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Health Pages the Web Links to Most
The health pages the web links to most, ranked by the number of backlinks they received from 15 of the web’s biggest referring domains. The data is partial — read the notice below before quoting any figure.
Published 7 November 2026 · Last reviewed 7 November 2026
Partial data — read this first. This list comes from a Semrush backlink read (Wave 22, November 2026) that covered 15 of the 20 biggest referring domains in full, plus nytimes.com in part. Four domains — samsung.com, theguardian.com, wikipedia.org and www.gov.uk — were not counted at all. The nytimes.com × kff.org figures are provisional (9 of 39 pages read) and are not included in the KFF list below. Treat these as the most-linked pages in the data we have, not as a definitive ranking of the whole web.
Each table lists the ten most-linked pages on one publisher’s site, with the number of backlinks counted and the referring domain that linked to it most. The number in brackets after a domain — for example, “bbc.co.uk (404)” — is how many of that page’s links came from that domain. It is a count, not an error code. For dated, sourced population figures, see the WHO Global Data Explorer tool.
Most-linked WHO health pages
who.int — 16 referring domains counted.
| # | Page | Links | Most links from |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WHO home page | 557 | bbc.co.uk (404) |
| 2 | COVID-19 Response Fund | 195 | microsoft.com (195) |
| 3 | Disability | 151 | microsoft.com (151) |
| 4 | Safe listening devices and systems: a WHO-ITU standard | 140 | apple.com (140) |
| 5 | Herpes simplex virus | 94 | healthline.com (94) |
| 6 | Physical activity | 93 | google.com (80) |
| 7 | India | 86 | britannica.com (86) |
| 8 | Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) | 61 | microsoft.com (43) |
| 9 | Cancer | 55 | mayoclinic.org (33) |
| 10 | Menopause | 49 | healthline.com (49) |
Four WHO fact-sheet addresses below were recorded as shortened addresses; the links use the publisher’s standard form, checked to load.
Most-linked CDC health pages
cdc.gov — 16 referring domains counted.
| # | Page | Links | Most links from |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CDC home page | 629 | bbc.co.uk (393) |
| 2 | About Family Health History | 82 | nih.gov (82) |
| 3 | Adult Activity: An Overview | 76 | healthline.com (71) |
| 4 | Adult Obesity Facts | 68 | healthline.com (30) |
| 5 | CDC data portal | 48 | amazon.com (48) |
| 6 | Mobile Privacy Policy | 46 | apple.com (46) |
| 7 | Mental Health — Household Pulse Survey | 44 | apple.com (44) |
| 8 | Vaccines & Immunizations | 42 | google.com (42) |
| 9 | Testing for COVID-19 | 35 | microsoft.com (35) |
| 10 | NHSN Patient Safety Component Manual — CLABS (PDF) | 27 | cambridge.org (27) |
Some CDC links now redirect to the publisher’s current address for the same page.
Most-linked Commonwealth Fund health pages
commonwealthfund.org — 16 referring domains counted.
| # | Page | Links | Most links from |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Commonwealth Fund home page | 56 | nih.gov (29) |
| 2 | Mirror, Mirror 2021: Reflecting Poorly | 19 | nih.gov (14) |
| 3 | The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Outpatient Visits: A Rebound Emerges | 14 | nih.gov (14) |
| 4 | U.S. Health Care from a Global Perspective, 2022: Accelerating Spending, Worsening Outcomes | 11 | cambridge.org (11) |
| 5 | U.S. Health Care from a Global Perspective, 2019: Higher Spending, Worse Outcomes? | 4 | cambridge.org (4) |
| 6 | Thomas Barnay (researcher profile) | 3 | google.com (3) |
| 7 | Brazil (country profile) | 2 | amazon.com (2) |
| 8 | The Dose (podcast) | 1 | apple.com (1) |
| 9 | The Triple Aim Journey: Improving Population Health and Patients’ Experience of Care | 1 | microsoft.com (1) |
| 10 | U.S. Maternal Mortality Crisis Comparison | 1 | amazon.com (1) |
Four Commonwealth Fund addresses below were recorded as shortened addresses; the links are the pages’ addresses on the publisher’s site, found and checked to load. Some links now redirect to the publisher’s current address for the same page.
