SEO Tools · 🇺🇸 United States search demand

Semrush vs Ahrefs

By monthly Google search volume, Semrush leads with 90,500 searches/mo — about 1.8× Ahrefs's 49,500.

Semrush

Higher demand

90,500

searches / month

JulJun

▬ Stable -6% over 12 months

informational

Intent

$3.34

CPC

MEDIUM

Competition

Ahrefs

49,500

searches / month

JulJun

▼ Declining -18% over 12 months

informational

Intent

$18.99

CPC

LOW

Competition

The takeaway

Semrush has 1.8× the search demand of Ahrefs and is the larger market, while Ahrefs shows declining demand. For positioning, content and ad strategy, that gap decides where the opportunity — and the competition — really is.

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