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dot.gov had about 7.14M visits in September 2026, up 0.06% from August; the top source is direct.

to improve the quality of life for all american people and communities, from rural to urban, and to increase the productivity and competitiveness of american workers and businesses.

Website traffic

How much traffic does dot.gov get?

7.14M

+0.06%MoMEstimated monthly visits
7898.01M5.34M2.67M0
Global rank

7,127

Country rank · United States

1,678

Category rank · Government

38

Average visit duration

04:18

Pages per visit

4.73

Bounce rate

41.48%

Domain age

29 years

Search share

37.9%

Sources

Where does dot.gov's traffic come from?

  • Direct
    47.6%
  • Search
    37.9%
  • Referrals
    7.5%
  • Email
    3.3%
  • Generative AI
    1.6%
  • Social
    1.6%
  • Display ads
    0.4%
  • Paid search
    0.0%
  • Other
    0.0%

Regions

Which countries visit dot.gov?

  • United States
    84.1%
  • Canada
    2.8%
  • Philippines
    2.5%
  • India
    1.4%
  • Colombia
    1.0%

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Search visibility

What keywords send traffic to dot.gov?

Keyword samples

Estimated visitsMonthly searchesVisits ÷ searches
  1. vin lookup86.21K120.87K71%
  2. vin decoder46K95.86K48%
  3. safer web30.23K20.95K144%
  4. vin number lookup21.25K38.61K55%
  5. fmcsa15.92K34.86K46%

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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Site profile

What does dot.gov show publicly?

Partially available
  • Email authentication
  • Hosting ASN
  • DNSSEC
Hosting
DOT-AS · AS2576
Email authentication
SPF · DMARC reject
TLS
TLSv1.3 · 39 days
Email and DNS securitySet
SPF
Set
DMARC
Set · reject
DKIM selectors
selector2 · s1 · s2
Mail stack
Microsoft 365
IPv6
No AAAA
DNSSEC
DNSKEY · AD
Site verification TXT
Apple · Atlassian · Microsoft
SOA
dot-dca-edns-wz01.idn.dot.gov
NS
a1-97.akam.net. · a5-65.akam.net. · a11-65.akam.net. · 3 more
MX
1 dot-gov.mail.protection.outlook.com.
Hosting and networkAS2576
A
204.68.196.12
Hosting ASN
AS2576 · 204.68.196.0/23
Hosting organization
DOT-AS - U. S. Department of Transportation
Hosting country
US
BGP announcement
Yes
TLS
TLSv1.3 · Verified
Certificate issuer
Entrust OV TLS Issuing RSA CA 2
Certificate remaining
39 days
Certificate SAN
DNS:dot.gov · DNS:382reporting.ost.dot.gov · DNS:airconsumer.dot.gov · DNS:animalreport.ost.dot.gov · 5 more

Website information

When was dot.gov registered?

Domain
dot.gov
Registration status
Domain registered
Registered
1997-10-02
Registrar
get.gov
Expires
2027-09-28
Domain age
29 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.
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