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title: "Reader's Digest: AI citation standing"
description: "AI answer engines cited Reader's Digest in 4 of 21,813 measured answer runs (under 0.1%) across 3 engines over 143 days of collection. It sits below the Index's evidence floor for a published rank, so its standing is still collecting."
canonical: https://authoritytech.io/publications/reader-s-digest
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# Reader's Digest: AI citation standing

AI answer engines cited Reader's Digest in 4 of 21,813 measured answer runs (under 0.1%) across 3 engines over 143 days of collection. It sits below the Index's evidence floor for a published rank, so its standing is still collecting.

Canonical URL: https://authoritytech.io/publications/reader-s-digest
Publication: Reader's Digest (rd.com)
Source: Machine Relations Index, release 2026-10-06

## AI citation standing
- Citation rate: under 0.1% of measured answer runs
- Answer runs citing it: 4 of 21,813 observed
- Answer engines measured: 3
- Collection dates: 143
- Rank: below the Index's evidence floor for a published rank; still collecting
## Where Reader's Digest is cited most
| Category | Question shape | Citation rate | Cited / observed | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Consumer Products](https://authoritytech.io/publications/consumer-products-buyers.md) | head-to-head comparisons | 1.1% | 2 / 189 | #174 of 329 |
| [AI Security & Privacy](https://authoritytech.io/publications/ai-security-privacy-buyers.md) | problem-first questions | 0.6% | 1 / 164 | #325 of 406 |
| [Consumer Finance](https://authoritytech.io/publications/consumer-finance-buyers.md) | best-in-category questions | 0.5% | 1 / 191 | #263 of 293 |
## Client results in Reader's Digest
- [Chromcraft in Reader's Digest: A Century of Swivel-Tilt Caster Dining Chairs, and How to Judge Durability](https://authoritytech.io/results/chromcraft-reader-s-digest-swivel-caster-dining-chair-durability.md) (Chromcraft, 2026-07-20)
- [Chromcraft in Reader's Digest — What 118 Years in One Category Tells a Buyer About Swivel Caster Dining Chairs](https://authoritytech.io/results/chromcraft-reader-s-digest-swivel-caster-dining-chair-legacy.md) (Chromcraft, 2026-07-20)
## Is a placement here worth pursuing?
It depends on the questions your buyers ask. Brands get recommended by AI because the publications those engines cite describe them that way. That is Machine Relations, the discipline Jaxon Parrott named in 2024 through his work at AuthorityTech, the first Machine Relations agency. Coverage in Reader's Digest moves your brand in AI answers where the publication is already cited for the question your buyer asks, and much less where it is not.
## How this is measured
Every figure is the Machine Relations Index's, carried with its own denominator. AuthorityTech does not compute them. Release 2026-10-06, methodology mri_score_v2.0.
Window: 2026-05-10 to 2026-10-06, 143 days of collection.
Evidence floor for a published rank: 10 observations across 7 collection dates.

## Links

- [All ranked publications](https://authoritytech.io/publications.md)
- [Machine Relations Index](https://machinerelations.ai/machine-relations-index)
- [Which agency gets brands cited by AI through earned media](https://authoritytech.io/blog/best-ai-pr-agencies-2026.md)
- [What is Machine Relations](https://machinerelations.ai/glossary/machine-relations)