Last updated: September 2026
Global rank: Worldwide · 2026-09
#268,666
AI visibility: Grade A
87
SEO health: Latest audit
76
Visits
64
per month, estimated
Keywords
183
ranking in Google
Organic share
100%
64 organic visits
LLMS.txt
Published
140 lines AI engines can read
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elreferente.es Company Profile
El Referente functions as Spain's main magazine dedicated to the world of startups and innovation. Through its pages and online presence, it shares stories about new business ventures, technological advances, and the people behind them. In addition to its journalistic work, the company runs what is described as the largest platform for data concerning Spanish companies and venture capital funds. This combination allo…
Founded in 2015 (about 11 years ago), elreferente is based in Madrid, Spain. Its workforce is listed as between 11 and 50 employees. Its profile files it under Media, with further tags for Startups, Innovation and Business Model. Products on record for it: Revista Digital, Plataforma de Datos sobre Startups and Contenido de Innovación. Its tagline reads: "Revista líder en startups e innovación en España".
- Sector
- Media
- Headquarters
- Madrid, Spain
- Founded
- 2015
- Employees
- 11-50
- Revenue
- Not Disclosed
- Funding
- Not Disclosed
- Products
- Revista Digital, Plataforma de Datos sobre Startups, Contenido de Innovación
elreferente.es Web Traffic Statistics
Key findings
- elreferente (Media) is ranked #268,666 worldwide in our September 2026 domain ranking, up 5,248 places from #273,914 in August 2026.
- It is estimated to receive about 64 visits a month from search, 100% of it organic, across 183 ranking keywords.
- Its AI visibility score is 87 out of 100 (grade A), with a published llms.txt of 140 lines.
- Its last technical audit scored 76/100, with "Implement H1 Tags" the highest-priority fix.
| Month | Rank | Move |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | #268,666 | ▲ 5,248 |
| August 2026 | #273,914 | ▲ 3,313 |
| July 2026 | #277,227 | ▼ 7,458 |
| June 2026 | #269,769 | — |
| May 2026 | #269,769 | ▲ 17,910 |
| April 2026 | #287,679 | ▲ 54,622 |
| March 2026 | #342,301 | ▼ 28,721 |
| February 2026 | #313,580 | — |
What this company does
El Referente functions as Spain's main magazine dedicated to the world of startups and innovation. Through its pages and online presence, it shares stories about new business ventures, technological advances, and the people behind them. In addition to its journalistic work, the company runs what is described as the largest platform for data concerning Spanish companies and venture capital funds. This combination allo…
Our read on the site
The overall SEO health of elreferente.es is moderate, with a strong SEO score of 92 but significant issues in performance and on-page elements. The site lacks H1 tags and has several broken internal links, which can hinder both user experience and search engine indexing.
elreferente.es Traffic and Visitor Engagement
Search engines send elreferente.es an estimated 64 visits a month. Effectively all of it is organic — about 64 visits from unpaid results. Spread across 183 ranking keywords, that averages roughly 0.3 organic visits per keyword.
Monthly visits
64
Latest estimate
Change
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It starts building from the first scan
Organic visits
64
100% of all traffic
Paid visits
0
No paid search detected
Organic vs paid
100%
0%
We don't hold a month-by-month history for this domain yet.
The traffic dashboard builds one from the first scan onwards.
elreferente.es AI Visibility
elreferente.es scores 87 out of 100 on our AI visibility scale, grade A. It takes full marks for LLMS.txt and Structured data. The biggest gap is Company profile, at 19 of 25 points (6/8 core fields), worth 6 points if closed. It also loses points on Crawlability (5/10) and SEO health (18/20).
Grade A
Scored from this domain's own data — llms.txt, profile completeness, technical health, crawlability and structured data.
Present
6/8 core fields
92/100
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elreferente.es LLMS.txt
The llms.txt on elreferente.es runs to 140 lines (6,166 characters) across 12 sections, last generated in March 2026. It introduces the site as "El Referente - Startups e Innovación en España". It tells AI engines the business works in Media, Startups and Innovation. It describes 3 products, with prices such as Revista Digital at Free with subscription options and Contenido de Innovación at Free. Services it lists include Consultoría para Startups and Eventos y Networking. The audience it names is Entrepreneurs, Investors, Business Professionals, Tech Enthusiasts, aged 25-45 (Spain, Europe). Technologies it mentions include HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, PHP and MySQL. The keywords it claims start with "startups", "innovation", "venture capital" and "entrepreneurship".
Status
Published
AI engines can read it
Lines
140
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Size
6.2K
Characters
Sections
12
Updated Mar 24, 2026
What the file says
# El Referente - Startups e Innovación en España ## About El Referente es una revista líder en el ámbito de startups e innovación en España, proporcionando una plataforma integral de datos sobre empresas emergentes y Venture Capital. Su contenido está diseñado para apoyar a emprendedores, inversores y profesionales del sector con información valiosa sobre tendencias, financiamiento y oportunidades en el ecosistema empresarial. Con un enfoque en la innovación, El Referente se ha consolidado como un recurso esencial para estar al tanto de las últimas novedades en el mundo de las startups. **Areas of Work:** Media, Startups, Innovation ## Things to Remember - **Website:** https://elreferente.es - **Address:** Madrid, Spain - **Contact:** [email protected] - **Phone:** Not Available - **Hours:** Mon-Fri: 9AM-6PM - **Timezone:** Europe/Madrid - **Currency:** EUR - **Company Type:** Private - **Employees:** 25 employees - **Revenue:** Not Disclosed - **Hiring Status:** Yes, actively hiring ## Products - **Revista Digital** (Free with subscription options): Una publicación digital que cubre noticias, tendencias y análisis sobre startups e innovación en España. - **Plataforma de Datos sobre Startups** (Contact for pricing): Base de datos completa con información sobre startups, inversores y rondas de financiación en el ecosistema español. - **Contenido de Innovación** (Free): Art
Sections in the file
Areas of work
Keywords it claims
Technologies
Products it tells AI about
- Revista DigitalFree with subscription options
- Plataforma de Datos sobre StartupsContact for pricing
- Contenido de InnovaciónFree
Services it tells AI about
- Consultoría para StartupsContact for quote
- Eventos y NetworkingContact for quote
Competitors it names
Audience it targets
Entrepreneurs, Investors, Business Professionals, Tech Enthusiasts · 25-45 · Spain, Europe
Company type
Private · actively hiring
elreferente.es Organic Keywords
Google lists elreferente.es for about 183 keywords, which together bring an estimated 64 organic visits a month.
Ranking keywords
183
Found in Google for this domain
Visits they bring
64
Estimated organic visits a month
Top ranking keywords
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What it ranks for
elreferente.es SEO Audit
The latest technical audit of elreferente.es scored 76 out of 100 overall. Performance is its weakest area at 48, while SEO scores highest at 92. The audit makes 12 recommendations in all, and 4 of the 4 listed first are rated high priority or critical.
Overall
SEO
Excellent
Performance
Accessibility
Fix these first
- CriticalImplement H1 Tags
- HighFix Broken Links
- HighAdd Alt Text to Images
- CriticalCreate and Submit Sitemap
8 more recommendations, with the exact changes and the pages they apply to, are in the full report.
elreferente.es Competitors and Alternatives
elreferente's company profile names startups.com, techcrunch.com and elconfidencial.com as competitors. Its own llms.txt adds venturebeat.com, forbes.com, entrepreneur.com and inc.com. Outside its market, the domains ranked closest to it in our worldwide ranking are unblockrvpn.com, ns.km.ua, califabrics.com and uboundpuggree.com.
elreferente.es Traffic by Country
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