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The Guardian

Online news outlets · United States

The Guardian

Rank#16Top 64%of 25 tracked

Updated 2026-10-29

Brand Visibility

19.7%

Prompt Coverage

20%

AI Sub-Searches

35

Query fan-outs

Total Mentions

5

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What AI Says About The Guardian

Real AI response mentioning The Guardian — captured live from ChatGPT Search.

In response to: “Which online news outlet offers the best value for money in the US?”

…promotional and automatically renews at $140 annually unless canceled. (subscribe.washingtonpost.com) Best alternatives by reader type | Best for | Outlet | Current value proposition | |---|---|---| | Ad-free global journalism | The Guardian | All-access digital is $15/month for six months, then $18/month, with ad-free reading, the premium app, podcasts, and Feast recipes. Digital Plus is $25/month and adds three extra accounts and archive access.

ChatGPT Search

Prompts Tracked in Online news outlets

AI Rankia runs these exact prompts across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude & more to build this ranking.

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“I need a reliable digital news subscription to follow national politics and breaking news every day. Which online news outlet do you recommend in the US?”

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“I'm comparing online news outlet options in the US. Which ones do you recommend and why?”

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“Which online news outlet offers the best value for money in the US?”

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Each prompt fans out into dozens of AI sub-searches —never miss the semantic gaps ↓
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AI Model Breakdown

How often each AI search engine recommends The Guardian.

Strongest AI Model

ChatGPT Search — mentioned in 20% of prompts

ChatGPT Search
20%
Gemini Search
20%

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Nearby Competitors

Brands ranked closest to The Guardian in AI search visibility.

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Prompts Mentioning The Guardian

The exact buyer questions where AI recommends The Guardian.

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Which online news outlet offers the best value for money in the US?

ChatGPT Search90% vis
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Which online news outlet offers the best value for money in the US?

Gemini Search75% vis

Citation Sources

Domains AI models cite when recommending The Guardian.

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google.comGoogle AI Overviews
30citations
yougov.comGoogle AI Mode
10citations
pressgazette.co.ukGoogle AI Mode
5citations
www.ap.orgChatGPT Search
5citations
apps.apple.comChatGPT Search
3citations
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Citation URLs

Specific pages AI links to when answering online news outlets questions.

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yougov.com/en-us/ratings/news-websitesGoogle AI Mode · 6 citations
www.ap.org/AboutChatGPT Search · 5 citations
yougov.com/en-us/articles/55045-trust-in-media-2026-which-news-sources-americans-use-and-trustGoogle AI Mode · 4 citations
yougov.com/en-us/articles/55045-trust-in-media-2026-which-news-sources-americans-use-and-trustChatGPT Search · 3 citations
pressgazette.co.uk/paywalls/biggest-subscription-news-websites-2026Google AI Mode · 3 citations
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Query Fan-Out Intelligence

Every prompt fans out into dozens of sub-searches across AI models — covering every semantic angle a buyer might take. Miss one, and a competitor ranks instead.

35 sub-searches found
#AI Sub-Search QueryCount% Share
1most trusted news brand United States reuters digital news report 2024 OR 20251
33.3%
2most trusted news outlet in the US YouGov Reuters1
33.3%
3"Reuters Institute Digital News Report" United States most trusted news brand1
33.3%
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About The Guardian's AI Search Visibility

This ranking is powered by the AI Rankia Universal Brand Index (UBI) — a system that sends real buyer queries to ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Perplexity AI, Claude, Grok, and Google AI Mode, then measures which online news outlets each model recommends. Rankings are updated regularly as AI models evolve.

The Guardian achieved a prompt coverage of 20% — appearing in 1 of 5 tracked buyer queries — with an AI visibility score of 19.7%, placing them #16 of 25 online news outlets in United States.

The Guardian's strongest AI model is ChatGPT Search, cited in 20% of relevant prompts. Their weakest is Gemini Search at 20% — an opportunity to improve citations on that platform.

Seeing this ranking is step one. AI Rankia is the autonomous AI-visibility platform that acts on it— where read-only tools (Profound, Otterly, Semrush) just hand you a report, AI Rankia's agents publish the content AI cites, deploy the schema, llms.txt and internal links straight to your live site, buy the links AI already trusts for your competitors, and prove the citation lift against a control. Its Get Cited PR toolkit finds the journalists and creators who cover online news outlets and automates the whole outreach — discover contacts, AI-write each pitch, send from your Gmail and track replies. Switch on autopilot and the agents run the entire loop end to end, every day — Monitor → Get Cited → Content Hub → AI Links — or take full manual control of every article, prompt, schema tag and link. Built for the teams that own online news outlets visibility: agencies reporting to clients, and brands who want to move up this ranking instead of just watching it.

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