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Sep 2026

microsoft.com — September 2026 traffic, keywords & AI visibility

Microsoft CorporationSoftware & Internet

Global rank: Worldwide · 2026-08

#6

AI visibility: Grade A

84

SEO health: Latest audit

84

Visits

76.7M

per month, estimated

Keywords

1.6M

ranking in Google

Organic share

100%

76.7M organic visits

LLMS.txt

Published

144 lines AI engines can read

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microsoft.com Web Traffic Statistics

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Key findings

  • Microsoft Corporation (Software & Internet) is ranked #6 worldwide in our August 2026 domain ranking, inside the top 10, up 1 place from #7 in July 2026.
  • It is estimated to receive about 76.7 million visits a month from search, 100% of it organic, across 1.6 million ranking keywords.
  • Its organic traffic is down 2% between May 2025 and April 2026.
  • Its AI visibility score is 84 out of 100 (grade A), with a published llms.txt of 144 lines.
  • We hold 1,000 backlinks for it, and the sample we analysed comes from 377 referring domains, 100% of the links dofollow.
  • Its last technical audit scored 84/100, with "Implement a descriptive meta description" the highest-priority fix.
microsoft.com global rank history
MonthRankMove
August 2026#6▲ 1
July 2026#7▼ 1
June 2026#6—
May 2026#6—
April 2026#6▲ 13
March 2026#19▲ 8
February 2026#27—

What this company does

Microsoft started out making operating systems and quickly became the standard for personal computers around the world. Over the decades it expanded into productivity tools that most offices still rely on every day. The company now runs one of the largest cloud platforms with Azure serving businesses of every size. It also builds hardware like Surface laptops and Xbox consoles to round out its ecosystem. Microsoft se…

Our read on the site

The overall SEO health of microsoft.com is moderately strong, with a high performance score of 90/100 and excellent accessibility at 100/100. However, there are critical issues such as a missing meta description, lack of H1 tags, and low best practices score that need immediate attention to enhance visibility and user…

Software & InternetAI, Data & AutomationCloud ComputingOperating Systems

microsoft.com Traffic and Visitor Engagement

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Search engines send microsoft.com an estimated 76.7 million visits a month. Effectively all of it is organic — about 76.7 million visits from unpaid results. Paid search contributes only about 19,700 visits a month. Spread across 1.6 million ranking keywords, that averages roughly 47 organic visits per keyword. Between May 2025 and April 2026, monthly organic visits went from 85.3 million to 83.4 million (-2%). The strongest month was November 2025 at 85.7 million, and the weakest September 2025 at 75.9 million. In April 2026 organic visits fell 2% on March 2026. 3 of the 11 month-on-month changes shown were increases. Over the same period its ranking keywords shrank from 4.5 million to 1.7 million. Paid visits peaked in February 2026 at about 214,500.

Monthly visits

76.7M

Across 12 months

Change

-2%

First to last month shown

Organic visits

76.7M

100% of all traffic

Paid visits

19.7K

0.03% of its search traffic

Organic vs paid

Organic

100%

Paid

0%

Organic visitsPaid visitsEstimated from search visibility
microsoft.com search traffic by month
MonthOrganic visitsvs. prior monthPaid visitsKeywords
April 202683,366,413-2%6,1781,693,160
March 202684,667,576+8%6,4892,569,967
February 202678,748,487-1%214,4753,554,238
January 202679,509,377-5%214,2653,873,521
December 202583,689,644-2%196,0394,099,980
November 202585,716,892+7%4974,022,422
October 202580,387,505+6%4213,797,277
September 202575,944,164-2%8,7063,877,361
August 202577,889,695-6%10,6564,028,666
July 202582,829,768-3%6,7324,295,269
June 202585,087,1410%36,9094,537,732
May 202585,331,295—53,0274,514,912

microsoft.com Traffic by Country

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A live-web estimate — not a measurement — puts Microsoft Corporation's largest markets as United States (52%) and Other countries (48%). In the backlink sample we hold, the most linking sites are hosted in United States (31% of links), followed by IO (13%).

