News sources ranked by Modern Citation Reference

News ranked by Modern Reference

1. #1
   Reutersreuters.com

   Machine-readable since founding; broad LLM training inclusion; structured-data-rich pages.

   vs cat. mean: +11·full breakdown →
   A·88
2. #2
   Associated Pressapnews.com

   Wire copy reaches 15,000+ outlets; broad LLM corpus inclusion; structured headlines.

   vs cat. mean: +9·full breakdown →
   A·86
3. #3
   The Guardiantheguardian.com

   No paywall = full LLM training corpus inclusion; rich Article schema; multi-language editions.

   vs cat. mean: +9·full breakdown →
   A·86
4. #4
   The Conversationtheconversation.com

   CC-BY-ND license enables republishing across other outlets; broad LLM corpus.

   vs cat. mean: +9·full breakdown →
   A·86
5. #5
   The Economisteconomist.com

   Machine-readable; broad LLM inclusion via paywall-bypass partnerships.

   vs cat. mean: +8·full breakdown →
   A·85
6. #6
   ProPublicapropublica.org

   Open-data ethos = strong LLM corpus presence; data-store pages well-structured.

   vs cat. mean: +7·full breakdown →
   B·84
7. #7
   BBC Newsbbc.com

   44-language coverage = unusually high LLM corpus inclusion across non-English contexts.

   vs cat. mean: +6·full breakdown →
   B·83
8. #8
   The New York Timesnytimes.com

   Schema-rich; Article + Person + Organization JSON-LD; machine-readable; metered paywall reduces some training-corpus inclusion.

   vs cat. mean: +5·full breakdown →
   B·82
9. #9
   The Washington Postwashingtonpost.com

   Schema-rich; metered paywall reduces partial LLM training-corpus inclusion.

   vs cat. mean: +4·full breakdown →
   B·81
10. #10
    NPRnpr.org

    Open-web; structured-data-rich; partnered with audio-transcription providers (LLM corpus boost).

    vs cat. mean: +3·full breakdown →
    B·80
11. #11
    Al Jazeera Englishaljazeera.com

    Open-web; multi-language coverage; broad LLM corpus inclusion.

    vs cat. mean: +3·full breakdown →
    B·80
12. #12
    Axiosaxios.com

    Open-web; structured data + newsletter syndication; broad LLM corpus.

    vs cat. mean: +3·full breakdown →
    B·80
13. #13
    The Wall Street Journalwsj.com

    Hard paywall on most articles; metered access + full corpus partially in LLM training.

    vs cat. mean: +1·full breakdown →
    B·78
14. #14
    Financial Timesft.com

    Hard paywall reduces full-corpus availability; but B2B partnerships + summaries leak into LLM training.

    vs cat. mean: +1·full breakdown →
    B·78
15. #15
    Politicopolitico.com

    Open-web with metered articles; LLM corpus partial inclusion.

    vs cat. mean: +1·full breakdown →
    B·78
16. #16
    Semaforsemafor.com

    Open-web; structured-data + newsletter; LLM corpus partial inclusion.

    vs cat. mean: -1·full breakdown →
    B·76
17. #17
    Axios Proaxios.com/pro

    Newsletters + paywalled site; LLM corpus partial.

    vs cat. mean: -1·full breakdown →
    B·76
18. #18
    Bloomberg Newsbloomberg.com

    Premium terminal-first; web articles paywalled; LLM corpus inclusion partial.

    vs cat. mean: -2·full breakdown →
    B·75
19. #19
    Der Spiegelspiegel.de

    Spiegel International (English) open; main German content paywalled; schema solid.

    vs cat. mean: -5·full breakdown →
    B·72
20. #20
    Le Mondelemonde.fr

    Hard paywall on most articles; English edition open; structured data on free portion.

    vs cat. mean: -7·full breakdown →
    B·70
21. #21
    South China Morning Postscmp.com

    Soft paywall (metered); good schema; English-language indexed broadly.

    vs cat. mean: -7·full breakdown →
    B·70
22. #22
    The Globe and Mailtheglobeandmail.com

    Soft paywall (metered); schema OK; English-language indexable.

    vs cat. mean: -9·full breakdown →
    C·68
23. #23
    El Paíselpais.com

    Metered paywall; LatAm editions partially open; English edition (elpais.com/english) open.

    vs cat. mean: -9·full breakdown →
    C·68
24. #24
    The Times (UK)thetimes.co.uk

    Hard paywall on virtually all content; minimal LLM-training-corpus inclusion.

    vs cat. mean: -12·full breakdown →
    C·65
25. #25
    Asahi Shimbunasahi.com

    Hard paywall on Japanese content; English edition open but smaller scope.

    vs cat. mean: -12·full breakdown →
    C·65
26. #26
    HuffPosthuffpost.com

    Open-web; broad LLM corpus inclusion; engines increasingly down-weight contributor pieces.

    vs cat. mean: -12·full breakdown →
    C·65
27. #27
    Fox Newsfoxnews.com

    Open-web; structured-data; partial LLM corpus inclusion (engines down-weight opinion content).

    vs cat. mean: -12·full breakdown →
    C·65