--- title: "Backlink Value & Traffic Report for github.com" url: https://mxverify.uk/publications/github.com description: "A followed link from github.com is worth $639 by BV 2.8 (link type C). Hosted on GITHUB (US). Domain registered 2007." site: mxverify generated: 2026-10-16T04:10:51.726Z --- mxverify · valued # Backlink value and traffic report for github.com Its domain was registered in 2007. Organisation: GitHub: web application and issue tracking system; United States; since 2007. [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q364?utm_source=mxverify.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=site-report) · Last updated 13 October 2026 · [Visit github.com](https://github.com/?utm_source=mxverify.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=site-report) [Compare](https://mxverify.uk/compare/github.com#add) Show github.com's BV badge on your site The badge shows what a link from github.com is worth, as this report does, and updates by itself. It links to this report. Embed code (HTML) Copied Paste it where the badge should appear. It is a plain link and image: no script runs on your site. ## Backlink value · what one new followed link from github.com is worth to rankings [BV **$639** per link · level C · strength 90](https://bklink.uk/methodology?utm_source=mxverify.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=site-report#bv) **Relevance to the linked site moves it** **$319** unrelated ×0.5 **$798** same topic ×1.25 **By the kind of link it gives** - A editorial $1,477 - B guest, sponsored $739 - C neutralised $148 - D network $74 Priced on a blend of link types: A 36% · B 3% · C 62% → ×0.43. [How BV is worked out](https://mxverify.uk/publications/github.com#bv-detail) · BV 2.8 · not a price anyone charges **645.5M** monthly visits +1.2% since Jul 2026 **157.1M** from organic search 24% of visits **[1,814,354](https://mxverify.uk/publications/github.com#links-in)** sites link to it 136,011 of them nofollow **[2007](https://mxverify.uk/publications/registered/2000s)** domain registered expires Oct 2028 **[1.9 s](https://mxverify.uk/publications/github.com#tech)** page load for real users (LCP) passes Core Web Vitals **[0%](https://mxverify.uk/publications/github.com#reading)** of its own links nofollow in the articles we read **Monthly visits** Jul 2026: 637.9M visits; Aug 2026: 649.3M visits; Sept 2026: 645.5M visits **Where visitors come from** Direct 53%, Organic search 24%, Social 9.4%, Referrals 9.3%, AI assistants 2.0% - Direct **53%** - Organic search **24%** - Social **9.4%** - Referrals **9.3%** - AI assistants **2.0%** - Other channels **1.6%** Organic search, in green, is the traffic BV prices on. **Top countries** - United States 19% - China 12% - India 10% - Russia 7.8% - Germany 4.2% - Other countries 47% ## Links to this site Links other sites have made to github.com, from outside link indexes: not the links placed on it that bklink audits. **1,814,354** websites link to it 136,011 of them with nofollow links **3.4B** links in all, from those websites about 1,890 per website · first seen 2019 **20** spam score of its links 0–100, the linking pages' average **666,370** IP addresses they link from 334,743 subnets **Where the links sit:** 8.8% in the article or main content of the linking page, 33% in its header, menu, sidebar or footer · 51% in no page section the index could name, the rest in other sections; of the 2.8B links it sorted by where they sit **Pages in Google:** about 59,500,000 · the count Google gives for a site: search, its own estimate, which can be far off either way What Google shows for site:github.com — the first 10 pages 1. [GitHub Help: GitHub Documentation, AI Search & Support](https://support.github.com/?utm_source=mxverify.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=site-report) support.github.com/ 2. [Ishwar Govind ishwargov](https://github.com/ishwargov?utm_source=mxverify.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=site-report) github.com/ishwargov 3. [GitHub Innovation Graph](https://innovationgraph.github.com/?utm_source=mxverify.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=site-report) innovationgraph.github.com/ 4. [Microsoft](https://github.com/microsoft?utm_source=mxverify.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=site-report) github.com/microsoft 5. [GitHub Pages documentation - GitHub Docs](https://pages.github.com/?utm_source=mxverify.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=site-report) pages.github.com/ 6. [GitHub Learn - Skills](https://skills.github.com/?utm_source=mxverify.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=site-report) skills.github.com/ 7. [Muhammad Talha itsMuhammadtalha](https://github.com/itsMuhammadtalha?utm_source=mxverify.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=site-report) github.com/itsMuhammadtalha 8. [GitHub Shop](https://shop.github.com/?utm_source=mxverify.