Paid vs organicSeptember 2026
  • UTM Grabber1,120 leads
  • Sample datafictional business

Paid and organic moved together; paid holds at 63% of leads.

702 paid and 418 organic leads over 30 days. Google tops both sides: 54% of paid leads and 31% of organic.

northwinddental.comGravity Forms1,120 submissions30 days

Paid leads

702

▲+9%vs August

23.4 a day

Organic leads

418

▲+18%vs August

13.9 a day

Paid share

63%

▼−2 ptsvs August

of all leads

Paid leads fully tagged

95%

●Flatvs August

669 of 702 paid leads

The split

Paid and organic, measure by measure.

Paid means a paid last touch (cpc, paid social or an ad click ID). Organic is everything else: search, social, referral, email and direct.

Paid702 leads
vs
Organic418 leads
  • Leads702418
  • Share of leads63%37%
  • Change vs August+9%+18%
  • Top source shareGoogle 54%Google 31%
  • Top landing page share/new-pati… 20%Home 38%
  • Fully tagged95%22%

A tick marks the side ahead by 3 points or more where higher is better.

Trajectory

Which side is growing.

Leads per day, paid against organic.

01020304050OrganicPaidSep 1Sep 7Sep 10Sep 13Sep 16Sep 19Sep 22Sep 25Sep 30
01020304050OrganicPaidSep 1Sep 11Sep 16Sep 21Sep 30
  • Paid
  • Organic
Show the numbers
LabelPaidOrganic
Sep 12319
Sep 22515
Sep 3298
Sep 42022
Sep 5183
Sep 6146
Sep 7128
Sep 83115
Sep 93620
Sep 103717
Sep 112811
Sep 121311
Sep 13165
Sep 143319
Sep 153214
Sep 162222
Sep 173114
Sep 182213
Sep 191414
Sep 2098
Sep 212714
Sep 222317
Sep 233718
Sep 242521
Sep 252712
Sep 26115
Sep 27154
Sep 282816
Sep 292122
Sep 302325
Leads per day by last-touch channel group

Sources

Who feeds each side.

Top five sources on each side

#Paid sourcePaid leadsOrganic sourceOrganic leads
1Google382Google128
2Facebook155Direct (no UTM)85
3Instagram132Newsletter45
4––ChatGPT33
5––TikTok20

Organic leads without a utm_source are grouped by channel.

First touch

Who opens the journey.

First touch is how a lead first reached the site; last touch is the visit that converted.

0200400600800PaidOrganic
0200400600800PaidOrganic
  • First touch
  • Last touch
Show the numbers
LabelFirst touchLast touch
Paid613702
Organic507418
Leads credited to each side by first touch and by last touch

Next steps

Where to put the next dollar.

  1. Ongoing

    Protect your home page

    It brought 38% of organic leads (157). Keep it current and linked from your top posts.

    Medium impactLow effort
  2. Next quarter

    Rebalance budget by trajectory, not size

    Paid is 63% of leads today. Compare this report each quarter and shift budget toward the side that is growing.

    Medium impactLow effort
How we built this report
  • Paid: the converting visit was a paid click (utm_medium cpc, ppc or paid social, or a Google or Microsoft click ID). Organic: every other lead.
  • Change compares with August (645 paid, 354 organic).
  • First touch comes from UTM Grabber's first-visit fields.