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22%

22% -- share of new pages ranking in top 10 google for new websites (aged 1 year or less) (2026)

2026  · Ahrefs

Only 22% of new websites existing for 1 year or less reach the top 10 Google search results.

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22%
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2026
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new websites (aged 1 year or less)
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Confidence: 48/100 Vintage: 2026 Channel: Deep Crawl
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Ahrefs platform study on Google ranking outcomes by domain age, cited by Jellinek agency blog

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new websites (aged 1 year or less): 22% share of new pages ranking in top 10 google. Source: Ahrefs (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/new-pages-top10-google-22pct
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