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theindependent.com had about 81.99K visits in October 2026, up 44.47% from September; most traffic is direct.

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Traffic

81.99K

+44.47%MoMEstimated monthly visits
891088.55K59.03K29.52K0
Global rank

281,606

Country rank · United States

60,790

Category rank · News and Media

2,043

Average visit duration

03:40

Pages per visit

8.28

Bounce rate

39.76%

Domain age

31 years

Search share

29.5%

Traffic sources

  • Direct
    50.6%
  • Search
    29.5%
  • Email
    13.5%
  • Social
    4.5%
  • Referrals
    1.2%
  • Generative AI
    0.5%
  • Other
    0.0%
  • Paid search
    0.0%

Regions

  • United States
    97.4%
  • United Kingdom
    1.4%
  • India
    0.7%
  • Canada
    0.5%

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Search visibility

Keyword samples

Estimated visitsMonthly searchesVisits ÷ searches
  1. 3.5K1.74K201%
  2. BRAND61099.22K1%
  3. 390108.32K0%
  4. 3805.47K7%
  5. 30024.89K1%

Keyword rankings

Keyword rankings

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Backlink rank

Global position

#43,334

88

2026-10-31

Referring IPs
3,503
Referring subnets
1,429
.COM rank
#21,150

Baidu rank

Site profile

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Website information

Domain
theindependent.com
Registration status
Domain registered
Registered
1996-03-21
Registrar
Tucows Domains Inc.
Expires
2027-03-22
Domain age
31 years
DNSSEC
No
Registry status
active

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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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theindependent.com had about 81.99K visits in October 2026, up 44.47% from September; most traffic is direct. Source: Vaneform estimates, https://vaneform.com/e/theindependent-com (updated 2026-11-13).

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