What we measured
We loaded gq.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
- 6
- Reach
- 8
- Editorial
- 7
- Signal-to-noise
- 6
- Access
- 5
- Cadence
- 9
- Independence
- 2
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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 gq.com, taken with the cookie banner cleared.
Latest from GQ
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Where it sits in Style & Beauty
- #39 Elle63
- #40 Vogue62
- #41 GQ58.5
- #42 Refinery2958
- #43 Glamour56