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PopMatters

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#30
in Culture & Arts
71
Signal score
9 vs 8
Ad restraint vs pillar median
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Ad entities
1
Third-party domains
8
Layout shift (CLS)
0.033
Tranco rank
35,231

How it scores

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Ad restraint
9

Measured

Design
7

Judged

Reach
7

Measured

Editorial
6

Judged

Signal-to-noise
5

Judged

Access
8

Judged

Cadence
7

Judged

Independence
8

Judged

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