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Backlink value and traffic report for igdb.com
In short: A new followed link from igdb.com is worth about $79 to rankings by BV 2.9 (level C, Site Strength 70 of 100); BV is an estimate, not a price anyone charges. It gets about 1.5M visits a month, 47% from organic search, up 0.7% since Jul 2026. No link placed on it has been audited.
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Backlink value · what one new followed link from igdb.com is worth to rankings
BV$79per link · level C · strength 70reading confidenceLow, 19 out of 100
Reading confidence 19 / 100
0 of 10 pages read had text · 0 links to other sites seen · posts Apr 2020 – Jun 2026
How much of igdb.com we read, and how sure our model was about the kind of link it gives. Never higher than what we read. The full reading
Priced from our reading of the site. No reliable sample of checked links yet: its link type comes from the articles mxverify read on the site.
$40 unrelated ×0.5$99 same topic ×1.25
- Organic search47%
- Direct25%
- Paid13%
- Referrals9.0%
- Social5.0%
- Other channels1.3%
Links to this site
Links placed here
No link placed on igdb.com has been audited yet. An audit on bklink.uk checks each one — still there, followed or not, where it sits — and marks this report audited.
How it links out
No links to other sites in the 10 articles read.
Tech stack
Page speed
Chrome users, 28 days to 1 Nov 2026: LCP 2.7 s · INP 150 ms · CLS 0.20 — does not pass Core Web Vitals.
Devices: 46% phone · 52% desktop · 2% tablet — share of Chrome page loads, same 28 days.
Domain and hosting
- Domain registered
- 14 March 1998
- Content category
- gaming
- Server address
- 104.18.38.210
- Hosting network
- Cloudflare (CDN)
How to use this report
- Price check. BV puts one new followed link from igdb.com at $79 (level C), priced on a blend of link types (A 1% · B 3% · C 95%): $40 to an unrelated site (×0.5), $99 to a same-topic site (×1.25). A followed editorial link (level A) would be worth up to $628 before relevance. A quote far above $79 for a level C link pays for what BV does not measure.
- Qualification and risk. Its Site Strength is 70 / 100; the link it usually gives is mostly level C — usually neutralised (a press-release, syndicated, profile or forum link).
- Traffic reality check. Set any traffic claim beside the Sept 2026 estimate: 1.5M monthly visits, 47% from organic search (715.8K). Visits rose 0.7% from Jul 2026 to Sept 2026. Its top keyword by Visits (est.) is “scarlet skips”, about 8,900 a month; the ad value beside it is the whole market's.
Quick answers about igdb.com
What is a link from igdb.com worth?
BV, mxverify's backlink value, is an estimate of what one new followed link from a site is worth to rankings: by BV 2.9, a new followed link from igdb.com is worth about $79 (level C). Relevance moves it: $40 to an unrelated site, $99 to a same-topic site.
In short: a link from igdb.com is worth about $79 to rankings, up to $99 on the same topic.
Source: mxverify BV 2.9 methodology
Is a link from igdb.com worth placing?
That depends on the kind of link: by BV 2.9, a link from igdb.com is worth $628 as an editorial citation (level A), $314 as a guest, sponsored or listed link (level B), $63 as a press-release, syndicated, profile or forum link (level C), $31 as a network link (level D), before relevance. A price far above $79 for a level C link pays for something BV does not measure, such as the site's own readers.
Source: mxverify BV 2.9 methodology
How does igdb.com's BV compare with other sites?
At about $79 a link, igdb.com is in the “$50 to $99” value band, with 353 of the 4,052 sites valued on mxverify. 488 sites are in a higher band.
In short: 488 of the 4,052 valued sites sit in a higher value band than igdb.com.
Source: mxverify's own directory, counted at the last daily update
How much traffic does igdb.com get?
igdb.com gets about 1.5M visits a month (Sept 2026), by a modelled estimate of all its visitors, not analytics measured on the site. 47% of them (715.8K) come from organic search. Visits rose 0.7% from Jul 2026 to Sept 2026.
In short: igdb.com draws about 1.5M visits a month, up 0.7% since Jul 2026.
Does igdb.com pass Core Web Vitals?
No: real Chrome users see igdb.com's largest content load in 2.7 s (LCP), and at least one vital reported for it is not at Google's good level. The figures are from the Chrome UX Report (CC BY 4.0), the 75th percentile of real visits. Core Web Vitals describe how a page feels to its visitors; BV does not use them.
In short: igdb.com does not pass Core Web Vitals on real-user data.
Source: Chrome UX Report, 28 days to 1 Nov 2026; web.dev: Web Vitals
How old is igdb.com?
The domain igdb.com was registered in 1998, 28 years ago.