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=site-report) shop.github.com/ 9. [GitHub CLI | Take GitHub to the command line](https://cli.github.com/?utm_source=mxverify.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=site-report) cli.github.com/ 10. [Figma](https://github.com/figma?utm_source=mxverify.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=site-report) github.com/figma Sources: link counts and spam score from a third-party backlink index, read 29 September 2026; the chart grows by one reading a month; page count and pages from a Google site: search, 13 October 2026. BV prices on one of these only, the page count: when two site: searches at least 7 days apart both find no pages, and nothing on record shows Google indexing the site, a link from it is priced at most level C. ## Links placed here No link placed on github.com has been audited yet. [An audit on bklink.uk](https://bklink.uk/?utm_source=mxverify.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=site-report) checks each one — still there, followed or not, where it sits — and marks this report audited. This report's link to github.com is nofollow. It is followed only when the site's owner audits github.com's own backlinks on bklink.uk, chooses to publish it and proves the site is theirs — for 90 days from each audit. [When a link here is followed](https://mxverify.uk/methodology#followed-links) ## How it links out **100%** of its links followed **14** links to other sites **4** articles read Followed 100% Fair sample Read 29 Sept 2026 · [the full reading](https://mxverify.uk/publications/github.com#reading) ## Tech stack - [Served byCloudflare](https://mxverify.uk/publications/tech/cloudflare) - [Ad loadSome ads · 1 ad network](https://mxverify.uk/publications/ads/some) ### Publisher signals - ✗ Author bylines: none marked up on the homepage - ✗ About page: not linked from the homepage - ✗ Editorial policy: not linked from the homepage - ✗ Contact page: not linked from the homepage Structured data: none on the homepage. The homepage only; BV does not price on these. ### Page speed Chrome users, 28 days to 24 Sept 2026: LCP 1.9 s · INP 80 ms · CLS 0.05 — passes Core Web Vitals. Source: Chrome UX Report (Google), CC BY 4.0. Each pill opens every site with a report that shares it. Sources: homepage read 29 Sept 2026; ad load from a web technology index, 29 Sept 2026. ## Domain and hosting - **Domain registered**: [09 October 2007](https://mxverify.uk/publications/registered/2000s) - **Registration expires**: 09 October 2028 - **Record last changed**: 07 September 2026 - **Content category**: [technology](https://mxverify.uk/publications/category/technology) - **Also about**: [Business](https://mxverify.uk/publications/category/business) · named by its homepage's title and description - **Server address**: 140.82.121.4 - **Hosting network**: GITHUB · AS36459 · US ## Similar sites Matched on the subject the two sites share. Never a site on the same server or network. - [codersera.com BV $318 · level A A Developer resources](https://mxverify.uk/publications/codersera.com) - [verdent.ai BV $171 · level B B Developer resources](https://mxverify.uk/publications/verdent.ai) - [websyro.com BV $42 · level B B Developer resources](https://mxverify.uk/publications/websyro.com) - [getsafety.com BV $88 · level B B Developer resources](https://mxverify.uk/publications/getsafety.com) - [sourceforge.net BV $353 · level B B Developer resources](https://mxverify.uk/publications/sourceforge.net) - [developer.mozilla.org BV $660 · level B B Developer resources](https://mxverify.uk/publications/developer.mozilla.org) More like it: [Forum, profile and PR backlink sites](https://mxverify.uk/publications/level/c) · [High-value backlink sites](https://mxverify.uk/publications/value/500-plus) · [Technology websites and tech blogs](https://mxverify.uk/publications/category/technology) · [2000s websites](https://mxverify.uk/publications/registered/2000s) How to use this report 3 ways to use these figures - **Price check.** BV puts one new followed link from github.com at $639 (level C), priced on a blend of link types (A 36% · B 3% · C 62%): $319 to an unrelated site (×0.5), $798 to a same-topic site (×1.25). A followed editorial link (level A) would be worth up to $1,477 before relevance. A quote far above $185 for a level C link pays for what BV does not measure. · [Backlink value](https://mxverify.uk/publications/github.com#value) · [what this means](https://mxverify.uk/guide#use) - **Qualification and risk.** Its Site Strength is 90 / 100; the link it usually gives is mostly level C — usually neutralised (a press-release, syndicated, profile or forum link). In the 4 articles we read, 0% of the links to other sites are nofollow, sponsored or ugc. The spam score of its links is 20 (0–100, the linking pages' average), not github.com's own. · [How BV is worked out](https://mxverify.uk/publications/github.com#bv-detail) · [what this means](https://mxverify.uk/guide#levels) - **Traffic reality check.