Last updated: August 2026
Global rank: Worldwide · 2026-08
#25,033
AI visibility: Grade A+
94
SEO health: Latest audit
72
Visits
228.5K
per month, estimated
Keywords
28.8K
ranking in Google
Organic share
100%
228.5K organic visits
LLMS.txt
Published
133 lines AI engines can read
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richmond.com Web Traffic Statistics
Key findings
- Richmond Times-Dispatch (Media) is ranked #25,033 worldwide in our August 2026 domain ranking, inside the top 100,000, down 1,188 places from #23,845 in July 2026.
- It is estimated to receive about 228,500 visits a month from search, 100% of it organic, across 28,800 ranking keywords.
- Its AI visibility score is 94 out of 100 (grade A+), with a published llms.txt of 133 lines.
- Its last technical audit scored 72/100, with "Implement H1 Tags" the highest-priority fix.
| Month | Rank | Move |
|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | #25,033 | ▼ 1,188 |
| July 2026 | #23,845 | ▼ 1,590 |
| June 2026 | #22,255 | — |
| May 2026 | #22,255 | ▼ 1,392 |
| April 2026 | #20,863 | ▲ 250 |
| March 2026 | #21,113 | ▼ 272 |
| February 2026 | #20,841 | — |
What this company does
The Richmond Times-Dispatch runs the website richmond.com as a daily news provider focused on the city of Richmond and surrounding Virginia locations. It posts articles about local government actions, crime reports, and political matters that shape the area. Coverage extends to weather conditions specific to places like Henrico County, results from area sports events, and notices about community activities or enterta…
Our read on the site
The overall SEO health of richmond.com shows significant room for improvement, particularly in on-page optimization and performance metrics. While the site has a solid accessibility score, the lack of H1 tags and suboptimal performance scores indicate critical areas that need addressing to enhance user experience and s…
richmond.com Traffic and Visitor Engagement
Search engines send richmond.com an estimated 228,500 visits a month. Effectively all of it is organic — about 228,500 visits from unpaid results. Spread across 28,800 ranking keywords, that averages roughly 7.9 organic visits per keyword.
Monthly visits
228.5K
Latest estimate
Change
No monthly history yet
It starts building from the first scan
Organic visits
228.5K
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.
richmond.com AI Visibility
richmond.com scores 94 out of 100 on our AI visibility scale, grade A+. It takes full marks for LLMS.txt, Crawlability and Structured data. The biggest gap is Company profile, at 22 of 25 points (7/8 core fields), worth 3 points if closed. It also loses points on SEO health (17/20).
Grade A+
Scored from this domain's own data — llms.txt, profile completeness, technical health, crawlability and structured data.
Present
7/8 core fields
85/100
robots ✓ · sitemap ✓
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richmond.com LLMS.txt
The llms.txt on richmond.com runs to 133 lines (6,075 characters) across 12 sections, last generated in March 2026. It introduces the site as "Richmond Times-Dispatch". It tells AI engines the business works in Media, Publishing and Digital Media. It describes 3 products, with prices such as Digital News Subscription at $9.99/month, Print Newspaper Subscription at $15.99/month and E-Edition Access at $7.99/month. Services it lists include Advertising Services, Event Sponsorship and Custom Content Creation. The audience it names is Residents, Professionals, Local Businesses, Students, aged 25-54 (United States, Virginia). Technologies it mentions include HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, AWS and WordPress. The keywords it claims start with "Richmond news", "Virginia news", "local news Richmond" and "Richmond Times-Dispatch".
