How to Submit to TechCrunch

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TechCrunch is a startup directory. The domain has been indexed since 2019 and has 365,970 referring domains. Google sends it an estimated 1,030,828 organic visits a month across 230,847 ranking keywords, 31,543 of them in the top 10. People search for “techcrunch” about 49,500 times a month.

TechCrunch homepage
TechCrunch homepage, captured recently.

Is TechCrunch free to submit to, and how long does approval take?

92
Domain RatingDR 92Ahrefs, live
Link typeNofollow
Cost to listPaid
Organic visits / month1.0M230,847 ranking keywords
Referring domains366K33,952,723 backlinks
Online since2019
Brand searches / month49,50012-month trend: flat

Is TechCrunch worth submitting to?

  • –Links are nofollow, so this is a traffic and visibility play, not a link-building one.
  • –Real referral potential: 3436Ă— the organic traffic of the median directory.

How much traffic does TechCrunch get?

Compared with the median of the 131 directories we track. Google US, DataForSEO estimates.

MetricTechCrunchMedian directoryRatio
Organic visits / month1,030,8283003436Ă—
Ranking keywords230,8471052199Ă—
Keywords in top 1031,543310514Ă—
Referring domains365,970385951Ă—
Domain Rating92501.8Ă—

10% of the domains linking to TechCrunch do so with nofollow links; its spam score is 2/100. It gained 112,407 new ranking keywords in the last month and lost 108,283.

What does TechCrunch rank for on Google?

The queries that send TechCrunch the most Google traffic. On most directories these are individual product listings rather than the homepage, which is the point: a listing here is a page that can rank on its own.

KeywordPositionMonthly searches
tech#1201,000
mode ai#91,830,000
calii#81,000,000
techcrunch#149,500
technology crunch#149,500

How do you submit to TechCrunch?

  1. 1

    Open the TechCrunch submission page

    Go to https://techcrunch.com and use the submit link in the navigation.

  2. 2

    Fill in the listing form

    Enter your product name, URL and a short description.

  3. 3

    Wait for review

    Check back after a few days and confirm your listing and link are live.

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More questions about submitting to TechCrunch

Does TechCrunch give a dofollow backlink?›

No, TechCrunch uses nofollow links; the listing can still send referral traffic.

How much traffic does TechCrunch get?›

About 1,030,828 organic visits a month from Google (DataForSEO estimate, US), from 230,847 ranking keywords.

What is the domain authority of TechCrunch?›

Ahrefs Domain Rating 92, with 365,970 referring domains; the domain has been indexed since 2019.

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Traffic and backlink figures are DataForSEO estimates for Google US from 2026-09-09. Domain Rating is fetched live from Ahrefs.