Last updated: September 2026
Global rank: Worldwide · 2026-09
#6,558
AI visibility: Grade C
67
SEO health: Latest audit
0
Visits
1.9M
per month, estimated
Keywords
328.4K
ranking in Google
Organic share
100%
1.9M organic visits
LLMS.txt
Published
135 lines AI engines can read
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sfchronicle.com Web Traffic Statistics
Key findings
- San Francisco Chronicle (Media) is ranked #6,558 worldwide in our September 2026 domain ranking, inside the top 10,000, the same position it held in August 2026.
- It is estimated to receive about 1.9 million visits a month from search, 100% of it organic, across 328,400 ranking keywords.
- Its AI visibility score is 67 out of 100 (grade C), with a published llms.txt of 135 lines.
- Its last technical audit scored 0/100, with "Implement Title and Meta Description" the highest-priority fix.
| Month | Rank | Move |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | #6,558 | — |
| August 2026 | #6,558 | ▼ 135 |
| July 2026 | #6,423 | ▼ 141 |
| June 2026 | #6,282 | — |
| May 2026 | #6,282 | ▼ 124 |
| April 2026 | #6,158 | ▲ 33 |
| March 2026 | #6,191 | ▲ 10 |
| February 2026 | #6,201 | — |
What this company does
The San Francisco Chronicle operates as a longstanding news organization dedicated to covering events and issues throughout the Bay Area. Its print and digital platforms feature reporting on local government, business activities, arts and entertainment scenes, as well as sports and lifestyle topics. Journalists at the paper gather information from across San Francisco and nearby communities to produce articles that r…
Our read on the site
The overall SEO health of https://sfchronicle.com is critically poor, with significant deficiencies in on-page elements such as title, meta description, and header tags. Additionally, technical issues related to the absence of a viewport tag, robots.txt, and sitemap further hinder the site's performance and visibility.
sfchronicle.com Traffic and Visitor Engagement
Search engines send sfchronicle.com an estimated 1.9 million visits a month. Effectively all of it is organic — about 1.9 million visits from unpaid results. Paid search contributes only about 284 visits a month. Spread across 328,400 ranking keywords, that averages roughly 5.8 organic visits per keyword.
Monthly visits
1.9M
Latest estimate
Change
No monthly history yet
It starts building from the first scan
Organic visits
1.9M
100% of all traffic
Paid visits
284
0.01% of its search traffic
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.
sfchronicle.com AI Visibility
sfchronicle.com scores 67 out of 100 on our AI visibility scale, grade C. It takes full marks for LLMS.txt and Structured data. The biggest gap is SEO health, at 0 of 20 points (0/100), worth 20 points if closed. It also loses points on Crawlability (0/10) and Company profile (22/25).
Grade C
Scored from this domain's own data — llms.txt, profile completeness, technical health, crawlability and structured data.
Present
7/8 core fields
0/100
robots ✗ · sitemap ✗
Detected
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- → Complete your company profile so AI answers about you stay accurate.
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sfchronicle.com LLMS.txt
The llms.txt on sfchronicle.com runs to 135 lines (4,900 characters) across 12 sections, last generated in April 2026. It introduces the site as "San Francisco Chronicle". It tells AI engines the business works in Media, Publishing and Digital News. It describes 3 products, with prices such as Digital News Subscription at $9.99/month, Print Newspaper at $25/month and Mobile App at Free. The audience it names is Professionals, Residents of San Francisco, News Enthusiasts, aged 25-54 (North America). Technologies it mentions include WordPress, Google Analytics, Cloudflare, HTML5 and CSS3. The keywords it claims start with "San Francisco Chronicle", "Bay Area news", "San Francisco news" and "sports coverage".
