What we measured
We loaded eater.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
- 2
- Design
- 6
- Reach
- 8
- Editorial
- 8
- Signal-to-noise
- 7
- Access
- 9
- Cadence
- 9
- Independence
- 3
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 eater.com, taken with the cookie banner cleared.
Latest from Eater
Straight from the feed. This is what the ticker would be showing you right now.
- Three Days of Tailgating, Cafecitos, and Football for a Miami Hurricanes Game Weekend
- Three Days of Barbecue, Swimming Holes, and Football for a UT Longhorns Game Weekend
- The Best Restaurants in Tuscaloosa, Home to the University of Alabama
- The Best Restaurants Near Ohio State University
- Three Days of Hot Dogs, Boutiques, and Football for an Ohio State Buckeyes Game Weekend
- The Best Restaurants in Bloomington, Indiana, Home of the Hoosiers
- A ‘Culinary Class Wars’ Alum Has Opened One of NYC’s Hottest New Restaurants
- ‘Tony’ Makes Bourdain Unlikeable, and That’s Why It Works
- Why Is This Restaurant Emailing Me Like We’re Friends?
- All Well Is Doing a Little Something for Everybody
- The 38 Best Restaurants in Montreal, According to a Local Food Writer
- Eater World’s Fare Was a Global Celebration of Food and Soccer
- Steal My Food Itinerary: 3 Days in London
- In the Age of AI, the Analog Restaurant Feels Radical
- The Eater App Now Lets You Swap Dining Notes
Where it sits in Food & Travel
- #36 The Guardian Food68.5
- #37 BBC Good Food67
- #38 Eater65
- #39 The Kitchn64.5
- #40 Conde Nast Traveler62