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Mail & Guardian

South Africa's storied investigative and political weekly

#9
in Breaking News
72.5
Signal score
8 vs 5
Ad restraint vs pillar median
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What one page load of mg.co.za brought in

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Ad entities
2
Third-party domains
13
Layout shift (CLS)
0.217
Tranco rank
18,364

How it scores

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

Ad restraint
8

Measured

Design
6

Judged

Reach
7

Measured

Editorial
8

Judged

Signal-to-noise
7

Judged

Access
5

Judged

Cadence
9

Judged

Independence
7

Judged

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