (#1).
- The first page's median Ahrefs DR is 98; the lowest-rated result, smashingmagazine.com at #1, has DR 90.
- The top ten pages have about 626 linking sites each on average (US results, third-party link index).
- Google shows an AI Overview for “smashing magazine”, citing 6 sites, smashingmagazine.com among them: it sits above the results and takes clicks from them.

### 4Intent and related searches

**Informational: wants to learn**  
The searcher's goal, as a third-party keyword database classifies it (US).

#### Google's related searches

- Smashing Magazine write for us
- [Smashing magazine wallpaper](https://mxverify.uk/keywords/smashing-magazine-wallpaper)
- Smashing magazine UX
- Smashing magazine courses
- Smashing magazine calendar
- Smashing magazine conference
- Smashing magazine blog
- Smashing magazine june 2026

#### Questions people ask

- What is Smashing magazine?
- How much does Smashing magazine pay?
- What is the best graphic design magazine?
- What are the best websites for design news?

#### Keywords the same sites get visits from

- [color theory](https://mxverify.uk/keywords/color-theory) 1 of these sites · 1 site in all
- [manim](https://mxverify.uk/keywords/manim) 1 of these sites · 1 site in all
- [smashing](https://mxverify.uk/keywords/smashing) 1 of these sites · 1 site in all
- [smashing magazine wallpaper](https://mxverify.uk/keywords/smashing-magazine-wallpaper) 1 of these sites · 1 site in all

Keywords the listed sites also get visits from, the most shared first: linked by the same sites' traffic, not by meaning.

### 5Opportunity

**35** /100 · Demand score, weak

How much searching there is and what advertisers pay for it.

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Searches | 53 | 4,400 a month · weight 40% |
| Year | 28 | −46% since Oct 2025 · weight 20% |
| Momentum | 43 | last 3 months −7% on the 3 before · weight 20% |
| Commercial | 0 | $0.00 a click · weight 20% |

**30** /100 · Ranking ease, hard

How open Google's first page is: 100 minus its difficulty and strength.

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Keyword difficulty | 58 | 42 of 100 (US) · weight 50% |
| First-page strength | 2 | median Ahrefs DR 98 · weight 50% |

### What to do with it

- A hard first page (ease 30) for weak demand (35): compare your site's strength with the first page's median Ahrefs DR before committing.
- Google answers part of it in an AI Overview: the pages it cites get a link above the results.

A business score needs your own figures (conversion, deal value) and is not made here. Scores are fixed formulas over the figures shown; they are not Google's.

### 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, Aug 2026 to 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.

Tiles, findings, scores and actions are worked out from the figures on this page by fixed rules.

| Site | Report | Visits (est.) | Month |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [smashingmagazine.com](https://mxverify.uk/publications/smashingmagazine.com) | Valued | 8,470 | Sept 2026 |

Listed A–Z. A top search keyword is one of the searches that bring a site the most visitors, by estimate. It is not a position in Google, and the order here is not a ranking. Visits (est.): the traffic estimate's own figure for the keyword on that site, which behaves like visits a month, not an amount of money (2026-09-29: it had been shown in dollars). This page is kept out of search results until 15 sites share the keyword.

Searches, cost per click and ad value above: Google Ads, worldwide. Sites and their visits: third-party traffic estimates, Sept 2026. The traffic estimates' own searches figure for the keyword is in the section below; the two sources often differ several times over.

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Source: mxverify, "1 Site Where smashing magazine Is a Top Search Keyword", https://mxverify.uk/keywords/smashing-magazine (retrieved 2026-11-01). How every figure is worked out: https://mxverify.uk/methodology