Based on an analysis performed by
Backlinko here are some interesting findings:
1. The #1 result in Google’s organic search results has an average CTR of 27.6%.
2. The #1 organic result is 10x more likely to receive a click compared to a page in the #10 spot.
3. Organic CTR for positions 8-10 is virtually the same. Therefore moving up a few spots on the bottom of the first page may not result in more organic traffic.
4. On average, moving up 1 spot in the search results will increase CTR by 2.8%. However, this depends on where you’re moving from and to. Moving from position #3 to position #2 will usually result in a significant CTR boost. However, moving from #10 to #9 doesn’t make a statistically significant difference.
5. Titles that do and do not contain a question have similar CTRs.
6. Title tags between 40 to 60 characters have the highest CTR. According to our data, pages with a
title tag length between 40 and 60 characters have a TK% higher CTR compared to those that are outside of that range.
7. Longer keywords tend to have a higher CTR: keywords between 10-15 words in length get 1.76x more clicks than single-word terms.
8. URLs that contain terms similar to a keyword have a 45% higher click-through rate compared to URLs that don’t contain a keyword.
9. Positive titles may improve your CTR. We found that titles with a positive sentiment improved CTR by approximately 4%.