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cancer.gov had about 2.79M visits in September 2026, up 17.26% from August; most traffic is search.

Comprehensive Cancer Information - NCI

Website traffic

How much traffic does cancer.gov get?

2.79M

+17.26%MoMEstimated monthly visits
7893.01M2.01M1M0
Global rank

24,195

Country rank · United States

9,167

Category rank · Health Conditions and Concerns

15

Average visit duration

01:33

Pages per visit

2.02

Bounce rate

67.24%

Domain age

27 years

Search share

53.6%

Sources

Where does cancer.gov's traffic come from?

  • Search
    53.6%
  • Direct
    32.8%
  • Referrals
    7.6%
  • Generative AI
    2.7%
  • Social
    1.8%
  • Email
    1.3%
  • Display ads
    0.1%
  • Paid search
    0.0%
  • Other
    0.0%

Regions

Which countries visit cancer.gov?

  • United States
    51.7%
  • Mexico
    7.3%
  • India
    2.9%
  • Spain
    2.4%
  • Peru
    2.2%

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Search visibility

What keywords send traffic to cancer.gov?

Keyword samples

Estimated visitsMonthly searchesVisits ÷ searches
  1. psa30.09K411.38K7%
  2. tcga5.86K5.31K110%
  3. cancerBRAND4.93K120.66K4%
  4. nci4.32K15.8K27%
  5. colon4.27K180.38K2%

Keyword rankings

Keyword rankings

Example · google.comUnited States · English

86.4M

Search estimate

New 1 · Up 2

Ranking keywords
12,400
Landing pages
4
Search competitors
4
AI citations
2
PositionEstimated visits
  1. google#142M
  2. gmail#118.2M
  3. google maps#19.4M
  4. google drive#14.1M

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Baidu rank

Site profile

What does cancer.gov show publicly?

  • HTTP 200
  • Email authentication
  • Hosting ASN
  • DNSSEC
HTTP
200
Page size
41.4 KiB
Hosting
NCIFCRF · AS6150
Email authentication
SPF · DMARC reject
TLS
TLSv1.2 · 156 days
Page and SEOSchema 1
Title
Comprehensive Cancer Information - NCI
Description
Accurate, up-to-date, comprehensive cancer information from the U.S. government's principal agency for cancer research.
Cross-origin redirect
Yes
Word count
375
Internal / external links
34 / 11
Canonical
https://www.cancer.gov/
Language
en
H1 / H2
0 / 7
Images missing alt
2 / 13
Schema
WebSite
Hreflang
en · es
OG / Twitter
OG · Twitter
Feed / Manifest / AMP
Manifest
Technology and tracking
External script hosts
assets.adobedtm.com
Social links
facebook.com · twitter.com · instagram.com · youtube.com · linkedin.com
Generator
Drupal 10 (https://www.drupal.org)
Server
nginx
Security headers
3 / 6
HSTS / CSP
HSTS
Email and DNS securitySet
SPF
Set
DMARC
Set · reject
DKIM selectors
Not found
IPv6
AAAA present
DNSSEC
DNSKEY · AD
CAA issuers
amazon.com · digicert.com · entrust.net · godaddy.com · 3 more
Site verification TXT
Facebook · Google
SOA
ns.nih.gov
NS
ns.nih.gov. · ns2.nih.gov. · ns3.nih.gov.
MX
10 nihcesxway.hub.nih.gov. · 10 nihcesxway2.hub.nih.gov. · 10 nihcesxway3.hub.nih.gov. · 8 more
Hosting and networkAS6150
A
129.43.254.39
AAAA
2607:f220:41d:21c1::812b:fe27
Hosting ASN
AS6150 · 129.43.0.0/16
Hosting organization
NCIFCRF - National Cancer Institute
Hosting country
US
BGP announcement
Yes
Reverse DNS
gem-measures.org · nci.nih.gov · rcb.nci.nih.gov
TLS
TLSv1.2 · Verified
Certificate issuer
DigiCert Global G2 TLS RSA SHA256 2020 CA1
Certificate remaining
156 days
Certificate SAN
DNS:*.cancer.gov · DNS:ncif5.cancer.gov · DNS:cancer.gov
robots and AI crawlingHTTP 200
Robots.txt
200
Global Disallow /
No
Sitemap
Index · 8
AI explicitly disallowed
0
AI explicitly allowed
16
Well-known public paths
Present / checked
0 / 5

Website information

When was cancer.gov registered?

Domain
cancer.gov
Registration status
Domain registered
Registered
1999-08-23
Registrar
get.gov
Expires
2027-09-15
Domain age
27 years
DNSSEC
Yes
Registry status
server transfer prohibited

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What's in this report

The report starts with a whole-site monthly visit estimate. Search visibility and public site facts follow when they exist.

  • Website traffic is a modeled whole-site estimate, with a source, observation period and confidence.
  • Search visibility is ranking keywords and search traffic, listed separately from whole-site visits.
  • Missing or partial values stay marked in the report.