Last updated: August 2026
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wgal.com Web Traffic Statistics
Key findings
- WGAL (Media) is ranked #38,513 worldwide in our August 2026 domain ranking, inside the top 100,000, down 780 places from #37,733 in July 2026.
- It is estimated to receive about 750,400 visits a month from search, 100% of it organic, across 82,600 ranking keywords.
- Its AI visibility score is 72 out of 100 (grade B), with a published llms.txt of 138 lines.
- Its last technical audit scored 0/100, with "Implement a Sitemap" the highest-priority fix.
| Month | Rank | Move |
|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | #38,513 | ▼ 780 |
| July 2026 | #37,733 | ▲ 400 |
| June 2026 | #38,133 | — |
| May 2026 | #38,133 | ▼ 939 |
| April 2026 | #37,194 | ▼ 1,981 |
| March 2026 | #35,213 | ▼ 548 |
| February 2026 | #34,665 | — |
What this company does
WGAL Channel 8 provides news, weather forecasts, and sports coverage for the York, Lancaster, and Harrisburg areas of Pennsylvania. The station gathers and presents stories about local government, community activities, traffic, and school events, along with updates on regional teams and daily weather changes. Content appears both on air and through the website at wgal.com, where users can also search by location or b…
Our read on the site
Significant improvements needed. 1 critical issue. 1 high-priority issue.
wgal.com Traffic and Visitor Engagement
wgal.com draws an estimated 750,400 visits a month from search engines. Effectively all of it is organic — about 750,400 visits from unpaid results. Spread across 82,600 ranking keywords, that averages roughly 9.1 organic visits per keyword.
Monthly visits
750.4K
Latest estimate
Change
No monthly history yet
It starts building from the first scan
Organic visits
750.4K
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.
wgal.com AI Visibility
On our AI visibility scale wgal.com earns 72 of 100 points, a grade B. 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 (5/10) and Company profile (22/25).
Grade B
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 sitemap.xml so AI crawlers can read you.
wgal.com LLMS.txt
The llms.txt on wgal.com runs to 138 lines (5,264 characters) across 12 sections, last generated in March 2026. It introduces the site as "WGAL - Local News, Weather, and Sports". It tells AI engines the business works in Media, Broadcasting and Television. It describes 3 products, with prices such as Local News Broadcasting at Free, Weather Reporting at Free and Sports Coverage at Free. Services it lists include Community News Updates, Emergency Alerts and Advertising Solutions. The audience it names is Families, Professionals, Local Residents, aged 25-54 (United States - Pennsylvania). Technologies it mentions include HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, AWS and Content Management Systems. The keywords it claims start with "local news", "Pennsylvania news", "Harrisburg news" and "Lancaster news".
Status
Published
AI engines can read it
Lines
138
In the file
Size
5.3K
Characters
Sections
12
Updated Mar 18, 2026
What the file says
# WGAL - Local News, Weather, and Sports ## About WGAL is a premier news channel serving the Harrisburg, Lancaster, and York areas of Pennsylvania. The station delivers up-to-date local news, detailed weather forecasts, and comprehensive sports coverage to keep the community informed. With a dedicated team of journalists, WGAL is committed to providing accurate and timely information, fostering community engagement and awareness. **Areas of Work:** Media, Broadcasting, Television ## Things to Remember - **Website:** https://wgal.com - **Address:** Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States - **Contact:** [email protected] - **Phone:** Not Available - **Hours:** 24/7 - **Timezone:** America/New_York - **Currency:** USD - **Company Type:** Private - **Employees:** 75 employees - **Revenue:** $10M - **Hiring Status:** Yes, actively hiring ## Products - **Local News Broadcasting** (Free): Comprehensive coverage of local news events in Harrisburg, Lancaster, and York areas. - **Weather Reporting** (Free): Accurate and timely weather updates and forecasts for the Central Pennsylvania region. - **Sports Coverage** (Free): In-depth reporting on local sports events, scores, and highlights. ## Services - **Community News Updates** (Free): Regular updates on community events and happenings in Central Pennsylvania. - **Emergency Alerts** (Free): Real-time alerts for weather emergencies and br
Sections in the file
Areas of work
Keywords it claims
Technologies
Products it tells AI about
- Local News BroadcastingFree
- Weather ReportingFree
- Sports CoverageFree
Services it tells AI about
- Community News UpdatesFree
- Emergency AlertsFree
- Advertising SolutionsContact for quote
Competitors it names
Audience it targets
Families, Professionals, Local Residents · 25-54 · United States - Pennsylvania
Company type
Private · actively hiring
wgal.com Organic Keywords
Google lists wgal.com for about 82,600 keywords, which together bring an estimated 750,400 organic visits a month.
Ranking keywords
82.6K
Found in Google for this domain
Visits they bring
750.4K
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
wgal.com SEO Audit
The latest technical audit of wgal.com scored 0 out of 100 overall. The audit makes 15 recommendations in all, and 4 of the 4 listed first are rated high priority or critical.
Overall
SEO
Performance
Accessibility
Fix these first
- CriticalImplement a Sitemap
- CriticalOptimize Page Load Speed
- CriticalEnhance Mobile Responsiveness
- HighImprove Alt Text for Images
11 more recommendations, with the exact changes and the pages they apply to, are in the full report.
wgal.com Competitors and Alternatives
WGAL's company profile names abc27.com, fox43.com and cbs21.com as competitors. Its own llms.txt adds pennlive.com and ydr.com. Outside its market, the domains ranked closest to it in our worldwide ranking are betconstruct.com, azurehdinsight.net, alepuniv.edu.sy and ecomid.com.
wgal.com Company Profile
WGAL Channel 8 provides news, weather forecasts, and sports coverage for the York, Lancaster, and Harrisburg areas of Pennsylvania. The station gathers and presents stories about local government, community activities, traffic, and school events, along with updates on regional teams and daily weather changes. Content appears both on air and through the website at wgal.com, where users can also search by location or b…
WGAL was founded in 1970, about 56 years ago, and is headquartered in Lancaster, United States. Its workforce is listed as between 51 and 200 employees. Its profile files it under Media, with further tags for Broadcasting, Television and News. Products on record for it: Local News Broadcasting, Weather Reporting and Sports Coverage. Reported revenue is $10M (2023). Its tagline reads: "Stay in the know with the top stories of the day.".
- Sector
- Media
- Headquarters
- Lancaster, United States
- Founded
- 1970
- Employees
- 51-200
- Revenue
- $10M (2023)
- Funding
- Not Disclosed
- Products
- Local News Broadcasting, Weather Reporting, Sports Coverage
wgal.com Traffic by Country
Which markets this brand actually serves, and where the web links to it from.
Top customer markets
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Where its backlinks come from
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wgal.com Backlink Analytics
Who vouches for this domain. Strong, varied links are still the clearest signal of authority — to search engines and to AI engines that cite sources.
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