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The Hacker News
thehackernews.com · Technology
Well-positioned for AI search. The breakdown below shows where The Hacker News is still leaving points on the table.
AI engines read this profile 10 times
ChatGPT · Claude · ChatGPT Search · Apple Intelligence
#6,280 of 2,623,115 in Technology for AI visibility
7.9
/10
AEO Score
About The Hacker News
from our crawl and measurement
"The Hacker News is the top cybersecurity news platform, delivering real-time updates, threat intelligence, data breach reports, expert analysis, and actionable insights for infosec." That is how The Hacker News introduces itself. To AI engines like ChatGPT and Perplexity it is one of the more visible businesses we measure, scoring 7.9 out of 10.
Our crawl found structured data on the page (Organization), an llms.txt file for AI models and a sitemap.
AI crawlers have visited 10 times in our tracking, including OAI-SearchBot (OpenAI), GPTBot (ChatGPT) and ClaudeBot (Anthropic).
The 6 signals AI reads
Higher is better · 0-10
Structured Data
6
Organization / LocalBusiness JSON-LD that AI can read.
Content Structure
8
Clear headings and answer-style content.
Entity Clarity
7
How clearly your brand identity reads to AI.
E-E-A-T Signals
Experience, Expertise, Authority, Trust
8
Experience, Expertise, Authority, Trust markers.
Technical AEO
10
robots.txt, llms.txt, and AI-bot crawl access.
AI Discoverability
9
Sitemaps and entity links AI can follow.
Off-page authority
How the web signals your brand to AI
Backlinks
10
Inbound links from other sites.
Domain Trust
6
Established authority for your domain.
Entity Presence
0
Not in AI knowledge graphs yet.
News Mentions
7
Press and news coverage.
Community
8
Forum and community discussion.
9
Reddit mentions and discussion.
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 7.9/10, The Hacker News 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 July 31, 2026. Methodology: engagemii.com/aeo/methodology
Source URL: https://engagemii.com/aeo/brands/thehackernews
Cite this score: Engagemii (2026). "AEO Score for The Hacker News." Retrieved from https://engagemii.com/aeo/brands/thehackernews
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