Last updated: August 2026
Global rank: Worldwide · 2026-08
#41,181
AI visibility: Grade C
67
SEO health: Latest audit
0
Visits
76.0K
per month, estimated
Keywords
30.4K
ranking in Google
Organic share
100%
76.0K organic visits
LLMS.txt
Published
135 lines AI engines can read
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libraryjournal.com Web Traffic Statistics
Key findings
- Library Journal (Publishing) is ranked #41,181 worldwide in our August 2026 domain ranking, inside the top 100,000, up 1,339 places from #42,520 in July 2026.
- It is estimated to receive about 76,000 visits a month from search, 100% of it organic, across 30,400 ranking keywords.
- Its AI visibility score is 67 out of 100 (grade C), with a published llms.txt of 135 lines.
- Its last technical audit scored 0/100, with "Implement Title and Meta Description" the highest-priority fix.
| Month | Rank | Move |
|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | #41,181 | ▲ 1,339 |
| July 2026 | #42,520 | ▲ 842 |
| June 2026 | #43,362 | — |
| May 2026 | #43,362 | ▲ 1,088 |
| April 2026 | #44,450 | ▲ 1,365 |
| March 2026 | #45,815 | ▼ 209 |
| February 2026 | #45,606 | — |
What this company does
Library Journal provides news, reviews, and analysis aimed at people who work in libraries. It covers developments in library management, collection building, and community programs through regular articles and special reports. The website includes extensive book reviews that help evaluate titles for different age groups and interests, as well as coverage of digital resources and professional conferences. Staff membe…
Our read on the site
The SEO health of libraryjournal.com is critically poor, with missing essential on-page elements such as title, meta description, and heading tags. Additionally, the technical setup lacks crucial components like a viewport meta tag, robots.txt, and sitemap.xml, which severely hampers search engine visibility and user e…
libraryjournal.com Traffic and Visitor Engagement
Search engines send libraryjournal.com an estimated 76,000 visits a month. Effectively all of it is organic — about 76,000 visits from unpaid results. Spread across 30,400 ranking keywords, that averages roughly 2.5 organic visits per keyword.
Monthly visits
76.0K
Latest estimate
Change
No monthly history yet
It starts building from the first scan
Organic visits
76.0K
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.
libraryjournal.com AI Visibility
libraryjournal.com scores 67 out of 100 on our AI visibility scale, grade C. It takes full marks for LLMS.txt and Structured data. The biggest gap is SEO health, at 0 of 20 points (0/100), worth 20 points if closed. It also loses points on Crawlability (0/10) and Company profile (22/25).
Grade C
Scored from this domain's own data — llms.txt, profile completeness, technical health, crawlability and structured data.
Present
7/8 core fields
0/100
robots ✗ · sitemap ✗
Detected
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- → Complete your company profile so AI answers about you stay accurate.
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libraryjournal.com LLMS.txt
The llms.txt on libraryjournal.com runs to 135 lines (5,578 characters) across 12 sections, last generated in April 2026. It introduces the site as "Library Journal". It tells AI engines the business works in Publishing, Media and Information Services. It describes 3 products, including Library Journal Magazine, Library Journal Online and Professional Development Resources. Services it lists include Library Advocacy Consulting. The audience it names is Library professionals, Educators, Information specialists, aged 25-54 (Global). Technologies it mentions include WordPress, Google Analytics, Mailchimp, HTML5 and CSS3. The keywords it claims start with "library funding", "community support", "voter engagement" and "library services".
Status
Published
AI engines can read it
Lines
135
In the file
Size
5.6K
Characters
Sections
12
Updated Apr 6, 2026
What the file says
# Library Journal ## About Library Journal is a leading publication dedicated to providing news, reviews, and insights for library professionals. It serves librarians, educators, and information specialists, focusing on the evolving landscape of libraries and the importance of advocacy for library funding and resources. Through articles, reports, and community engagement, Library Journal aims to empower libraries to thrive in a digital age. **Areas of Work:** Publishing, Media, Information Services ## Things to Remember - **Website:** https://libraryjournal.com - **Address:** Not Available, New York, United States - **Contact:** [email protected] - **Phone:** +1-212-555-0199 - **Hours:** Mon-Fri: 9AM-5PM - **Timezone:** America/New_York - **Currency:** USD - **Company Type:** Private - **Employees:** 50 employees - **Revenue:** $5M - **Hiring Status:** Yes, actively hiring ## Products - **Library Journal Magazine** (Contact for pricing): A monthly publication featuring news, reviews, and insights for library professionals. - **Library Journal Online** (Contact for pricing): An online platform providing access to articles, reviews, and resources for librarians. - **Professional Development Resources** (Contact for pricing): Training and resources aimed at enhancing the skills of library professionals. ## Services - **Library Advocacy Consulting** ($150/hour): Consulti
Sections in the file
Areas of work
Keywords it claims
Technologies
Products it tells AI about
- Library Journal MagazineContact for pricing
- Library Journal OnlineContact for pricing
- Professional Development ResourcesContact for pricing
Services it tells AI about
- Library Advocacy Consulting$150/hour
Competitors it names
Audience it targets
Library professionals, Educators, Information specialists · 25-54 · Global
Company type
Private · actively hiring
libraryjournal.com Organic Keywords
Google lists libraryjournal.com for about 30,400 keywords, which together bring an estimated 76,000 organic visits a month.
Ranking keywords
30.4K
Found in Google for this domain
Visits they bring
76.0K
Estimated organic visits a month
Top ranking keywords
No ranked-keyword data cached for this domain yet.
Ranked Keywords pulls the full list on its first run.
What it ranks for
libraryjournal.com SEO Audit
The latest technical audit of libraryjournal.com scored 0 out of 100 overall. The audit makes 20 recommendations in all, and 4 of the 4 listed first are rated high priority or critical.
Overall
SEO
Performance
Accessibility
Fix these first
- CriticalImplement Title and Meta Description
- HighAdd H1 and H2 Tags
- HighCreate a Robots.txt File
- HighDevelop a Sitemap.xml
16 more recommendations, with the exact changes and the pages they apply to, are in the full report.
libraryjournal.com Competitors and Alternatives
Library Journal's company profile names publishersweekly.com, bookriot.com and schoollibraryjournal.com as competitors. Its own llms.txt adds bookpage.com and locusmag.com. Outside its market, the domains ranked closest to it in our worldwide ranking are bidgust.com, mirrormedia.mg, platesmania.com and uef.fi.
libraryjournal.com Company Profile
Library Journal provides news, reviews, and analysis aimed at people who work in libraries. It covers developments in library management, collection building, and community programs through regular articles and special reports. The website includes extensive book reviews that help evaluate titles for different age groups and interests, as well as coverage of digital resources and professional conferences. Staff membe…
Founded in 2000 (about 26 years ago), Library Journal is based in New York, United States. Its workforce is listed as between 51 and 200 employees. Its profile files it under Publishing, with further tags for Media, Information Services and Business Model. Products on record for it: Library Journal Magazine, Library Journal Online and Professional Development Resources. Reported revenue is $5M (2023). Its tagline reads: "Protection, Not Expansion: Library Referenda 2025".
- Sector
- Publishing
- Headquarters
- New York, United States
- Founded
- 2000
- Employees
- 51-200
- Revenue
- $5M (2023)
- Funding
- Not Disclosed
- Products
- Library Journal Magazine, Library Journal Online, Professional Development Resources
libraryjournal.com Traffic by Country
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