# Eater.com in the Machine Relations Index

Canonical URL: https://machinerelations.ai/index/domains/eater.com
Canonical domain: eater.com
Source role: Editorial publication
Release mri_score_v2.1+2026-10-26+ff67a630fa8e; methodology mri_score_v2.1; generated 2026-10-26; window 2026-05-10 to 2026-10-26; artifact b37ddb40c879.

eater.com appeared as a cited source in 5 of 31,659 monitored answer runs (0.02%) from 2026-05-10 to 2026-10-26.

## How the Site Describes Itself

> A national site covering food and dining culture, with 23 city sites tracking local dining scenes across hundreds of maps.

eater.com describes itself this way in the description tag on its homepage, read on October 26, 2026. It is the source's own wording, quoted as found, not a finding of this Index.

## Overall Evidence

- Citation rate: 0.02%
- Cited runs: 5 of 31,659
- Days cited: 4 of 163
- Engine breadth: 1 observed engines (perplexity)
- Confidence: Collecting
- Standing: collecting · 0.02% across 5/31,659 observed runs

## Observed Segments

| Category | Question shape | State | Cited runs | Observed runs | Run dates | Rate | Standing |
|---|---|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---|
| [Consumer Health](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/consumer-health) | [Is it worth it](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/consumer-health/is_x_worth) | published | 5 | 242 | 11 | 2.07% | #72 of 292 |

## Citation History

eater.com was first cited in a monitored answer run on September 28, 2026, and most recently on October 20, 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 | 1 | 4,971 | 0.02% |
| October 2026 (to 2026-10-26) | 4 | 13,672 | 0.03% |

## By Answer Engine

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](https://machinerelations.ai/index/engines/perplexity) | 5 | 7,387 | 0.07% |
| [ChatGPT](https://machinerelations.ai/index/engines/chatgpt) | 0 | 7,274 | 0.00% |
| [Claude](https://machinerelations.ai/index/engines/claude) | 0 | 7,307 | 0.00% |
| [Gemini](https://machinerelations.ai/index/engines/gemini) | 0 | 6,586 | 0.00% |
| [Google AI Mode](https://machinerelations.ai/index/engines/google_ai_mode) | 0 | 1,912 | 0.00% |
| [Google AI Overviews](https://machinerelations.ai/index/engines/google_ai_overviews) | 0 | 1,193 | 0.00% |

## Peers

Eater.com holds its best segment rank, #72 of 292, in Consumer Health / Is it worth it, at 2.07%. 17 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. Leaderboard: https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/consumer-health/is_x_worth

| Rank | Source | Source role | Segment citation rate | Against this source |
|---|---|---|---:|---|
| #57 of 292 | [The Boston Globe](https://machinerelations.ai/index/domains/bostonglobe.com) | Editorial publication | 2.48% | +0.41 pts |
| #58 of 292 | [Chnut.com](https://machinerelations.ai/index/domains/chnut.com) | Other observed source | 2.48% | +0.41 pts |
| #59 of 292 | [Instagram.com](https://machinerelations.ai/index/domains/instagram.com) | Other observed source | 2.48% | +0.41 pts |
| #71 of 292 | [Dieteticallyspeaking.com](https://machinerelations.ai/index/domains/dieteticallyspeaking.com) | Other observed source | 2.07% | Same rate |
| #73 of 292 | [Evidentianutrition.org](https://machinerelations.ai/index/domains/evidentianutrition.org) | Other observed source | 2.07% | Same rate |
| #86 of 292 | [Branded-ingredients.com](https://machinerelations.ai/index/domains/branded-ingredients.com) | Other observed source | 1.65% | -0.42 pts |
| #87 of 292 | [Consumermedsafety.org](https://machinerelations.ai/index/domains/consumermedsafety.org) | Other observed source | 1.65% | -0.42 pts |
| #88 of 292 | [Consumer Reports](https://machinerelations.ai/index/domains/consumerreports.org) | Editorial publication | 1.65% | -0.42 pts |

## Citation

Machine Relations Index (MRI) by Jaxon Parrott, Machine Relations Research — machinerelations.ai. Eater.com (eater.com), 0.02% citation rate, 5 of 31,659 monitored answer runs, 2026-05-10 to 2026-10-26. Release mri_score_v2.1+2026-10-26+ff67a630fa8e. https://machinerelations.ai/index/domains/eater.com. CC BY 4.0.

APA

Parrott, J. (2026). Eater.com (eater.com) in the Machine Relations Index (Version mri_score_v2.1+2026-10-26+ff67a630fa8e) [Data set]. Machine Relations Research. https://machinerelations.ai/index/domains/eater.com https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23652423

BibTeX

```bibtex
@misc{parrott2026mrieatercom,
  author = {Parrott, Jaxon},
  title = {Eater.com (eater.com) in the Machine Relations Index},
  year = {2026},
  version = {mri\_score\_v2.1+2026-10-26+ff67a630fa8e},
  publisher = {Machine Relations Research},
  url = {https://machinerelations.ai/index/domains/eater.com},
  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23652423},
  license = {CC-BY-4.0},
  note = {Machine Relations Index (MRI) by Jaxon Parrott, Machine Relations Research — machinerelations.ai}
}
```

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23652423

Citation file: https://machinerelations.ai/CITATION.cff

## Badge

Badge image: https://machinerelations.ai/index/domains/eater.com/badge.svg

[![Machine Relations Index (MRI) by Jaxon Parrott, Machine Relations Research — machinerelations.ai. Eater.com (eater.com), 0.02% citation rate, 5 of 31,659 monitored answer runs, 2026-05-10 to 2026-10-26. Release mri_score_v2.1+2026-10-26+ff67a630fa8e. https://machinerelations.ai/index/domains/eater.com. CC BY 4.0.](https://machinerelations.ai/index/domains/eater.com/badge.svg)](https://machinerelations.ai/index/domains/eater.com)

The badge is live: it shows the current release, so it changes when the release changes, and it returns 404 if this domain leaves the released population. The link goes to this profile and the alt text is the citation above.

## Use the data

The public JSON is https://machinerelations.ai/data/machine-relations-index.json. The release manifest is https://machinerelations.ai/data/mri-release-manifest.json. The domain CSV is https://huggingface.co/datasets/machine-relations/machine-relations-index/resolve/main/domains.csv. The Zenodo concept DOI is https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23652423.

```bash
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.html
```

```python
import 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"])
```

## Public Boundary

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; it does not measure all AI answers, recommendation quality, website traffic, or commercial performance. A citation does not prove source support, and MRI confidence is not an Answer-Source Fidelity grade.

## Related Sources

- [Machine Relations Index](https://machinerelations.ai/index)
- [Public JSON artifact](https://machinerelations.ai/data/machine-relations-index.json)
- [Release manifest](https://machinerelations.ai/data/mri-release-manifest.json)
- [Eater.com on AuthorityTech's publication intelligence](https://authoritytech.io/publications/eater) — part of the AuthorityTech publication intelligence projection. Practitioner projection derived from the neutral Machine Relations Index. It is not source evidence, citation provenance, or sameAs identity for the neutral dataset.
- [AuthorityTech publication intelligence projection](https://authoritytech.io/publications.md) — Practitioner projection derived from the neutral Machine Relations Index. It is not source evidence, citation provenance, or sameAs identity for the neutral dataset.