Independent product intelligence · Worldwide · 2026-05-01 → 2026-07-31

DeepSeekdeepseek.com

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General Assistantdeepseek.comTracked since 2026-08-195 discovery sources
4MBacklinks
37.8KReferring domains
57Domain authority
+3.2%Referring domains · 90 days

Authority & distribution

How strong is DeepSeek’s web footprint?

Backlinks measure accumulated distribution; referring domains show how broadly that authority is spread. Both are observable on the open web, so both are published for every product here.

Backlinks

4MCurrent snapshot

Referring domains

37.8KCurrent snapshot

Authority

57Domain authority · category median 22

90-day move

+3.2%Referring domains, last 90 days
At 57, DeepSeek sits above the 22 median for its category.

Trajectory · Pro

The counts above are the latest of 370 daily observations. The curve through them is on the full profile.

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Traffic & engagement

Where DeepSeek ranks

Measured · Pro

Measured for this product: global rank, country rank and category rank.

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AI referral visibility

Which AI assistants are already sending DeepSeek traffic?

Measured · Pro

Measured for this product: AI referral traffic, which assistants refer it and which pages those referrals land on.

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Product profile

What DeepSeek is selling.

Traffic makes more sense when you can connect it to the actual product promise.

“DeepSeek”

*[reviews](https://altern.ai/product/deepseek-r1)* - A versatile AI assistant by DeepSeek, designed for conversational interactions, code generation, and creative tasks.

General AssistantSeen 2026-08-19 → 2026-08-21Coverage tier C

What we have measured

4 of 8 signal groups are available for this product: identity, authority and backlinks, AI referrals, search demand.

Not measured for this domain: traffic and engagement, audience demographics, country distribution, acquisition mix. Those sections are left out of the page rather than filled with estimates.

Canonical website: https://www.deepseek.com/

Observed across 5 discovery sources.

Research questions

What the evidence answers about DeepSeek.

Every answer is tied to a source we collected, and the questions with no evidence behind them are left unanswered rather than guessed.

What features or services does DeepSeek offer?

DeepSeek offers a free AI chat interface, an API platform for developers to call its latest models, and open-source models like DeepSeek-V4 and DeepSeek-R1. The platform supports quick integration and a smooth experience for building AI applications.

What is DeepSeek and what problem does it solve?

DeepSeek is a versatile AI assistant designed for conversational interactions, code generation, and creative tasks. It provides users with a dialogue-based AI and access to state-of-the-art large language models like DeepSeek-V4 and DeepSeek-R1.

What is DeepSeek used for and in what situations?

DeepSeek is used for having conversations with an AI, generating code, and completing creative tasks. The product is accessible via a web-based chat interface, a mobile app, and an API platform for developers to integrate its models.

Who is DeepSeek for?

DeepSeek is for general users seeking a conversational AI assistant and for developers who need to integrate advanced AI models into their applications via an API. Its open-source nature also makes it relevant for the AI research community.

What is DeepSeek?

DeepSeek is a general-purpose AI assistant categorized under 'General Assistant,' designed for versatile tasks including conversation, coding, and creative work, with a confidence score of 0.85 for this classification.

5 of 6 research questions are answered for this product. The rest need source evidence we have not collected yet, so they are left unanswered rather than guessed.

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  • Backlink trajectoryThe figures above are the latest observation. The daily curve behind them holds 370.
  • AI referral detailHow much traffic assistants send, which 10 of them do it, and the 24 pages they land on.
  • Search structure and ranking depthOrganic against paid, brand against non-brand, and how many keywords rank in the top three against the long tail — which is what decides whether the demand is portable or tied to the name.
  • The rest of the marketPage through every leaderboard 100 rows at a time, put any five products side by side, and query the whole dataset over API / MCP.

Worldwide estimates · Data period 2026-05-01 → 2026-07-31. Figures are measured estimates intended for market research. Signals we have not measured for this domain are omitted, never estimated; a measured zero is still reported as zero. How this was measured