Another down week, and this time it reached the top of the board. LinkedIn and Psychology Today both eased off -- nothing alarming, but the two usual anchors slipping in the same week is worth noting. Notably, Psychology Today's grip on the very top of the page loosened a bit too.
No new name jumped in to fill the gap. Welli, one of the two newcomers from a couple weeks back, is still hanging around the lower end of the top 30; Vemra has already dropped back out.
This is a back-published edition, written during our catch-up after a pause this spring. AI is helping with the writing.
Top 30 Websites for Therapists
These domains show up the most when searching for a specific therapist by name.
| Website | Domain Popularity | Search Result Position | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1 week | 4 week | Average | 1 week | 4 week | |
| linkedin.com |
72.9
|
▼ 1.0 | ▼ 5.1 |
5.5
|
▲ 0.2 | ▲ 1.7 |
| psychologytoday.com |
68.7
|
▼ 1.0 | ▼ 2.0 |
3.1
|
▲ 0.6 | ▼ 0.7 |
| facebook.com |
34.5
|
0.0 | ▼ 16.2 |
12.9
|
▲ 0.9 | ▲ 5.6 |
| instagram.com |
31.2
|
▼ 0.8 | ▼ 9.9 |
12.1
|
▲ 1.4 | ▲ 4.0 |
| zocdoc.com |
26.3
|
▲ 0.2 | ▼ 4.8 |
5.4
|
▲ 1.0 | ▲ 1.4 |
| headway.co |
20.0
|
▼ 0.5 | ▼ 1.8 |
7.1
|
▲ 0.3 | ▼ 0.1 |
| healthgrades.com |
18.3
|
▲ 1.8 | ▼ 7.2 |
12.7
|
▲ 0.3 | ▲ 3.9 |
| therapyfinder.com |
13.8
|
▼ 1.6 | ▼ 4.2 |
9.9
|
▲ 1.2 | ▲ 0.2 |
| youtube.com |
12.9
|
▼ 0.7 | ▼ 0.7 |
21.2
|
▲ 4.3 | ▲ 2.2 |
| mind-diagnostics.org |
12.6
|
▲ 0.2 | ▼ 1.2 |
4.2
|
▼ 0.6 | ▲ 0.7 |
| therapyden.com |
12.3
|
▲ 0.1 | ▼ 1.1 |
9.7
|
0.0 | ▲ 0.8 |
| dr-leonardo.com |
11.2
|
▲ 0.2 | ▼ 0.3 |
7.6
|
▲ 0.5 | ▲ 4.5 |
| mapquest.com |
9.4
|
▼ 0.4 | ▼ 12.2 |
13.0
|
▼ 0.4 | ▲ 7.3 |
| npidb.org |
9.1
|
▼ 0.3 | ▼ 6.9 |
14.5
|
0.0 | ▲ 1.4 |
| growtherapy.com |
8.8
|
▼ 0.8 | ▼ 2.4 |
8.3
|
▲ 3.4 | ▲ 11.5 |
| medicalnewstoday.com |
8.3
|
▼ 0.2 | ▼ 1.6 |
11.6
|
▲ 1.1 | ▲ 1.7 |
| yelp.com |
8.0
|
▼ 0.5 | ▼ 6.4 |
11.0
|
▲ 1.5 | ▲ 9.1 |
| therapist.com |
7.8
|
▼ 0.2 | ▼ 2.1 |
5.5
|
▲ 0.3 | ▲ 3.4 |
| sharecare.com |
7.6
|
▼ 1.1 | ▼ 6.2 |
13.8
|
▲ 3.3 | ▲ 11.2 |
| openpathcollective.org |
7.4
|
▼ 0.2 | ▼ 0.4 |
6.6
|
▲ 0.9 | ▼ 0.6 |
| helloalma.com |
6.9
|
▼ 0.5 | ▼ 1.2 |
4.8
|
▲ 0.1 | ▲ 2.6 |
| webmd.com |
6.7
|
▼ 1.2 | ▼ 4.3 |
17.2
|
▲ 2.6 | ▲ 5.7 |
| healthline.com |
6.7
|
▼ 0.2 | ▼ 1.3 |
11.0
|
▼ 0.3 | ▲ 3.3 |
| 7cups.com |
6.1
|
▼ 1.2 | ▼ 5.0 |
9.8
|
▲ 1.0 | ▲ 1.4 |
| psychhub.com |
5.8
|
▲ 0.3 | ▼ 0.8 |
9.5
|
▲ 1.0 | ▲ 4.3 |
| welli.com |
5.2
|
▼ 0.7 | ▲ 3.7 |
21.3
|
▲ 2.1 | ▼ 7.2 |
| researchgate.net |
5.2
|
▲ 0.3 | ▼ 5.7 |
15.6
|
▲ 1.4 | ▲ 21.4 |
| clientsecure.me |
5.0
|
▲ 0.2 | ▼ 0.9 |
8.3
|
▼ 0.5 | ▲ 0.8 |
| rocketreach.co |
4.9
|
▲ 0.3 | ▼ 7.4 |
9.6
|
0.0 | ▲ 5.1 |
| usnews.com |
4.5
|
▲ 1.2 | ▼ 2.6 |
16.8
|
▲ 2.3 | ▲ 16.8 |
Still LinkedIn and Psychology Today at the top, but both a little lower than usual. The whole board drifted down this week rather than any one site standing out.