** Set any traffic claim beside the Sept 2026 estimate: 645.5M monthly visits, 24% from organic search (157.1M). Visits rose 1.2% from Jul 2026 to Sept 2026. Its top keyword by Visits (est.) is “dlss 5 swapper”, about 446.4K a month; the ad value beside it is the whole market's. · [Traffic in detail](https://mxverify.uk/publications/github.com#traffic) · [what this means](https://mxverify.uk/guide#traffic) What each figure means, and what it cannot tell you: [How to read a site report](https://mxverify.uk/guide). How BV is worked out Site Strength 90 / 100 · level C · each factor and link type A followed editorial link from github.com would be worth up to $1,477 under BV 2.8, before relevance: its Site Strength is 90 out of 100. The link it usually gives is level C, worth about $639 — and relevance to the site it points to moves that between $319 and $798. - **Site Strength**: **90** / 100, in steps of 5 · half the site's authority rating, half its organic traffic on a log scale; 100 is the strongest site on the web. Traffic: 157.1M estimated monthly organic visits, as of 7 October 2026. - **Worth up to**: $1,477 · a followed editorial link at this strength, before relevance (×0.5 unrelated to ×1.25 same topic) — see [how it is calculated](https://mxverify.uk/backlink-value#how) - **Usual link type**: Mostly level C — usually neutralised · A 36%, B 3%, C 62% → ×0.43 (each level's factor below, weighted by those shares) Read by Jev from our own reading of github.com's homepage and 4 articles. None of the links audited here has a link type on record. - **Relevance to your site**: ×1 · neutral here; in an audit it runs from ×0.5 (unrelated) to ×1.25 (same topic) - **BV score**: **$639** per link - **Domain registered**: 9 October 2007 · shown for context; BV does not price on age, but a domain registered in the last 30 days is never priced as not in Google ### A link from github.com, by link type The same site is worth very different amounts depending on the link it gives you. This is what each level is worth here. | Level | What it is | Factor | Value | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | A — Counted | An editorial citation: the site linked because it is useful to its readers. | ×1 | $1,477 | | B — May be discounted | A guest, sponsored or placed article, or a product or tool directory listing. | ×0.5 | $739 | | C — Usually neutralised | A press release or syndicated copy, a forum post, profile, footer or sidebar link — and any nofollow link. | ×0.1 | $148 | | D — Network | A site on a server whose sites show footprints of one owner, a link farm, or machine-generated pages. | ×0.05 | $74 | How github.com links out: the full reading 4 articles read · each link counted Read by mxverify on 29 September 2026: the homepage and 4 articles (4 linked from its homepage). This is our own reading of the site, not a vendor's figure, and it is what places a new link on the A–D scale until links placed here are audited. Fair sample 14 links to other sites across 4 articles. Strong takes six or more articles and thirty or more links, spread over at least two months where the articles are dated. **Links its articles make to other sites** - Followed 100% - Nofollow 0% - Sponsored 0% - User-generated (ugc) 0% 14 links to other sites across 4 articles, share buttons left out. **What its homepage offers** No guest-post, sponsored-post or advertising pages linked from the homepage. ### Articles read | Article | Words | Links out | Followed | Says | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [GitHub General Privacy Statement - GitHub Docs](https://docs.github.com/en/site-policy/privacy-policies/github-general-privacy-statement?utm_source=mxverify.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=site-report) | 6,076 | 14 | 14 | — | | [Find and fix code vulnerabilities - GitHub Docs](https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/how-tos/find-and-fix-code-vulnerabilities?utm_source=mxverify.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=site-report) | 147 | 0 | 0 | — | | [Securing your supply chain - GitHub Docs](https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/how-tos/secure-your-supply-chain?utm_source=mxverify.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=site-report) | 50 | 0 | 0 | — | | [Planning and tracking with Projects - GitHub Docs](https://docs.github.com/en/issues/planning-and-tracking-with-projects?utm_source=mxverify.