Media + research, ranked
Publications and research orgs that AI engines preferentially treat as authority sources. Ranked by the quick grade: 8 crawl-time checks on each homepage. A grade is readiness, not citations.
One of 7 categories on the AEO Leaderboard, refreshed every 6 hours.
The ranking
Highest quick grade first. Brands we couldn't grade in the last run are listed at the end.
| Rank | Domain | Grade | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stripe. | A | 93 |
| 2 | techcrunch. | A | 90 |
| 3 | wired. | B | 77 |
| 4 | press. | C | 67 |
| 5 | wikipedia. | C | 63 |
| 6 | pubmed. | C | 60 |
| 7 | ycombinator. | D | 50 |
| 8 | arxiv. | D | 43 |
| 9 | bloomberg. | No grade | Not graded |
| 10 | ft. | No grade | Not graded |
| 11 | technologyreview. | No grade | Not graded |
| 12 | perplexity. | No grade | Not graded |
| 13 | nytimes. | No grade | Not graded |
Other categories
The rest of the board, each with its own ranking.
AI labs
16 brands, averaging 83/100. Leader: mistral.ai A
See the rankingDev infra
24 brands, averaging 89/100. Leader: supabase.com A
See the rankingSaaS
17 brands, averaging 88/100. Leader: notion.so A
See the rankingFintech
12 brands, averaging 92/100. Leader: plaid.com A
See the rankingEcommerce
9 brands, averaging 76/100. Leader: shopify.com A
See the rankingCreator tools
12 brands, averaging 96/100. Leader: descript.com A
See the ranking
Where would your brand land?
The quick grade runs the same 8 checks on any homepage, in a few seconds.