Status
Published
AI engines can read it
Lines
133
In the file
Size
6.1K
Characters
Sections
12
Updated Mar 11, 2026
What the file says
# Richmond Times-Dispatch ## About Richmond Times-Dispatch is a premier news organization dedicated to serving the Richmond, Henrico County, and Virginia Metropolitan Area with comprehensive coverage of local and regional news. The company delivers up-to-date information on breaking news, weather, crime, politics, and community events. Through its digital and print platforms, it aims to keep residents informed and engaged with their surroundings. Its commitment to quality journalism makes it a trusted source for the community. **Areas of Work:** Media, Publishing, Digital Media ## Things to Remember - **Website:** https://richmond.com - **Address:** 300 E Franklin St, Richmond, VA 23219, United States - **Contact:** [email protected] - **Phone:** +1-804-649-6000 - **Hours:** Mon-Fri: 9AM-5PM - **Timezone:** America/New_York - **Currency:** USD - **Company Type:** Private - **Employees:** 200 employees - **Revenue:** $25M - **Hiring Status:** Yes, actively hiring ## Products - **Digital News Subscription** ($9.99/month): Access to premium online content, breaking news, and exclusive articles on the Richmond Times-Dispatch website and app. - **Print Newspaper Subscription** ($15.99/month): Daily delivery of the Richmond Times-Dispatch newspaper with in-depth local and national news coverage. - **E-Edition Access** ($7.99/month): Digital replica of the daily newspaper accessib
Sections in the file
Areas of work
Keywords it claims
Technologies
Products it tells AI about
- Digital News Subscription$9.99/month
- Print Newspaper Subscription$15.99/month
- E-Edition Access$7.99/month
Services it tells AI about
- Advertising ServicesContact for quote
- Event SponsorshipContact for quote
- Custom Content CreationContact for quote
Competitors it names
Audience it targets
Residents, Professionals, Local Businesses, Students · 25-54 · United States, Virginia
Company type
Private · actively hiring
richmond.com Organic Keywords
Google lists richmond.com for about 28,800 keywords, which together bring an estimated 228,500 organic visits a month.
Ranking keywords
28.8K
Found in Google for this domain
Visits they bring
228.5K
Estimated organic visits a month
Top ranking keywords
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What it ranks for
richmond.com SEO Audit
The latest technical audit of richmond.com scored 72 out of 100 overall. Performance is its weakest area at 53, while accessibility scores highest at 95. The audit makes 12 recommendations in all, and 4 of the 4 listed first are rated high priority or critical.
Overall
SEO
Performance
Accessibility
Excellent
Fix these first
- CriticalImplement H1 Tags
- HighOptimize Title and Meta Descriptions
- CriticalEnhance Page Speed
- HighCreate a Local Events Section
8 more recommendations, with the exact changes and the pages they apply to, are in the full report.
richmond.com Competitors and Alternatives
Richmond Times-Dispatch's company profile names virginianpilot.com and washingtonpost.com as competitors. Its own llms.txt adds dailyprogress.com, roanoke.com and timesnews.net. Outside its market, the domains ranked closest to it in our worldwide ranking are hs.edu.tw, quotev.com, gaohuasecurities.cn and openprovider.eu.
richmond.com Company Profile
The Richmond Times-Dispatch runs the website richmond.com as a daily news provider focused on the city of Richmond and surrounding Virginia locations. It posts articles about local government actions, crime reports, and political matters that shape the area. Coverage extends to weather conditions specific to places like Henrico County, results from area sports events, and notices about community activities or enterta…
Founded in 1865 (about 161 years ago), Richmond Times-Dispatch is based in Richmond, United States. Its workforce is listed as between 201 and 500 employees. Its profile files it under Media, with further tags for Publishing, Digital Media and Subscription-Based. Products on record for it: Digital News Subscription, Print Newspaper and Advertising Services. Reported revenue is $25M (2022). Its tagline reads: "Breaking News | Read Richmond, VA and Virginia breaking news.".
- Sector
- Media
- Headquarters
- Richmond, United States
- Founded
- 1865
- Employees
- 201-500
- Revenue
- $25M (2022)
- Funding
- Not Disclosed
- Products
- Digital News Subscription, Print Newspaper, Advertising Services
richmond.com Traffic by Country
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