Published: 20th February, 2020
Updated: 2nd March, 2026
Since 2020, we’ve been collating a list of the most popular employment websites in Australia and ranking them by their estimated monthly traffic. This years data is using “Country Rank” data from SimilarWeb. Take a look at the table below to see where Backpacker Job Board features in the list of best job sites.
What are job search websites?
Job search websites (employment websites or job boards) are online platforms designed for posting vacancies and finding work. These sites allow employers to post job advertisements and job seekers to browse listings, filter them by various criteria, and submit applications.
These employment sites can be broadly divided into:
- generalist sites with vacancies across different industries;
- niche sites focused on a particular sector or type of work;
- job aggregators that compile listings from multiple sources;
- official government employment portals.
In the modern structure of the online labor market, job aggregators and specialised platforms play a key role in consolidating listings from different sources, forming a multi-level ecosystem of employment sites. In Australia, job search websites are one of the main tools for finding work, and the largest platforms are ranked by traffic and popularity among users.
2026 – Most Popular Job Sites
| Rank | Website | Logo | Domain name | SimilarWeb Ranking* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seek |  |
seek.com.au | 21 |
| 2 | Indeed* |  |
indeed.com | 85 |
| 3 | Jora* |  |
au.jora.com | 286 |
| 4 | Workforce Australia | workforceaustralia.gov.au | 398 | |
| 5 | Glassdoor |  |
glassdoor.com.au | 710 |
| 6 | Smart Jobs QLD | smartjobs.qld.gov.au | 974 | |
| 7 | Ethical Jobs | ethicaljobs.com.au | 1048 | |
| 8 | Jobs WA | jobs.wa.gov.au | 1461 | |
| 9 | Jobs VIC | jobs.careers.vic.gov.au | 2318 | |
| 10 | ApplyNow | applynow.net.au | 2376 | |
| 11 | Grad Connection | gradconnection.com | 2998 | |
| 12 | Adzuna* |  |
adzuna.com.au | 3397 |
| 13 | Backpacker Job Board |  |
backpackerjobboard.com.au | 3811 |
| 14 | Career One |  |
careerone.com.au | 5001 |
| 15 | I Work For SA | iworkfor.sa.gov.au | 5643 | |
| 16 | Talent.com | talent.com | 6344 | |
| 17 | Simply Hired | simplyhired.com.au | 7552 | |
| 18 | NRM Jobs | nrmjobs.com.au | 8,066 | |
| 19 | Jobs NT | jobs.nt.gov.au | 8639 | |
| 20 | Job Search | Jobsearch.com.au | 25,627 | |
| 21 | Student Job Board | studentjobboard.com.au | 30,740 | |
| 22 | CareerJet | careerjet.com.au | 34,552 | |
| 23 | Grapevine Jobs | grapevinejobs.com.au | 38,091 | |
| 24 | GrabJobs | grabjobs.co | 93,402 | |
| 25 | Adecco | adecco.com.au | 193,576 | |
| 26 | FlexCareers | flexcareers.com.au | 365,214 |
2024
| Rank | Website | Logo | Domain name | SimilarWeb Ranking* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seek | |
seek.com.au | 23 |
| 2 | Indeed* | |
indeed.com | 68 |
| 3 | Workforce Australia | workforceaustralia.gov.au | 294 | |
| 4 | Jora* | |
au.jora.com | 302 |
| 5 | Glassdoor | |
glassdoor.com.au | 651 |
| 6 | Smart Jobs QLD | smartjobs.qld.gov.au | 1,000 | |
| 7 | Ethical Jobs | ethicaljobs.com.au | 1,370 | |
| 8 | Jobs WA | jobs.wa.gov.au | 1,639 | |
| 9 | Grad Connection | gradconnection.com | 2,025 | |
| 10 | Talent.com | talent.com | 2,116 | |
| 11 | ApplyNow | applynow.net.au | 2,515 | |
| 12 | Simply Hired | simplyhired.com.au | 2,565 | |
| 13 | Career One | |
careerone.com.au | 2,902 |
| 14 | Adzuna* | |
adzuna.com.au | 3,368 |
| 15 | Jobs VIC | jobs.careers.vic.gov.au | 3,412 | |
| 16 | I Work For SA | iworkfor.sa.gov.au | 3,588 | |
| 17 | Backpacker Job Board | |
backpackerjobboard.com.au | 4,319 |
| 18 | Adecco | adecco.com.au | 8,208 | |
| 19 | Jobs NT | jobs.nt.gov.au | 10,945 | |
| 20 | NRM Jobs | nrmjobs.com.au | 12,039 | |
| 21 | Job Search | Jobsearch.com.au | 14,346 | |
| 22 | GrabJobs | grabjobs.co | 15,540 | |
| 23 | Student Job Board | studentjobboard.com.au | 36,645 | |
