Last updated: August 2026
Global rank: Worldwide · 2026-08
#9,160
AI visibility: Grade A+
92
SEO health: Latest audit
61
Visits
1.4M
per month, estimated
Keywords
277.0K
ranking in Google
Organic share
100%
1.4M organic visits
LLMS.txt
Published
139 lines AI engines can read
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theweek.com Web Traffic Statistics
Key findings
- The Week (Media) is ranked #9,160 worldwide in our August 2026 domain ranking, inside the top 10,000, down 413 places from #8,747 in July 2026.
- It is estimated to receive about 1.4 million visits a month from search, 100% of it organic, across 277,000 ranking keywords.
- Its AI visibility score is 92 out of 100 (grade A+), with a published llms.txt of 139 lines.
- Its last technical audit scored 61/100, with "Optimize Image Alt Attributes" the highest-priority fix.
| Month | Rank | Move |
|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | #9,160 | ▼ 413 |
| July 2026 | #8,747 | ▼ 827 |
| June 2026 | #7,920 | — |
| May 2026 | #7,920 | ▼ 65 |
| April 2026 | #7,855 | ▲ 185 |
| March 2026 | #8,040 | ▼ 52 |
| February 2026 | #7,988 | — |
What this company does
The Week functions as a dedicated news curation platform that pulls together reporting from a wide array of sources and distills it into readable overviews. Staff members review major stories in areas like politics, economics, science, and global events, then craft pieces that include background information and balanced commentary. This process turns scattered headlines into coherent narratives that capture the essen…
Our read on the site
The Week's SEO health shows a strong overall score of 61/100, but there are significant areas for improvement, particularly in performance and best practices. While the site has a solid SEO score of 92, it suffers from accessibility issues and lacks proper image alt attributes, which could hinder user experience and se…
theweek.com Traffic and Visitor Engagement
theweek.com draws an estimated 1.4 million visits a month from search engines. Effectively all of it is organic — about 1.4 million visits from unpaid results. Spread across 277,000 ranking keywords, that averages roughly 5.2 organic visits per keyword.
Monthly visits
1.4M
Latest estimate
Change
No monthly history yet
It starts building from the first scan
Organic visits
1.4M
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.
theweek.com AI Visibility
On our AI visibility scale theweek.com earns 92 of 100 points, a grade A+. It takes full marks for LLMS.txt, Crawlability and Structured data. The biggest gap is Company profile, at 19 of 25 points (6/8 core fields), worth 6 points if closed. It also loses points on SEO health (18/20).
Grade A+
Scored from this domain's own data — llms.txt, profile completeness, technical health, crawlability and structured data.
Present
6/8 core fields
92/100
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theweek.com LLMS.txt
The llms.txt on theweek.com runs to 139 lines (6,125 characters) across 12 sections, last generated in March 2026. It introduces the site as "The Week - News Aggregation and Editorial Content". It tells AI engines the business works in Media, News Aggregation and Digital Publishing. It describes 3 products, with prices such as News Aggregation Platform at Free with premium subscription options and Digital Magazine Subscription at $4.99/month or $49.99/year. Services it lists include Editorial Content Creation and Newsletter Subscription. The audience it names is Professionals, Students, News Enthusiasts, Educators, aged 18-54 (Global). Technologies it mentions include HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, React and Node.js. The keywords it claims start with "news", "current events", "politics" and "world news".
Status
Published
AI engines can read it
Lines
139
In the file
Size
6.1K
Characters
Sections
12
Updated Mar 8, 2026
What the file says
# The Week - News Aggregation and Editorial Content ## About The Week is a leading news aggregation platform that curates and delivers the most significant news stories from around the world. It provides readers with a unique and concise perspective on current events, going beyond a typical news digest. With a commitment to quality journalism, The Week ensures users stay informed on critical global issues through insightful analysis and editorial content. The platform serves a diverse, global audience seeking reliable and impactful news coverage. **Areas of Work:** Media, News Aggregation, Digital Publishing ## Things to Remember - **Website:** https://theweek.com - **Address:** New York, United States - **Contact:** [email protected] - **Phone:** Not Available - **Hours:** 24/7 Online Access - **Timezone:** America/New_York - **Currency:** USD - **Company Type:** Private - **Employees:** 150 employees - **Revenue:** $20M - **Hiring Status:** Yes, actively hiring ## Products - **News Aggregation Platform** (Free with premium subscription options): A digital platform offering curated news stories from global sources with concise summaries and unique perspectives. - **Digital Magazine Subscription** ($4.99/month or $49.99/year): A subscription-based digital magazine providing in-depth articles, analysis, and opinion pieces on current events. - **The Week Junior** (Contact for
Sections in the file
Areas of work
Keywords it claims
Technologies
Products it tells AI about
- News Aggregation PlatformFree with premium subscription options
- Digital Magazine Subscription$4.99/month or $49.99/year
- The Week JuniorContact for pricing
Services it tells AI about
- Editorial Content CreationContact for quote
- Newsletter SubscriptionFree with premium options
Competitors it names
Audience it targets
Professionals, Students, News Enthusiasts, Educators · 18-54 · Global
Company type
Private · actively hiring
theweek.com Organic Keywords
Google lists theweek.com for about 277,000 keywords, which together bring an estimated 1.4 million organic visits a month.
Ranking keywords
277.0K
Found in Google for this domain
Visits they bring
1.4M
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
theweek.com SEO Audit
The latest technical audit of theweek.com scored 61 out of 100 overall. Performance is its weakest area at 44, while SEO scores highest at 92. The audit makes 12 recommendations in all, and 4 of the 4 listed first are rated high priority or critical.
Overall
SEO
Excellent
Performance
Accessibility
Fix these first
- CriticalOptimize Image Alt Attributes
- CriticalImprove Page Load Speed
- HighEnhance Mobile Responsiveness
- HighImplement Structured Data Markup
8 more recommendations, with the exact changes and the pages they apply to, are in the full report.
theweek.com Competitors and Alternatives
The Week's company profile names theguardian.com, huffpost.com and newsweek.com as competitors. Its own llms.txt adds bbc.com, cnn.com and nytimes.com. Outside its market, the domains ranked closest to it in our worldwide ranking are flashscore.ua, naturabuy.fr, iam.gov.sa and towardsdatascience.com.
theweek.com Company Profile
The Week functions as a dedicated news curation platform that pulls together reporting from a wide array of sources and distills it into readable overviews. Staff members review major stories in areas like politics, economics, science, and global events, then craft pieces that include background information and balanced commentary. This process turns scattered headlines into coherent narratives that capture the essen…
The Week was founded in 2001, about 25 years ago, and is headquartered in New York, United States. Its workforce is listed as between 101 and 200 employees. Its profile files it under Media, with further tags for News Aggregation, Digital Publishing and Subscription-Based. Products on record for it: News Aggregation, Editorial Content and Digital Magazine. Reported revenue is $20M (2023). Its tagline reads: "Because the news needs a curator".
- Sector
- Media
- Headquarters
- New York, United States
- Founded
- 2001
- Employees
- 101-200
- Revenue
- $20M (2023)
- Funding
- Not Disclosed
- Products
- News Aggregation, Editorial Content, Digital Magazine
theweek.com Traffic by Country
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