Last updated: September 2026
Global rank: Worldwide · 2026-09
#53,322
AI visibility: Grade A
84
SEO health: Latest audit
78
Visits
21.2K
per month, estimated
Keywords
5.5K
ranking in Google
Organic share
100%
21.2K organic visits
LLMS.txt
Published
131 lines AI engines can read
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sixthtone.com Web Traffic Statistics
Key findings
- Sixth Tone (Media) is ranked #53,322 worldwide in our September 2026 domain ranking, inside the top 100,000, down 123 places from #53,199 in August 2026.
- It is estimated to receive about 21,200 visits a month from search, 100% of it organic, across 5,502 ranking keywords.
- Its AI visibility score is 84 out of 100 (grade A), with a published llms.txt of 131 lines.
- Its last technical audit scored 78/100, with "Implement H1 Tags" the highest-priority fix.
| Month | Rank | Move |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | #53,322 | ▼ 123 |
| August 2026 | #53,199 | ▼ 1,019 |
| July 2026 | #52,180 | ▲ 659 |
| June 2026 | #52,839 | — |
| May 2026 | #52,839 | ▲ 598 |
| April 2026 | #53,437 | ▼ 796 |
| March 2026 | #52,641 | ▼ 977 |
| February 2026 | #51,664 | — |
What this company does
Sixth Tone runs an online publication that focuses on contemporary China through a mix of in-depth features, timely reports, and contributions from guest writers. The outlet treats its coverage as an added voice alongside existing tones in Mandarin, with the main goal of showing how major events and trends affect ordinary people rather than treating the country as a single, abstract story. Stories often examine socia…
Our read on the site
The SEO health of Sixth Tone is moderate, with strengths in best practices but significant weaknesses in on-page elements and technical SEO. The site lacks H1 tags, has a lengthy meta description, and faces issues with missing image alt attributes, which could hinder its search visibility.
sixthtone.com Traffic and Visitor Engagement
Search engines send sixthtone.com an estimated 21,200 visits a month. Effectively all of it is organic — about 21,200 visits from unpaid results. Spread across 5,502 ranking keywords, that averages roughly 3.9 organic visits per keyword.
Monthly visits
21.2K
Latest estimate
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It starts building from the first scan
Organic visits
21.2K
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.
sixthtone.com AI Visibility
sixthtone.com scores 84 out of 100 on our AI visibility scale, grade A. It takes full marks for LLMS.txt and Structured data. The biggest gap is Crawlability, at 0 of 10 points (robots ✗ · sitemap ✗), worth 10 points if closed. It also loses points on Company profile (22/25) and 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
83/100
robots ✗ · sitemap ✗
Detected
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sixthtone.com LLMS.txt
The llms.txt on sixthtone.com runs to 131 lines (5,572 characters) across 12 sections, last generated in March 2026. It introduces the site as "Sixth Tone - Insightful Content on Contemporary China". It tells AI engines the business works in Media, Publishing and Digital Journalism. It describes 3 products, with prices such as Online Articles at Free, In-depth Features at Free and Guest Contributions at Free. Services it lists include Content Collaboration and Editorial Consulting. The audience it names is Journalists, Researchers, Students, Global Readers Interested in China, aged 18-54 (Global). Technologies it mentions include HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript and Content Management System. The keywords it claims start with "contemporary China", "Chinese culture", "China news" and "human stories".
Status
Published
AI engines can read it
Lines
131
In the file
Size
5.6K
Characters
Sections
12
Updated Mar 22, 2026
What the file says
# Sixth Tone - Insightful Content on Contemporary China ## About Sixth Tone is an online publication focused on delivering informed and insightful content about contemporary China. It emphasizes the human element in storytelling, providing in-depth features and timely reports on emerging issues that impact real Chinese people. Through guest contributions and a dedication to pressing topics, Sixth Tone serves as a critical resource for understanding the complexities of modern Chinese society. **Areas of Work:** Media, Publishing, Digital Journalism ## Things to Remember - **Website:** https://sixthtone.com - **Address:** Shanghai, China - **Contact:** [email protected] - **Phone:** Not Available - **Hours:** Not Specified - **Timezone:** Asia/Shanghai - **Currency:** CNY - **Company Type:** Private - **Employees:** 50 employees - **Revenue:** Not Disclosed - **Hiring Status:** Yes, actively hiring ## Products - **Online Articles** (Free): Regularly updated articles covering news and stories about contemporary China with a focus on human perspectives. - **In-depth Features** (Free): Detailed explorations of significant social, cultural, and economic issues in China, crafted by expert writers. - **Guest Contributions** (Free): Content contributed by guest writers offering unique insights and personal stories from China. ## Services - **Content Collaboration** (Contact for qu
Sections in the file
Areas of work
Keywords it claims
Technologies
Products it tells AI about
- Online ArticlesFree
- In-depth FeaturesFree
- Guest ContributionsFree
Services it tells AI about
- Content CollaborationContact for quote
- Editorial ConsultingContact for quote
Competitors it names
Audience it targets
Journalists, Researchers, Students, Global Readers Interested in China · 18-54 · Global
Company type
Private · actively hiring
sixthtone.com Organic Keywords
Google lists sixthtone.com for about 5,502 keywords, which together bring an estimated 21,200 organic visits a month.
Ranking keywords
5.5K
Found in Google for this domain
Visits they bring
21.2K
Estimated organic visits a month
Top ranking keywords
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What it ranks for
sixthtone.com SEO Audit
The latest technical audit of sixthtone.com scored 78 out of 100 overall. Performance is its weakest area at 65, while SEO scores highest at 83. 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 H1 Tags
- HighOptimize Meta Description
- HighAdd Alt Text to Images
- CriticalCreate a Robots.txt File
8 more recommendations, with the exact changes and the pages they apply to, are in the full report.
sixthtone.com Competitors and Alternatives
Sixth Tone's company profile names chinadaily.com.cn, scmp.com and thebeijinger.com as competitors. Its own llms.txt adds chinafile.com and npr.org/sections/parallels. Outside its market, the domains ranked closest to it in our worldwide ranking are jrank.org, hanover.edu, radiologyinfo.org and lookbook.nu.
sixthtone.com Company Profile
Sixth Tone runs an online publication that focuses on contemporary China through a mix of in-depth features, timely reports, and contributions from guest writers. The outlet treats its coverage as an added voice alongside existing tones in Mandarin, with the main goal of showing how major events and trends affect ordinary people rather than treating the country as a single, abstract story. Stories often examine socia…
Founded in 2015 (about 11 years ago), Sixth Tone is based in Shanghai, China. Its workforce is listed as between 51 and 200 employees. Its profile files it under Media, with further tags for Publishing, Digital Journalism and Content Creation. Products on record for it: Online Articles, In-depth Features and Guest Contributions. Its tagline reads: "Fresh voices from today's China".
- Sector
- Media
- Headquarters
- Shanghai, China
- Founded
- 2015
- Employees
- 51-200
- Revenue
- Not Disclosed
- Funding
- Not Disclosed
- Products
- Online Articles, In-depth Features, Guest Contributions
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