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AI Visibility Scorecard
The Washington Post
css.washingtonpost.com · Media & Entertainment
Well-positioned for AI search. The breakdown below shows where The Washington Post is still leaving points on the table.
AI engines read this profile 1 times
Claude
#1 of 1,960,756 in Media & Entertainment for AI visibility
8
AEO Visibility
iVisible · 8.2/10
20
Muse Index Score
iAI agent readiness
Agent-ready · 20/100
8
AI Adoption
iBasic · 8/100
About The Washington Post
from our crawl and measurement
The Washington Post is a business whose own site puts it this way: "Breaking news, live coverage, investigations, analysis, video, photos and opinions from The Washington Post. Subscribe for the latest on U.S." To AI engines like ChatGPT and Perplexity it is one of the more visible businesses we measure, scoring 8.2 out of 10.
Our crawl found structured data on the page (WebSite, NewsMediaOrganization, CollectionPage) and a readable heading structure. It is missing an llms.txt file and a sitemap.
AI crawlers have visited once in our tracking, including ClaudeBot (Anthropic).
The 6 signals AI reads
Strong · Good · Fair · Weak
Structured Data
Good
Organization / LocalBusiness JSON-LD that AI can read.
Content Structure
Good
Clear headings and answer-style content.
Entity Clarity
Good
How clearly your brand identity reads to AI.
E-E-A-T Signals
Experience, Expertise, Authority, Trust
Weak
Experience, Expertise, Authority, Trust markers.
Technical AEO
Weak
robots.txt, llms.txt, and AI-bot crawl access.
AI Discoverability
Good
Sitemaps and entity links AI can follow.
Off-page authority
How the web signals your brand to AI
Backlinks
Strong
Inbound links from other sites.
Domain Authority
Strong
Established authority for your domain.
Reference Presence
Strong
Recognized in AI knowledge graphs.
News & Press
Strong
Press and news coverage.
Community
Strong
Forum and community discussion.
Social Mentions
Strong
Social discussion and mentions.
What this score means
Your AEO score measures whether AI search engines - ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini - can actually read your site and cite it in answers. Roughly two-thirds of sites are invisible to them. At 8.2/10, The Washington Post has a working base to build on - fixable, and the signals above are where to start.
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Source & Attribution
Scored by Engagemii on September 1, 2026. Methodology: engagemii.com/aeo/methodology
Source URL: https://engagemii.com/aeo/brands/css-washingtonpost
Cite this score: Engagemii (2026). "AEO Score for The Washington Post." Retrieved from https://engagemii.com/aeo/brands/css-washingtonpost
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