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stanford.edu had about 19.07M visits in September 2026, up 16.63% from August; the top source is search.

Stanford University

Website traffic

How much traffic does stanford.edu get?

19.07M

+16.63%MoMEstimated monthly visits
78920.6M13.73M6.87M0
Global rank

2,400

Country rank · United States

724

Category rank · Universities and Colleges

13

Average visit duration

03:11

Pages per visit

4.78

Bounce rate

51.12%

Search share

41.4%

Sources

Where does stanford.edu's traffic come from?

  • Search
    41.4%
  • Direct
    36.5%
  • Referrals
    11.7%
  • Social
    5.2%
  • Generative AI
    2.3%
  • Email
    2.2%
  • Paid search
    0.4%
  • Display ads
    0.3%
  • Other
    0.0%

Regions

Which countries visit stanford.edu?

  • United States
    71.2%
  • India
    3.3%
  • United Kingdom
    2.0%
  • Canada
    1.9%
  • China
    1.4%

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Search visibility

What keywords send traffic to stanford.edu?

Keyword samples

Estimated visitsMonthly searchesVisits ÷ searches
  1. vlxx76.66K690.19K11%
  2. stanfordBRAND72.28K222.67K33%
  3. stanford universityBRAND58.97K149.97K39%
  4. stanford encyclopedia of philosophyBRAND57.51K36.98K156%
  5. eporner54.76K5.18M1%

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 stanford.edu show publicly?

  • HTTP 200
  • Email authentication
  • Hosting ASN
  • DNSSEC
HTTP
200
Page size
763.5 KiB
Hosting
STANFORD · AS32
Email authentication
SPF · DMARC quarantine
TLS
TLSv1.2 · 29 days
Page and SEO
Title
Stanford University
Description
At Stanford, a spirit of optimism and possibility energizes our mission of discovery and learning. Here you’ll find a place of intellectual expansiveness, wide-ranging perspectives, and freedom to explore new lines of thinking. Alive with ideas and innovation, approaching questions with openness and curiosity, pursuing excellence in all we do – this is Stanford.
Cross-origin redirect
Yes
Word count
1,365
Internal / external links
81 / 13
Canonical
https://www.stanford.edu/home
Language
en
H1 / H2
1 / 29
Images missing alt
1 / 24
OG / Twitter
OG · Twitter
Technology and tracking1 tracking
Technology clues
Next.js · React · Netlify
Tracking clues
Google Tag Manager
Social links
instagram.com · youtube.com · instagram.com · facebook.com · x.com · linkedin.com
Server
Netlify
Security headers
6 / 6
HSTS / CSP
HSTS · CSP
Email and DNS securitySet
SPF
Set
DMARC
Set · quarantine
DKIM selectors
default · k1 · s1 · s2
Mail stack
Proofpoint
IPv6
AAAA present
DNSSEC
DNSKEY · AD
Site verification TXT
Adobe · Atlassian · Google · OneTrust · Stripe
SOA
argus.stanford.edu
NS
ns5.dnsmadeeasy.com. · ns6.dnsmadeeasy.com. · ns7.dnsmadeeasy.com. · 3 more
MX
10 mxa-00000d07.gslb.pphosted.com. · 10 mxb-00000d07.gslb.pphosted.com.
Hosting and networkAS32
A
171.67.215.200
AAAA
2607:f6d0:0:925a::ab43:d7c8
Hosting ASN
AS32 · 171.64.0.0/14
Hosting organization
STANFORD - Stanford University
Hosting country
US
BGP announcement
Yes
Reverse DNS
web.stanford.edu
TLS
TLSv1.2 · Verified
Certificate issuer
InCommon RSA Server CA 2
Certificate remaining
29 days
Certificate SAN
DNS:stanford.edu · DNS:*.stanford.edu · DNS:web.stanford.edu · DNS:www-v6.stanford.edu
robots and AI crawlingHTTP 200
Robots.txt
200
Global Disallow /
No
Sitemap
URL set · 27
AI explicitly disallowed
0
AI explicitly allowed
16
Well-known public paths
Present / checked
0 / 5

Website information

Domain
stanford.edu
Registration status
Registration status unconfirmed

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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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