Buffer statistics, October 2026
Miles FosterOwner and tester, RankDude
Every month I measure Buffer with data from DataForSEO, Tranco and Ahrefs, in the 3 categories it is listed in: AI content generator, AI image generator and AI social media post generator. In October 2026 it got about 920,408 visits from Google, 4% more than a year ago.
Below: visits over two years, where the visitors live, how often people search its name, its Google position for each category search and its links and rating.
Data from DataForSEO, Tranco, Chrome UX Report, Ahrefs and SerpApi · not a ranking
Buffer
buffer.comSocial media scheduler with an AI assistant for drafting posts, for creators and small teams.
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- Visits from Google
- 920K
- +4% vs a year ago
- Searches for its name (US)
- 5.4K
- a month, September 2026
- Domain Rating
- 91
- Ahrefs, 0 to 100
- Referring domains
- 96.9K
- sites linking to it
1Visits from Google to Buffer
Buffer got 920,408 visits from Google search in October 2026, 4% more than a year ago and about as many as in September 2026. Its best month in the last 24 was December 2024, with 3,765,453.
- Visits, October 2026
- 920,408 worldwide
- US visits
- 115,280 (-2% on a year ago)
- Peak, last 24 months
- 3,765,453 in December 2024
WorldVisits a month from Google to buffer.com, worldwide
Source: DataForSEO, estimated visits from Google search, to October 2026.
USVisits a month from Google, United States
Source: DataForSEO, United States, to October 2026.
2Where the visitors live
61% of Buffer’s visits come from India, followed by United States, United Kingdom and Canada.
| Country | Visits from Google | Share |
|---|---|---|
| India | 439,557 | 61% |
| United States | 205,759 | 28% |
| United Kingdom | 27,470 | 4% |
| Canada | 24,639 | 3% |
| Brazil | 16,089 | 2% |
| Australia | 6,939 | 1% |
| Germany | 3,492 | 0% |
| France | 2,038 | 0% |
Country
- India
- Visits from Google
- 439,557
- Share
- 61%
- United States
- Visits from Google
- 205,759
- Share
- 28%
- United Kingdom
- Visits from Google
- 27,470
- Share
- 4%
- Canada
- Visits from Google
- 24,639
- Share
- 3%
- Brazil
- Visits from Google
- 16,089
- Share
- 2%
- Australia
- Visits from Google
- 6,939
- Share
- 1%
- Germany
- Visits from Google
- 3,492
- Share
- 0%
- France
- Visits from Google
- 2,038
- Share
- 0%
Source: DataForSEO, the eight countries I measure, October 2026. The shares are of those eight.
3How often people search for Buffer
People in the US typed “buffer social media” into Google 5,400 times in September 2026. Worldwide the name is searched about 14,800 times a month on a 12-month average.
USSearches a month for "buffer social media", United States
Source: Google Ads keyword data via DataForSEO, to September 2026.
4Where Buffer sits on Google
Buffer is not in Google's top 100 for any of the category searches I track it in, and the Tranco list of the most visited sites puts buffer.com at 4,351.
| Category search | Google US position | Tranco rank | Sites measured |
|---|---|---|---|
| “ai content generator” | not in the top 100 | 4,351 | 67 |
| “ai image generator” | not in the top 100 | – | 131 |
| “ai social media post generator” | not in the top 100 | 4,336 | 20 |
Category search
- Google US position
- not in the top 100
- Tranco rank
- 4,351
- Sites measured
- 67
- Google US position
- not in the top 100
- Tranco rank
- –
- Sites measured
- 131
- Google US position
- not in the top 100
- Tranco rank
- 4,336
- Sites measured
- 20
Source: DataForSEO (Google US positions, desktop) and Tranco, October 2026. Each row links to that category’s statistics.
5Links and rating
Ahrefs rates buffer.com 91 out of 100 for the strength of the sites linking to it, and DataForSEO counts 96,916 domains linking to it (87,102 main domains).
- Domain Rating
- 91 / 100 (Ahrefs)
- Referring domains
- 96,916 (DataForSEO)
Domains linking to buffer.com
Source: DataForSEO backlinks, to October 2026.
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