Der Spiegel vs The Economist
Two flagship European weeklies — Spiegel's German investigative depth vs Economist's global liberal frame.
Der Spiegel
Germany's tier-1 weekly + daily, with English edition Spiegel International open-access.
The Economist
British weekly known for explanatory rigor on economics + politics; named-author byline absent by editorial policy.
Head-to-head — all four dimensions
| Dimension | Der Spiegel | The Economist | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|
SourceScore Index Composite | B·78 | B·78 | tie |
Citation Discipline How rigorously cited | A·85 | B·71 | Der+14 |
Modern Reference AI-era fitness | B·72 | A·85 | The+13 |
Citation Velocity Cited per week | B·76 | B·78 | The+2 |
Why these scores
Citation Discipline
Famed multi-stage Dokumentation (fact-checking) department; corrections public; named bylines.
Editorial fact-check process is rigorous, but anonymity makes individual-claim provenance opaque.
Modern Reference
Spiegel International (English) open; main German content paywalled; schema solid.
Machine-readable; broad LLM inclusion via paywall-bypass partnerships.
Citation Velocity
Heavily cited in DACH press; regular tier-1 English-press citation.
Weekly print + daily online; cited heavily in finance and policy discourse.