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=site-report) | 507 | 0 | 0 | — | Jev, the model that judges every link in a bklink audit, reads these pages as a site whose links are mostly level **A** — A 96%, B 0%, C 4.0%, D 0%. Put together with what kind of site it is, how established it is, whether it sells placements and how it links out, a new link here is priced as A 36%, B 2.6%, C 62%, D 0%. Jev reads it as a reference work or institution (40%), major as a source (76%), and not selling guest, sponsored or paid posts (96%). Traffic in detail engagement, top keywords, AI assistants Modelled estimates for Sept 2026, as of 7 October 2026: site-wide, all visitors, not analytics measured on the site itself. - **#45** global rank - **#77** rank in US - **36%** bounce rate - **5.7** pages per visit - **6m 27s** time on site **Every channel** - Organic search 24% - Direct 53% - Referrals 9.3% - Social 9.4% - AI assistants 2.0% - Email 1.2% - Paid 0.4% - Affiliate and other 0% Share of all visits. Organic search is highlighted: it is the traffic BV prices on. **Top search keywords** | Keyword | Searches / mo | CPC | Ad value / mo | Visits (est.) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [github](https://mxverify.uk/keywords/github) | 10.1M | $1.62 | $16.3M | 11.5M | | [github login](https://mxverify.uk/keywords/github-login) | 367.2K | $0.50 | $183.6K | 457.6K | | [dlss 5 swapper](https://mxverify.uk/keywords/dlss-5-swapper) | 599.3K | $0.00 | $0 | 446.4K | | [zapret](https://mxverify.uk/keywords/zapret) | 377.1K | $0.86 | $324.3K | 415.5K | | [github desktop](https://mxverify.uk/keywords/github-desktop) | 282.6K | $2.25 | $635.9K | 400.9K | Ad value: what a month of the keyword's searches would cost as search ads (searches × cost per click) — what advertisers pay for it, not how hard it is to rank for. Visits (est.): the traffic estimate's own figure for the keyword on this site, which behaves like visits a month, not an amount of money. Each keyword opens the list of sites where it is a top search keyword. ### AI assistants AI assistants sent about **12.8M** visits in Sept 2026 — 2.0% of all visits. Each assistant's share of those visits, by month: ChatGPT Claude Gemini ChatGPT: Jul 2026 49%, Aug 2026 72%, Sept 2026 62%; Claude: Jul 2026 14%, Aug 2026 11%, Sept 2026 13%; Gemini: Jul 2026 15%, Aug 2026 14%, Sept 2026 9.4% | Assistant | Jul 2026 | Aug 2026 | Sept 2026 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | ChatGPT | 49% | 72% | 62% | | Claude | 14% | 11% | 13% | | Gemini | 15% | 14% | 9.4% | Third-party traffic estimates. BV uses only the organic-search figure. Server and network 0 other publications on the server · 0 on the network No other publication in the directory runs on 140.82.121.4. 0 publications are on the same hosting network (GITHUB, AS36459). Where each figure comes from 8 figures, their sources and dates | Figure | Source | What it covers | | --- | --- | --- | | [Backlink value](https://mxverify.uk/publications/github.com#value) | BV 2.8 | Site Strength × link type; link type from our reading of the site | | [Links placed here](https://mxverify.uk/publications/github.com#links) | bklink audits | None audited yet | | [How it links out](https://mxverify.uk/publications/github.com#reading) | Read by mxverify | 14 links to other sites in 4 articles; read 29 Sept 2026 Fair sample | | [Traffic](https://mxverify.uk/publications/github.com#traffic) | Third-party estimates | Modelled estimates for Sept 2026, site-wide and for all visitors, as of 7 Oct 2026 | | [Links to this site](https://mxverify.uk/publications/github.com#links-in) | Third-party backlink index | 1,814,354 linking sites, read 29 Sept 2026; one reading a month | | [Authority](https://mxverify.uk/publications/github.com#value) | Ahrefs Domain Rating | Half of Site Strength, shown in steps of 5, as of 2 Oct 2026; the rating itself is not shown | | [Server and network](https://mxverify.uk/publications/github.com#server) | DNS and ASN registry | 140.82.121.4 · GITHUB | | [Domain age](https://mxverify.uk/publications/github.com#hosting) | Domain registry (RDAP) | Registered 9 Oct 2007 | Limitations: what this report does not show 4 stated plainly - No link on this publication has been audited yet, so nothing here describes how its links behave. - A link that is followed is not necessarily a link search engines value; this record does not measure rankings or traffic. - The BV score is what one new followed link from github.com is worth to rankings, from its Site Strength and the kind of link on offer. It is not a price, and it does not predict what a link will do for a particular site: relevance to that site moves it between half and one and a quarter times. - Traffic figures come from a third-party traffic source, named with its date in the evidence box above; no one outside a site sees its analytics. Compiled from [bklink.uk](https://bklink.uk/?utm_source=mxverify.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=site-report) audits · maintained by [Palash Bagchi](https://mxverify.uk/about) · updated 13 October 2026 --- Source: mxverify, "Backlink Value & Traffic Report for github.com", https://mxverify.uk/publications/github.com (retrieved 2026-10-16). How every figure is worked out: https://mxverify.uk/methodology