9 cited runs of 30,766 observed answer runs.
Machine Relations IndexCitation rate0.03% Days observed4/161 Engine breadth1 ConfidenceCollecting
Source domain profile · Editorial publication
ABC News in the Machine Relations Index
abcnews.com appeared as a cited source in 9 of 30,766 monitored answer runs (0.03%) from 2026-05-10 to 2026-10-24.
Self-description
How the site describes itself
Your trusted source for breaking news, analysis, exclusive interviews, headlines, and videos at ABCNews.com
abcnews.com describes itself this way in the description tag on its homepage, read on October 21, 2026. It is the source's own wording, quoted as found, not a finding of this Index.
Days cited and days observed in the current release window.
perplexity. This is an observed-engine list, not a per-engine rate.
MRI confidence is not an Answer-Source Fidelity grade.
Standing
Population ranks from the public release
- Public standing
- collecting · 0.03% across 9/30,766 observed runs
- Full universe
- Producer rank unavailable
- Source role population
- Producer rank unavailable
- Evidence-qualified source role
- Producer rank unavailable
Segment evidence
Observed category and question-shape rows
Segment rates use the exact category/question-shape denominator. Collecting rows show sample progress only; null or missing rates are not rendered as 0%.
| Category | Question shape | State | Cited runs | Observed runs | Run dates | Rate | Rank population | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI Security & Privacy | Problem-first research | Published | 7 | 224 | 11 | 3.13% | #31 of 467 | Badge |
| Consumer Finance | Problem-first research | Published | 1 | 243 | 11 | 0.41% | #155 of 324 | Badge |
| Healthcare Services | Is it worth it | Published | 1 | 187 | 10 | 0.53% | #183 of 311 | Badge |
Published segments: 3. Collecting segments: 0.
Citation history
Cited runs month by month
abcnews.com was first cited in a monitored answer run on September 27, 2026, and most recently on October 5, 2026, with cited runs in 2 of the 2 months from then to this release. The release window opens 2026-05-10, so an earlier citation would not show here.
A month's rate is the share of all monitored answer runs that month that cited this domain. The latest month is still collecting.
| Month | Cited runs | Observed runs | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 3 | 4,971 | 0.06% |
| October 2026 (to 2026-10-24) | 6 | 12,779 | 0.05% |
By answer engine
Which engines cite ABC News
An engine's rate is its cited runs over every monitored run that engine answered in the window. Engines answer different numbers of runs, so compare rates, not counts.
| Engine | Cited runs | Engine’s observed runs | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perplexity | 9 | 7,158 | 0.13% |
| ChatGPT | 0 | 7,045 | 0.00% |
| Claude | 0 | 7,078 | 0.00% |
| Gemini | 0 | 6,447 | 0.00% |
| Google AI Mode | 0 | 1,866 | 0.00% |
| Google AI Overviews | 0 | 1,172 | 0.00% |
Peers
Nearest sources on AI Security & Privacy / Problem-first research
ABC News holds its best segment rank, #31 of 467, in AI Security & Privacy / Problem-first research, at 3.13%. 9 sources on that leaderboard share that rate, and their order inside the tie is not a measured difference. Listed here: the nearest sources cited more and less often than it, and the sources beside it that share this best segment. Full leaderboard.
| Rank | Source | Source role | Segment citation rate | Against this source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #23 of 467 | Accuknox.com | Other observed source | 4.02% | +0.89 pts |
| #29 of 467 | Codeables.dev | Community and social platform | 3.57% | +0.44 pts |
| #30 of 467 | Kommunicate.io | Other observed source | 3.57% | +0.44 pts |
| #32 of 467 | Datafence.ai | Other observed source | 3.13% | Same rate |
| #40 of 467 | Acronis.com | Other observed source | 2.68% | -0.45 pts |
| #41 of 467 | Cybernews | Editorial publication | 2.68% | -0.45 pts |
| #42 of 467 | Cyber Security News | Editorial publication | 2.68% | -0.45 pts |
Release and boundary
How to cite this profile
ABC News (abcnews.com), 0.03% citation rate, 9 of 30,766 monitored answer runs, 2026-05-10 to 2026-10-24, mri_score_v2.1, mri_score_v2.1+2026-10-24+e479e9b12312, https://machinerelations.ai/index/domains/abcnews.com.
Release mri_score_v2.1+2026-10-24+e479e9b12312; methodology mri_score_v2.1; generated 2026-10-24; window 2026-05-10 to 2026-10-24; artifact e479e9b12312.
The public dataset reports citation rates, rankings, and evidence counts. It excludes internal query identifiers, raw cited URLs, and answer-engine provider payloads. MRI measures observed root-domain citations in monitored prompts, not all AI answers, recommendation quality, web traffic or commercial performance. A citation is not source support.
ABC News on AuthorityTech’s publication intelligence, part of the AuthorityTech publication intelligence projection, is a downstream practitioner projection. It is not source evidence, citation provenance, or sameAs identity for the neutral dataset.
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