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58%
58% -- top 10 search ranking rate for Human-written blog content (2024)
In a 2024 Semrush study of 20,000 blog posts, 58% of human-written content ranked in the top 10 search results.
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58%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2024
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Sample Size
20,000
Evidence Quality
B
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Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Semrush
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Tier C
https://dcbdigital.com.au/ai-vs-human-seo-content/ ↗
Source Article
AI vs Human SEO Content: What Performs Best
Search engines don’t care who wrote your content. People do.
As AI tools flood the web with faster, cheaper copy, the question isn’t just “Can it rank?” It’s “Will anyone click, read, or trust it?” That’s where the real difference shows up.
At DCB Digital, we help businesses cut through the noise wi…
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Semrush 2024 study of 20,000 blog posts measuring share of human-written content ranking in top 10 search results
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Human-written blog content: 58% top 10 search ranking rate. Source: Semrush (2024). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/human-written-content-top-10-ranking-rate-2024
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