Surfer statistics, October 2026
Miles FosterOwner and tester, RankDude
Every month I measure Surfer with data from DataForSEO, Tranco and Ahrefs, in the 4 categories it is listed in: AI SEO tool, AI writing assistant, AI detector and AI blog writer. In October 2026 it got about 101,189 visits from Google, 57% fewer 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
Surfer
surferseo.comContent optimisation and AI writing tool that scores pages against the search results for a keyword, for content and SEO teams.
- Listed in
- AI SEO tool, AI writing assistant, AI detector, AI blog writer
- Tested
- Not yet
- Visits from Google
- 101K
- -57% vs a year ago
- Searches for its name (US)
- 2.9K
- a month, September 2026
- Domain Rating
- 85
- Ahrefs, 0 to 100
- Referring domains
- 21.0K
- sites linking to it
1Visits from Google to Surfer
Surfer got 101,189 visits from Google search in October 2026, 57% fewer than a year ago and 38% fewer than in September 2026. Its best month in the last 24 was July 2025, with 433,100.
- Visits, October 2026
- 101,189 worldwide
- US visits
- 19,203 (-53% on a year ago)
- Peak, last 24 months
- 433,100 in July 2025
WorldVisits a month from Google to surferseo.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
58% of Surfer’s visits come from United States, followed by India, United Kingdom and Australia.
| Country | Visits from Google | Share |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 32,204 | 58% |
| India | 13,556 | 24% |
| United Kingdom | 3,261 | 6% |
| Australia | 3,011 | 5% |
| Canada | 2,966 | 5% |
| Germany | 423 | 1% |
| Brazil | 281 | 1% |
| France | 168 | 0% |
Country
- United States
- Visits from Google
- 32,204
- Share
- 58%
- India
- Visits from Google
- 13,556
- Share
- 24%
- United Kingdom
- Visits from Google
- 3,261
- Share
- 6%
- Australia
- Visits from Google
- 3,011
- Share
- 5%
- Canada
- Visits from Google
- 2,966
- Share
- 5%
- Germany
- Visits from Google
- 423
- Share
- 1%
- Brazil
- Visits from Google
- 281
- Share
- 1%
- France
- Visits from Google
- 168
- Share
- 0%
Source: DataForSEO, the eight countries I measure, October 2026. The shares are of those eight.
3How often people search for Surfer
People in the US typed “surfer seo” into Google 2,900 times in September 2026. Worldwide the name is searched about 33,100 times a month on a 12-month average.
USSearches a month for "surfer seo", United States
Source: Google Ads keyword data via DataForSEO, to September 2026.
4Where Surfer sits on Google
Surfer 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 surferseo.com at 26,214.
| Category search | Google US position | Tranco rank | Sites measured |
|---|---|---|---|
| “ai seo tools” | not in the top 100 | 26,214 | 43 |
| “ai writing assistant” | not in the top 100 | 26,094 | 133 |
| “ai detector” | not in the top 100 | 26,094 | 27 |
| “ai blog writer” | not in the top 100 | 26,094 | 24 |
Category search
- Google US position
- not in the top 100
- Tranco rank
- 26,214
- Sites measured
- 43
- Google US position
- not in the top 100
- Tranco rank
- 26,094
- Sites measured
- 133
- Google US position
- not in the top 100
- Tranco rank
- 26,094
- Sites measured
- 27
- Google US position
- not in the top 100
- Tranco rank
- 26,094
- Sites measured
- 24
Source: DataForSEO (Google US positions, desktop) and Tranco, October 2026. Each row links to that category’s statistics.
5Links and rating
Ahrefs rates surferseo.com 85 out of 100 for the strength of the sites linking to it, and DataForSEO counts 21,010 domains linking to it (19,523 main domains).
- Domain Rating
- 85 / 100 (Ahrefs)
- Referring domains
- 21,010 (DataForSEO)
Domains linking to surferseo.com
Source: DataForSEO backlinks, to October 2026.
Where to go next
- AI SEO tool statisticsThe AI SEO tool market: demand, trends, report and forecast.
- AI writing assistant statisticsThe AI writing assistant market: demand, trends, report and forecast.
- AI detector statisticsThe AI detector market: demand, trends, report and forecast.
- AI blog writer statisticsThe AI blog writer market: demand, trends, report and forecast.
- AI tools statisticsEvery measured AI tool site, one page each.
This page monitors Surfer with measured data. It is not a grade: RankDude grades only what it has tested.