The New York Times vs ProPublica — Velocity
How often tier-1 publications and AI engines cite each source per week — the most volatile sub-score.
The New York Times outscores ProPublica on Citation Velocity by 14 points (A · 92 vs B · 78).
The New York Times
Cited many times daily by other tier-1 outlets + AI engines; sets news cycle.
ProPublica
Lower volume than wire news but very high per-piece citation rate; cited by NYT/WaPo/etc. when investigations break.
Global rank · Velocity
Why these Velocity scores
Cited many times daily by other tier-1 outlets + AI engines; sets news cycle.
Lower volume than wire news but very high per-piece citation rate; cited by NYT/WaPo/etc. when investigations break.
Signals behind the Velocity score
- News-cycle settingNYT exclusives drive same-day coverage across global media.
- Quality > quantityPulitzer-class investigations get cited internationally on release.
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Sources & references
Every score on this page is read from the two publications below and graded against the published rubric. No score is bought, estimated or supplied by the source being scored.
- Source evaluated — The New York Times (nytimes.com) · verified · full scoring record
- Source evaluated — ProPublica (propublica.org) · verified · full scoring record
- Scoring rubric — SourceScore Index, Citation Discipline, Modern Reference, Citation Velocity (methodology v0.1)
- Machine-readable record — /api/compare/nyt-vs-propublica/velocity.json