Pinterest Organic Growth Opportunities
1. Readiness Assessment
1. Readiness Assessment
2. Competitive Analysis
2. Competitive Analysis
3. Opportunity Kickstarters
3. Opportunity Kickstarters
4. Appendix
4. Appendix
Readiness Assessment
Current Performance
- You rank for 109m organic keywords and drive about 141m estimated monthly organic visits (traffic value: $37.6m), supported by an Authority Score of 100—a top-tier signal of trust and link equity.
- Organic traffic is heavily brand-led: “pinterest” (SV 9.1m) drives ~5.2% of traffic, with misspellings like “pintrest” (SV 1.2m) and “pinterst” also contributing—showing strong brand demand concentration.
- Your most trafficked pages are the homepage (~9.5m visits) plus large UGC/topic hubs like Home Decor Ideas (~471k), DIY & Crafts (~170k), and utility pages like /login (~122k)—indicating a mix of navigational and inspiration-driven discovery.
Growth Opportunity
- You’re 3rd of 3 vs Instagram and TikTok in this peer set; Instagram generates about 859m organic visits (~6.1× your traffic), highlighting a large, addressable upside if you expand non-brand demand capture.
- Non-brand winners exist but are under-leveraged (e.g., “home decor ideas,” “art projects for kids,” “landscaping ideas”); scaling structured “ideas” hubs and programmatic templates across more categories can compound traffic quickly.
- Your backlink moat is massive (3.8b backlinks from 4.8m referring domains), but some SERP exposure appears noisy/spam-adjacent (e.g., odd foreign/low-quality terms); tightening indexing, canonicalization, and quality controls can protect and redeploy authority toward higher-intent topics.
Assessment
You have elite authority and enormous keyword footprint, but too much organic value is concentrated in brand/navigation and fragmented UGC pages. The competitive gap suggests meaningful upside if you systematically grow non-brand category coverage and consolidate topical hubs. AirOps can help you operationalize this at scale with repeatable content and optimization workflows.
Competition at a Glance
Across 2 key competitors (Instagram and TikTok), Pinterest.com currently sits 3rd of 3 in organic search performance, with 141,304,680 estimated monthly organic visits and 108,955,755 ranking keywords—indicating the smallest overall search footprint in this peer set.
The market leader is Instagram.com, generating 859,306,153 monthly organic visits and ranking for 409,232,866 keywords. That puts Instagram at roughly 6.1× Pinterest’s organic traffic and 3.8× its keyword coverage, showing a materially stronger ability to capture high-demand search interest.
Overall, Pinterest’s position reflects a clear visibility and demand-capture gap versus the leaders: competitors are not only ranking for more queries, but (especially Instagram) appear concentrated in higher-demand topics that drive disproportionately more traffic per keyword. TikTok.com reinforces the competitive pressure with 216,584,586 visits from 376,626,099 keywords—suggesting broad keyword reach, while Pinterest remains comparatively underrepresented in the overall organic search landscape.
Opportunity Kickstarters
Here are your content opportunities, tailored to your domain's strengths. These are starting points for strategic plays that can grow into major traffic drivers in your market. Connect with our team to see the full traffic potential and activate these plays.
Create technical, data-driven pages for specific paint colors that move users from inspiration to purchase. These pages provide critical decision-making data like Light Reflectance Value (LRV), undertones, and coordinating palettes.
Example Keywords
- "[Brand] [Color Name] undertones"
- "LRV of [Color Name] paint"
- "coordinating colors for [Color Name]"
- "[Color A] vs [Color B] comparison"
Rationale
Users often find a color they love on Pinterest but leave the platform to find technical specs like undertones or coordinating trim colors. By capturing these technical queries, Pinterest can own the entire funnel from discovery to the paint store.
Topical Authority
Pinterest already has massive authority in home decor, with the /ideas/home-decor/ hub driving millions of visits. Adding technical depth to this existing topical strength is a natural extension that Google will reward.
Internal Data Sources
Use image palette extraction from top-performing Pins to show real-world applications, and leverage merchant catalog data for shoppable paint and primer pairings.
Estimated Number of Pages
50,000+ (Covering all major paint brands and their full color catalogs)
Generate static pages that solve the 'will it fit' problem for high-intent furniture and decor buyers. These pages provide specific sizing recommendations based on room dimensions and furniture types.
Example Keywords
- "what size rug for [Room Dimensions]"
- "curtain length for [Ceiling Height]"
- "TV size for [Viewing Distance]"
- "sofa dimensions for [Room Type]"
Rationale
Sizing queries represent the final hurdle before a purchase. Providing these guides allows Pinterest to capture users at the bottom of the funnel and direct them to merchant partners via shoppable Pins.
Topical Authority
Pinterest's existing dominance in home discovery (1.8M SV for 'home decor ideas') provides the necessary relevance to rank for these high-intent utility queries.
Internal Data Sources
Utilize layout patterns detected in top-saved Pins and cross-reference with product catalog metadata for real-world dimension standards.
