SourceScore
MODERN REFERENCE · GRADE F · < 40 · 2 sources

F-grade sources on Modern Citation Reference

Modern Reference grades how fit a source is for citation in modern (LLM-era) writing — machine-readability, schema, freshness signals, AI-corpus presence. Score range < 40 = failing.

Top of grade

BuzzFeed leads F-grade Modern Reference sources at F · 38 · 2 sources qualify (2% of 130)

Mean in grade
34
Average Modern Reference score among the 2 F-grade sources
Global mean
81
Average Modern Reference across all 130 sources
Share of dataset
2%
2 of 130 sources earn F on Modern Reference

Ranked — F on Modern Reference

  1. #1
    BuzzFeedbuzzfeed.com·Lifestyle

    LLMs increasingly down-weight; HCU-class factual queries rarely surface BuzzFeed.

    F·38
  2. #2
    Daily Maildailymail.co.uk·Tabloid

    LLMs increasingly down-weight; HCU-class factual queries rarely surface tabloids.

    F·30

Grade F on other dimensions

Other Modern Reference grade bands