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kernel.org had about 852.54K visits in September 2026, down 6.69% from August; most traffic is direct.

The Linux Kernel Archives

Website traffic

How much traffic does kernel.org get?

852.54K

-6.69%MoMEstimated monthly visits
789986.78K657.85K328.93K0
Global rank

61,473

Country rank · United States

46,667

Category rank · Programming and Developer Software

928

Average visit duration

02:05

Pages per visit

2.92

Bounce rate

53.29%

Domain age

30 years

Search share

20.4%

Sources

Where does kernel.org's traffic come from?

  • Direct
    52.2%
  • Search
    20.4%
  • Social
    12.2%
  • Referrals
    11.3%
  • Generative AI
    2.6%
  • Email
    1.3%
  • Display ads
    0.0%
  • Other
    0.0%
  • Paid search
    0.0%

Regions

Which countries visit kernel.org?

  • United States
    25.6%
  • China
    14.2%
  • India
    7.7%
  • Germany
    4.2%
  • Japan
    3.6%

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Search visibility

What keywords send traffic to kernel.org?

Keyword samples

Estimated visitsMonthly searchesVisits ÷ searches
  1. linux kernelBRAND4.92K16.99K29%
  2. linuxBRAND2.72K569.92K1%
  3. kernelBRAND2.31K99.98K2%
  4. kernel linuxBRAND8201.86K44%
  5. ar9220驱动 linuxBRAND580—

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 kernel.org show publicly?

  • HTTP 200
  • Email authentication
  • Hosting ASN
HTTP
200
Page size
18.7 KiB
Hosting
AKAMAI-LINODE-AP · AS63949
Email authentication
SPF · DMARC quarantine
TLS
TLSv1.3 · 34 days
Page and SEO
Title
The Linux Kernel Archives
Cross-origin redirect
No
Word count
207
Internal / external links
74 / 11
Language
en
H1 / H2
2 / 2
Images missing alt
0 / 8
Feed / Manifest / AMP
Feed
Technology and tracking
Server
nginx
Security headers
5 / 6
HSTS / CSP
HSTS · CSP
Email and DNS securitySet
SPF
Set
DMARC
Set · quarantine
DKIM selectors
default
IPv6
AAAA present
Site verification TXT
Google
SOA
ns11.constellix.com
NS
ns11.constellix.com. · ns21.constellix.com. · ns31.constellix.com. · 3 more
MX
10 smtp1.kernel.org. · 10 smtp2.kernel.org. · 10 smtp3.kernel.org.
Hosting and networkAS63949
A
172.105.4.254
AAAA
2600:3c04:e001:324:0:1991:8:25
Hosting ASN
AS63949 · 172.105.0.0/19
Hosting organization
AKAMAI-LINODE-AP - Akamai Connected Cloud
Hosting country
US
BGP announcement
Yes
Reverse DNS
tor.source.kernel.org
TLS
TLSv1.3 · Verified
Certificate issuer
YE1
Certificate remaining
34 days
Certificate SAN
DNS:android.kernel.org · DNS:git.kernel.org · DNS:kernel.org · DNS:linux.kernel.org · 5 more
robots and AI crawlingHTTP 404
Robots.txt
404
Well-known public paths
Present / checked
0 / 5

Website information

When was kernel.org registered?

Domain
kernel.org
Registration status
Domain registered
Registered
1997-03-07
Registrar
Gandi SAS
Expires
2027-03-08
Domain age
30 years
DNSSEC
No
Registry status
client 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.