What we measured
We loaded theintercept.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
- 8
- Design
- 8
- Reach
- 8
- Editorial
- 8
- Signal-to-noise
- 7
- Access
- 9
- Cadence
- 8
- Independence
- 8
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 theintercept.com, taken with the cookie banner cleared.
Latest from The Intercept
Straight from the feed. This is what the ticker would be showing you right now.
- Has the Left Really Met Its Limit?
- Cornell to Pro-Palestine Students Targeted by ICE: Come Back to the U.S. or Lose Funding
- Israel Justified Its Wars by Calling Enemies “Crazy.” Now, the Warning Signs All Apply to Israel.
- Tennessee Plans Another Execution Despite Its Brutal Recent Mistakes
- Francesca Hong’s Loss in Wisconsin is a Win for AI Data Centers — for Now
- The Intercept Sues Trump for Selling Premium Access to Truth Social Announcements
- No, AOC: “Woke” Wasn’t “Crazy” the Way You Say It Was
- “Total Whitewash”: New Pentagon Report Claims U.S. Killed No Civilians in Boat Strikes
- Francesca Hong’s “Thanksgiving-Gate” Shows Her Detractors Are Totally Out of Ideas
- The Pentagon’s Obsession With China Puts Hawai‘i at Risk
- Sophie Cunningham Is the Anti-Trans Right's New White Woman Mascot
- Rubio Is Trying to Keep Leftists Out of U.S. by Banning Supporters of “Economic Sabotage”
- State Department Wants Palantir’s Advice on Free Speech and “Countering Digital Surveillance”
- Congress Might Give ICE the Power to Go After Shoplifters
- The Pentagon Is Posting Cryptic Biblical Messages on Social Media
Where it sits in World & Politics
- #12 openDemocracy80.5
- #13 Coda Story80
- #14 The Intercept80
- #15 Global Voices79.5
- #16 Democracy Now!78.5