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High-Traffic Sites Posting Sites: 100 Places to Publish

One hundred of the highest-traffic websites that publish outside contributions in some form, across business, tech, health, lifestyle, finance and personal-development. This is a cross-niche list; use it to find the biggest platforms, then check each one's actual submission route.

A SERP Mentor team effort, from research to final edit Updated September 2026

High-Traffic Sites Posting Sites: 100 Places to Publish

"High traffic" is a filter, not a strategy. The biggest sites are also the hardest to get into and the strictest on relevance, so read this list as a shortlist of platforms to research, not a target of 100.

The open platforms let you publish directly. The contributor networks have narrowed. The section-based editorial sites commission and require credentials. The crowdfunding and community routes are story-led. The list of 100 is below, grouped by route.

Pick your tier first

Tier	Examples	How you get in
Open platforms	Medium, Reddit, Quora, LinkedIn, HackerNoon, Behance, DeviantArt	Publish directly; earn distribution through the platform's own ranking, not an editor
Contributor networks	Entrepreneur, Forbes, Inc, HuffPost, Business2Community, AllBusiness	A vetted contributor programme, where it still exists; expert commentary is the realistic route
Section-based editorial	The Balance, Healthline, Investopedia, The Spruce, Verywell, NerdWallet	Not open guest posts. Credentialed contributors for a specific section
Crowdfunding & community	Indiegogo, Kickstarter blogs, GoFundMe stories, community subreddits	Story-led content tied to a campaign or a genuine community contribution

What the metrics mean

Metric	What it is	How much it matters
Domain Rating (DR)	Ahrefs' 0 to 100 score for a whole site's backlink profile	A useful filter, not a verdict
Domain Authority (DA)	Moz's equivalent 0 to 100 score	Same idea as DR
Page Authority (PA)	Moz's score for one specific page	Matters once you know which page your post will live on
URL Rating (UR)	Ahrefs' score for one specific URL	Same purpose as PA
Monthly Traffic	Estimated organic visits per month	The most honest signal that a link will be seen

Here is the deal: a link on a DR 90 site in the wrong section, with no topical relevance to your business, does very little. A link on a DR 75 site whose readers are your buyers does a lot. Traffic is one input; relevance is the one that matters most.

The 100 sites

Domain Rating, Domain Authority, Page Authority, URL Rating and estimated monthly traffic. Every domain was checked live in September 2026. Traffic figures are whole-domain estimates; the section you would publish in is usually a fraction of that. Metrics are third-party estimates and shift over time.

