Last updated: October 2026
Global rank: Worldwide · 2026-09
#41,071
AI visibility: Grade A
81
SEO health: Latest audit
93
Visits
34.0K
per month, estimated
Keywords
3.7K
ranking in Google
Organic share
100%
34.0K organic visits
LLMS.txt
Published
136 lines AI engines can read
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defcon.org Company Profile
DEF CON runs one of the biggest annual gatherings for people who work in information security and like to push systems to their limits. It started small in the early nineties and grew into a five-day event that draws thousands of attendees to Las Vegas every summer. The program mixes technical talks, hands-on villages, contests, and late-night discussions that often spill into the hallways. Speakers come from every c…
Founded in 1993 (about 33 years ago), DEF CON is based in Las Vegas, USA. Its workforce is listed as between 11 and 50 employees. Its profile files it under Cybersecurity & Privacy, with further tags for Media, Entertainment & Gaming; Hacking Conferences; and Security Training. Total funding on record is Bootstrapped. Its tagline reads: "The original hacking conference since 1993".
- Sector
- Cybersecurity & Privacy
- Headquarters
- Las Vegas, USA
- Founded
- 1993
- Employees
- 11-50
- Revenue
- Not Disclosed
- Funding
- Bootstrapped
defcon.org Web Traffic Statistics
Key findings
- DEF CON (Cybersecurity & Privacy) is ranked #41,071 worldwide in our September 2026 domain ranking, inside the top 100,000, up 237 places from #41,308 in August 2026.
- It is estimated to receive about 34,000 visits a month from search, 100% of it organic, across 3,720 ranking keywords.
- Its AI visibility score is 81 out of 100 (grade A), with a published llms.txt of 136 lines.
- Its last technical audit scored 93/100, with "Implement a Sitemap" the highest-priority fix.
| Month | Rank | Move |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | #41,071 | ▲ 237 |
| August 2026 | #41,308 | ▲ 216 |
| July 2026 | #41,524 | ▲ 23,848 |
| June 2026 | #65,372 | — |
| May 2026 | #65,372 | ▼ 22,592 |
| April 2026 | #42,780 | ▼ 352 |
| March 2026 | #42,428 | ▲ 1,525 |
| February 2026 | #43,953 | — |
What this company does
DEF CON runs one of the biggest annual gatherings for people who work in information security and like to push systems to their limits. It started small in the early nineties and grew into a five-day event that draws thousands of attendees to Las Vegas every summer. The program mixes technical talks, hands-on villages, contests, and late-night discussions that often spill into the hallways. Speakers come from every c…
Our read on the site
Excellent! Strong performance and SEO.
defcon.org Traffic and Visitor Engagement
Search engines send defcon.org an estimated 34,000 visits a month. Effectively all of it is organic — about 34,000 visits from unpaid results. Spread across 3,720 ranking keywords, that averages roughly 9.1 organic visits per keyword.
Monthly visits
34.0K
Latest estimate
Change
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It starts building from the first scan
Organic visits
34.0K
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.
defcon.org AI Visibility
defcon.org scores 81 out of 100 on our AI visibility scale, grade A. It takes full marks for LLMS.txt and SEO health. The biggest gap is Company profile, at 16 of 25 points (5/8 core fields), worth 9 points if closed. It also loses points on Crawlability (5/10) and Structured data (0/5).
Grade A
Scored from this domain's own data — llms.txt, profile completeness, technical health, crawlability and structured data.
Present
5/8 core fields
100/100
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defcon.org LLMS.txt
The llms.txt on defcon.org runs to 136 lines (5,949 characters) across 12 sections, last generated in October 2026. It introduces the site as "DEF CON Hacking Conference". It tells AI engines the business works in Cybersecurity & Privacy, Security Conferences and Hacking Events. It describes 3 products, including Conference Badge, CTF Entry and Workshop Access. Services it lists include Presentations, Villages and Contests. Technologies it mentions include Website CMS and Event registration platform. The keywords it claims start with "hacking", "security", "conference" and "ctf".
Status
Published
AI engines can read it
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Size
5.9K
Characters
Sections
12
Updated Oct 9, 2026
What the file says
# DEF CON Hacking Conference ## About DEF CON has run for decades as the biggest gathering for hackers and security pros. It packs in talks from researchers, hands-on workshops, and villages where people dive deep into specific topics like lockpicking or hardware. The contests keep things competitive, especially the long-running Capture The Flag event that draws top teams from around the world. Attendees come for the raw exchange of ideas and skills that you won't find at more corporate shows. Organizers keep the focus on practical knowledge, letting participants test tools and techniques in real time. Over the years the event has grown into a yearly fixture that mixes serious technical content with the social side of the community. Sponsors and vendors set up to reach the same crowd, while the villages and contests give everyone a chance to contribute. The whole thing stays independent and community-driven, which is why it still pulls in thousands each summer. No other security event matches the scale or the unfiltered vibe that DEF CON delivers year after year. **Areas of Work:** Cybersecurity & Privacy, Security Conferences, Hacking Events ## Things to Remember - **Website:** https://defcon.org - **Address:** Las Vegas, United States - **Contact:** - **Phone:** - **Hours:** - **Timezone:** - **Currency:** - **Company Type:** Private - **Employees:** 11-50 - **Revenue
Sections in the file
Areas of work
Keywords it claims
Technologies
Products it tells AI about
- Conference BadgeContact for pricing
- CTF EntryIncluded with badge
- Workshop AccessContact for pricing
Services it tells AI about
- PresentationsIncluded
- VillagesIncluded
- ContestsIncluded
Competitors it names
Company type
Private
defcon.org Organic Keywords
Google lists defcon.org for about 3,720 keywords, which together bring an estimated 34,000 organic visits a month.
Ranking keywords
3.7K
Found in Google for this domain
Visits they bring
34.0K
Estimated organic visits a month
Top ranking keywords
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What it ranks for
defcon.org SEO Audit
The latest technical audit of defcon.org scored 93 out of 100 overall. Accessibility is its weakest area at 83, while SEO scores highest at 100. The audit makes 14 recommendations in all, and 2 of the 4 listed first are rated high priority or critical.
Overall
Excellent
SEO
Excellent
Performance
Excellent
Accessibility
Fix these first
- HighImplement a Sitemap
- HighImprove Accessibility Score
- MediumOptimize Images for Web
- MediumAdd Alt Text to Images
10 more recommendations, with the exact changes and the pages they apply to, are in the full report.
defcon.org Competitors and Alternatives
DEF CON's company profile names blackhat.com, rsaconference.com, hackinthebox.org and shmoocon.org as competitors. Its own llms.txt adds hackersonthehood.com, toorcon.net and bsideslv.com. Outside its market, the domains ranked closest to it in our worldwide ranking are ferryhopper.com, wago.com, decanter.com and indifferentlanguages.com.
defcon.org Traffic by Country
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