Website traffic checker: see how popular any site is, for free

Enter a domain like example.com

Free, no sign-up. You'll see the traffic signals we found, plus authority and domain age.

Only the owner of a website knows its exact traffic: it lives in their analytics. Everyone else, including every "traffic checker" on the market, works with estimates. A good checker tells you where each number comes from and how rough it is. That's what this one does.

What the Satelo checker shows

Enter a domain and the checker collects public signals about how many people actually use the site. Depending on the site, you'll see one or more of these:

• Verified visits. If the site is connected to Satelo, traffic comes from the plugin's own counter and is marked as verified. This is the only case where we show a measured number rather than an estimate.
• Popularity rank (Tranco). Tranco is a research list of the top one million domains, built by combining several popularity rankings over time to make it harder to manipulate. If a domain is in it, we show its rank and a rough monthly visits band. The band is our own coarse rule of thumb: top 1,000 means 10M+ visits a month, top 10,000 means 1M–10M, top 100,000 means 100k–1M, and the rest of the list 10k–100k. Treat it as an order of magnitude, not a measurement.
• Real Chrome users (CrUX). The Chrome UX Report only includes sites with enough real Chrome visitors to report on. If a site is in it, real people visit it regularly; if it isn't, the site is either small or new. We use this as a presence signal, not a visit count.
• Third-party estimates for network sites. For sites in the Satelo network, we also show Similarweb or Semrush estimates where they exist.

Next to traffic, the same report shows link authority from the open web index and domain age, which together make up the Quality Score. Every value is shown with its source.

What it doesn't show (and why)

We don't invent precise visit counts for sites that aren't connected. Most small sites are below the threshold of any public dataset, so a tool that confidently says "2,413 visits a month" for a ten-page blog is guessing. We also don't show traffic sources, keywords or country splits for third-party sites: that data either belongs to the owner or comes from paid panels. Our article on the best free website traffic checkers compares what other tools offer.

How traffic estimates are made elsewhere

Commercial tools mostly combine three methods. Clickstream panels watch a sample of users through browser extensions or apps and scale it up, which works for big sites and gets noisy for small ones. Search models take a site's rankings, multiply by search volume and an assumed click-through rate, so they only see search traffic. Rank lists such as Tranco say how popular a domain is relative to others, not how many visits it gets. That's why two tools can disagree several times over on the same small site. If you need to decide something based on traffic, look at several signals together.

How to check a competitor's traffic

1. Run the domain through the checker above and note the rank, CrUX presence and domain age.
2. Compare with a free plan of Similarweb or Semrush, keeping in mind that both are estimates.
3. Look for public stats: some sites publish an open analytics counter or a media kit with numbers.
4. Check how many of their pages are indexed and whether they rank for the queries you care about.

The step-by-step version is in how to check website traffic for free. If you're vetting a site before buying a guest post, use the checklist in how to check a site before buying.

Checking your own site

For your own site, skip estimates and use first-party data: Google Search Console shows clicks and impressions from Google, your analytics shows all visits, and Bing Webmaster Tools covers Bing. If you connect your site to Satelo, partners in the network see your traffic as verified, which makes it easier to find article exchange partners of your level.

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FAQ

Can I see the exact traffic of someone else's website?

No. Exact numbers live only in the owner's analytics. Every public tool shows estimates; the Satelo checker shows a measured number only for sites connected to Satelo, marked as verified.

Is the Satelo traffic checker free?

Yes. Checking any domain is free and doesn't require an account. Satelo is in public beta.

Where does the traffic data come from?

From the Satelo plugin counter for connected sites, the Tranco top-1M list, the Chrome UX Report, and Similarweb or Semrush estimates for sites in the Satelo network. Each value is shown with its source.

Why does a small site show no traffic data?

Most small sites are below the threshold of public datasets such as Tranco and the Chrome UX Report. No data doesn't mean no visitors; it means there is no public evidence yet.

Why do traffic checkers disagree with each other?

They use different methods: user panels, search ranking models or popularity lists. For small sites the differences can be large, so compare several signals instead of trusting one number.

How do I get my traffic shown as verified?

Connect your site to Satelo with the WordPress plugin or the API feed. The plugin's counter then reports your visits, and the checker marks them as verified.