AI Visibility Scorecard
Steve Kirsch's newsletter
kirschsubstack.com · Healthcare
Somewhat visible. AI bots can read Steve Kirsch's newsletter, but it is missing the structured signals that push citation rate above competitors.
AI engines read this profile 8 times
Meta AI · Claude · Apple Intelligence · Perplexity
#114,729 of 923,481 in Healthcare for AI visibility
6
AEO Visibility
iBorderline · 5.7/10
5
Muse Index Score
iAI agent readiness
Basic · 5/100
0
AI Adoption
iNone detected · 0/100
About Steve Kirsch's newsletter
from our crawl and measurement
Steve Kirsch's newsletter describes itself simply: "I've written over 1,700 articles about COVID, vaccines, corruption, censorship, and early treatments." To AI engines like ChatGPT and Perplexity it is partially visible, scoring 5.7 out of 10, readable in places and missing in others.
Our crawl found a sitemap. It is missing structured data describing the business, an llms.txt file and a heading structure that lays out what it offers.
AI crawlers have visited 2 times in our tracking, including ClaudeBot (Anthropic) and Meta AI.
The 6 signals AI reads
Strong · Good · Fair · Weak
Structured Data
Weak
Organization / LocalBusiness JSON-LD that AI can read.
Content Structure
Weak
Clear headings and answer-style content.
Entity Clarity
Fair
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
Good
robots.txt, llms.txt, and AI-bot crawl access.
AI Discoverability
Fair
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
Fair
Established authority for your domain.
Reference Presence
Weak
Not in AI knowledge graphs yet.
News & Press
Weak
No press coverage found yet.
Community
Weak
No community discussion yet.
Social Mentions
Good
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 5.7/10, Steve Kirsch's newsletter 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 August 2, 2026. Methodology: engagemii.com/aeo/methodology
Source URL: https://engagemii.com/aeo/brands/kirschsubstack
Cite this score: Engagemii (2026). "AEO Score for Steve Kirsch's newsletter." Retrieved from https://engagemii.com/aeo/brands/kirschsubstack
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