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1,130,000,000
1,130,000,000 -- ai referral visits for top 1,000 websites (2025-06)
AI-referred traffic to the top 1,000 websites reached 1.13 billion visits in June 2025.
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1,130,000,000
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Count
Data Vintage
2025-06
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B
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50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
dont-feed-the-algorithm.beehiiv.com
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Tier C
https://dont-feed-the-algorithm.beehiiv.com/p/organic-ctr-dropped-61-brand-mentions-beat-backlinks-3… ↗
Source Article
HubSpot Lost 27% Traffic, Now Sells the Fix | Issue 048
🔢 16%
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🐊 Editor's Note
Readiness.
TL;DR this week:
📊 Only 16% of brands track AI search performance — while AI referral traffic tripled YoY and converts 3x higher (HubSpot, Microsoft)
🔧 HubSpot launched a $50/month AEO tool after admitting its own customers' organic traffic is down 27%
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top 1,000 websites: 1,130,000,000 ai referral visits. Source: dont-feed-the-algorithm.beehiiv.com (2025-06). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai-referred-visits-1-13b
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