{
  "title": "Outrank automated backlink network, October 13, 2026",
  "url": "https://www.outrank.so/blog/how-to-generate-backlinks-automatically",
  "snapshotDate": "2026-10-13",
  "publisher": "Outrank",
  "source": "Outrank production database: backlinks placed by the backlink exchange and marketplace",
  "definitions": {
    "verified": "A backlink found on the live host page by Outrank's verification job.",
    "verifiedBacklinksPlaced": "Backlinks placed in the month that are verified as of the snapshot date. Links removed after going live are excluded and counted in removedAfterLive.",
    "removedAfterLive": "Backlinks placed in the month that were verified, later found missing on a re-check, and refunded.",
    "linksPerSite": "Verified backlinks placed between 2026-09-13 and 2026-10-12, grouped by the receiving site. Median per segment.",
    "hosting": "A site whose own articles carried at least one verified backlink to another site in the same window.",
    "hostDomainRating": "Domain Rating of the host site when the link was verified.",
    "firstBacklink": "Days from signup to the placement of the first backlink that was later verified live, for sites that signed up between 2026-06-01 and 2026-08-31, connected a blog and kept the exchange on. Sites without one count as not reached.",
    "note": "Counts are of links. Site samples are reported as shares and medians only."
  },
  "totals": {
    "verifiedBacklinksAllTime": 530154,
    "verifiedBacklinksPlacedLast30Days": 41676,
    "window": "2026-09-13/2026-10-12"
  },
  "verifiedBacklinksByMonth": [
    {
      "month": "2025-07",
      "verifiedBacklinksPlaced": 9051,
      "removedAfterLive": 9
    },
    {
      "month": "2025-08",
      "verifiedBacklinksPlaced": 12258,
      "removedAfterLive": 14
    },
    {
      "month": "2025-09",
      "verifiedBacklinksPlaced": 16370,
      "removedAfterLive": 23
    },
    {
      "month": "2025-10",
      "verifiedBacklinksPlaced": 21662,
      "removedAfterLive": 14
    },
    {
      "month": "2025-11",
      "verifiedBacklinksPlaced": 25484,
      "removedAfterLive": 54
    },
    {
      "month": "2025-12",
      "verifiedBacklinksPlaced": 27660,
      "removedAfterLive": 80
    },
    {
      "month": "2026-01",
      "verifiedBacklinksPlaced": 29666,
      "removedAfterLive": 276
    },
    {
      "month": "2026-02",
      "verifiedBacklinksPlaced": 29769,
      "removedAfterLive": 209
    },
    {
      "month": "2026-03",
      "verifiedBacklinksPlaced": 36758,
      "removedAfterLive": 230
    },
    {
      "month": "2026-04",
      "verifiedBacklinksPlaced": 40271,
      "removedAfterLive": 175
    },
    {
      "month": "2026-05",
      "verifiedBacklinksPlaced": 49233,
      "removedAfterLive": 157
    },
    {
      "month": "2026-06",
      "verifiedBacklinksPlaced": 51798,
      "removedAfterLive": 176
    },
    {
      "month": "2026-07",
      "verifiedBacklinksPlaced": 57209,
      "removedAfterLive": 254
    },
    {
      "month": "2026-08",
      "verifiedBacklinksPlaced": 54326,
      "removedAfterLive": 302
    },
    {
      "month": "2026-09",
      "verifiedBacklinksPlaced": 43924,
      "removedAfterLive": 309
    }
  ],
  "verifiedBacklinksByQuarter": [
    {
      "quarter": "2025-Q3",
      "verifiedBacklinksPlaced": 37679
    },
    {
      "quarter": "2025-Q4",
      "verifiedBacklinksPlaced": 74806
    },
    {
      "quarter": "2026-Q1",
      "verifiedBacklinksPlaced": 96193
    },
    {
      "quarter": "2026-Q2",
      "verifiedBacklinksPlaced": 141302
    },
    {
      "quarter": "2026-Q3",
      "verifiedBacklinksPlaced": 155459
    }
  ],
  "linksPerSiteLast30Days": [
    {
      "segment": "Base plan, site hosts links",
      "medianVerifiedBacklinks": 21,
      "shareWith20OrMorePercent": 52.2
    },
    {
      "segment": "Paid backlink plan",
      "medianVerifiedBacklinks": 21,
      "shareWith20OrMorePercent": 52.6
    },
    {
      "segment": "Base plan, site does not host",
      "medianVerifiedBacklinks": 6,
      "shareWith20OrMorePercent": 0.8
    },
    {
      "segment": "All receiving sites",
      "medianVerifiedBacklinks": 11,
      "shareWith20OrMorePercent": 34.9
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  ],
  "hostDomainRatingLast30Days": {
    "median": 27,
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      "under10": 9.9,
      "10to19": 21.2,
      "20to29": 29.8,
      "30to49": 33.5,
      "50plus": 5.6
    }
  },
  "hostToSitePairsLast30Days": {
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    "repeatedPairs": 3
  },
  "firstVerifiedBacklink": {
    "cohort": "Signed up 2026-06-01 to 2026-08-31, blog connected, exchange on",
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    "shareWithinOneDayPercent": 30.5,
    "shareWithinSevenDaysPercent": 59.2,
    "shareWithinThirtyDaysPercent": 66,
    "shareOfLinkedSitesWithinFourteenDaysPercent": 92.9
  }
}