How many people search for healthy recipes each month?

About 1,106,070 monthly searches across the top related keywords in the United States, led by "best healthy recipes".

Who already ranks for healthy recipes searches?

0 dedicated directories and 0 general aggregators appear in the top 10 results for "best healthy recipes".

Directory / United States / Data pulled 1 hour ago

Healthy Recipes Directory

Create a directory of healthy recipes featuring diverse meal ideas for health-conscious individuals.

Verdict: Worth a try

The demand for healthy recipes is high, but competition is fierce with six business sites dominating the top results. There are no dedicated directories, making it challenging to establish a unique presence in this niche.

Searches: 1,106,070; per month, top 12 keywords
Directories: 0; dedicated, in the top 10
Aggregators: 0; Yelp, Maps, marketplaces
Businesses nearby: n/a; no location given

Demand

Monthly Google searches in United States for the keyword cluster around 'healthy recipes'. Phrasings Google counts as one keyword are collapsed.

Google Ads keyword data

Primary keyword

best healthy recipes

Cluster total

1,106,070 / mo

Easy keywords

7 of 12

Keyword	Volume	Difficulty	CPC	Intent
breakfast healthy recipe	165,000	15 easy	$0.36	informational
breakfast recipe ideas healthy	165,000	15 easy	$0.36	informational
dinner healthy recipe	135,000	24 easy	$0.39	informational
healthy recipe dinner ideas	135,000	24 easy	$0.39	informational
recipe for healthy	60,500	56 medium	$0.48	informational
recipe healthy food	60,500	56 medium	$0.48	informational
healthy dish recipe	60,500	55 medium	$0.48	informational
healthy food and recipe	60,500	56 medium	$0.48	informational
healthy food with recipe	60,500	56 medium	$0.48	informational
healthy recipe lunch	40,500	18 easy	$0.44	informational
easy dinner healthy recipe	40,500	17 easy	$0.42	informational
healthy lunch recipe ideas	40,500	18 easy	$0.44	informational

Competition

The live top 10 for 'best healthy recipes', the keyword a directory for this niche would need to win.

Live Google SERP

Dedicated directory

Sites built for this niche. Your direct competitors.

Aggregator

Yelp, Maps, Reddit, marketplaces. Not beatable, not niche.

Business site

Google chose a business, not a list, for these slots.

Beatable slots

0 of 8

Content pages on domains under 10k visits a month.

No niche directory ranks here, but 6 of the top results are domains with over a million visits a month. Entering this page means outranking them, not filling an empty slot.

#	Result	Type	Est. traffic / mo
1	cooking.nytimes.com Healthy Recipes - NYT Cooking - The New York Times Business site 16,676,082/mo	Business site	16,676,082
2	foodnetwork.com 50 Best Healthy Recipes & Ideas Content 27,152,399/mo	Content	27,152,399
3	skinnytaste.com Skinnytaste: Healthy Recipes Made with Real Food Business site 4,394,122/mo	Business site	4,394,122
4	bbcgoodfood.com 100+ Quick & healthy recipes Content 9,988,792/mo	Content	9,988,792
5	thecleaneatingcouple.com The Clean Eating Couple: Quick Easy Healthy Recipes Business site 424,879/mo	Business site	424,879
6	nutritionsource.hsph.harvard.edu Recipes - The Nutrition Source Business site 8,823,612/mo	Business site	8,823,612
7	allthehealthythings.com All the Healthy Things: Simple and Delicious Recipes Business site 217,612/mo	Business site	217,612
8	nhlbi.nih.gov Healthy Eating Recipes \| NHLBI, NIH Business site 9,589,597/mo	Business site	9,589,597

Traffic is the estimated monthly organic visits to the whole domain, shown on a log scale. A content page from a small site ranking above giants is the signal to look for; business sites rank on local relevance and are not slots a directory can take.

Build plan

A starting structure for the directory, drafted from the numbers above. Treat the revenue range as an order of magnitude.

Generated

Name ideas

HealthyBitesHub
NutriRecipeFinder
WholesomeDishDirectory

Monetization

affiliate

Earn revenue through affiliate links to cooking products and meal plans.

$500 to $2,000 / mo after a year