Publish on Rolling Stone

rollingstone.comUnited StatesMetrics updated 2026-06-08
General news coverage for readers in the United States, since 1994.
73A
VFCore Score
90
Domain rating
92
Domain authority
4.5M
Monthly traffic

Short answer

Rolling Stone publishes general news for readers in the United States, with a domain rating of 90 and about 4.5M monthly visitors. A placement runs as an editorial article with a nofollow link and carries a discreet disclosure, typically live in 5 to 10 business days.

What you get

  • One published editorial article on rollingstone.com
  • A nofollow link
  • Live URL and a dated screenshot in your case
  • Indexed by Google

Specification

Format
Article
Tier
Tier 1
Region
United States
Founded
1994
Link type
Nofollow
Links allowed
1
Sponsored label
Discreet disclosure
Google indexing
Indexed
AI answer engines
Blocked
Permanence
permanent
Writing
Included, or send your own

SEO authority and reach

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

92
Domain authority

Moz, 0 to 100

81
Authority score

SEMrush, 0 to 100

4.5M
Organic visits / mo

From Google search

2.4M
Ranking keywords

Top 100 positions

49.5M
Backlinks

Links pointing in

269K
Referring domains

Unique linking sites

#2,214
Tranco rank

Lower is bigger

Blocked from AI answers

Rolling Stone blocks the crawlers behind ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude and Google AI Overviews. A placement still carries reader and search credibility, but it is unlikely to be cited in AI answers. If AI visibility is the goal, filter the directory by AI-citable.

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Where it lives

About Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone (rollingstone.com) has been publishing since 1994 and covers general news for readers in the United States. It reaches roughly 4.5M visitors a month, and ranks for 2.4M search keywords. On authority it has a domain rating of 90, a domain authority of 92 and links from about 269k other websites, and sits at #2,214 in the Tranco global ranking. It blocks the crawlers behind AI answer engines, so an article here builds reader and search credibility but is unlikely to be cited in AI answers. 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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