Last updated: September 2026
Global rank: Worldwide · 2026-09
#1,685
AI visibility: Grade A+
97
SEO health: Latest audit
93
Visits
82.1K
per month, estimated
Keywords
41.7K
ranking in Google
Organic share
100%
82.1K organic visits
LLMS.txt
Published
134 lines AI engines can read
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spiegel.de Company Profile
DER SPIEGEL runs a leading German online news outlet that publishes articles and reports on politics, economic developments, sports, culture, science, and technology. The site refreshes content throughout the day with coverage of national and international stories, drawing on reporting that examines decisions, events, and trends as they occur. Readers can move between short updates and longer pieces depending on how…
Der Spiegel was founded in 1947, about 79 years ago, and is headquartered in Hamburg, Germany. Its workforce is listed as between 501 and 1,000 employees. It was founded by Georg von Holtzbrinck. Its profile files it under Media, with further tags for Publishing, Technology and Subscription-Based. Products on record for it: Online News Platform and Mobile News Applications. Reported revenue is $120M (2022). Its tagline reads: "Deutschlands führende Nachrichtenseite.".
- Sector
- Media
- Headquarters
- Hamburg, Germany
- Founded
- 1947
- Employees
- 501-1000
- Revenue
- $120M (2022)
- Funding
- Not Disclosed
- Founders
- Georg von Holtzbrinck
- Products
- Online News Platform, Mobile News Applications
spiegel.de Web Traffic Statistics
Key findings
- Der Spiegel (Media) is ranked #1,685 worldwide in our September 2026 domain ranking, inside the top 10,000, the same position it held in August 2026.
- It is estimated to receive about 82,100 visits a month from search, 100% of it organic, across 41,700 ranking keywords.
- Its AI visibility score is 97 out of 100 (grade A+), with a published llms.txt of 134 lines.
- Its last technical audit scored 93/100, with "Optimize Images" the highest-priority fix.
| Month | Rank | Move |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | #1,685 | — |
| August 2026 | #1,685 | ▼ 122 |
| July 2026 | #1,563 | ▼ 893 |
| June 2026 | #670 | — |
| May 2026 | #670 | ▲ 16 |
| April 2026 | #686 | ▲ 1 |
| March 2026 | #687 | ▲ 9 |
| February 2026 | #696 | — |
What this company does
DER SPIEGEL runs a leading German online news outlet that publishes articles and reports on politics, economic developments, sports, culture, science, and technology. The site refreshes content throughout the day with coverage of national and international stories, drawing on reporting that examines decisions, events, and trends as they occur. Readers can move between short updates and longer pieces depending on how…
Our read on the site
Good foundation with room for improvement. 1 high-priority issue.
spiegel.de Traffic and Visitor Engagement
spiegel.de draws an estimated 82,100 visits a month from search engines. Effectively all of it is organic — about 82,100 visits from unpaid results. Spread across 41,700 ranking keywords, that averages roughly 2.0 organic visits per keyword.
Monthly visits
82.1K
Latest estimate
Change
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It starts building from the first scan
Organic visits
82.1K
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.
spiegel.de AI Visibility
On our AI visibility scale spiegel.de earns 97 of 100 points, a grade A+. It takes full marks for LLMS.txt, SEO health, Crawlability and Structured data. The biggest gap is Company profile, at 22 of 25 points (7/8 core fields), worth 3 points if closed.
Grade A+
Scored from this domain's own data — llms.txt, profile completeness, technical health, crawlability and structured data.
Present
7/8 core fields
100/100
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spiegel.de LLMS.txt
The llms.txt on spiegel.de runs to 134 lines (5,725 characters) across 12 sections, last generated in February 2026. It introduces the site as "Der Spiegel - Nachrichten". It tells AI engines the business works in Media, Publishing and Technology. It describes 3 products, with prices such as Online News Platform at Free with optional subscription, Mobile News Applications at Free with in-app purchases and Spiegel+ Subscription at €19.99/month. Services it lists include Journalistic Content Creation and Digital Advertising Solutions. The audience it names is Professionals, Students, General Public, aged 18-54 (Global, with focus on Germany and Europe). Technologies it mentions include HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, React and Node.js. The keywords it claims start with "Nachrichtenseite", "Politik", "Wirtschaft" and "Sport".
Status
Published
AI engines can read it
Lines
134
In the file
Size
5.7K
Characters
Sections
12
Updated Feb 23, 2026
What the file says
# Der Spiegel - Nachrichten ## About Der Spiegel is a leading news website in Germany, offering in-depth coverage of politics, economics, sports, culture, science, and technology. It serves a diverse audience seeking reliable news and insightful analysis. With a strong commitment to journalistic integrity, Der Spiegel has become a trusted source for millions of readers worldwide. The platform also provides mobile applications to enhance accessibility and user engagement. **Areas of Work:** Media, Publishing, Technology ## Things to Remember - **Website:** https://spiegel.de - **Address:** Hamburg, Germany - **Contact:** [email protected] - **Phone:** Not Available - **Hours:** 24/7 - **Timezone:** Europe/Berlin - **Currency:** EUR - **Company Type:** Private - **Employees:** 500 - **Revenue:** $120M - **Hiring Status:** Yes, actively hiring ## Products - **Online News Platform** (Free with optional subscription): A comprehensive digital news platform providing up-to-date information and analysis on global and local events. - **Mobile News Applications** (Free with in-app purchases): Mobile apps for iOS and Android offering personalized news updates, notifications, and offline reading capabilities. - **Spiegel+ Subscription** (€19.99/month): Premium subscription service providing ad-free access, exclusive content, and in-depth investigative journalism. ## Services - **Journal
Sections in the file
Areas of work
Keywords it claims
Technologies
Products it tells AI about
- Online News PlatformFree with optional subscription
- Mobile News ApplicationsFree with in-app purchases
- Spiegel+ Subscription€19.99/month
Services it tells AI about
- Journalistic Content CreationContact for quote
- Digital Advertising SolutionsContact for quote
Competitors it names
Audience it targets
Professionals, Students, General Public · 18-54 · Global, with focus on Germany and Europe
Company type
Private · actively hiring
spiegel.de Organic Keywords
Google lists spiegel.de for about 41,700 keywords, which together bring an estimated 82,100 organic visits a month.
Ranking keywords
41.7K
Found in Google for this domain
Visits they bring
82.1K
Estimated organic visits a month
Top ranking keywords
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What it ranks for
spiegel.de SEO Audit
The latest technical audit of spiegel.de scored 93 out of 100 overall. Performance is its weakest area at 80, while SEO scores highest at 100. The audit makes 15 recommendations in all, and 4 of the 4 listed first are rated high priority or critical.
Overall
Excellent
SEO
Excellent
Performance
Accessibility
Excellent
Fix these first
- HighOptimize Images
- HighImplement Lazy Loading
- HighMinify CSS and JavaScript
- HighImprove Server Response Time
11 more recommendations, with the exact changes and the pages they apply to, are in the full report.
spiegel.de Competitors and Alternatives
Der Spiegel's company profile names welt.de, faz.net and taz.de as competitors. Its own llms.txt adds zeit.de and bild.de. Outside its market, the domains ranked closest to it in our worldwide ranking are xxx18hot.com, ecnavi.jp, eff.org and rambler.ru.
spiegel.de Traffic by Country
Which markets this brand actually serves, and where the web links to it from.
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spiegel.de Backlink Analytics
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