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No, AI hasn’t killed your website traffic (I’ve got the proof)

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craigburgess 754 subscribers

Published on Feb 2, 2026 · 15:38

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Everyone's blaming AI for killing their traffic. I checked a year of data across 70 real sites. They're wrong.

Instead of lobbing another hot take on the pile, I pulled twelve months of analytics from around 70 business websites we actually look after, and counted.

AI tools came out at roughly 0.1 to 0.5% of sessions. The scary “half my traffic, gone” story just isn’t in the numbers.

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ctrl_alt_defeat 2 days ago

I felt personally attacked and then I fixed it. growth.

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serial_unsubscriber 4 hours ago

lost the plot a bit at the toast comparison but you know what, fair

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big_dave_seo 1 week ago

every word out of this man's mouth is just facts with a Yorkshire accent

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the_corporate_goth 3 days ago

my boss is going to think I'm a genius on Monday and it's all because of you

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mildly_concerned_user 10 hours ago

accidentally left this playing and my dog now understands web design better than me

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professional_lurker 5 days ago

5 stars, would be ratioed by my own website if it could talk

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baroness_of_bandwidth 2 hours ago

no idea how I got here but I'm subscribing out of respect

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one_pixel_off 2 days ago

this man is a national treasure and I will personally fight anyone who says otherwise

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