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nationalgeographic.org — September 2026 traffic, keywords & AI visibility

National Geographic SocietyMedia, Entertainment & Gaming

Global rank: Worldwide · 2026-09

#7,663

AI visibility: Grade D

59

SEO health: Latest audit

0

Visits

7.6M

per month, estimated

Keywords

264.4K

ranking in Google

Organic share

100%

7.6M organic visits

LLMS.txt

Published

148 lines AI engines can read

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National Geographic Society has spent more than 130 years backing explorers and scientists who head out into the field to document the planet. They fund research trips, support photographers, and turn those findings into magazines, films, maps, and classroom materials that reach millions. The organization stays focused on science, wildlife, and conservation rather than chasing trends. People who work there often say…

Founded in 1888 (about 138 years ago), National Geographic Society is based in Washington, United States. Its workforce is listed as between 501 and 1,000 employees. Its profile files it under Media, Entertainment & Gaming, with further tags for Science Media, Documentary Production, Educational Publishing and Conservation Media. Its tagline reads: "Exploring our world and sharing what we find".

Science MediaDocumentary ProductionEducational PublishingConservation Media
Sector
Media, Entertainment & Gaming
Headquarters
Washington, United States
Founded
1888
Employees
501-1000
Revenue
Not Disclosed
Funding
Not Disclosed

nationalgeographic.org Web Traffic Statistics

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Key findings

  • National Geographic Society (Media, Entertainment & Gaming) is ranked #7,663 worldwide in our September 2026 domain ranking, inside the top 10,000, down 124 places from #7,539 in August 2026.
  • It is estimated to receive about 7.6 million visits a month from search, 100% of it organic, across 264,400 ranking keywords.
  • Its AI visibility score is 59 out of 100 (grade D), with a published llms.txt of 148 lines.
  • Its last technical audit scored 0/100, with "Implement Title and Meta Description" the highest-priority fix.
nationalgeographic.org global rank history
MonthRankMove
September 2026#7,663▼ 124
August 2026#7,539▼ 129
July 2026#7,410▼ 517
June 2026#6,893—
May 2026#6,893▼ 297
April 2026#6,596▲ 149
March 2026#6,745▼ 73
February 2026#6,672—

What this company does

National Geographic Society has spent more than 130 years backing explorers and scientists who head out into the field to document the planet. They fund research trips, support photographers, and turn those findings into magazines, films, maps, and classroom materials that reach millions. The organization stays focused on science, wildlife, and conservation rather than chasing trends. People who work there often say…

Our read on the site

The overall SEO health of the National Geographic website is critically compromised due to missing essential on-page elements such as title, meta description, and headers. Additionally, significant technical issues, including the absence of a viewport meta tag, robots.txt, and sitemap.xml, further hinder the site's per…

Science MediaDocumentary ProductionEducational PublishingConservation Media

nationalgeographic.org Traffic and Visitor Engagement

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Search engines send nationalgeographic.org an estimated 7.6 million visits a month. Effectively all of it is organic — about 7.6 million visits from unpaid results. Paid search contributes only about 4 visits a month. Spread across 264,400 ranking keywords, that averages roughly 29 organic visits per keyword.

Monthly visits

7.6M

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Organic visits

7.6M

100% of all traffic

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4

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Organic

100%

Paid

0%

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nationalgeographic.org AI Visibility

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nationalgeographic.org scores 59 out of 100 on our AI visibility scale, grade D. It takes full marks for LLMS.txt. 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), Company profile (19/25) and Structured data (0/5).

59out of 100

Grade D

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

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LLMS.txt40/40

Present

Company profile19/25

6/8 core fields

SEO health0/20

0/100

Crawlability0/10

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Structured data0/5

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nationalgeographic.org LLMS.txt

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The llms.txt on nationalgeographic.org runs to 148 lines (7,138 characters) across 12 sections, last generated in June 2026. It introduces the site as "National Geographic Society". It tells AI engines the business works in Science Media, Documentary Production, Educational Publishing and Conservation Media. It describes 4 products, with prices such as Classroom Resources at Free and paid options. Services it lists include Research Grants, Photography Workshops and Expedition Support. The audience it names is Families, students, lifelong learners, aged All ages (Global). Technologies it mentions include Content management systems, Digital publishing platforms and Video streaming. The keywords it claims start with "national geographic", "exploration", "science" and "wildlife".

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Updated Jun 5, 2026

What the file says

# National Geographic Society

## About
National Geographic Society has spent more than 130 years backing explorers and scientists who head out into the field to document the planet. They fund research trips, support photographers, and turn those findings into magazines, films, maps, and classroom materials that reach millions. The organization stays focused on science, wildlife, and conservation rather than chasing trends. People who work there often say the goal is simple: get the stories right and get them out to anyone who wants to learn. Over the decades they have backed expeditions that mapped ocean floors, tracked animal migrations, and studied climate patterns in remote regions. Their magazine still lands in mailboxes every month while the TV channel and website keep new audiences coming back. Schools use their lesson plans and photos because the material is accurate and easy to understand. Grants go to researchers who might not get money from bigger institutions. The society keeps a low corporate profile but the impact shows up in textbooks and documentaries worldwide.

**Areas of Work:** Science Media, Documentary Production, Educational Publishing, Conservation Media

## Things to Remember
- **Website:** https://nationalgeographic.org
- **Address:** Washington, United States
- **Contact:** 
- **Phone:** 
- **Hours:** 
- **Timezone:** 
- **Currency:** 
- **Company Typ

Sections in the file

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

Areas of work

Science MediaDocumentary ProductionEducational PublishingConservation Media

Keywords it claims

national geographicexplorationsciencewildlifeconservationdocumentariesexpeditionseducationphotographymaps

Technologies

Content management systemsDigital publishing platformsVideo streaming

Products it tells AI about

  • National Geographic MagazineSubscription based
  • Nat Geo TVContact for pricing
  • National Geographic MapsVaries by product
  • Classroom ResourcesFree and paid options

Services it tells AI about

  • Research GrantsGrant based
  • Photography WorkshopsVaries
  • Expedition SupportGrant based

Competitors it names

discovery.compbs.orgsmithsonianmag.combbc.comnature.comscientificamerican.com

Audience it targets

Families, students, lifelong learners · All ages · Global

Company type

Private

nationalgeographic.org Organic Keywords

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Google lists nationalgeographic.org for about 264,400 keywords, which together bring an estimated 7.6 million organic visits a month.

Ranking keywords

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Visits they bring

7.6M

Estimated organic visits a month

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What it ranks for

Science MediaDocumentary ProductionEducational PublishingConservation Media

nationalgeographic.org SEO Audit

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The latest technical audit of nationalgeographic.org 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.

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Performance

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  • CriticalImplement Title and Meta Description
  • CriticalAdd H1 and H2 Tags
  • HighCreate Robots.txt File
  • HighDevelop Sitemap.xml

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nationalgeographic.org Competitors and Alternatives

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National Geographic Society's company profile names discovery.com, pbs.org, smithsonianmag.com and bbc.com as competitors. Its own llms.txt adds nature.com and scientificamerican.com. Outside its market, the domains ranked closest to it in our worldwide ranking are mudah.my, ripley.cl, livehindustan.com and destatis.de.

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