What we measured
We loaded reason.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
- 7
- Design
- 9
- Reach
- 7
- Editorial
- 7
- Signal-to-noise
- 6
- Access
- 9
- Cadence
- 9
- Independence
- 7
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 reason.com, taken with the cookie banner cleared.
Latest from Reason
Straight from the feed. This is what the ticker would be showing you right now.
- Ohio's Republican Governor Says Haitians 'Played a Major Role' in Springfield's 'Economic Comeback'
- "Professors' Speech in Class Has Not Been Regulated; It Has Been Hired"
- Indiana Professors Lack Standing to Challenge Indiana "Intellectual Diversity" Statute
- Jeff Merkley Wants To Save Big Government From Donald Trump
- The DSA's Agenda Could Cost More Than $200 Trillion—and You'll Be Picking Up the Tab
- Flock Safety's New Privacy Rules Do Little To Ease Concerns Over ALPR Surveillance
- I Played a Game Simulating the Aftermath of the 2028 Election. Here's How It Went.
- The End of Oak Street Is a Nasty, Effective Exercise in Dino Terror
- Some More Thoughts About Surrogacy and Abortion
- "Fascist" Menachem Begin was a Champion of Individual Rights and the Rule of Law
- Hack Back
- Plaintiffs Contesting Tren de Aragua Membership Claims / Alien Enemies Act Application Can't Sue Pseudonymously
- Sixth Circuit Reverses Pretrial Release for Antifa Member Accused of ICE-Related Threats
- Trump Is Trying To Spin U.S. History
- Socialists Claim Public Libraries Are Examples of Their Policies. Don't Believe Them.
Where it sits in World & Politics
- #24 Americas Quarterly76
- #25 Foreign Policy75.5
- #26 Reason75
- #27 Jacobin74.5
- #28 Persuasion74.5