Publish on Mic

mic.comUnited StatesAI-citableMetrics updated 2026-06-08
General news coverage for readers in the United States, since 1993.
58B
VFCore Score
84
Domain rating
85
Domain authority
—
Monthly traffic

Short answer

Mic publishes general news for readers in the United States, with a domain rating of 84. A placement runs as an editorial article with a nofollow link and carries no sponsored label, typically live in 5 to 10 business days.

What you get

  • One published editorial article on mic.com
  • A nofollow link
  • Live URL and a dated screenshot in your case
  • Indexed by Google
  • Readable by AI answer engines

Specification

Format
Article
Tier
Tier 1
Region
United States
Founded
1993
Link type
Nofollow
Links allowed
1
Sponsored label
No label
Google indexing
Indexed
AI answer engines
Can cite it
Permanence
permanent
Writing
Included, or send your own
Credibility rating
Medium

SEO authority and reach

How easily Mic ranks on Google and how much of the web points at it. Sources: Moz, Ahrefs, SEMrush, Tranco.

85
Domain authority

Moz, 0 to 100

47
Authority score

SEMrush, 0 to 100

119K
Ranking keywords

Top 100 positions

626K
Backlinks

Links pointing in

43K
Referring domains

Unique linking sites

#14,458
Tranco rank

Lower is bigger

Citable by AI answer engines

Mic lets the crawlers behind ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude and Google AI Overviews read its pages, so an article here can be surfaced and cited when someone asks an assistant about you.

Read from the outlet’s robots.txt.

Where it lives

About Mic

Mic (mic.com) has been publishing since 1993 and covers general news for readers in the United States. On authority it has a domain rating of 84, a domain authority of 85 and links from about 43k other websites, and sits at #14,458 in the Tranco global ranking. Its robots.txt lets the AI answer engines in, so an article here can be read and cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude and Google AI Overviews. Every placement is quoted per case and paid into escrow; the money is released only when the live URL and a dated screenshot are posted into your case.

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