#	Website	DR	DA	PA	UR	Monthly traffic
1	nytimes.com	95	97	92	88	560,000,000
2	medium.com	94	96	91	87	210,456,000
3	behance.net	93	95	90	86	24,600,000
4	forbes.com	93	95	90	86	134,765,000
5	healthline.com	93	95	90	86	25,200,000
6	buzzfeed.com	92	94	89	85	18,200,000
7	coindesk.com	92	94	89	85	15,342,000
8	entrepreneur.com	92	94	89	85	112,345,000
9	investopedia.com	92	94	89	85	25,200,000
10	tradingview.com	92	94	89	85	20,600,000
11	inc.com	91	93	88	84	98,765,000
12	quora.com	91	93	88	84	487,654,000
13	reddit.com	91	93	88	84	542,789,000
14	theatlantic.com	91	93	88	84	22,000,000
15	webmd.com	91	93	88	84	20,000,000
16	bhg.com	90	92	87	83	24,400,000
17	cointelegraph.com	90	92	87	83	15,432,000
18	deviantart.com	90	92	87	83	23,800,000
19	huffpost.com	90	92	87	83	87,654,000
20	medicalnewstoday.com	90	92	87	83	25,800,000
21	popsugar.com	90	92	87	83	19,800,000
22	vox.com	90	92	87	83	16,600,000
23	wikihow.com	90	92	87	83	65,432,000
24	apartmenttherapy.com	89	91	86	82	5,459,999
25	businessinsider.com	89	91	86	82	76,543,000
26	cosmopolitan.com	89	91	86	82	7,560,000
27	health.com	89	91	86	82	5,820,000
28	refinery29.com	89	91	86	82	6,719,999
29	techradar.com	89	91	86	82	7,080,000
30	theverge.com	89	91	86	82	5,040,000
31	allrecipes.com	88	90	85	81	7,380,000
32	cnet.com	88	90	85	81	6,360,000
33	digitaltrends.com	88	90	85	81	6,539,999
34	epicurious.com	88	90	85	81	7,200,000
35	everydayhealth.com	88	90	85	81	7,380,000
36	fastcompany.com	88	90	85	81	67,890,000
37	goodhousekeeping.com	88	90	85	81	6,659,999
38	indiegogo.com	88	90	85	81	5,040,000
39	lifehacker.com	88	90	85	81	7,380,000
40	mashable.com	88	90	85	81	4,440,000
41	nerdwallet.com	88	90	85	81	5,160,000
42	slate.com	88	90	85	81	7,500,000
43	thenextweb.com	88	90	85	81	5,580,000
44	techcrunch.com	87	89	84	80	4,620,000
45	kiplinger.com	86	88	83	79	7,500,000
46	newsbtc.com	86	88	83	79	7,440,000
47	parents.com	86	88	83	79	6,240,000
48	searchenginejournal.com	86	88	83	79	5,520,000
49	self.com	86	88	83	79	4,440,000
50	shape.com	86	88	83	79	5,220,000
51	thespruce.com	86	88	83	79	7,380,000
52	thespruceeats.com	86	88	83	79	5,100,000
53	bustle.com	85	87	82	78	6,480,000
54	runnersworld.com	85	87	82	78	4,320,000
55	sheknows.com	85	87	82	78	5,940,000
56	venturebeat.com	85	87	82	78	5,100,000
57	wired.com	85	87	82	78	4,500,000
58	countryliving.com	84	86	81	77	2,088,000
59	greatist.com	84	86	81	77	2,208,000
60	healthychildren.org	84	86	81	77	3,096,000
61	lifehack.org	84	86	81	77	2,880,000
62	mindbodygreen.com	84	86	81	77	1,967,999
63	outsideonline.com	84	86	81	77	2,567,999
64	realsimple.com	84	86	81	77	2,400,000
65	dietdoctor.com	83	85	80	76	2,928,000
66	elitedaily.com	83	85	80	76	2,424,000
67	fxstreet.com	83	85	80	76	2,304,000
68	thepointsguy.com	83	85	80	76	1,680,000
69	verywell.com	83	85	80	76	2,519,999
70	wellandgood.com	83	85	80	76	2,256,000
71	goop.com	82	84	79	75	1,895,999
72	babypips.com	80	82	77	73	2,976,000
73	fatherly.com	80	82	77	73	3,048,000
74	theladders.com	80	82	77	73	1,919,999
75	themuse.com	80	82	77	73	2,784,000
76	thepennyhoarder.com	80	82	77	73	1,871,999
77	thrillist.com	80	82	77	73	1,800,000
78	forexlive.com	79	81	76	72	1,166,200
79	problogger.com	79	81	76	72	813,400
80	brit.co	78	80	75	71	1,019,200
81	gobankingrates.com	78	80	75	71	695,800
82	moneycrashers.com	78	80	75	71	1,205,400
83	purewow.com	78	80	75	71	705,600
84	skinnytaste.com	78	80	75	71	1,205,400
85	cheatsheet.com	76	78	73	69	950,600
86	moneyunder30.com	76	78	73	69	881,999
87	rd.com	76	78	73	69	891,799
88	recipegirl.com	74	76	71	67	465,600
89	healthyandnaturalworld.com	71	73	68	64	585,600
90	addicted2success.com	67	69	64	60	260,399
91	techjury.net	67	69	64	60	288,400
92	upjourney.com	62	64	59	55	145,600
93	techhub.com	61	63	58	54	148,800
94	thebalancesmb.com	55	57	52	48	118,750
95	thebalance.com	52	54	49	45	43,800
96	apartmentguide.com	51	53	48	44	60,000
97	healthyway.com	51	53	48	44	56,400
98	diynetwork.com	44	46	41	37	20,460
99	blog.hubspot.com	40	42	37	33	27,060
100	makeuseof.com	32	34	29	25	8,080

The pitch that works

Check the route first. Open platform, contributor network or commissioned editorial. Each needs a completely different approach.
Lead with relevance. Why this site's readers specifically need this piece.
Bring the credential or the data. The bigger the site, the higher the bar for who gets a byline.
Pitch the exact section. Naming it is the difference between a reply and silence.
Match the platform's format. A Medium essay, a Reddit answer, a Forbes contributor piece and a Healthline section article are not interchangeable.
Disclose any commercial interest in what you are writing about.

The test: would an editor run this if you had nothing to sell? If yes, pitch it. If it exists only to place a link, it goes in the bin.

What not to do

Treat a DR 90 link as valuable regardless of relevance or section.
Send the same pitch to Forbes, Reddit and Healthline.
Assume a contributor programme still exists without checking.
Put exact-match anchors on links back to your product.
Publish thin content on Medium purely for a nofollow link.

Bottom line: use the traffic column to find the platforms with reach, then ignore it and choose the two or three whose audience overlaps with your customers. That short list beats chasing all 100.

Frequently asked questions

Can I really guest post on a DR 90 site?

Rarely in the "submit an article" sense. The open platforms (Medium, Reddit, Quora, LinkedIn) let you publish directly. The contributor networks have narrowed and mostly want expert commentary. The section-based editorial sites commission and require credentials. Check each site's actual route before you pitch.

Does a link from a huge site always help?

No. Relevance and the section it sits in matter more than raw traffic. A link buried in an unrelated section of a DR 90 site can pass almost nothing useful for your topic.

Is a Medium or LinkedIn post worth it?

For distribution and audience, often yes. For SEO, the link value is limited (Medium links are usually nofollow), but a strong post can earn real editorial links from elsewhere.

How do I use this list?

Filter to the sites relevant to your niche, check each one's submission or contributor page, and pitch the two or three where your audience overlaps.

The metrics do not match my SEO tool. Why?

Domain Rating and traffic are whole-domain figures and differ between tools. The section you would publish in is a small slice of the total.

Want us to run the outreach?

We work out the real route into each big platform, match it to your audience, write to the format and place the piece. No link farms, no wasted pitches.

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