World & Politics

Bellingcat

Pioneering open-source investigative collective, best-in-class OSINT

#2
in World & Politics
85.5
Signal score
10 vs 9
Ad restraint vs pillar median
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Ad entities
0

Not one ad entity on the page

Third-party domains
12
Layout shift (CLS)
0.001
Tranco rank
26,840

How it scores

Each dimension 0–10, weighted. How we measure and score →

Ad restraint
10

Measured

Design
6

Judged

Reach
7

Measured

Editorial
10

Judged

Signal-to-noise
9

Judged

Access
10

Judged

Cadence
6

Judged

Independence
9

Judged

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