Last updated: August 2026
Global rank: Worldwide · 2026-08
#11,208
AI visibility: Grade B
79
SEO health: Latest audit
66
Visits
1.3M
per month, estimated
Keywords
375.8K
ranking in Google
Organic share
100%
1.3M organic visits
LLMS.txt
Published
132 lines AI engines can read
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self.com Web Traffic Statistics
Key findings
- SELF Magazine (Media, Entertainment & Gaming) is ranked #11,208 worldwide in our August 2026 domain ranking, inside the top 100,000, down 687 places from #10,521 in July 2026.
- It is estimated to receive about 1.3 million visits a month from search, 100% of it organic, across 375,800 ranking keywords.
- Its organic traffic is down 44% between June 2025 and May 2026.
- Its AI visibility score is 79 out of 100 (grade B), with a published llms.txt of 132 lines.
- Its last technical audit scored 66/100, with "Implement a Sitemap" the highest-priority fix.
| Month | Rank | Move |
|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | #11,208 | ▼ 687 |
| July 2026 | #10,521 | ▼ 1,778 |
| June 2026 | #8,743 | — |
| May 2026 | #8,743 | ▼ 2,840 |
| April 2026 | #5,903 | ▼ 307 |
| March 2026 | #5,596 | ▼ 443 |
| February 2026 | #5,153 | — |
What this company does
SELF delivers fresh workout routines, nutritious meal ideas, and beauty guidance directly to women looking to feel their best. Readers turn to the site for practical makeup tutorials, skin care routines, and product recommendations that actually work in real life. The content covers everything from quick at-home exercises to seasonal trend roundups without overcomplicating things. The brand serves women who want str…
Our read on the site
Significant improvements needed. 1 critical issue.
self.com Traffic and Visitor Engagement
Search engines send self.com an estimated 1.3 million visits a month. Effectively all of it is organic — about 1.3 million visits from unpaid results. Spread across 375,800 ranking keywords, that averages roughly 3.4 organic visits per keyword. Between June 2025 and May 2026, monthly organic visits went from 2.3 million to 1.3 million (-44%). The latest month is the weakest in that window; the strongest was June 2025 at 2.3 million. In May 2026 organic visits fell 16% on April 2026. 3 of the 11 month-on-month changes shown were increases. Over the same period its ranking keywords shrank from 646,700 to 375,800.
Monthly visits
1.3M
Across 12 months
Change
-44%
First to last month shown
Organic visits
1.3M
100% of all traffic
Paid visits
0
No paid search detected
Organic vs paid
100%
0%
| Month | Organic visits | vs. prior month | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2026 | 1,279,655 | -16% | 375,843 |
| April 2026 | 1,519,537 | -5% | 402,639 |
| March 2026 | 1,596,101 | +12% | 494,354 |
| February 2026 | 1,422,070 | -4% | 518,676 |
| January 2026 | 1,482,134 | -4% | 540,361 |
| December 2025 | 1,538,126 | -7% | 580,586 |
| November 2025 | 1,655,047 | +10% | 586,399 |
| October 2025 | 1,508,862 | -16% | 567,040 |
| September 2025 | 1,804,134 | +2% | 604,336 |
| August 2025 | 1,773,363 | -3% | 580,957 |
| July 2025 | 1,825,210 | -20% | 579,952 |
| June 2025 | 2,293,896 | — | 646,683 |
self.com AI Visibility
self.com scores 79 out of 100 on our AI visibility scale, grade B. It takes full marks for LLMS.txt and SEO health. The biggest gap is Crawlability, at 0 of 10 points (robots ✗ · sitemap ✗), worth 10 points if closed. It also loses points on Company profile (19/25) and Structured data (0/5).
Grade B
Scored from this domain's own data — llms.txt, profile completeness, technical health, crawlability and structured data.
Present
6/8 core fields
100/100
robots ✗ · sitemap ✗
Not detected
Fix these first
- → Complete your company profile so AI answers about you stay accurate.
- → Add robots.txt and sitemap.xml so AI crawlers can read you.
self.com LLMS.txt
The llms.txt on self.com runs to 132 lines (5,966 characters) across 12 sections, last generated in June 2026. It introduces the site as "SELF Magazine: Women's Workouts, Health Advice & Beauty Tips | SELF". It tells AI engines the business works in Media, Entertainment & Gaming; Healthcare, Life Sciences & Wellness; and Women's Health Magazine. It describes 3 products, with prices such as Newsletter at Free. Services it lists include Fitness Content, Beauty Reviews and Recipe Guides. The audience it names is Women interested in fitness and beauty, aged 18-45 (Global). Technologies it mentions include CMS, Video Hosting and Analytics. The keywords it claims start with "workouts", "healthy recipes", "beauty tips" and "skincare".