Most-linked KFF health pages
kff.org — 15 referring domains counted (nytimes.com excluded — its kff.org figures are provisional).
| # | Page | Links | Most links from |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KFF home page | 55 | nih.gov (36) |
| 2 | State Health Facts | 44 | nih.gov (31) |
| 3 | Medicare Advantage in 2024: Enrollment Update and Key Trends | 37 | healthline.com (37) |
| 4 | Status of State Medicaid Expansion Decisions | 30 | nih.gov (30) |
| 5 | Key Facts About Medigap Enrollment and Premiums for Medicare Beneficiaries | 14 | healthline.com (14) |
| 6 | Contact Us | 2 | amazon.com (2) |
| 7 | Global COVID-19 Tracker | 2 | microsoft.com (2) |
| 8 | How to Cite KFF and Reprint Materials | 2 | amazon.com (2) |
| 9 | Cervical Cancer Deaths and Death Rates per 100,000 Women | 2 | microsoft.com (2) |
| 10 | Medicaid/CHIP Monthly Enrollment Tracker | 1 | amazon.com (1) |
Some KFF links now redirect to the publisher’s current edition of the same page.
Pages we could not link
Some of the most-linked pages could not be listed, because the address Semrush recorded no longer loads. They are named here with their counts, not hidden.
WHO
Three WHO pages were among the most-linked but could not be listed, because the recorded address no longer loads:
- WHO coronavirus Q&A page — 24 links
- WHO COVID-19 advice for the public — 22 links
- WHO code of ethics pamphlet (PDF) — 22 links
CDC
Ten CDC pages were among the most-linked but could not be listed, because CDC has retired or moved the pages and the recorded address no longer loads:
- CDC COVID Data Tracker, vaccinations view — 122 links
- CDC H5N1 (bird flu) page — 96 links
- CDC NHANES index — 91 links
- CDC COVID-19 infection-control recommendations for health care — 45 links
- CDC travel health notice on acute respiratory syndrome — 40 links
- CDC coronavirus (COVID-19) index — 27 links
- CDC COVID Data Tracker, county view — 24 links
- CDC coronavirus self-checker — 23 links
- CDC Youth Risk Behavior Survey data summary (PDF) — 23 links
- CDC COVID Data Tracker, variant proportions — 21 links
Commonwealth Fund
One Commonwealth Fund file could not be listed, because the recorded address no longer loads and its file path on the publisher’s site could not be found:
- Commonwealth Fund international health profiles (Mossialos, 2015) (PDF) — 2 links
KFF
Seven KFF pages could not be listed, because the recorded address no longer loads:
- KFF Medicaid expansion decisions map, short address (the same page as #4 above, under its older short address) — 15 links
- KFF State Health Facts database — 8 links
- KFF file entmedia030905pkg.cfm — 3 links
- KFF data on COVID-19 vaccinations by race and ethnicity — 3 links
- KFF file pomr062007pkg_v2.cfm — 3 links
- KFF Americans’ challenges with health care costs — 2 links
- KFF Medicare Advantage 2026 spotlight, short address — 2 links
How this was counted
Counts are backlinks summed across the completed referring domains: 16 domains for who.int, cdc.gov and commonwealthfund.org (including nytimes.com, whose who.int, cdc.gov and commonwealthfund.org figures are complete), and 15 domains for kff.org (nytimes.com excluded — its kff.org figures are provisional, 9 of 39 pages read).
A count is the number of backlinks from those domains to that exact address. Addresses are counted exactly as Semrush showed them, so the same page reached by two different addresses counts as two entries.
Only pages whose full address was recorded and which load are ranked. Where Semrush recorded only a shortened address, the link is the page’s address on the publisher’s site: WHO fact-sheet addresses were completed to the publisher’s standard form, and Commonwealth Fund publication addresses were found by title and checked to load. Every link on this page was checked to load in November 2026. Some links now redirect to the publisher’s current edition of the same page.
This is a link directory with context, not a guide. It makes no health claim and gives no health advice.