AI Visibility Scorecard
ESPN.com
proxy.espn.go.com · Sports & Recreation
Somewhat visible. AI bots can read ESPN.com, but it is missing the structured signals that push citation rate above competitors.
AI engines read this profile 24 times
Meta AI · Claude · Perplexity · Amazon Alexa
#2,063 of 251,531 in Sports & Recreation for AI visibility
46
5
AEO Visibility
iBorderline · 5.4/10
15
Muse Index Score
iAI agent readiness
Agent-ready · 15/100
0
AI Adoption
iNone detected · 0/100
About ESPN.com
from our crawl and measurement
ESPN.com is a business whose own site puts it this way: "Visit ESPN for live scores, highlights and sports news. Stream exclusive games on ESPN and play fantasy sports." To AI engines like ChatGPT and Perplexity it is partially visible, scoring 5.4 out of 10, readable in places and missing in others.
Our crawl found structured data on the page (WebSite, Organization) and a readable heading structure. It is missing an llms.txt file and a sitemap.
AI crawlers have visited 24 times in our tracking, including ClaudeBot (Anthropic), Applebot (Siri) and Meta AI.
The 6 signals AI reads
Strong · Good · Fair · Weak
Structured Data
Good
Organization / LocalBusiness JSON-LD that AI can read.
Content Structure
Strong
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
Fair
Experience, Expertise, Authority, Trust markers.
Technical AEO
Weak
robots.txt, llms.txt, and AI-bot crawl access.
AI Discoverability
Strong
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
Good
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 5.4/10, ESPN.com 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 October 23, 2026. Methodology: engagemii.com/aeo/methodology
Source URL: https://engagemii.com/aeo/brands/proxy-espn-go
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