Last updated: September 2026
Global rank: Worldwide · 2026-09
#61,342
AI visibility: Grade A
87
SEO health: Latest audit
65
Visits
309.0K
per month, estimated
Keywords
45.2K
ranking in Google
Organic share
100%
309.0K organic visits
LLMS.txt
Published
137 lines AI engines can read
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wave3.com Web Traffic Statistics
Key findings
- wave3 (Media) is ranked #61,342 worldwide in our September 2026 domain ranking, inside the top 100,000, down 4,214 places from #57,128 in August 2026.
- It is estimated to receive about 309,000 visits a month from search, 100% of it organic, across 45,200 ranking keywords.
- Its AI visibility score is 87 out of 100 (grade A), with a published llms.txt of 137 lines.
- Its last technical audit scored 65/100, with "Implement H1 Tags" the highest-priority fix.
| Month | Rank | Move |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | #61,342 | ▼ 4,214 |
| August 2026 | #57,128 | ▼ 10,529 |
| July 2026 | #46,599 | ▲ 1,556 |
| June 2026 | #48,155 | — |
| May 2026 | #48,155 | ▼ 3,250 |
| April 2026 | #44,905 | ▼ 41 |
| March 2026 | #44,864 | ▲ 4,724 |
| February 2026 | #49,588 | — |
What this company does
WAVE News runs a local media operation centered on wave3.com that supplies coverage of breaking events, daily weather, traffic updates, and sports results across Louisville and adjacent areas of Kentucky and Indiana. The site carries headlines on public safety matters, consumer questions, and community programs while also offering video segments and live streams that reflect what is happening in the region at any giv…
Our read on the site
The overall SEO health of wave3.com is moderate, with significant room for improvement in on-page elements, technical performance, and content strategy. The lack of H1 tags and a sitemap, combined with low performance scores, indicates that immediate attention is needed to enhance visibility and user experience.
wave3.com Traffic and Visitor Engagement
Search engines send wave3.com an estimated 309,000 visits a month. Effectively all of it is organic — about 309,000 visits from unpaid results. Spread across 45,200 ranking keywords, that averages roughly 6.8 organic visits per keyword.
Monthly visits
309.0K
Latest estimate
Change
No monthly history yet
It starts building from the first scan
Organic visits
309.0K
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.
wave3.com AI Visibility
wave3.com scores 87 out of 100 on our AI visibility scale, grade A. It takes full marks for LLMS.txt and Structured data. The biggest gap is SEO health, at 15 of 20 points (77/100), worth 5 points if closed. It also loses points on Crawlability (5/10) and Company profile (22/25).
Grade A
Scored from this domain's own data — llms.txt, profile completeness, technical health, crawlability and structured data.
Present
7/8 core fields
77/100
robots ✓ · sitemap ✗
Detected
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- → Complete your company profile so AI answers about you stay accurate.
- → Add sitemap.xml so AI crawlers can read you.
wave3.com LLMS.txt
The llms.txt on wave3.com runs to 137 lines (5,433 characters) across 12 sections, last generated in March 2026. It introduces the site as "WAVE 3 News". It tells AI engines the business works in Media, Broadcasting and Digital News. It describes 3 products, with prices such as News Broadcasting at Free, Weather Reporting at Free and Sports Coverage at Free. Services it lists include Advertising Solutions and Community Engagement Events. The audience it names is General Public, Families, Professionals, Students, aged 18-54 (United States (Kentucky and Indiana)). Technologies it mentions include HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, AWS and Content Management Systems. The keywords it claims start with "Louisville news", "Kentucky news", "Indiana news" and "breaking news".
