Last updated: August 2026
Global rank: Worldwide · 2026-08
#19,041
AI visibility: Grade A+
90
SEO health: Latest audit
85
Visits
430.6K
per month, estimated
Keywords
145.6K
ranking in Google
Organic share
100%
430.6K organic visits
LLMS.txt
Published
133 lines AI engines can read
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ground.news Web Traffic Statistics
Key findings
- Ground (Media) is ranked #19,041 worldwide in our August 2026 domain ranking, inside the top 100,000, up 660 places from #19,701 in July 2026.
- It is estimated to receive about 430,600 visits a month from search, 100% of it organic, across 145,600 ranking keywords.
- Its AI visibility score is 90 out of 100 (grade A+), with a published llms.txt of 133 lines.
- Its last technical audit scored 85/100, with "Implement a Sitemap" the highest-priority fix.
| Month | Rank | Move |
|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | #19,041 | ▲ 660 |
| July 2026 | #19,701 | ▲ 369 |
| June 2026 | #20,070 | — |
| May 2026 | #20,070 | ▼ 731 |
| April 2026 | #19,339 | ▲ 164 |
| March 2026 | #19,503 | ▲ 212 |
| February 2026 | #19,715 | — |
What this company does
Ground News operates as a news comparison platform that pulls together stories from various outlets and highlights how each one presents the same events. Users can see side-by-side differences in headlines, emphasis, and omitted details, which reveals how coverage can shift depending on the source. The site includes sections for local stories and topics that might otherwise get overlooked in mainstream reporting, alo…
Our read on the site
Significant improvements needed.
ground.news Traffic and Visitor Engagement
ground.news draws an estimated 430,600 visits a month from search engines. Effectively all of it is organic — about 430,600 visits from unpaid results. Spread across 145,600 ranking keywords, that averages roughly 3.0 organic visits per keyword.
Monthly visits
430.6K
Latest estimate
Change
No monthly history yet
It starts building from the first scan
Organic visits
430.6K
100% of all traffic
Paid visits
0
No paid search detected
Organic vs paid
100%
0%
We don't hold a month-by-month history for this domain yet.
The traffic dashboard builds one from the first scan onwards.
ground.news AI Visibility
On our AI visibility scale ground.news earns 90 of 100 points, a grade A+. It takes full marks for LLMS.txt and Structured data. The biggest gap is Crawlability, at 5 of 10 points (robots ✓ · sitemap ✗), worth 5 points if closed. It also loses points on Company profile (22/25) and SEO health (18/20).
Grade A+
Scored from this domain's own data — llms.txt, profile completeness, technical health, crawlability and structured data.
Present
7/8 core fields
92/100
robots ✓ · sitemap ✗
Detected
Fix these first
- → Complete your company profile so AI answers about you stay accurate.
- → Add sitemap.xml so AI crawlers can read you.
ground.news LLMS.txt
The llms.txt on ground.news runs to 133 lines (5,980 characters) across 12 sections, last generated in March 2026. It introduces the site as "Ground News". It tells AI engines the business works in Media, Technology and News Aggregation. It describes 3 products, with prices such as News Aggregation Platform at Free with Premium Subscription at $9.99/month, Ground News Mobile App at Free with In-App Purchases and Browser Extension at Free. Services it lists include Premium Subscription and Educational Tools. The audience it names is Professionals, Students, News Enthusiasts, Educators, aged 18-54 (Global). Technologies it mentions include React, Node.js, AWS and MongoDB. The keywords it claims start with "news comparison", "news sources", "top stories" and "news publishers".
Status
Published
AI engines can read it
Lines
133
In the file
Size
6.0K
Characters
Sections
12
Updated Mar 11, 2026
What the file says
# Ground News ## About Ground News is a news aggregation platform that enables users to compare how different news publishers report on the same stories. By highlighting diverse perspectives and framing of news events, Ground aims to enhance media literacy and empower users to make informed decisions. The platform serves a global audience with insights into media bias and coverage trends. Founded in 2019, Ground is committed to fostering transparency in journalism. **Areas of Work:** Media, Technology, News Aggregation ## Things to Remember - **Website:** https://ground.news - **Address:** San Francisco, United States - **Contact:** [email protected] - **Phone:** Not Available - **Hours:** Not Specified - **Timezone:** America/Los_Angeles - **Currency:** USD - **Company Type:** Private - **Employees:** 50 employees - **Revenue:** Not Disclosed - **Hiring Status:** Yes, actively hiring ## Products - **News Aggregation Platform** (Free with Premium Subscription at $9.99/month): A web-based platform that aggregates news from multiple sources and compares coverage to highlight bias and perspective differences. - **Ground News Mobile App** (Free with In-App Purchases): A mobile application for iOS and Android that provides users with access to news comparison tools on the go. - **Browser Extension** (Free): A browser extension that integrates Ground News features directly into us
Sections in the file
Areas of work
Keywords it claims
Technologies
Products it tells AI about
- News Aggregation PlatformFree with Premium Subscription at $9.99/month
- Ground News Mobile AppFree with In-App Purchases
- Browser ExtensionFree
Services it tells AI about
- Premium Subscription$9.99/month or $99.99/year
- Educational ToolsContact for pricing
Competitors it names
Audience it targets
Professionals, Students, News Enthusiasts, Educators · 18-54 · Global
Company type
Private · actively hiring
ground.news Organic Keywords
Google lists ground.news for about 145,600 keywords, which together bring an estimated 430,600 organic visits a month.
Ranking keywords
145.6K
Found in Google for this domain
Visits they bring
430.6K
Estimated organic visits a month
Top ranking keywords
No ranked-keyword data cached for this domain yet.
Ranked Keywords pulls the full list on its first run.
What it ranks for
ground.news SEO Audit
The latest technical audit of ground.news scored 85 out of 100 overall. Performance is its weakest area at 52, while accessibility scores highest at 100. The audit makes 13 recommendations in all, and 4 of the 4 listed first are rated high priority or critical.
Overall
SEO
Excellent
Performance
Accessibility
Excellent
Fix these first
- CriticalImplement a Sitemap
- HighOptimize Images
- HighMinimize JavaScript and CSS
- HighLeverage Browser Caching
9 more recommendations, with the exact changes and the pages they apply to, are in the full report.
ground.news Competitors and Alternatives
Ground's company profile names newsapi.org, flipboard.com and feedly.com as competitors. Its own llms.txt adds news360.com and smartnews.com. Outside its market, the domains ranked closest to it in our worldwide ranking are wesleyan.edu, naver.me, relcomhost.ru and mergecola.com.
ground.news Company Profile
Ground News operates as a news comparison platform that pulls together stories from various outlets and highlights how each one presents the same events. Users can see side-by-side differences in headlines, emphasis, and omitted details, which reveals how coverage can shift depending on the source. The site includes sections for local stories and topics that might otherwise get overlooked in mainstream reporting, alo…
Ground was founded in 2019, about 7 years ago, and is headquartered in San Francisco, United States. Its workforce is listed as between 51 and 200 employees. Its profile files it under Media, with further tags for Technology, News Aggregation and Subscription-Based. Products on record for it: News Aggregation Platform and Mobile App. Its tagline reads: "Top Stories from around you and around the world. Compare how different news publishers frame the same news".
- Sector
- Media
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, United States
- Founded
- 2019
- Employees
- 51-200
- Revenue
- Not Disclosed
- Funding
- Not Disclosed
- Products
- News Aggregation Platform, Mobile App
ground.news Traffic by Country
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Top customer markets
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