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title: "The Atlantic: AI citation standing"
description: "AI answer engines cited The Atlantic in 4 of 21,813 measured answer runs (under 0.1%) across 2 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/theatlantic
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# The Atlantic: AI citation standing

AI answer engines cited The Atlantic in 4 of 21,813 measured answer runs (under 0.1%) across 2 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/theatlantic
Publication: The Atlantic (theatlantic.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: 2
- Collection dates: 143
- Rank: below the Index's evidence floor for a published rank; still collecting
## Where The Atlantic is cited most
| Category | Question shape | Citation rate | Cited / observed | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Family Software](https://authoritytech.io/publications/family-software-buyers.md) | is-it-worth-it questions | 1.5% | 2 / 130 | #80 of 162 |
| [AI Visibility & GEO](https://authoritytech.io/publications/ai-visibility-geo-buyers.md) | head-to-head comparisons | 0.5% | 1 / 191 | #434 of 480 |
| [iGaming & Betting](https://authoritytech.io/publications/igaming-betting-buyers.md) | problem-first questions | 0.9% | 1 / 106 | #271 of 287 |
## How to get into The Atlantic
- **Pitch a reported story or commentary (news desks)**: The Atlantic accepts pitches for reported stories and commentary for its website through topic-specific news desks. This is the route for outside writers proposing a piece. Email the desk that best matches your topic: Politics and National Security, politics@theatlantic.com; Culture and Books, culture@theatlantic.com; Science, Technology, and Health, science@theatlantic.com; Family, family@theatlantic.com; Global, global@theatlantic.com; Ideas, ideas@theatlantic.com. The Atlantic will contact you only if it is interested in discussing your submission further. Length, exclusivity and payment terms are not stated on the page. Official page: https://support.theatlantic.com/hc/en-us/articles/360011374734-Submit-a-piece-for-editorial-consideration-at-The-Atlantic
- **Letters to the Editor**: Reader letters to The Atlantic's editors, which may be published in the magazine and/or on the website. Use the Help Center Contact Us form and select "Letter to the Editor" (https://support.theatlantic.com/hc/en-us/requests/new?ticket_form_id=360000376714), or email letters@theatlantic.com with your full name, mailing address and a phone number where you can be reached. By submitting a letter you agree to let The Atlantic use it in part or in full in the magazine and/or on the website. Published letters include the writer's full name, city and state by default. Length limits and response policy are not stated. Official page: https://support.theatlantic.com/hc/en-us/articles/360011374674-Submit-a-Letter-To-The-Editor
- **News tips**: A tip line for people with newsworthy information they want to share with The Atlantic's journalists. Email The Atlantic's tip line at tips@proton.theatlantic.com. The Help Center links to a longer page on sending a confidential news tip (https://www.theatlantic.com/news/archive/2025/02/send-confidential-news-tip-atlantic/681565/). not stated Official page: https://support.theatlantic.com/hc/en-us/articles/29802828190999-Send-a-news-tip-to-The-Atlantic
- **Fiction submissions**: Unsolicited fiction manuscripts for The Atlantic. The Atlantic says reviewing what it has published is the best guide to the work it is looking for. Email the manuscript as a Word document or PDF to fiction@theatlantic.com. Manuscripts must be a Word document or PDF. The Atlantic will contact you only if it is interested in discussing your submission further. Length and exclusivity are not stated. Official page: https://support.theatlantic.com/hc/en-us/articles/360011374734-Submit-a-piece-for-editorial-consideration-at-The-Atlantic
- **Poetry submissions**: Unsolicited poetry manuscripts for The Atlantic. Email the manuscript as a Word document or PDF to poetry@theatlantic.com. Manuscripts must be a Word document or PDF. The Atlantic will contact you only if it is interested in discussing your submission further. Number of poems and exclusivity are not stated. Official page: https://support.theatlantic.com/hc/en-us/articles/360011374734-Submit-a-piece-for-editorial-consideration-at-The-Atlantic
Checked against The Atlantic's own pages on 2026-10-06.
## 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 Atlantic 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)