Estimated Number of Pages
120,000+ (Covering various item types, room sizes, and layout constraints)
Package visual 'aesthetics' into actionable shopping blueprints that list every item needed to recreate a look. These pages bridge the gap between a 'vibe' and a completed room.
Example Keywords
- "[Aesthetic Name] room shopping list"
- "[Aesthetic Name] decor essentials"
- "[Aesthetic Name] furniture list"
- "[Aesthetic Name] color palette and materials"
Rationale
While Pinterest is the home of aesthetics, it often lacks a structured 'shopping list' format. These pages provide a clear path to purchase for users who want to buy a look rather than just browse it.
Topical Authority
Pinterest is the primary source of truth for visual aesthetics online; leveraging this to create structured commerce content is a high-probability win.
Internal Data Sources
Use Pinterest Trends data to identify rising aesthetics and board co-occurrence graphs to see which products users naturally group together.
Estimated Number of Pages
60,000+ (Covering hundreds of aesthetics across different room types and budget tiers)
Transform viral IKEA hacks into structured parts lists and assembly guides. These pages provide the exact SKUs and tools needed to execute popular DIY projects found on the platform.
Example Keywords
- "[IKEA Product] hack materials list"
- "[IKEA Product] hack supplies"
- "turn [IKEA Product] into [New Item]"
- "[IKEA Product] hack total cost"
Rationale
IKEA hacks are a massive content pillar on Pinterest, but users often struggle to find the exact parts list. Providing a structured BOM captures high-intent DIYers ready to shop.
Topical Authority
Pinterest already ranks for major retailer entities like IKEA; providing specific project utility content strengthens this association and captures long-tail search.
Internal Data Sources
Transcribe Idea Pins and video tutorials using AirOps to extract material lists and map them to real product SKUs.
Estimated Number of Pages
20,000+ (Covering top IKEA products and their most popular hack variations)
Create utility pages that calculate exactly how much of everything a user needs for an event based on guest count. These pages provide the 'math' behind party planning alongside shoppable checklists.
Example Keywords
- "[Event Type] checklist for [Guest Count]"
- "how many [Item] for [Guest Count] guests"
- "[Event Type] supply list"
- "party planning timeline for [Event]"
Rationale
Event planning is a core use case for Pinterest, but the 'logistics' phase is often underserved. These pages capture users when they are actively making their shopping lists.
Topical Authority
Strong existing performance in celebration categories (weddings, birthdays, holidays) makes Pinterest a credible source for event logistics.
Internal Data Sources
Analyze theme item recurrence in popular event boards and use merchant catalogs to provide real-time pricing for the checklists.
Estimated Number of Pages
80,000+ (Covering various event types, guest counts, and themes)
Improvements Summary
Make /ideas/ pages the primary SEO landing pages by rewriting title tags/H1s around one main query, adding 250–500 words of unique intro copy, and structuring H2 sections plus an FAQ block. Treat boards and pins as supporting assets that link back to the relevant hub, and add internal links plus canonical tags to reduce intent overlap across /ideas/, /board/, and /pin/ URLs.
Improvements Details
Prioritize hubs targeting "spiky pixie cut", "updo braided bun", "shoulder length black hair with highlights", and "carefree haircuts", then add long-tail sections like "for thin hair", "for round face", "over 60", and "step by step" where relevant. Create new/strengthened hubs for "red dyed hair ideas", "gray blending for dark hair", "olive green acrylic nails", and "hard gel french tip nails", with "what to ask your stylist/nail tech" scripts and related-search HTML links. Add ItemList + FAQ schema (and HowTo only for real step sequences), verify pin tiles output crawlable title/description text in HTML, and improve LCP/CLS on image grids with lazy-loading below the fold and layout stabilization.
Improvements Rationale
The current Pinterest-style pages are light on indexable text and mapped to only one tracked keyword, which limits semantic coverage and long-tail rankings; all tracked terms show 0 traffic share, pointing to intent mismatch or thin/duplicative content. Low-competition opportunities like "updo braided bun" and "spiky pixie cut" can move faster when hubs provide clear guidance and organized subtopics, while stronger internal linking and canonicals consolidate signals so Google selects one best URL per intent instead of splitting rankings across multiple page types.
Appendix
| Keyword | Volume | Traffic % |
|---|---|---|
| best seo tools | 5.0k | 3 |
| seo strategy | 4.0k | 5 |
| keyword research | 3.5k | 2 |
| backlink analysis | 3.0k | 4 |
| on-page optimization | 2.5k | 1 |
| local seo | 2.0k | 6 |
| Page | Traffic | Traffic % |
|---|---|---|
| /seo-tools | 5.0k | 100 |
| /keyword-research | 4.0k | 100 |
| /backlink-checker | 3.5k | 80 |
| /site-audit | 3.0k | 60 |
| /rank-tracker | 2.5k | 50 |
| /content-optimization | 2.0k | 40 |
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