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I Analyzed 22,000+ Job Postings in Google SERPs – Here Are the Top Job Boards in 2025

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Step 1) Gather job & company data

I queried our active job listings and selected the most recent job posting from each of 22,346 companies. Here is the distribution of company sizes:

Size | Company Count
Micro (1–10) | 1,806
Small (11–50) | 2,355
Medium (51–250) | 6,902
Mid-Market (251–1,000) | 4,959
Enterprise (1,001–10,000) | 2,073
Large Enterprise (10,000+) | 253
Unknown | 3,998
Total | 22,346

* Job listing / company data sourced from UnlistedJobs

Step 2) Collect Google search data

Here is the Google search query (as entered): [Job Title] + [Company Name] —and repeated for each job.

* Google SERPs (Search Engine Results Page) were collected using DataForSEO's API.

Google search example

Step 3) Scrub the data

I only want direct links to job listings, so other search results were excluded.

Step 4) Skip Applicant Tracking Systems

Lever, Greenhouse, etc. don't have searchable job boards so they were skipped.

Step 5) Results

After querying first-page Google results for 22,346 job postings, here are the top domains:

  1. LinkedIn • Professional networking (49.7%, 11,106)
  2. ✘ NO SEARCH RESULTS ✘ (26.3%, 5,877)
  3. ZipRecruiter • Job aggregator (19.5%, 4,361)
  4. Indeed • Job search engine (19.4%, 4,341)
  5. Glassdoor • Jobs, reviews & salaries (12.7%, 2,842)
  6. Built In • Tech / startup job board (8.2%, 1,830)
  7. Remote Rocketship • Remote jobs (5.8%, 1,306)
  8. Jobright • AI job matching (4.9%, 1,099)
  9. Talent.com • Global job aggregator (4.9%, 1,088)
  10. Ladders • $100k+ exec job board (4.3%, 959)
  11. beBee • Professional network jobs (3.5%, 776)
  12. Lensa • AI job search (2.2%, 485)
  13. Startup Jobs • Jobs at startups (2.0%, 435)
  14. Himalayas.app • Top remote jobs (1.9%, 426)
  15. Jooble • Job aggregator, 60+ countries (1.3%, 280)

Step 6) Final thoughts

Roughly two-thirds of all job postings can be found on at least one of the major job boards (LinkedIn, Indeed, ZipRecruiter, or Glassdoor).

More than 1 in 4 jobs are not listed on any job boards.

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