Status
Published
AI engines can read it
Lines
135
In the file
Size
4.9K
Characters
Sections
12
Updated Apr 9, 2026
What the file says
# San Francisco Chronicle ## About The San Francisco Chronicle is a leading news organization providing comprehensive coverage of the Bay Area and San Francisco. It serves a diverse audience with a focus on breaking news, sports, technology, and food and wine. With a commitment to journalistic integrity, the Chronicle delivers in-depth reporting and analysis, making it a trusted source for local and regional news. **Areas of Work:** Media, Publishing, Digital News ## Things to Remember - **Website:** https://sfchronicle.com - **Address:** 901 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, United States - **Contact:** [email protected] - **Phone:** +1-415-777-7000 - **Hours:** Mon-Fri: 9AM-5PM - **Timezone:** America/Los_Angeles - **Currency:** USD - **Company Type:** Private - **Employees:** 300 employees - **Revenue:** $50M - **Hiring Status:** Not currently hiring ## Products - **Digital News Subscription** ($9.99/month): Access to exclusive online content and articles. - **Print Newspaper** ($25/month): Daily print edition delivered to your doorstep. - **Mobile App** (Free): Stay updated with the latest news on the go. ## Services ## Keywords San Francisco Chronicle, Bay Area news, San Francisco news, sports coverage, tech news, food and wine, exclusive Bay Area breaking news, Giants coverage, 49ers news updates, Warriors game highlights, San Francisco food reviews, loca
Sections in the file
Areas of work
Keywords it claims
Technologies
Products it tells AI about
- Digital News Subscription$9.99/month
- Print Newspaper$25/month
- Mobile AppFree
Competitors it names
Audience it targets
Professionals, Residents of San Francisco, News Enthusiasts · 25-54 · North America
Company type
Private
sfchronicle.com Organic Keywords
Google lists sfchronicle.com for about 328,400 keywords, which together bring an estimated 1.9 million organic visits a month.
Ranking keywords
328.4K
Found in Google for this domain
Visits they bring
1.9M
Estimated organic visits a month
Top ranking keywords
No ranked-keyword data cached for this domain yet.
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What it ranks for
sfchronicle.com SEO Audit
The latest technical audit of sfchronicle.com scored 0 out of 100 overall. The audit makes 12 recommendations in all, and 4 of the 4 listed first are rated high priority or critical.
Overall
SEO
Performance
Accessibility
Fix these first
- CriticalImplement Title and Meta Description
- HighAdd H1 and H2 Tags
- CriticalCreate a Robots.txt File
- CriticalDevelop a Sitemap.xml
8 more recommendations, with the exact changes and the pages they apply to, are in the full report.
sfchronicle.com Competitors and Alternatives
San Francisco Chronicle's company profile names latimes.com, nytimes.com and washingtonpost.com as competitors. Its own llms.txt adds sfgate.com and nbcbayarea.com. Outside its market, the domains ranked closest to it in our worldwide ranking are fbs1-t-msedge.net, vdsina.ru, b92.net and lidl.de.
sfchronicle.com Company Profile
The San Francisco Chronicle operates as a longstanding news organization dedicated to covering events and issues throughout the Bay Area. Its print and digital platforms feature reporting on local government, business activities, arts and entertainment scenes, as well as sports and lifestyle topics. Journalists at the paper gather information from across San Francisco and nearby communities to produce articles that r…
Founded in 1865 (about 161 years ago), San Francisco Chronicle is based in San Francisco, United States. Its workforce is listed as between 201 and 500 employees. Its profile files it under Media, with further tags for Publishing, Digital News and Subscription-Based. Products on record for it: Digital News Subscription, Print Newspaper and Mobile App. Reported revenue is $50M (2022). Its tagline reads: "Exclusive Bay Area and San Francisco breaking news, sports, tech, food and wine coverage.".
- Sector
- Media
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, United States
- Founded
- 1865
- Employees
- 201-500
- Revenue
- $50M (2022)
- Funding
- Not Disclosed
- Products
- Digital News Subscription, Print Newspaper, Mobile App
sfchronicle.com Traffic by Country
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sfchronicle.com Backlink Analytics
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