Last updated: August 2026
Global rank: Worldwide · 2026-08
#465
AI visibility: Grade C
67
SEO health: Latest audit
0
Visits
45.2K
per month, estimated
Keywords
10.4K
ranking in Google
Organic share
100%
45.2K organic visits
LLMS.txt
Published
128 lines AI engines can read
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sohu.com Web Traffic Statistics
Key findings
- Sohu (Internet Services) is ranked #465 worldwide in our August 2026 domain ranking, inside the top 1,000, down 20 places from #445 in July 2026.
- It is estimated to receive about 45,200 visits a month from search, 100% of it organic, across 10,400 ranking keywords.
- Its AI visibility score is 67 out of 100 (grade C), with a published llms.txt of 128 lines.
- Its last technical audit scored 0/100, with "Implement Title and Meta Description" the highest-priority fix.
| Month | Rank | Move |
|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | #465 | ▼ 20 |
| July 2026 | #445 | ▲ 5 |
| June 2026 | #450 | — |
| May 2026 | #450 | ▲ 65 |
| April 2026 | #515 | ▼ 5 |
| March 2026 | #510 | ▲ 6 |
| February 2026 | #516 | — |
What this company does
Sohu runs a major Chinese web portal that brings together news, entertainment, search, video, and communication tools in one place. The site collects stories on current events, finance, sports, and lifestyle topics, then organizes them into easy-to-navigate sections. It also operates email, messaging, and gaming services that let people handle several online tasks without switching sites. Over time the company has gr…
Our read on the site
The overall SEO health of https://sohu.com is critically poor, with missing essential on-page elements such as title, meta description, and H1 tags. Additionally, significant technical issues, including the absence of a viewport meta tag, robots.txt, and sitemap.xml, hinder the site's performance and visibility.
sohu.com Traffic and Visitor Engagement
sohu.com draws an estimated 45,200 visits a month from search engines. Effectively all of it is organic — about 45,200 visits from unpaid results. Spread across 10,400 ranking keywords, that averages roughly 4.4 organic visits per keyword.
Monthly visits
45.2K
Latest estimate
Change
No monthly history yet
It starts building from the first scan
Organic visits
45.2K
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.
sohu.com AI Visibility
On our AI visibility scale sohu.com earns 67 of 100 points, a 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
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.
sohu.com LLMS.txt
The llms.txt on sohu.com runs to 128 lines (4,826 characters) across 12 sections, last generated in March 2026. It introduces the site as "Sohu - Leading Chinese Internet Company". It tells AI engines the business works in Internet Services, Search Engines and Media & Entertainment. It describes 3 products, with prices such as Sohu Search Engine at Free and Sohu News Portal at Free. The audience it names is General public, Students, Professionals, aged 18-54 (China). Technologies it mentions include HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Node.js and MySQL. The keywords it claims start with "Sohu", "Chinese internet", "search engine" and "news portal". It gives the company type as Public and says it is hiring.
Status
Published
AI engines can read it
Lines
128
In the file
Size
4.8K
Characters
Sections
12
Updated Mar 26, 2026
What the file says
# Sohu - Leading Chinese Internet Company ## About Sohu is a prominent Chinese internet company that operates a variety of online services including a search engine, news, and entertainment platforms. Founded in 1997, Sohu serves millions of users by providing timely news updates, engaging content, and a robust search functionality. The company aims to enhance the online experience for its users by delivering high-quality information and services tailored to the Chinese market. **Areas of Work:** Internet Services, Search Engines, Media & Entertainment ## Things to Remember - **Website:** https://sohu.com - **Address:** Beijing, China - **Contact:** [email protected] - **Phone:** +86-10-12345678 - **Hours:** 24/7 - **Timezone:** Asia/Shanghai - **Currency:** CNY - **Company Type:** Public - **Employees:** 2000 employees - **Revenue:** $500M - **Hiring Status:** Yes, actively hiring ## Products - **Sohu Search Engine** (Free): A powerful search engine tailored for Chinese users, providing relevant search results and news. - **Sohu News Portal** (Free): A comprehensive news platform offering the latest news and articles across various categories. - **Sohu Video Streaming** (Contact for pricing): An online video streaming service featuring a wide range of entertainment content including movies and shows. ## Services ## Keywords Sohu, Chinese internet, search engine, news portal
Sections in the file
Areas of work
Keywords it claims
Technologies
Products it tells AI about
- Sohu Search EngineFree
- Sohu News PortalFree
- Sohu Video StreamingContact for pricing
Competitors it names
Audience it targets
General public, Students, Professionals · 18-54 · China
Company type
Public · actively hiring
sohu.com Organic Keywords
Google lists sohu.com for about 10,400 keywords, which together bring an estimated 45,200 organic visits a month.
Ranking keywords
10.4K
Found in Google for this domain
Visits they bring
45.2K
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
sohu.com SEO Audit
The latest technical audit of sohu.com scored 0 out of 100 overall. The audit makes 12 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
- CriticalAdd H1 Tags to Pages
- HighImplement Robots.txt File
- HighCreate Sitemap.xml
8 more recommendations, with the exact changes and the pages they apply to, are in the full report.
sohu.com Competitors and Alternatives
Sohu's company profile names baidu.com, tencent.com and alibaba.com as competitors. Its own llms.txt adds 163.com and ifeng.com. Outside its market, the domains ranked closest to it in our worldwide ranking are byteglb.com, g.page, speedtest.net and adobe.net.
sohu.com Company Profile
Sohu runs a major Chinese web portal that brings together news, entertainment, search, video, and communication tools in one place. The site collects stories on current events, finance, sports, and lifestyle topics, then organizes them into easy-to-navigate sections. It also operates email, messaging, and gaming services that let people handle several online tasks without switching sites. Over time the company has gr…
Sohu was founded in 1997, about 29 years ago, and is headquartered in Beijing, China. Its workforce is listed as between 1,001 and 5,000 employees. It was founded by Charles Zhang. Its profile files it under Internet Services, with further tags for Search Engines, Media & Entertainment and Advertising. Products on record for it: Sohu Search Engine, Sohu News Portal and Sohu Video Streaming. Reported revenue is $500M (2022). Its tagline reads: "Leading Chinese Internet portal and search engine".
- Sector
- Internet Services
- Headquarters
- Beijing, China
- Founded
- 1997
- Employees
- 1001-5000
- Revenue
- $500M (2022)
- Funding
- Not Disclosed
- Founders
- Charles Zhang
- Products
- Sohu Search Engine, Sohu News Portal, Sohu Video Streaming
sohu.com Traffic by Country
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Top customer markets
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sohu.com Backlink Analytics
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