What we measured
We loaded atlasobscura.com in a real browser, accepted the cookie banner, and scored what came back. Every number below is on a 0–10 scale where 10 is best.
- Ad restraint
- 3
- Design
- 7
- Reach
- 8
- Editorial
- 7
- Signal-to-noise
- 6
- Access
- 10
- Cadence
- 9
- Independence
- 5
Ad entities counted on the homepage after accepting the cookie banner
Clutter, hierarchy, typography and whitespace, scored from our screenshot
Tranco rank for the registrable domain, capped where the feed is a section
Curated judgement of the writing, not a measurement
How much of the feed is the thing you subscribed for
How much is readable without a paywall or a login
Whether it publishes often enough to be worth a slot
Ownership, and how much it constrains what gets covered
What it looks like
Our screenshot of atlasobscura.com, taken with the cookie banner cleared.
Latest from Atlas Obscura
Straight from the feed. This is what the ticker would be showing you right now.
- Fannie Bay Gaol in Fannie Bay, Australia
- The Atlas Obscura Guide to the World's Strangest Christmas Traditions
- The Atlas Obscura Guide to Seeing the Northern Lights
- The Atlas Obscura Guide to Winter Sun
- Gloucester Sea Serpent Statue in Gloucester, Massachusetts
- Pickering Museum Village in Pickering, Ontario
- 19 Creepy Catacombs Around the World You Can Visit
- Tribute to Hard Working Hands in Dallas, Texas
- South Main Plaza Dog Fountain in Mount Vernon, Ohio
- City of Justice in Vilnius, Lithuania
- The Atlas Obscura Guide to Halloween Travel
- RoboCop Statue in Detroit, Michigan
- Lazareto de Menorca in Es Castell, Spain
- Hundafoss in Iceland
- Bologna Centrale Bombing Memorial in Bologna, Italy
Where it sits in Science & Environment
- #36 Sentient73.5
- #37 New Scientist70
- #38 Atlas Obscura67.5
- #39 Science Daily62.5