Status
Published
AI engines can read it
Lines
137
In the file
Size
5.4K
Characters
Sections
12
Updated Mar 22, 2026
What the file says
# WAVE 3 News ## About WAVE 3 News is a leading news outlet based in Louisville, Kentucky, serving the local communities of Kentucky and Indiana with timely updates on breaking news, weather, traffic, and sports. Committed to accuracy and relevance, WAVE 3 News strives to keep its audience informed and engaged through in-depth reporting and comprehensive coverage. As a trusted source since 1950, the organization continues to deliver impactful journalism to over 2 million users. **Areas of Work:** Media, Broadcasting, Digital News ## Things to Remember - **Website:** https://wave3.com - **Address:** 620 W. Main St, Louisville, KY 40202, United States - **Contact:** [email protected] - **Phone:** +1-502-585-0811 - **Hours:** 24/7 - **Timezone:** America/New_York - **Currency:** USD - **Company Type:** Private - **Employees:** 150 employees - **Revenue:** $10M - **Hiring Status:** Yes, actively hiring ## Products - **News Broadcasting** (Free): Live and on-demand news coverage of local and regional events in Louisville and surrounding areas. - **Weather Reporting** (Free): Accurate and up-to-date weather forecasts and alerts for the Kentucky and Indiana regions. - **Sports Coverage** (Free): Comprehensive reporting on local and national sports events, scores, and highlights. ## Services - **Advertising Solutions** (Contact for quote): Custom advertising packages for businesses t
Sections in the file
Areas of work
Keywords it claims
Technologies
Products it tells AI about
- News BroadcastingFree
- Weather ReportingFree
- Sports CoverageFree
Services it tells AI about
- Advertising SolutionsContact for quote
- Community Engagement EventsContact for quote
Competitors it names
Audience it targets
General Public, Families, Professionals, Students · 18-54 · United States (Kentucky and Indiana)
Company type
Private · actively hiring
wave3.com Organic Keywords
Google lists wave3.com for about 45,200 keywords, which together bring an estimated 309,000 organic visits a month.
Ranking keywords
45.2K
Found in Google for this domain
Visits they bring
309.0K
Estimated organic visits a month
Top ranking keywords
No ranked-keyword data cached for this domain yet.
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What it ranks for
wave3.com SEO Audit
The latest technical audit of wave3.com scored 65 out of 100 overall. Performance is its weakest area at 54, while SEO scores highest at 77. The audit makes 12 recommendations in all, and 3 of the 4 listed first are rated high priority or critical.
Overall
SEO
Performance
Accessibility
Fix these first
- CriticalImplement H1 Tags
- HighCreate a Sitemap
- HighOptimize Page Speed
- MediumEnhance Meta Descriptions
8 more recommendations, with the exact changes and the pages they apply to, are in the full report.
wave3.com Competitors and Alternatives
wave3's company profile names whas11.com, wlky.com and wdrb.com as competitors. Its own llms.txt adds courier-journal.com and lex18.com. Outside its market, the domains ranked closest to it in our worldwide ranking are cuyahogacounty.gov, inews24.com, cpost.cz and edilportale.com.
wave3.com Company Profile
WAVE News runs a local media operation centered on wave3.com that supplies coverage of breaking events, daily weather, traffic updates, and sports results across Louisville and adjacent areas of Kentucky and Indiana. The site carries headlines on public safety matters, consumer questions, and community programs while also offering video segments and live streams that reflect what is happening in the region at any giv…
Founded in 1950 (about 76 years ago), wave3 is based in Louisville, United States. Its workforce is listed as between 101 and 200 employees. Its profile files it under Media, with further tags for Broadcasting, Digital News and Business Model. Products on record for it: News Broadcasting, Weather Reporting and Sports Coverage. Reported revenue is $10M (2023). Its tagline reads: "WAVE News | Louisville News, Weather & Sports".
- Sector
- Media
- Headquarters
- Louisville, United States
- Founded
- 1950
- Employees
- 101-200
- Revenue
- $10M (2023)
- Funding
- Not Disclosed
- Products
- News Broadcasting, Weather Reporting, Sports Coverage
wave3.com Traffic by Country
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