2 cited runs of 39,125 observed answer runs.
Machine Relations IndexCitation rateunder 0.01% Days cited2/181 Engine breadth1 ConfidenceCollecting
Source domain profile · Editorial publication
Hartford Courant in the Machine Relations Index
courant.com appeared as a cited source in 2 of 39,125 monitored answer runs (under 0.01%) from May 10, 2026 to November 13, 2026.
Self-description
How the site describes itself
The Hartford Courant is the local news source for Hartford, West Hartford, East Hartford, Glastonbury, Manchester, New Britain, and Simsbury. and more, providing breaking news, sports, business, entertainment, things to do, opinion, photos, videos and more from the Hartford…
courant.com describes itself this way in the description tag on its homepage, read on November 13, 2026. It is the source's own wording, quoted as found, not a finding of this Index.
Days with a citation, of the 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: no rank until it clears the evidence floor
- Full universe
- Not ranked in this release
- Source role population
- Not ranked in this release
- Evidence-qualified source role
- Not ranked in this release
Segment evidence
Observed category and question-shape rows
Segment rates use that category and question shape only. A row still collecting shows how many runs have been measured. A dash means no measured runs yet.
| Category | Question shape | State | Cited runs | Observed runs | Run dates | Rate | Rank population | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consumer Finance | Top lists | Published | 1 | 318 | 14 | 0.31% | #244 of 372 | Badge |
| Consumer Health | Top lists | Published | 1 | 302 | 13 | 0.33% | #375 of 540 | Badge |
Published segments: 2. Collecting segments: 0.
Citation history
Cited runs month by month
courant.com was first cited in a monitored answer run on October 27, 2026, and most recently on November 13, 2026, with cited runs in each 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | 1 | 16,496 | 0.01% |
| November 2026 (to November 13, 2026) | 1 | 4,642 | 0.02% |
By answer engine
Which engines cite Hartford Courant
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 | 2 | 9,439 | 0.02% |
| ChatGPT | 0 | 9,319 | 0.00% |
| Claude | 0 | 9,268 | 0.00% |
| Gemini | 0 | 7,508 | 0.00% |
| Google AI Mode | 0 | 2,224 | 0.00% |
| Google AI Overviews | 0 | 1,367 | 0.00% |
Since August 31, 2026, Hartford Courant is cited in none of 1,018 observed Google AI Mode runs. Google AI Mode's collection changed between August 10, 2026 and August 30, 2026, so its row above pools both sides of the change.
Since October 7, 2026, Hartford Courant is cited in 2 of 4,670 observed Perplexity runs (0.04%). Perplexity's collection changed between October 6, 2026 and October 7, 2026, so its row above pools both sides of the change.
Peers
Nearest sources on Consumer Finance / Top lists
Hartford Courant holds its best segment rank, #244 of 372, in Consumer Finance / Top lists, at 0.31%. 158 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #170 of 372 | edelweisslife.in | Other observed source | 0.63% | +0.32 pts |
| #171 of 372 | elifesciences.org | Other observed source | 0.63% | +0.32 pts |
| #172 of 372 | equifax.com | Other observed source | 0.63% | +0.32 pts |
| #173 of 372 | evbn.org | Other observed source | 0.63% | +0.32 pts |
| #174 of 372 | financesonline.com | Vendor-owned source | 0.63% | +0.32 pts |
| #175 of 372 | financewonk.com | Other observed source | 0.63% | +0.32 pts |
| #241 of 372 | comparelifeins.com | Other observed source | 0.31% | Same rate |
| #246 of 372 | credizen.net | Other observed source | 0.31% | Same rate |
Cite this
Citation
Machine Relations Index (MRI), Machine Relations Research — machinerelations.ai. Hartford Courant (courant.com), under 0.01% citation rate, 2 of 39,125 monitored answer runs, 2026-05-10 to 2026-11-13. Release mri_score_v2.1+2026-11-13+ac21a4cdb8e7. CC BY 4.0. https://machinerelations.ai/index/domains/courant.comAPA
Parrott, J. (2026). Hartford Courant (courant.com) in the Machine Relations Index (Version mri_score_v2.1+2026-11-13+ac21a4cdb8e7) [Data set]. Machine Relations Research. https://machinerelations.ai/index/domains/courant.com https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23652423BibTeX
@misc{parrott2026mricourantcom,
author = {Parrott, Jaxon},
title = {Hartford Courant (courant.com) in the Machine Relations Index},
year = {2026},
version = {mri\_score\_v2.1+2026-11-13+ac21a4cdb8e7},
publisher = {Machine Relations Research},
url = {https://machinerelations.ai/index/domains/courant.com},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23652423},
license = {CC-BY-4.0},
note = {Machine Relations Index (MRI), Machine Relations Research — machinerelations.ai}
}Release and boundary
What this profile measures
Published November 13, 2026. The observation window runs May 10, 2026 to November 13, 2026. Methodology v2.1.
Use the data
curl -fsSL "https://machinerelations.ai/data/machine-relations-index.json" -o machine-relations-index.json
curl -fsSL "https://machinerelations.ai/data/mri-release-manifest.json" -o mri-release-manifest.json
curl -fsSL "https://huggingface.co/datasets/machine-relations/machine-relations-index/resolve/main/domains.csv" -o domains.csv
curl -fsSL -L "https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23652423" -o mri-zenodo.htmlimport json
from urllib.request import urlopen
index_url = "https://machinerelations.ai/data/machine-relations-index.json"
with urlopen(index_url) as response:
index = json.load(response)
print(index["generated"], index["total_domains"])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.
Hartford Courant 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 an identity link for the neutral dataset.
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