Status
Published
AI engines can read it
Lines
132
In the file
Size
6.0K
Characters
Sections
12
Updated Jun 29, 2026
What the file says
# SELF Magazine: Women's Workouts, Health Advice & Beauty Tips | SELF ## About SELF delivers fresh workout routines, nutritious meal ideas, and beauty guidance directly to women looking to feel their best. Readers turn to the site for practical makeup tutorials, skin care routines, and product recommendations that actually work in real life. The content covers everything from quick at-home exercises to seasonal trend roundups without overcomplicating things. The brand serves women who want straightforward health and wellness information they can use immediately. It mixes expert-backed fitness plans with honest beauty reviews and simple eating tips that fit busy schedules. SELF has built a loyal audience by focusing on approachable advice rather than extreme transformations or fads. Over the years the magazine has expanded from print into a full digital platform with daily articles, video workouts, and community features. It continues to emphasize real results through tested routines and product testing that readers can trust. The mix of fitness, food, and beauty keeps the site relevant for women at different stages of their wellness journey. **Areas of Work:** Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Healthcare, Life Sciences & Wellness, Women's Health Magazine ## Things to Remember - **Website:** https://self.com - **Address:** New York, United States - **Contact:** - **Phone:** -
Sections in the file
Areas of work
Keywords it claims
Technologies
Products it tells AI about
- Digital SubscriptionContact for pricing
- Print MagazineContact for pricing
- NewsletterFree
Services it tells AI about
- Fitness Content
- Beauty Reviews
- Recipe Guides
Competitors it names
Audience it targets
Women interested in fitness and beauty · 18-45 · Global
Company type
Private
self.com Organic Keywords
Google lists self.com for about 375,800 keywords, which together bring an estimated 1.3 million organic visits a month. Of the keywords shown here, "1 tsp of honey calories" has the most demand — about 6,600 searches a month, with self.com at position 1. Advertisers pay the most for "30 30 3 diet", at about $2.69 a click. Since the previous check 1 moved up and 1 moved down. They are answered by 3 different pages on the site.
Ranking keywords
375.8K
Found in Google for this domain
Visits they bring
1.3M
Estimated organic visits a month
Top ranking keywords
| Keyword | Position | Volume | CPC | Ranking page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 tsp of honey calories | 1 | 6.6K | $0.94 | /story/7-surprising-things-you-didnt |
| abdominal workouts without equipment | 35 | 1.9K | $0.91 | /story/a-15-minute-no-equipment-workout-thatll-sculpt-your-a |
| ab exercise without equipment | 4 | 1.9K | $0.91 | /story/a-15-minute-no-equipment-workout-thatll-sculpt-your-a |
| 30 30 3 | 21 | 1.0K | — | /story/what-is-the-30-30-3-method |
| 30 30 3 diet | 2 | 1.0K | $2.69 | /story/what-is-the-30-30-3-method |
The top 5 of 826.0K keywords we hold for this domain.
What it ranks for
self.com SEO Audit
The latest technical audit of self.com scored 66 out of 100 overall. Performance is its weakest area at 37, while SEO scores highest at 100. The audit makes 10 recommendations in all, and 4 of the 4 listed first are rated high priority or critical.
Overall
SEO
Excellent
Performance
Accessibility
Excellent
Fix these first
- HighImplement a Sitemap
- HighConfigure Robots.txt
- HighOptimize Images
- HighLeverage Browser Caching
6 more recommendations, with the exact changes and the pages they apply to, are in the full report.
self.com Competitors and Alternatives
SELF Magazine's company profile names womenshealthmag.com, shape.com, allure.com and health.com as competitors. Its own llms.txt adds byrdie.com. Outside its market, the domains ranked closest to it in our worldwide ranking are oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com, cancerresearchuk.org, google.dev and marxists.org.
self.com Company Profile
SELF delivers fresh workout routines, nutritious meal ideas, and beauty guidance directly to women looking to feel their best. Readers turn to the site for practical makeup tutorials, skin care routines, and product recommendations that actually work in real life. The content covers everything from quick at-home exercises to seasonal trend roundups without overcomplicating things. The brand serves women who want str…
Founded in 1979 (about 47 years ago), SELF Magazine is based in New York, United States. Its workforce is listed as between 51 and 200 employees. Its profile files it under Media, Entertainment & Gaming, with further tags for Healthcare, Life Sciences & Wellness; Women's Health Magazine; and Fitness Content. Its tagline reads: "Workout ideas, healthy recipes, beauty tips and skincare advice for women".
- Sector
- Media, Entertainment & Gaming
- Headquarters
- New York, United States
- Founded
- 1979
- Employees
- 51-200
- Revenue
- Not Disclosed
- Funding
- Not Disclosed
self.com Traffic by Country
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Top customer markets
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self.com Backlink Analytics
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