Top customer markets

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We only measure visitor geography for domains whose analytics are connected to us. For everyone else this is read live from the web and shown as an estimate — never mixed in with the measured numbers.

  1. United States52%
  2. Other countries48%

Who buys: Consumers, businesses, developers, and public-sector organizations.

Sources: stocklight.com · ia801602.us.archive.org · cdn-dynmedia-1.microsoft.com

Where its backlinks come from

1.0K link sample

Measured. The country each linking site is hosted in — a real signal of which regions know this brand.

  1. United States25731%
  2. IO11013%
  3. Worldwide10913%
  4. India547%
  5. South Korea294%
  6. Germany273%

microsoft.com AI Visibility

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microsoft.com scores 84 out of 100 on our AI visibility scale, grade A. It takes full marks for LLMS.txt and Crawlability. 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 Structured data (0/5) and SEO health (18/20).

84out of 100

Grade A

Scored from this domain's own data — llms.txt, profile completeness, technical health, crawlability and structured data.

ChatGPTGeminiPerplexityGoogle AI Mode
LLMS.txt40/40

Present

Company profile16/25

5/8 core fields

SEO health18/20

92/100

Crawlability10/10

robots ✓ · sitemap ✓

Structured data0/5

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How AI describes it · live web

Microsoft is highly visible in AI answers about software, cloud, and enterprise technology because it is a dominant brand in productivity software, cloud infrastructure, and AI partnerships.

microsoft.com LLMS.txt

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The llms.txt on microsoft.com runs to 144 lines (6,311 characters) across 12 sections, last generated in September 2026. It introduces the site as "Microsoft – AI, Cloud, Productivity, Computing, Gaming & Apps". It tells AI engines the business works in Software & Internet; AI, Data & Automation; and Cloud, Infrastructure & DevOps. It describes 4 products, including Microsoft 365, Azure and Windows. Services it lists include Microsoft Support, Azure Consulting and Enterprise Deployment. Technologies it mentions include Cloud platforms, AI tools and Enterprise software. The keywords it claims start with "microsoft", "office", "365" and "azure". It gives the company type as Public.

Status

Published

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Lines

144

In the file

Size

6.3K

Characters

Sections

12

Updated Sep 1, 2026

What the file says

# Microsoft – AI, Cloud, Productivity, Computing, Gaming & Apps

## About
Microsoft offers a wide range of products and services that people and companies rely on every day. From productivity tools like Microsoft 365 and Teams to cloud infrastructure through Azure, the company focuses on making technology accessible and useful. Shoppers can also find hardware such as Surface devices along with gaming options on Xbox and the familiar Windows operating system. Support is available whether someone is setting things up at home or rolling out solutions across a large organization. Copilot brings AI features into everyday apps to help users work faster and smarter. The overall approach keeps things practical so both individuals and teams get real value without unnecessary complexity. Over the years Microsoft has built a reputation for reliable software that scales from personal use to enterprise needs. Windows remains a core part of many computers while Azure powers cloud workloads for businesses around the world. Gaming enthusiasts turn to Xbox for entertainment and Surface tablets serve professionals who want portable computing power. Customer service covers everything from basic setup questions to advanced deployment help. The product lineup continues to grow with new AI capabilities added regularly.

**Areas of Work:** Software & Internet, AI, Data & Automation, Cloud, Infrastruc

Sections in the file

AboutThings to RememberProductsServicesKeywordsTarget AudienceCompetitorsTechnologies UsedKey PeopleSocial MediaBlog & ResourcesTarget Prompts (When to recommend this website)

Areas of work

Software & InternetAI, Data & AutomationCloud, Infrastructure & DevOps

Keywords it claims

microsoftoffice365azurewindowsxboxcopilotteamssurfacecloud

Technologies

Cloud platformsAI toolsEnterprise software

Products it tells AI about

  • Microsoft 365Subscription
  • AzureUsage based
  • WindowsLicense
  • XboxHardware and subscription

