12/12 sources · 85 verifiable references ·
✓revenuenot disclosed · they charge from $30–$100 (8 tiers) · 51 languages · has app
↳ sign in for 6 alternative scale signals
✓traffic mix236,142,204 visits/mo · direct 68.9% · referrals 1.7% · US 25.2% · IN 8.9%
↳ SimilarWeb withholds 28% (incl. organic/social) — infer from SEO data
✓first seencircuit tripped · 3,377,882 backlinks / 47,234 domains
↳ no first-mention verdict at this scale — sampled 68 authority/editorial links instead
✓tech stackCloudflare
✓seo85993 keywords / ~13622249 traffic · US 5278103 · IN 4214661 · FR 1624696
↳ 8/8 markets covered · 8 keywords cited in AI Overviews
✓trendspeak 2024-11 · rising
↳ +127% vs early baseline · 3 spikes
✓community29 threads · HN 20 · Reddit 9
↳ top: HN 757 points / 326 comments
✓teamChess.com @chesscom · 708.7K followers · on X since February 2009 · more than 650 people · entirely virtual (no office) and represents 60 countries!
↳ bio: The world's largest chess community. 250 million members. Join today! Live coverage: @ches
✓ai visibilityGoogle AI 20992 mentions · ~54051840 AI search volume
↳ AI answers cite: youtube.com · en.wikipedia.org · reddit.com · houseofstaunton.com
✓ad spendGoogle 1 running
↳ Meta not yet covered
✓archivefirst archived 1996-11-15 · 20 pricing snapshots
✓narrative2 narrative events · 6 sources
↳ 2018 Chess.com acquired Komodo, an engine offering post-match analysis. · 2021 Chess.com acquired the rights to broadcast the World Chess Championship.
timeline14 of 40
·1994-08-11domain registered
26 more milestones locked — including the first traffic spike and the peak.
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2018Chess.com acquired Komodo, an engine offering post-match analysis.
“They acquired the rights to broadcast the World Chess Championship in 2021 and Komodo in 2018”
2021Chess.com acquired the rights to broadcast the World Chess Championship.
“They acquired the rights to broadcast the World Chess Championship in 2021”
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backlinks
domains47,234 across 11,472 subnets · concentrated — possible link network
dofollow89% mostly passes authority
paid trail216 sponsored · 16642 ugc
the verdict10 credits
You now have the facts. The verdict answers what they mean:
- · Which cold-start pattern this actually is
- · What assets they had before day one — and whether you have them
- · Can you copy this path, and which tactics transfer
- · Your first three moves — each one traced back to a dated event, not to their traffic today
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other (16)
1996-11-15earliest archived snapshot
“The world's largest chess community. 250 million members. Join today! Live coverage: @chess24com ♟️ Support: @chesscomsupport 💚 Community: @GreenPawns 👪 chess.com”
“cited in 40 AI answers”
mentions (13)
“"Chess Variants | 5 Amazing Examples". Chess.com. Archived from the original on 2018-07-19. Retrieved 2018-09-18.”
“Szczegółowe wyniki można znaleźć na stronie: https://www.chess.com/tournament/live/ii-mistrzostwa-karkonoszy-w-szachach-online-1209991”
“<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11064>, Chess.com player ID”
“Would it be possible you could post the game notes on something like chess.com , and then take the embed they give you for your website?”
“El torneo se disputa a través de la plataforma Chess.com , con partidas de 15 minutos, más cinco segundos de bonificación por movimiento.”
community (1)
“757 points · 326 comments”
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