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news Industry: AI Readiness Analysis
The news industry includes 8,536 domains in the SEODiff Radar, with an average AI-Readiness score of 42.3/100 — -3.2 points below the global baseline of 45.5.
Among news sites, 11.2% block GPTBot. This is above the 9.2% global average — indicating this industry may be more protective of its content. Only 20.9% of sites have structured data markup, which is one of the easiest wins for improving AI visibility.
The average ghost ratio is 6% and token bloat averages 21.9x. High token bloat means AI crawlers spend most of their token budget on boilerplate rather than content.
Grade Distribution
AI-Readiness score breakdown: A (90–100), B (70–89), C (50–69), D (30–49), F (0–29)
Top news Sites
| # | Domain | AI Score | Tech | Ghost Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | trucknews.biz | 90 | WordPress | 0% |
| 2 | fabtechmotorsports.com | 90 | WordPress | 0% |
| 3 | news.tsukumo.co.jp | 90 | WordPress | 0% |
| 4 | hrnote.jp | 90 | WordPress | 0% |
| 5 | chinatimes.com | 89 | Cloudflare Pages | 5% |
| 6 | agrijournal.jp | 89 | WordPress | 0% |
| 7 | editorial.sanpablo.es | 89 | WordPress | 0% |
| 8 | panty-kiwami.com | 89 | WordPress | 0% |
| 9 | tradingcardjournal.com | 89 | WordPress | 0% |
| 10 | educationnews.org | 88 | WordPress | 0% |
| 11 | newsroom.kddi.com | 88 | Next.js | 5% |
| 12 | nsjournal.jp | 88 | WordPress | 0% |
| 13 | cdjournal.com | 88 | WordPress | 0% |
| 14 | mancunianmatters.co.uk | 87 | WordPress | 0% |
| 15 | netzwerkrecherche.org | 87 | WordPress | 0% |
| 16 | enfant.media | 87 | WordPress | 0% |
| 17 | warsonline.info | 87 | WordPress | 0% |
| 18 | cararac.com | 87 | Cloudflare Pages | 5% |
| 19 | codico.com | 87 | Express | 5% |
| 20 | dtimes.jp | 87 | WordPress | 0% |
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Lowest Scoring news Sites
| # | Domain | AI Score | Tech | Ghost Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gulfstreampark.com | 0 | — | 0% |
| 2 | kanoonnews.ir | 3 | Custom / Proprietary | 0% |
| 3 | iusnews.ir | 3 | Custom / Proprietary | 0% |
| 4 | yaftenews.ir | 3 | Custom / Proprietary | 0% |
| 5 | salamatnews.com | 3 | Custom / Proprietary | 0% |
| 6 | journalupdate.de | 3 | Custom / Proprietary | 0% |
| 7 | journalkraft.de | 3 | Custom / Proprietary | 0% |
| 8 | droidnews.ru | 3 | Custom / Proprietary | 0% |
| 9 | fashnews.ir | 3 | Custom / Proprietary | 0% |
| 10 | itvmedia.pl | 3 | Custom / Proprietary | 0% |
| 11 | journalblick.de | 3 | Custom / Proprietary | 0% |
| 12 | dekapost.ir | 3 | Custom / Proprietary | 0% |
| 13 | hawzahnews.com | 3 | Custom / Proprietary | 0% |
| 14 | iswnews.com | 3 | Custom / Proprietary | 0% |
| 15 | equran.com.pk | 3 | Custom / Proprietary | 0% |
| 16 | mediaocean.com | 3 | Custom / Proprietary | 0% |
| 17 | fueldigitalmedia.ca | 3 | Custom / Proprietary | 0% |
| 18 | cnhindustrial.com | 3 | Custom / Proprietary | 0% |
| 19 | tejaratnews.com | 3 | Custom / Proprietary | 0% |
| 20 | standard-journal.com | 3 | Custom / Proprietary | 0% |
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