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title: "The Next Web: AI citation standing"
description: "AI answer engines cited The Next Web in 26 of 21,813 measured answer runs (0.1%) across 5 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/the-next-web
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# The Next Web: AI citation standing

AI answer engines cited The Next Web in 26 of 21,813 measured answer runs (0.1%) across 5 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/the-next-web
Publication: The Next Web (thenextweb.com)
Source: Machine Relations Index, release 2026-10-06

## AI citation standing
- Citation rate: 0.1% of measured answer runs
- Answer runs citing it: 26 of 21,813 observed
- Answer engines measured: 5
- Collection dates: 143
- Rank: below the Index's evidence floor for a published rank; still collecting
## Where The Next Web is cited most
| Category | Question shape | Citation rate | Cited / observed | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Enterprise Software](https://authoritytech.io/publications/enterprise-software-buyers.md) | news and topic questions | 1.0% | 6 / 596 | #191 of 1,371 |
| Legacy News Topics | news and topic questions | 0.2% | 4 / 2,138 | #961 of 4,017 |
| [HR & Talent](https://authoritytech.io/publications/hr-talent-buyers.md) | head-to-head comparisons | 3.8% | 4 / 106 | #55 of 182 |
| [HR & Talent](https://authoritytech.io/publications/hr-talent-buyers.md) | news and topic questions | 0.5% | 3 / 608 | #381 of 1,246 |
| [AI Infrastructure](https://authoritytech.io/publications/ai-infrastructure-buyers.md) | problem-first questions | 1.2% | 2 / 165 | #129 of 351 |
| [Healthcare Services](https://authoritytech.io/publications/healthcare-services-buyers.md) | problem-first questions | 1.5% | 2 / 137 | #151 of 298 |
| Martech & Advertising | news and topic questions | 0.2% | 1 / 602 | #1,124 of 1,243 |
| [AI Visibility & GEO](https://authoritytech.io/publications/ai-visibility-geo-buyers.md) | top-list questions | 0.8% | 1 / 130 | #576 of 636 |
## Client results in The Next Web
- [1mind Names the Costliest Moment in B2B Sales — and The Next Web Runs the Math](https://authoritytech.io/results/1mind-the-next-web-handoff-tax-ai-sales-engineer.md) (1mind, 2026-07-29)
- [White-Label Client Portal Software for Agencies: Why TNW Profiled Wayfront](https://authoritytech.io/results/wayfront-the-next-web-portal-operating-model-productized-agencies.md) (Wayfront, 2026-06-23)
- [Firecrawl in The Next Web: Why AI Web Layer Agents Need Reliable Live-Web Infrastructure](https://authoritytech.io/results/firecrawl-the-next-web-ai-web-layer-agents.md) (Firecrawl, 2026-05-09)
## 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 The Next Web 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)