64% of Websites Hold Fewer Page-One Google Rankings After Switching Platforms

    64.3% of websites that moved to a new website platform ranked for fewer keywords on Google's first page afterwards, and 60.5% had less Google organic traffic within months of the switch. The median website ranked for 16.1% fewer first-page keywords and had 14.4% fewer visits from Google search.

    Share that declined by measure after the switch
    First-page Google keywords
    64.3%
    Estimated Google organic traffic
    60.5%

    Source: Suff Digital analysis of 200 websites that switched platforms, with 25 months of Google ranking and traffic history · the public HTTP Archive crawl, Google US rankings and estimated Google US organic traffic, September 2026

    Median organic traffic vs pre-switch level by month
    Sep 2025
    95%
    Oct 2025
    89%
    Nov 2025
    86%
    Dec 2025
    90%
    Jan 2026
    83%
    Mar 2026
    81%

    Source: Suff Digital analysis of 200 websites that switched platforms, with 25 months of Google ranking and traffic history · the public HTTP Archive crawl, Google US rankings and estimated Google US organic traffic, September 2026

    Source: 64% of Websites Hold Fewer Page-One Google Rankings After Switching Platforms - Suff Digital