Most-read tech publications have lost over half their Google traffic since 2024
growtika.com
March 3, 2026
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Summary
We tracked the organic search traffic of CNET, Wired, The Verge, TechRadar, and six others from early 2024 to today. Combined, they lost 65 million monthly visits.
Community Sentiment
Positives
- Using Gemini for troubleshooting allowed for real-time guidance, showcasing AI's potential to enhance user experiences in technical tasks.
- The shift towards LLMs provides users with immediate access to information without the clutter of ads, improving the overall efficiency of information retrieval.
Concerns
- The reliance on LLMs trained on scraped content raises ethical concerns about the degradation of original knowledge creation and the future of quality journalism.
- As LLMs redirect traffic from original content creators to aggregators, the incentive for producing high-quality knowledge diminishes, threatening the integrity of future information.