Last updated: September 2026
Global rank: Worldwide · 2026-09
#201,158
AI visibility: Grade D
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SEO health: Latest audit
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Keywords
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ranking in Google
Organic share
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of all search traffic
LLMS.txt
Published
78 lines AI engines can read
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mystatesman.com Company Profile
My Statesman is a digital-first local news outlet serving Austin and the surrounding Central Texas region with timely reporting on city government, neighborhood developments, and community issues. The team focuses on breaking stories that affect daily life in the capital city, from traffic and housing to education and public safety. Readers turn to the site for in-depth coverage of local sports, high school athletics…
Founded in 2021 (about 5 years ago), My Statesman is based in Austin, United States. Its workforce is listed as between 11 and 50 employees. Its profile files it under Media, Entertainment & Gaming, with further tags for Local News, Digital Publishing and Community Journalism. Total funding on record is Bootstrapped. Its tagline reads: "Covering Austin and Central Texas with local news that matters".
- Sector
- Media, Entertainment & Gaming
- Headquarters
- Austin, United States
- Founded
- 2021
- Employees
- 11-50
- Revenue
- Not Disclosed
- Funding
- Bootstrapped
mystatesman.com Web Traffic Statistics
Key findings
- My Statesman (Media, Entertainment & Gaming) is ranked #201,158 worldwide in our September 2026 domain ranking, down 361 places from #200,797 in August 2026.
- Its AI visibility score is 59 out of 100 (grade D), with a published llms.txt of 78 lines.
- Its last technical audit scored 0/100, with "Implement Title and Meta Description" the highest-priority fix.
| Month | Rank | Move |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | #201,158 | ▼ 361 |
| August 2026 | #200,797 | ▼ 4,017 |
| July 2026 | #196,780 | ▼ 4,088 |
| June 2026 | #192,692 | — |
| May 2026 | #192,692 | ▲ 14,526 |
| April 2026 | #207,218 | ▲ 6,700 |
| March 2026 | #213,918 | ▲ 26 |
| February 2026 | #213,944 | — |
What this company does
My Statesman is a digital-first local news outlet serving Austin and the surrounding Central Texas region with timely reporting on city government, neighborhood developments, and community issues. The team focuses on breaking stories that affect daily life in the capital city, from traffic and housing to education and public safety. Readers turn to the site for in-depth coverage of local sports, high school athletics…
Our read on the site
The overall SEO health of https://mystatesman.com is critically poor due to missing essential on-page elements, including title, meta description, and heading tags. Additionally, significant technical issues such as the absence of a viewport meta tag, robots.txt, sitemap.xml, and favicon further hinder the site's perfo…
mystatesman.com Traffic and Visitor Engagement
Paid search ads bring 100% of it — more than its organic results do.
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We don't hold a month-by-month history for this domain yet.
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mystatesman.com AI Visibility
mystatesman.com scores 59 out of 100 on our AI visibility scale, grade D. It takes full marks for LLMS.txt. 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), Company profile (19/25) and Structured data (0/5).
Grade D
Scored from this domain's own data — llms.txt, profile completeness, technical health, crawlability and structured data.
Present
6/8 core fields
0/100
robots ✗ · sitemap ✗
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mystatesman.com LLMS.txt
The llms.txt on mystatesman.com runs to 78 lines (3,883 characters) across 12 sections, last generated in May 2026. It introduces the site as "My Statesman - Austin Local News". It tells AI engines the business works in Local News, Digital Publishing and Community Journalism. It describes 5 products, with prices such as Daily Newsletter at Free, Community Events Calendar at Free and Local Business Directory at Free / Sponsored placement available. Services it lists include Sponsored Content, Event Promotion, Reader Tip Line and Live Community Forums. The audience it names is Austin-area residents and small business owners, aged 25-65 (Austin, Texas metro area). Technologies it mentions include WordPress, Google Analytics and Cloudflare. The keywords it claims start with "local news", "Austin updates", "community events" and "local sports".
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AI engines can read it
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Size
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Sections
12
Updated May 16, 2026
What the file says
# My Statesman - Austin Local News ## About My Statesman delivers hyper-local news and information focused on Austin and Central Texas. The outlet covers city politics, neighborhood developments, high school and college sports, environmental issues, and cultural events that shape daily life in the capital region. Staff reporters attend public meetings and community gatherings to bring readers timely updates and context on the stories that matter most. Opinion columns and reader letters provide a platform for diverse voices across the metro area. The site also features business spotlights, restaurant reviews, and calendars that help residents stay connected to local happenings. By combining professional journalism with community contributions, My Statesman creates a living record of Austin’s growth and challenges. Readers can sign up for email newsletters or follow along on social media for breaking alerts and curated roundups. Advertising from local companies supports the independent newsroom while connecting businesses with engaged Austin audiences. The publication maintains clear corrections and sourcing policies to uphold trust with its readers. As Austin continues to expand, My Statesman adapts its coverage to include new neighborhoods and emerging issues while staying rooted in the communities it has served since launch. **Areas of Work:** Local News, Digital Publishing,
Sections in the file
Areas of work
Keywords it claims
Technologies
Products it tells AI about
- Daily NewsletterFree
- Community Events CalendarFree
- Local Business DirectoryFree / Sponsored placement available
- Opinion SectionFree
- Sports CoverageFree
Services it tells AI about
- Sponsored ContentContact for rates
- Event PromotionContact for rates
- Reader Tip LineFree
- Live Community ForumsFree / Ticketed events
Competitors it names
Audience it targets
Austin-area residents and small business owners · 25-65 · Austin, Texas metro area
Company type
Private
mystatesman.com Organic Keywords
Google lists mystatesman.com for about 2 keywords.
Ranking keywords
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Visits they bring
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Estimated organic visits a month
Top ranking keywords
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What it ranks for
mystatesman.com SEO Audit
The latest technical audit of mystatesman.com scored 0 out of 100 overall. The audit makes 20 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
- HighCreate a Robots.txt File
- HighCreate a Sitemap.xml
16 more recommendations, with the exact changes and the pages they apply to, are in the full report.
mystatesman.com Competitors and Alternatives
My Statesman's company profile names statesman.com, austinchronicle.com, kvue.com and kxan.com as competitors. Its own llms.txt adds myfoxaustin.com and texastribune.org. Outside its market, the domains ranked closest to it in our worldwide ranking are mmnews.de, brushd.com, ns3.gov.az and pureref.com.
mystatesman.com Traffic by Country
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Top customer markets
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mystatesman.com Backlink Analytics
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