joinhandshake.com traffic surged 15% to 21M monthly visits.
What happened
Emerging AI traffic at 1.1% (~224,633 visits). Top: chatgpt.com (83%), claude.ai (14%), gemini.google.com (3%), copilot.microsoft.com (0%).
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- Traffic surge
What this signalsTraffic trends often track demand, marketing spend and growth.
- Monthly visits
- 21,096,408
- Month over month
- +15.2%
- 3-month change
- +16.6%
- Global rank
- 1,721
- Top country
- US (89%)
- Trend
- Consecutive growth
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The full record
From the Signal API recordNumbers
- Country rank
- 401
- Category rank
- 2
- Change, 3 months
- +16.6%
- Change, month over month
- +15.2%
- Digital health score
- 91
Details
- Measured month
- Jul 2026
- Category
- science_and_education/universities_and_colleges
- Mail visits
- 4,134,896
- Traffic band
- Major
- Direct visits
- 10,843,554
- Search visits
- 2,869,111
- Small website
- No
- Snapshot date
- Jul 1, 2026
- Social visits
- 1,624,423
- Website title
- Handshake AI Fellowship | Frequently Asked Questions
- Brand strength
- Strong
- Referral visits
- 1,118,110
- AI traffic level
- Emerging
- AI traffic detail
- Emerging AI traffic at 1.1% (~224,633 visits). Top: chatgpt.com (83%), claude.ai (14%), gemini.google.com (3%), copilot.microsoft.com (0%).
- Geo concentration
- Highly concentrated
- Referral strength
- Moderate
- Search dependency
- Low
- Consecutive months
- 3
- Engagement quality
- High
- Brand keyword ratio
- 4/5
- Website description
- Apply to the Handshake AI Fellowship
- Country rank country
- US
- Digital health label
- Excellent
- Brand strength detail
- Strong brand recognition with 51% direct traffic. Brand keyword ratio: 4/5.
Extraction
- Detected
- Aug 13, 2026
- signal_type
seo-traffic- signal_subtype
trafficSurge
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GET /v1/signals/59dd0aa5-f76e-4bfe-9a79-fe3a2e1e1fd4 returns this record as JSON. POST /v1/companies/enrich returns every signal for joinhandshake.com.
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"signal_id": "59dd0aa5-f76e-4bfe-9a79-fe3a2e1e1fd4",
"signal_type": "seo-traffic",
"signal_subtype": "trafficSurge",
"detected_at": "2026-08-13T10:38:42.35+00:00",
"company": {
"name": "Handshake",
"domain": "joinhandshake.com"
},
"data": {
"trend": "consecutive_growth",
"summary": "joinhandshake.com traffic surged 15% to 21M monthly visits.",
"traffic": {
"2026-05-01": 18098556,
"2026-06-01": 18316518,
"2026-07-01": 21096408
},
"category": "science_and_education/universities_and_colleges",
"relevance": 51.6,
"ai_traffic": {
"top_prompts": [
"How can college students create an effective profile on a campus-focused job platform to attract internships and entry-level positions?",
"What are the key differences between using a university-centered career network versus general job boards for finding on-campus and employer-posted opportunities?",
"Which steps should career services take to onboard students to an online campus recruiting system and ensure high engagement and successful job matches?"
],
"total_visits": 224633,
"top_platforms": [
{
"name": "chatgpt.com",
"rank": 1,
"share": 82.739
},
{
"name": "claude.ai",
"rank": 2,
"share": 13.758
},
{
"name": "gemini.google.com",
"rank": 3,
"share": 2.905
},
{
"name": "copilot.microsoft.com",
"rank": 4,
"share": 0
}
],
"traffic_share": 0.011
},
"engagement": {
"bounce_rate": 0.241,
"pages_per_visit": 8.741,
"avg_visit_duration_seconds": 514
},
"global_rank": 1721,
"mail_visits": 4134896,
"country_rank": 401,
"top_keywords": [
{
"cpc": 1.84,
"name": "handshake",
"volume": 1073980,
"estimated_value": 1088690
},
{
"cpc": 0.94,
"name": "handshake ai",
"volume": 365600,
"estimated_value": 493530
},
{
"cpc": 1.76,
"name": "handshake jobs",
"volume": 17780,
"estimated_value": 27140
},
{
"cpc": 1.93,
"name": "handhsake",
"volume": 21310,
"estimated_value": 21520
},
{
"cpc": 1.85,
"name": "handshake login",
"volume": 19150,
"estimated_value": 17550
}
],
"traffic_band": "major",
"category_rank": 2,
"direct_visits": 10843554,
"search_visits": 2869111,
"small_website": false,
"snapshot_date": "2026-07-01T00:00:00+00:00",
"social_visits": 1624423,
"top_countries": {
"CA": 0.01,
"GB": 0.009,
"IN": 0.047,
"NG": 0.004,
"US": 0.889
},
"website_title": "Handshake AI Fellowship | Frequently Asked Questions",
"brand_strength": "strong",
"change_3mo_pct": 16.6,
"change_mom_pct": 15.2,
"referral_visits": 1118110,
"traffic_sources": {
"mail": 0.196,
"paid": 0,
"direct": 0.514,
"search": 0.136,
"social": 0.077,
"referral": 0.053
},
"ai_traffic_level": "emerging",
"ai_traffic_detail": "Emerging AI traffic at 1.1% (~224,633 visits). Top: chatgpt.com (83%), claude.ai (14%), gemini.google.com (3%), copilot.microsoft.com (0%).",
"geo_concentration": "highly_concentrated",
"referral_strength": "moderate",
"search_dependency": "low",
"consecutive_months": 3,
"engagement_quality": "high",
"brand_keyword_ratio": "4/5",
"website_description": "Apply to the Handshake AI Fellowship",
"country_rank_country": "US",
"digital_health_label": "excellent",
"digital_health_score": 91,
"social_traffic_level": "moderate",
"brand_strength_detail": "Strong brand recognition with 51% direct traffic. Brand keyword ratio: 4/5.",
"digital_health_detail": "Score 91: Engagement 98/100 (25%), Volume 100/100 (20%), Brand 100/100 (15%), Diversification 100/100 (15%), Rank 100/100 (15%), AI Readiness 11/100 (10%).",
"social_traffic_detail": "Moderate social traffic at 8% of total visits (~1,624,423 visits).",
"engagement_quality_score": 98,
"geo_concentration_detail": "Highly concentrated traffic: US (89%), IN (5%), CA (1%).",
"referral_strength_detail": "Moderate referral strength at 5% of traffic (~1,118,110 visits).",
"search_dependency_detail": "Low search dependency at 14% of total traffic.",
"engagement_quality_detail": "High engagement (98/100) with 24% bounce rate, 8.7 pages per visit, and 514-second average duration."
}
}
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