Source: the public registration record; RFC 9083: RDAP JSON responses
Has igdb.com been audited?
No link placed on igdb.com has been audited yet, so this report shows no rates for how its links behave. Its backlink value comes from site-level figures (its authority rating, traffic and our reading of its articles), not from audited placements.
In short: igdb.com's report is valued, not audited.
How BV is worked out
A followed editorial link from igdb.com would be worth up to $628 under BV 2.9, before relevance: its Site Strength is 70 out of 100. The link it usually gives is level C, worth about $79 — and relevance to the site it points to moves that between $40 and $99.
- Site Strength
- 70
- Worth up to
- $628
- Usual link type
- Mostly level C — usually neutralised · A 1%, B 3%, C 95% → ×0.13
- Relevance to your site
- ×1
- BV score
- $79 per link
- Domain registered
- 14 March 1998
A link from igdb.com, by link type
A link from igdb.com at each level. What each level means.
| Level | Factor | Value |
|---|---|---|
| A — Counted | ×1 | $628 |
| B — May be discounted | ×0.5 | $314 |
| C — Usually neutralised | ×0.1 | $63 |
| D — Network | ×0.05 | $31 |
How igdb.com links out: the full reading
Read by mxverify on 4 November 2026: the homepage and 10 articles (10 from across its sitemap). 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.
Thin sample
Articles read
| Article | Published | Words | Links out | Followed | Says |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Couch Co-Op owned games - Stormbringer | Aug 2021 | 41 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Xbox E3 2017 Briefing - fror | Mar 2024 | 41 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Want to Play - AlphaTrash_ | Apr 2020 | 40 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 3. Amazon Gaming - dukenukem263 | Sept 2022 | 40 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Want to Play - Snipermanx | Jun 2026 | 40 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Games I've Worked On - Sonicboomcolt | Feb 2025 | 45 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Want to Play - NNtertainmentTV | Feb 2021 | 40 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Want to Play - Snowrat | Jan 2022 | 40 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Nintendo Switch owned games - scottpilgrim2021 | Jul 2021 | 55 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Want to Play - speedyfolf | Sept 2021 | 40 | 0 | 0 | — |
Jev, the model that judges every link in a bklink audit, reads these pages as a site whose links are mostly level C — A 17%, B 3.0%, C 80%, 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 1.4%, B 3.4%, C 95%, D 0%.
Traffic in detail
Modelled estimates for Sept 2026, as of 4 November 2026: site-wide, all visitors, not analytics measured on the site itself.
| Keyword | Searches / mo | CPC | Ad value / mo | Visits (est.) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| igdb | 26.8K† | — | — | 51.7K |
| scarlet skips | 488.8K† | $0.30† | $146.6K† | 8,900 |
| choicer voicer | 1.8M | $0.31 | $567.3K | 8,140 |
| the choicer voicer | 823K | $0.43 | $353.9K | 3,890 |
| igdb api | 2,370† | — | — | 3,460 |
AI assistants
AI assistants sent about 8,435 visits in Sept 2026 — 0.5% of all visits. Each assistant's share of those visits, by month:
Server and network
Its domain was registered in 1998.
mxverify looked up igdb.com's address: it is served through Cloudflare (CDN), a content delivery network. Its address is shared edge infrastructure used by unrelated sites, so it cannot show who else runs on the same server, and sharing the network is no sign of a connection.
Cloudflare (CDN) fronts millions of unrelated sites, so sharing it says nothing about who runs a site. The count is shown; the sites are not listed.
Where each figure comes from
| Figure | Source | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Backlink value | BV 2.9 | Site Strength × link type; link type from our reading of the site |
| Links placed here | bklink audits | None audited yet |
| How it links out | Read by mxverify | 0 links to other sites in 10 articles, published Apr 2020 – Jun 2026; read 4 Nov 2026 Thin sample |
| Traffic | Third-party estimates | Modelled estimates for Sept 2026, site-wide and for all visitors, as of 4 Nov 2026 |
| Authority | Ahrefs Domain Rating | Half of Site Strength, shown in steps of 5, as of 4 Nov 2026; the rating itself is not shown |
| Server and network | mxverify's DNS and ASN lookup | 104.18.38.210 · Cloudflare (CDN) · a CDN edge, shared by unrelated sites |
| Domain age | Domain registry (RDAP) | Registered 14 Mar 1998 |
Limitations: what this report does not show
- No link on this publication has been audited yet, so nothing here describes how its links behave.
- A CDN address is shared by unrelated sites, so it says nothing about ownership; no neighbours are listed for it.
- igdb.com gives more than one kind of link (A 1% · B 3% · C 95%), so BV prices a blend of them: an editorial link there would be worth $628 and a guest or sponsored one $314, before relevance.