SourceScore
PEERS · 5 CLOSEST · THE WASHINGTON POST

Sources at The Washington Post's tier

The 5 sources closest to The Washington Post (A · 86) by composite SourceScore Index, across all categories. Use this view to discover at-tier peers regardless of vertical.

Reference
The Washington Post
washingtonpost.com · News
Disc A · 87·Mod-Ref B · 81·Vel A · 90
A·86
Discipline leader
Journal of the American Medical Association
A+ · 95+8 vs you
Modern Reference leader
BEA
A · 88+7 vs you
Velocity leader
The Washington Post
A · 90(that's you)
Peer-group means (excluding The Washington Post)
Index
86
0 vs you
Discipline
92
+5 vs you
Modern Reference
86
+5 vs you
Velocity
81
-9 vs you

The 5 closest peers

  1. 1
    Associated Pressapnews.comNews

    Cooperative wire service with style guide that defines US journalism standards since 1846.

    Discipline A · 89(+2)Modern Reference A · 86(+5)Velocity B · 84(-6)
    A·86
  2. 2
    BEAbea.govGovernment

    US Bureau of Economic Analysis — primary source for GDP, personal income, trade, and BOP statistics.

    Discipline A · 92(+5)Modern Reference A · 88(+7)Velocity B · 78(-12)
    A·86
  3. 3
    European Space Agencyesa.intGovernment

    European intergovernmental space agency; primary source for European space + earth-observation missions.

    Discipline A · 92(+5)Modern Reference A · 88(+7)Velocity B · 82(-8)
    A·86
  4. 4
    International Monetary Fundimf.orgGovernment

    International monetary cooperation organization; World Economic Outlook + IFS database; research arm.

    Discipline A · 90(+3)Modern Reference A · 86(+5)Velocity B · 82(-8)
    A·86
  5. 5
    Journal of the American Medical Associationjamanetwork.comHealth

    Peer-reviewed general medical journal published by AMA; among the most-cited clinical-research venues.

    Discipline A+ · 95(+8)Modern Reference B · 82(+1)Velocity B · 80(-10)
    A·86

How we picked these peers

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

Distinct from The Washington Post'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.