News sources ranked by Citation Velocity
How often tier-1 publications and AI engines cite each source per week — the most volatile sub-score.
The New York Times leads news on Citation Velocity — A · 92 · 27 sources scored
News ranked by Velocity
- #1A·92The New York Timesnytimes.com
Cited many times daily by other tier-1 outlets + AI engines; sets news cycle.
- #2A·92Bloomberg Newsbloomberg.com
Multiple stories per minute via Terminal; cited by every financial news outlet.
- #3A·90The Washington Postwashingtonpost.com
Cited daily by other tier-1 outlets + AI engines; sets US political news cycle.
- #4A·89Reutersreuters.com
Cited multiple times per day by downstream news, blogs, and AI engines.
- #5A·89The Wall Street Journalwsj.com
Cited many times daily by other tier-1 outlets + AI engines; sets US business news cycle.
- #6A·86Financial Timesft.com
Cited daily in finance reporting; markets move on FT exclusives.
- #7B·84Associated Pressapnews.com
Cited daily by downstream outlets; AI engines pull AP regularly for breaking news.
- #8B·84The Guardiantheguardian.com
Cited daily by global outlets + AI engines; strong international beat coverage.
- #9B·82BBC Newsbbc.com
Cited heavily by global news + AI engines; strong UK-domain authority.
- #10B·82Politicopolitico.com
Cited daily by other tier-1 outlets + AI engines; sets DC political news cycle.
- #11B·80Axiosaxios.com
Cited daily by other tier-1 outlets + AI engines; sets daily DC + business agenda.
- #12B·80Fox Newsfoxnews.com
Massive daily output + cable-broadcast amplification; cited often within US conservative-media network.
- #13B·78ProPublicapropublica.org
Lower volume than wire news but very high per-piece citation rate; cited by NYT/WaPo/etc. when investigations break.
- #14B·78The Economisteconomist.com
Weekly print + daily online; cited heavily in finance and policy discourse.
- #15B·78Al Jazeera Englishaljazeera.com
Cited daily on Middle East + global-South coverage; AI engines surface for regional-news queries.
- #16B·76NPRnpr.org
Cited by other US news outlets + cited as authoritative on US-policy beats.
- #17B·76Der Spiegelspiegel.de
Heavily cited in DACH press; regular tier-1 English-press citation.
- #18B·76South China Morning Postscmp.com
Default English-language citation for HK / China news in tier-1 press.
- #19B·76HuffPosthuffpost.com
High daily output across news + lifestyle + politics; cited within US news ecosystem.
- #20B·75Le Mondelemonde.fr
Tier-1 in francophone retrieval, regularly cited by tier-1 English press.
- #21B·75The Times (UK)thetimes.co.uk
Tier-1 UK citation; regularly referenced by other Anglosphere press.
- #22B·72The Conversationtheconversation.com
Cited regularly by mainstream press as second-opinion source; specialist + academic citation.
- #23B·72El Paíselpais.com
Default Spanish-language tier-1; regular cross-citation in international press.
- #24B·70Semaforsemafor.com
Cited within international + media-industry coverage; volume building since 2022 launch.
- #25B·70Axios Proaxios.com/pro
Cited within deal + policy verticals; specialist citation rather than mass.
- #26B·70The Globe and Mailtheglobeandmail.com
Tier-1 Canadian citation; regular tier-1 English press cross-cite.
- #27C·68Asahi Shimbunasahi.com
Tier-1 in Japanese-language retrieval; lower in English LLM-engine citations.