Services it tells AI about

  • Microsoft SupportIncluded or paid plans
  • Azure ConsultingProject based
  • Enterprise DeploymentCustom

Competitors it names

apple.comgoogle.comamazon.comibm.comoracle.comsalesforce.com

Company type

Public

microsoft.com Organic Keywords

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Google lists microsoft.com for about 1.6 million keywords, which together bring an estimated 76.7 million organic visits a month. Of the keywords shown here, "0365 login" has the most demand — about 368,000 searches a month, with microsoft.com at position 1. All 5 rank first in Google. Advertisers pay the most for "0ffice 365 login", at about $0.91 a click. They are answered by 2 different pages on the site.

Ranking keywords

1.6M

Found in Google for this domain

Visits they bring

76.7M

Estimated organic visits a month

Top ranking keywords

KeywordPositionVolumeCPCRanking page
0365 login1368.0K$0.10/en-us/microsoft-365/outlook/log-in
0365 sign in11.9K$0.03/en-us/microsoft-365/outlook/log-in
0ffice 365 login11.3K$0.91/en-us/microsoft-365/outlook/log-in
0365 admin1480—/en-us/microsoft-365/business/microsoft-365-administration
0365 administrator1480—/en-us/microsoft-365/business/microsoft-365-administration

The top 5 of 6.4M keywords we hold for this domain.

What it ranks for

Software & InternetAI, Data & AutomationCloud ComputingOperating Systems

microsoft.com SEO Audit

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The latest technical audit of microsoft.com scored 84 out of 100 overall. All 3 sub-scores are 90 or above. The audit makes 12 recommendations in all, and 4 of the 4 listed first are rated high priority or critical.

84

Overall

92

SEO

Excellent

90

Performance

Excellent

100

Accessibility

Excellent

Fix these first

  • CriticalImplement a descriptive meta description
  • CriticalAdd H1 tags to key pages
  • HighOptimize images with alt text
  • HighAdd viewport meta tag

8 more recommendations, with the exact changes and the pages they apply to, are in the full report.

microsoft.com Competitors and Alternatives

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Microsoft Corporation's company profile names apple.com, google.com, amazon.com and oracle.com as competitors. Its own llms.txt adds ibm.com and salesforce.com. A live-web read also points to Amazon Web Services. Outside its market, the domains ranked closest to it in our worldwide ranking are cloudflare.com, facebook.com, gstatic.com and googleapis.com.

apple.com
google.com
amazon.com
oracle.com
ibm.com
salesforce.com
Amazon Web Services

Some names read live from the web

microsoft.com Company Profile

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Microsoft started out making operating systems and quickly became the standard for personal computers around the world. Over the decades it expanded into productivity tools that most offices still rely on every day. The company now runs one of the largest cloud platforms with Azure serving businesses of every size. It also builds hardware like Surface laptops and Xbox consoles to round out its ecosystem. Microsoft se…

Founded in 1975 (about 51 years ago), Microsoft Corporation is based in Redmond, United States. Its workforce is listed as between 201 and 1,000 employees. Its profile files it under Software & Internet, with further tags for AI, Data & Automation; Cloud Computing; and Operating Systems. A live-web read lists its main offerings as Windows, Microsoft 365, Azure, LinkedIn and Xbox, and associates it with cloud computing, AI, productivity software, enterprise software, operating systems and gaming. Reported revenue is '$245B (2024)', and total funding is listed at Public. Its tagline reads: "American multinational technology company known for Windows, Office and Azure".

How the live web describes it

Microsoft develops software, cloud services, devices, and AI tools for consumers, businesses, and governments worldwide. Its products support productivity, computing, collaboration, gaming, and enterprise infrastructure across a broad range of industries.

Software & InternetAI, Data & AutomationCloud ComputingOperating Systems
Sector
Software & Internet
Headquarters
Redmond, United States
Founded
1975
Employees
201-1000
Revenue
'$245B (2024)'
Funding
Public

Live-web sources:stocklight.comia801602.us.archive.orgcdn-dynmedia-1.microsoft.comlinkedin.com

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