Last updated: September 2026
Global rank: Worldwide · 2026-09
#648
AI visibility: Grade D
59
SEO health: Latest audit
0
Visits
961.5K
per month, estimated
Keywords
171.2K
ranking in Google
Organic share
100%
961.5K organic visits
LLMS.txt
Published
136 lines AI engines can read
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techcrunch.com Company Profile
TechCrunch has been covering the startup world since the mid-2000s with straight reporting and sharp commentary. The team focuses on funding rounds, product launches, and the people building new companies across software, hardware, and consumer internet. Readers get daily updates on what matters in Silicon Valley and beyond without the fluff. Over the years the site grew from a simple blog into a full media brand tha…
TechCrunch was founded in 2005, about 21 years ago, and is headquartered in San Francisco, United States. Its workforce is listed as between 51 and 200 employees. It was founded by Michael Arrington. Its profile files it under Media, Entertainment & Gaming, with further tags for Software & Internet, Tech News and Startup Journalism. Total funding on record is Bootstrapped. Its tagline reads: "Tech news and analysis on startups and venture capital".
- Sector
- Media, Entertainment & Gaming
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, United States
- Founded
- 2005
- Employees
- 51-200
- Revenue
- Not Disclosed
- Funding
- Bootstrapped
- Founders
- Michael Arrington
techcrunch.com Web Traffic Statistics
Key findings
- TechCrunch (Media, Entertainment & Gaming) is ranked #648 worldwide in our September 2026 domain ranking, inside the top 1,000, the same position it held in August 2026.
- It is estimated to receive about 961,500 visits a month from search, 100% of it organic, across 171,200 ranking keywords.
- Its AI visibility score is 59 out of 100 (grade D), with a published llms.txt of 136 lines.
- Its last technical audit scored 0/100, with "Implement Title and Meta Description" the highest-priority fix.
| Month | Rank | Move |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | #648 | — |
| August 2026 | #648 | ▼ 23 |
| July 2026 | #625 | ▲ 2 |
| June 2026 | #627 | — |
| May 2026 | #627 | ▲ 40 |
| April 2026 | #667 | ▲ 10 |
| March 2026 | #677 | ▲ 2 |
| February 2026 | #679 | — |
What this company does
TechCrunch has been covering the startup world since the mid-2000s with straight reporting and sharp commentary. The team focuses on funding rounds, product launches, and the people building new companies across software, hardware, and consumer internet. Readers get daily updates on what matters in Silicon Valley and beyond without the fluff. Over the years the site grew from a simple blog into a full media brand tha…
Our read on the site
The SEO health of TechCrunch is critically compromised due to missing essential on-page elements such as title, meta description, and headings. Additionally, significant technical issues, including the absence of a viewport meta tag, robots.txt, and sitemap.xml, hinder its search engine visibility.
techcrunch.com Traffic and Visitor Engagement
techcrunch.com draws an estimated 961,500 visits a month from search engines. Effectively all of it is organic — about 961,500 visits from unpaid results. Spread across 171,200 ranking keywords, that averages roughly 5.6 organic visits per keyword.
Monthly visits
961.5K
Latest estimate
Change
No monthly history yet
It starts building from the first scan
Organic visits
961.5K
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.
techcrunch.com AI Visibility
On our AI visibility scale techcrunch.com earns 59 of 100 points, a 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).
Grade D
Scored from this domain's own data — llms.txt, profile completeness, technical health, crawlability and structured data.
Present
6/8 core fields
0/100
robots ✗ · sitemap ✗
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techcrunch.com LLMS.txt
The llms.txt on techcrunch.com runs to 136 lines (5,625 characters) across 12 sections, last generated in May 2026. It introduces the site as "TechCrunch". It tells AI engines the business works in Tech News, Startup Journalism and Venture Capital Coverage. It describes 3 products, with prices such as TechCrunch Newsletters at Free and TechCrunch+ Subscription at $99/year. Services it lists include Sponsored Content and Event Sponsorship. The audience it names is Tech-savvy professionals and investors, aged 25-45 (Global). Technologies it mentions include WordPress, Google Analytics and Chartbeat. The keywords it claims start with "tech news", "startups", "venture capital" and "funding rounds".
Status
Published
AI engines can read it
Lines
136
In the file
Size
5.6K
Characters
Sections
12
Updated May 22, 2026
What the file says
# TechCrunch ## About TechCrunch has been covering the startup world since the mid-2000s with straight reporting and sharp commentary. The team focuses on funding rounds, product launches, and the people building new companies across software, hardware, and consumer internet. Readers get daily updates on what matters in Silicon Valley and beyond without the fluff. Over the years the site grew from a simple blog into a full media brand that runs conferences and newsletters too. Founders and investors check it first thing in the morning to see which deals closed overnight. The writing style stays conversational yet still packs in the numbers and context people need. TechCrunch also hosts its flagship Disrupt event every year where new startups pitch on stage. That mix of journalism and live events keeps the audience coming back. **Areas of Work:** Tech News, Startup Journalism, Venture Capital Coverage ## Things to Remember - **Website:** https://techcrunch.com - **Address:** San Francisco, United States - **Contact:** - **Phone:** - **Hours:** - **Timezone:** PST - **Currency:** USD - **Company Type:** Private - **Employees:** 51-200 - **Revenue:** Not Disclosed - **Hiring Status:** Not currently hiring ## Products - **TechCrunch Disrupt** (Contact for pricing): Annual startup conference and pitch competition - **TechCrunch Newsletters** (Free): Daily and weekly email rou
Sections in the file
Areas of work
Keywords it claims
Technologies
Products it tells AI about
- TechCrunch DisruptContact for pricing
- TechCrunch NewslettersFree
- TechCrunch+ Subscription$99/year
Services it tells AI about
- Sponsored ContentVaries
- Event SponsorshipVaries
Competitors it names
Audience it targets
Tech-savvy professionals and investors · 25-45 · Global
Company type
Private
techcrunch.com Organic Keywords
Google lists techcrunch.com for about 171,200 keywords, which together bring an estimated 961,500 organic visits a month.
Ranking keywords
171.2K
Found in Google for this domain
Visits they bring
961.5K
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
techcrunch.com SEO Audit
The latest technical audit of techcrunch.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
- HighAdd H1 and H2 Tags
- CriticalCreate a Robots.txt File
- CriticalDevelop a Sitemap.xml
8 more recommendations, with the exact changes and the pages they apply to, are in the full report.
techcrunch.com Competitors and Alternatives
TechCrunch's company profile names venturebeat.com, wired.com, theverge.com and engadget.com as competitors. Its own llms.txt adds recode.net and forbes.com. Outside its market, the domains ranked closest to it in our worldwide ranking are amazon.ca, usercontent.goog, tencent.com and resolver.arpa.
techcrunch.com Traffic by Country
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Top customer markets
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techcrunch.com Backlink Analytics
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