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Publication Intelligence Index

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Creator: AuthorityTech
Published: 2026-05-10
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Tracked since May 10, 2026·Updated Jul 30, 2026

An editorial view of the publications answer engines cite across technical and emerging categories, grounded in Machine Relations Index data.

This page cites the canonical source-behavior standard at Machine Relations Index.

Top signal

Medium#1

of 1,057 classified editorial publications

1Medium#1
2Forbes#2
3Yahoo#3
4TechCrunch#6

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#	Publication	Source percentile	Publication signal	Cited runs	Scope	Next step
1	Medium medium.com	100pct100th percentile across 16,832 observed domainsRank and percentile of this domain against every source the Machine Relations Index measures, of any type.#1 of 1,057 classified sourcesRank and percentile of this domain against other domains of the same source type (here, classified editorial publications).	#1 of 1057 classified editorial publications Cited in 46.8% of AI Infrastructure runs	678	AI InfrastructureAI Visibility & GEOCybersecurity	Audit fit ->
2	Forbes forbes.com	100pct100th percentile across 16,832 observed domainsRank and percentile of this domain against every source the Machine Relations Index measures, of any type.#2 of 1,057 classified sourcesRank and percentile of this domain against other domains of the same source type (here, classified editorial publications).	#2 of 1057 classified editorial publications Cited in 5.8% of HR & Talent runs	403	AI InfrastructureAI Visibility & GEOCybersecurity	Audit fit ->
3	Yahoo yahoo.com	99.9pct99.9th percentile across 16,832 observed domainsRank and percentile of this domain against every source the Machine Relations Index measures, of any type.#3 of 1,057 classified sourcesRank and percentile of this domain against other domains of the same source type (here, classified editorial publications).	#3 of 1057 classified editorial publications Cited in 7.8% of AI Infrastructure runs	249	AI InfrastructureCybersecurityEnterprise Software	Audit fit ->
4	TechCrunch techcrunch.com	99.9pct99.9th percentile across 16,832 observed domainsRank and percentile of this domain against every source the Machine Relations Index measures, of any type.#6 of 1,057 classified sourcesRank and percentile of this domain against other domains of the same source type (here, classified editorial publications).	#6 of 1057 classified editorial publications Cited in 4.5% of Legacy News Topics runs	161	CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareFintech	Audit fit ->
5	PR Newswire prnewswire.com	99.8pct99.8th percentile across 16,832 observed domainsRank and percentile of this domain against every source the Machine Relations Index measures, of any type.#8 of 1,057 classified sourcesRank and percentile of this domain against other domains of the same source type (here, classified editorial publications).	#8 of 1057 classified editorial publications Cited in 2.9% of Legacy News Topics runs	154	AI Visibility & GEOCybersecurityEnterprise Software	Audit fit ->
6	Business Insider businessinsider.com	99.6pct99.6th percentile across 16,832 observed domainsRank and percentile of this domain against every source the Machine Relations Index measures, of any type.#16 of 1,057 classified sourcesRank and percentile of this domain against other domains of the same source type (here, classified editorial publications).	#16 of 1057 classified editorial publications Cited in 1.5% of Legacy News Topics runs	86	CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareHealthcare Services	Audit fit ->
7	Wall Street Journal wsj.com	99.3pct99.3th percentile across 16,832 observed domainsRank and percentile of this domain against every source the Machine Relations Index measures, of any type.#23 of 1,057 classified sourcesRank and percentile of this domain against other domains of the same source type (here, classified editorial publications).	#23 of 1057 classified editorial publications Cited in 0.4% of Legacy News Topics runs	60	CybersecurityFintechHealthcare Services	Audit fit ->
8	Venture Beat venturebeat.com	99.1pct99.1th percentile across 16,832 observed domainsRank and percentile of this domain against every source the Machine Relations Index measures, of any type.#40 of 1,057 classified sourcesRank and percentile of this domain against other domains of the same source type (here, classified editorial publications).	#40 of 1057 classified editorial publications Cited in 7.5% of AI Infrastructure runs	46	AI InfrastructureCybersecurityEnterprise Software	Audit fit ->
9	Fortune fortune.com	99pct99th percentile across 16,832 observed domainsRank and percentile of this domain against every source the Machine Relations Index measures, of any type.#41 of 1,057 classified sourcesRank and percentile of this domain against other domains of the same source type (here, classified editorial publications).	#41 of 1057 classified editorial publications Cited in 0.9% of Legacy News Topics runs	45	CybersecurityFintechHR & Talent	Audit fit ->
10	Time.com time.com	99pct99th percentile across 16,832 observed domainsRank and percentile of this domain against every source the Machine Relations Index measures, of any type.#43 of 1,057 classified sourcesRank and percentile of this domain against other domains of the same source type (here, classified editorial publications).	#43 of 1057 classified editorial publications Cited in 0.3% of HR & Talent runs	44	FintechHealthcare ServicesHR & Talent	Audit fit ->
11	CNET (Profile Post Only) cnet.com	98.7pct98.7th percentile across 16,832 observed domainsRank and percentile of this domain against every source the Machine Relations Index measures, of any type.#53 of 1,057 classified sourcesRank and percentile of this domain against other domains of the same source type (here, classified editorial publications).	#53 of 1057 classified editorial publications Cited in 0.3% of Healthcare Services runs	36	Healthcare ServicesMartech & Advertising	Audit fit ->
12	CSO csoonline.com	98.4pct98.4th percentile across 16,832 observed domainsRank and percentile of this domain against every source the Machine Relations Index measures, of any type.#66 of 1,057 classified sourcesRank and percentile of this domain against other domains of the same source type (here, classified editorial publications).	#66 of 1057 classified editorial publications Cited in 2.4% of Cybersecurity runs	32	CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareLegacy News Topics	Audit fit ->
13	SourceForge sourceforge.net	98.2pct98.2th percentile across 16,832 observed domainsRank and percentile of this domain against every source the Machine Relations Index measures, of any type.#71 of 1,057 classified sourcesRank and percentile of this domain against other domains of the same source type (here, classified editorial publications).	#71 of 1057 classified editorial publications Cited in 2.7% of Cybersecurity runs	30	CybersecurityFintechHealthcare Services	Audit fit ->

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