What we measured
We loaded defector.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
- 9
- Design
- 9
- Reach
- 7
- Editorial
- 9
- Signal-to-noise
- 9
- Access
- 6
- Cadence
- 9
- Independence
- 10
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 defector.com, taken with the cookie banner cleared.
Latest from Defector
Straight from the feed. This is what the ticker would be showing you right now.
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- In This House We Believe A Bunch Of Stuff, With Justin Ellis
- Russell Westbrook Was Total
- Russell Westbrook Was Singular
- James Gandolfini Had A Lot In His Bag
- Why Your Team Sucks 2026: Indianapolis Colts
- Fenix Flexin Puts Bankrolls On The Table And AI On The Charts
- Humanists Have Done Nothing Wrong
- Craig Kimbrel Can’t Quit
- Did The A’s Infect The Red Sox With Whatever Is Wrong With Them?
- Lakers Owner Mark Walter Suddenly Sells Team Amid Federal Investigation
- Eventually Everyone Needs An Axe Guy
- Will My Only Child Be A Weirdo?
- Trans Rights And Lesbian Lefts, With Maya Goldberg-Safir
- All Day I Dream Of Curry Fries
Where it sits in Sports
- #1 Defector85
- #2 ABC News Sport (Australia)82
- #3 Swiss Ramble80.5