SourceScore
PEERS · 5 CLOSEST · THE TIMES (UK)

Sources at The Times (UK)'s tier

The 5 sources closest to The Times (UK) (B · 74) by composite SourceScore Index, across all categories. Use this view to discover at-tier peers regardless of vertical.

Reference
The Times (UK)
thetimes.co.uk · News
Disc B · 82·Mod-Ref C · 65·Vel B · 75
B·74
Discipline leader
The Times (UK)
B · 82(that's you)
Modern Reference leader
Stack Overflow
A · 86+21 vs you
Velocity leader
McKinsey Insights
B · 80+5 vs you
Peer-group means (excluding The Times (UK))
Index
74
0 vs you
Discipline
76
-6 vs you
Modern Reference
73
+8 vs you
Velocity
75
0 vs you

The 5 closest peers

  1. 1
    El Paíselpais.comNews

    Spain's tier-1 daily since 1976, with strong Latin American reach via elpais.com Americas editions.

    Discipline B · 80(-2)Modern Reference C · 68(+3)Velocity B · 72(-3)
    B·74
  2. 2
    Stack Overflowstackoverflow.comPlatform

    Q&A platform for software engineers since 2008; community-voted answers with content moderation.

    Discipline B · 70(-12)Modern Reference A · 86(+21)Velocity B · 78(+3)
    B·74
  3. 3
    The Globe and Mailtheglobeandmail.comNews

    Canada's national paper since 1844, broadsheet of record for business + politics.

    Discipline B · 82Modern Reference C · 68(+3)Velocity B · 70(-5)
    B·74
  4. 4
    McKinsey Insightsmckinsey.comBusiness+1

    McKinsey & Company's research arm; widely cited in business press despite client-conflict caveats.

    Discipline B · 70(-12)Modern Reference B · 75(+10)Velocity B · 80(+5)
    B·75
  5. 5
    South China Morning Postscmp.comNews+1

    Hong Kong-based English-language paper since 1903; primary tier-1 source for China + HK news in English.

    Discipline B · 78(-4)Modern Reference B · 70(+5)Velocity B · 76(+1)
    B·75

How we picked these peers

Peers are the 5 sources with the smallest absolute distance to The Times (UK) on the composite SourceScore Index, across all news and non-news sources. Distance is computed as |peer Index − The Times (UK) Index|. Ties are broken by higher Index first, then alphabetical by name.

Distinct from The Times (UK)'s curated comparator hub, which lists hand-selected head-to-head pairs. Peers is auto-computed from the score data — every source has one, and it surfaces neighbors regardless of editorial selection.