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TheThings
thethings.com · Media & Entertainment
Somewhat visible. AI bots can read TheThings, but it is missing the structured signals that push citation rate above competitors.
AI engines read this profile 2 times
ChatGPT
#19,363 of 1,859,759 in Media & Entertainment for AI visibility
6.8
/10
AEO Score
About TheThings
from our crawl and measurement
"Launched in 2015 as a digital publication with a focus on Reality TV, Talk Shows, and features for the most discussed entertainment news." That is how TheThings introduces itself. To AI engines like ChatGPT and Perplexity it is partially visible, scoring 6.8 out of 10, readable in places and missing in others.
On the page itself the strengths are clear: a clear heading structure, a clearly stated business identity and sitemaps and entity links AI can follow. It is passable on basic crawler access. What holds it back is structured data describing the business and credibility markers like credentials or reviews.
Away from its own site, other sites link to it and it comes up on Reddit. There is some, but not much, sign that the domain is only lightly established and press coverage is thin. Beyond that, AI engines do not yet recognise it as a distinct business and nobody is discussing it where AI engines look.
AI crawlers have visited 2 times in our tracking, including GPTBot (ChatGPT). It does link out to several social profiles, which helps engines tie the brand together.
The 6 signals AI reads
Higher is better · 0-10
Structured Data
3
Organization / LocalBusiness JSON-LD that AI can read.
Content Structure
8
Clear headings and answer-style content.
Entity Clarity
8
How clearly your brand identity reads to AI.
E-E-A-T Signals
Experience, Expertise, Authority, Trust
4
Experience, Expertise, Authority, Trust markers.
Technical AEO
6
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
4
Established authority for your domain.
Entity Presence
0
Not in AI knowledge graphs yet.
News Mentions
1
Press and news coverage.
Community
0
No community discussion yet.
7
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 6.8/10, TheThings 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 1, 2026. Methodology: engagemii.com/aeo/methodology
Source URL: https://engagemii.com/aeo/brands/thethings
Cite this score: Engagemii (2026). "AEO Score for TheThings." Retrieved from https://engagemii.com/aeo/brands/thethings
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