SEMRUSH
AWARDS
2023

Semrush Awards are 100% data-based. There are no submission forms, no self-nominations, no
motivational statements. We give social, growth, and search marketing awards based on hard
facts alone. Due to different methodologies per category, the time intervals varied to
take into account all the efforts of marketers in 2022.
Data defines the winners.
Consider this category “Best in Show”—it awards websites with the largest month-on-month overall traffic growth. US Semrush Traffic Rank analyzed 300,000 domains.
Referring domains don’t link just to anything. They’re confident in the content. For that, we’re awarding the websites with the highest growth based on the number of referring domains.
What starts with a like, moves to a video view, and then to a website visit. These are the companies who did social media right, showing the most growth.
Nothing compares to dominating the SERPs for an important keyword. Well done. Brag on. To award this category, we analyzed quarter-on-quarter results for keyword traffic.
Scoot over SEO agency of the year, this search award goes to companies who brought on SEO talent in-house and saw notable growth in 6 months after the new hire.
How does your own performance stack up against average growth indicators in six core markets? See what our data from the top 100 websites in each category says about year-over-year changes in these markets.
The beauty, education, and food industries all declined in traffic, possibly indicating consumers are spending less on these goods in an uncertain economy. But they may be making up for it with travel. The industry saw an 11% increase in traffic. Nonetheless, screen time is queen. Streaming and social platforms showed the most growth at 28%.
Traffic growth across multiple channels
Traffic growth from organic channels
Featured Snippet Growth on Google
Growth of community and engagement on social media
Traffic growth difference after new specialists came