| 24 | Grapevine Jobs | grapevinejobs.com.au | 44,318 | |
| 25 | CareerJet | careerjet.com.au | 64,835 | |
| 26 | FlexCareers | flexcareers.com.au | 106,734 |
2023
| Rank | Website | Logo | Domain name | Estimated monthly traffic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seek | |
seek.com.au | 21,930,000 |
| 2 | Indeed* | |
indeed.com | 9,269,000 |
| 3 | Jora* | |
au.jora.com | 2,319,000 |
| 4 | Workforce Australia | workforceaustralia.gov.au | 1,771,000 | |
| 5 | Glassdoor* | |
glassdoor.com.au | 957,521 |
| 6 | Ethical Jobs | ethicaljobs.com.au | 488,876 | |
| 7 | Smart Jobs QLD | smartjobs.qld.gov.au | 436,296 | |
| 8 | Talent.com* | talent.com | 392,834 | |
| 9 | Grad Connection* | gradconnection.com | 293,364 | |
| 10 | ApplyNow | applynow.net.au | 285,503 | |
| 11 | Simply Hired | simplyhired.com.au | 266,764 | |
| 12 | Adzuna* | |
adzuna.com.au | 250,775 |
| 13 | Jobs WA | jobs.wa.gov.au | 243,904 | |
| 14 | Career One | |
careerone.com.au | 200,187 |
| 15 | I Work For SA | iworkfor.sa.gov.au | 173,481 | |
| 16 | Jobs VIC | jobs.careers.vic.gov.au | 138,373 | |
| 17 | Job Search |  |
Jobsearch.com.au | 106,234 |
| 18 | Backpacker Job Board | |
backpackerjobboard.com.au | 81,233 |
| 19 | Adecco | adecco.com.au | 72,338 | |
| 20 | Jobs NT | jobs.nt.gov.au | 67,174 | |
| 21 | NRM Jobs | nrmjobs.com.au | 58,209 | |
| 22 | CareerJet |  |
careerjet.com.au | 16,197 |
| 23 | FlexCareers |  |
flexcareers.com.au | 14,176 |
| 24 | ApplyDirect | applydirect.com.au | < 5,000 |
2021
The Best Job Websites in Australia 2021. Data collected in April 2021. Updated to include position change versus 2020 site rank.
| Rank | Logo | Company | Alexa Traffic Rank 2021 v 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |
Indeed* | 69 (⬆37) |
| 2 | |
Seek | 1,078 (⬆499) |
| 3 |  |
Jora* | 10,110 (⬇2,583) |
| 4 |  |
JobActive | 13,952 (⬆22,970) |
| 5 | |
Glassdoor | 18,036 (⬆3,778) |
| 6 |  |
Recruit.net* | 34,870 (⬇15,876) |
| 7 |  |
Jobserve* | 35,162 (⬆2,211) |
| 8 | |
Career One | 54,489 (⬆32,820) |
| 9 | |
Adzuna* | 54,527 (⬇770) |
| 10 |  |
Student Edge* | 137,294 (⬇24,422) |
| 11 | |
Backpacker Job Board | 509,565 (⬇301,704) |
| 12 | |
CareerJet | 513,360 (⬇26,022) |
| 13 | |
FlexCareers | 595,568 (⬇240,232) |
| 14 | |
Job Search | 676,055 (⬇208,470) |
| 15 |  |
ApplyDirect | 1,332,556 (⬇819,074) |
| 16 |  |
Staff Australia | 2,024,131 (⬆844,068) |
| 17 |  |
One Shift Jobs | 2,734,489 (⬇1,202,283) |
| 18 |  |
Spot Jobs | 4,397,328 (⬆666,072) |
Alexa Traffic Ranking correct as of 12 April 2021
2020
The Best Job Sites in Australia for 2020 can be seen in the leaderboard table below. This is our archived table of data from February 2020.
| Rank | Logo | Company | Alexa Traffic Rank (Global) |
Alexa Traffic Rank (Australia) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |
Indeed* | 106 | – |
| 2 | |
Seek | 1,577 | 20 |
| 3 | |
Jora* | 7,527 | 150 |
| 4 | |
Recruit.net* | 18,994 | – |
| 5 | |
Glassdoor | 21,814 | 245 |
| 6 | |
JobActive | 36,922 | 512 |
| 7 | |
Jobserve* | 37,373 | 1,142 |
| 8 | |
Adzuna* | 53,757 | 751 |
| 9 | |
Career One | 87,309 | 1,779 |
| 10 | |
Student Edge* | 112,872 | 5,479 |
| 11 | |
Backpacker Job Board | 207,861 | 6,422 |
| 12 | |
FlexCareers | 355,336 | 7,075 |
| 13 | |
Job Search | 467,585 | 9,149 |
| 14 | |
CareerJet | 487,338 | 10,366 |
| 15 | |
ApplyDirect | 513,482 | 22,502 |
| 16 | |
One Shift Jobs | 1,532,206 | – |
| 17 | |
Staff Australia | 2,868,199 | – |
| 18 | |
Spot Jobs | 5,063,400 | – |
| 19 |  |
EmployMe | 5,600,622 | – |
Alexa Traffic Ranking correct as of 20 February 2020
Note: Gumtree, Facebook, LinkedIn haven’t been included in this list. Although they feature job ads, they are not solely an employment website.
* These are international job websites. As such they have sub-sites targeting different countries, each on the same website domain. It could be argued that this may skew the league table of top employment sites in Australia, as traffic from other members based in other countries
