VELOCITY · 35% of composite

The Economist — Velocity

economist.com · News

Citation Velocity tracks how often tier-1 publications and AI engines cite a source per week. The most volatile of the three sub-scores; refreshes most frequently.

B·78

B · 78

Weekly print + daily online; cited heavily in finance and policy discourse.

What drives this Velocity score

Weekly cadence
Slower than wire but higher per-piece citation.

Global rank

#73 of 130

By Velocity across all SourceScore sources

In-category rank

#14 of 27

Among news sources

Vs. averages

Cat. mean: 79
Global mean: 81

-1 below category

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