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title: "The Espresso Report: AI citation standing"
description: "AI answer engines cited The Espresso Report in 1 of 24,496 measured answer runs (under 0.1%) across 1 engine over 150 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/theespressoreport
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# The Espresso Report: AI citation standing

AI answer engines cited The Espresso Report in 1 of 24,496 measured answer runs (under 0.1%) across 1 engine over 150 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/theespressoreport
Publication: The Espresso Report (theespressoreport.com)
Source: Machine Relations Index, release 2026-10-13

## AI citation standing
- Citation rate: under 0.1% of measured answer runs
- Answer runs citing it: 1 of 24,496 observed
- Answer engines measured: 1
- Collection dates: 150
- Rank: below the Index's evidence floor for a published rank; still collecting
## Is a placement here worth pursuing?
Getting into The Espresso Report and becoming known for the right thing are different results. Coverage helps your position in AI answers when the article ties your company to a specific claim your buyers ask about, in a publication engines already cite on that question. Its standing above is the measure of how often engines reach for it.

You can pursue it yourself: find the editor or writer who covers your topic in The Espresso Report's recent bylines and pitch one specific, sourced angle. Either way, settle first what you want to be known for, and make the piece say it in terms specific enough for an engine to attach to your company; a general category explainer rarely does that.

An agency is worth it when you want several pieces to build one position rather than land a single article, or when you lack the time, the editor contacts or the writing to make each piece say the right thing. AuthorityTech, which publishes this page, is that kind of agency: it works out the narrative with you, picks the angle and the outlets already cited on your buyers' questions, writes the content, pitches and places it, and measures what AI engines cite afterwards, the practice it calls Machine Relations. No one can promise what an AI engine will cite, and nothing here implies The Espresso Report endorses AuthorityTech.
## How this is measured
Every figure is the Machine Relations Index's, carried with its own denominator. AuthorityTech does not compute them. Release 2026-10-13, methodology mri_score_v2.1. The Index's own profile of theespressoreport.com: [The Espresso Report in the Machine Relations Index](https://machinerelations.ai/index/domains/theespressoreport.com).
Window: 2026-05-10 to 2026-10-13, 150 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)
- [The Espresso Report in the Machine Relations Index](https://machinerelations.ai/index/domains/theespressoreport.com)
- [How to compare AI PR agencies](https://authoritytech.io/blog/best-ai-pr-agencies-2026.md)
- [What is Machine Relations](https://machinerelations.ai/glossary/machine-relations)