Top 10 Biggest Shifts in Domain Popularity
These therapist directories and other websites are now appearing more (or less) frequently when people search for specific therapists' names.
Compared to 1 week ago:
| Website | Score | Change |
|---|---|---|
| healthgrades.com | 18.33 | ▲ 1.75 |
| therapyfinder.com | 13.75 | ▼ 1.58 |
| 7cups.com | 6.10 | ▼ 1.20 |
| webmd.com | 6.67 | ▼ 1.16 |
| sharecare.com | 7.58 | ▼ 1.09 |
| psychologytoday.com | 68.70 | ▼ 1.00 |
| linkedin.com | 72.90 | ▼ 1.00 |
| instagram.com | 31.17 | ▼ 0.75 |
| growtherapy.com | 8.83 | ▼ 0.75 |
| welli.com | 5.25 | ▼ 0.67 |
Compared to 4 weeks ago:
| Website | Score | Change |
|---|---|---|
| facebook.com | 34.50 | ▼ 16.25 |
| mapquest.com | 9.42 | ▼ 12.16 |
| instagram.com | 31.17 | ▼ 9.91 |
| healthgrades.com | 18.33 | ▼ 7.17 |
| npidb.org | 9.08 | ▼ 6.92 |
| yelp.com | 8.00 | ▼ 6.42 |
| sharecare.com | 7.58 | ▼ 6.17 |
| researchgate.net | 5.17 | ▼ 5.66 |
| linkedin.com | 72.90 | ▼ 5.10 |
| 7cups.com | 6.10 | ▼ 5.00 |
No real risers -- the movers are mostly small declines. Over the month, the biggest drops are still the social platforms, Facebook and Instagram, which have stayed well off their spring highs.
Domain Presence in the Top 10
This is a breakdown of the most common domains found at each search result position. The first 10 positions are the most critical, as they appear on the first page, so this breaks it down for positions 1 through 10.
| Website | Search Result Position | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
#1
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#2
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#3
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#4
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#5
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#6
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#7
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#8
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#9
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#10
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| psychologytoday.com | 36.7% | 16.8% | 7.3% | 5.4% | 5.5% | 4.4% | 5.3% | 5.1% | 6.0% | 5.5% |
| mind-diagnostics.org | 5.7% | 2.9% | 1.5% | 0.9% | 1.0% | 0.9% | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.3% |
| zocdoc.com | 4.6% | 5.3% | 6.4% | 3.8% | 3.0% | 2.3% | 2.1% | 2.0% | 1.7% | 0.9% |
| linkedin.com | 3.9% | 9.4% | 15.0% | 14.6% | 8.5% | 7.4% | 5.9% | 6.3% | 4.4% | 4.6% |
| growtherapy.com | 2.5% | 2.6% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.2% |
| headway.co | 1.8% | 3.4% | 3.0% | 2.9% | 1.7% | 1.6% | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1.2% | 0.7% |
| instagram.com | 0.3% | 1.7% | 2.9% | 2.6% | 3.0% | 2.9% | 3.3% | 2.6% | 2.9% | 2.7% |
| facebook.com | 0.2% | 2.0% | 2.3% | 2.2% | 3.9% | 3.7% | 2.8% | 3.2% | 3.1% | 2.9% |
| dr-leonardo.com | 0.2% | 0.1% | 1.0% | 2.0% | 2.4% | 2.6% | 2.0% | 1.4% | 1.8% | 1.7% |
| healthgrades.com | 0.0% | 0.4% | 1.0% | 0.9% | 2.2% | 1.5% | 1.7% | 1.5% | 0.5% | 2.3% |
| All Others | 44.1% | 55.4% | 58.8% | 63.9% | 68.5% | 72.3% | 74.9% | 76.7% | 78.0% | 78.2% |
Psychology Today still holds the #1 spot for therapist searches, though its share slipped under 40% this week -- a little lower than its usual commanding lead.
That's it for this week -- a soft one, with even the leaders drifting down and nothing new climbing in.
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Thanks for your patience as we catch up on the last of the missed editions.
