Publish on USA Today

usatoday.comUnited StatesMetrics updated 2026-06-08
General news coverage for readers in the United States, since 1994.
79A
VFCore Score
92
Domain rating
94
Domain authority
105.09M
Monthly traffic

Short answer

USA Today publishes general news for readers in the United States, with a domain rating of 92 and about 105M monthly visitors. A placement runs as an editorial article with a nofollow link and carries no sponsored label, typically live in 10 to 20 business days.

What you get

  • One published editorial article on usatoday.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
Language
English
Topics
General News
Founded
1994
Link type
Nofollow
Links allowed
1
Sponsored label
No label
Google indexing
Indexed
AI answer engines
Blocked
Permanence
permanent
Writing
Included, or send your own

SEO authority and reach

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

94
Domain authority

Moz, 0 to 100

96
Authority score

SEMrush, 0 to 100

22.4M
Organic visits / mo

From Google search

10.5M
Ranking keywords

Top 100 positions

97.2M
Backlinks

Links pointing in

640K
Referring domains

Unique linking sites

#547
Tranco rank

Lower is bigger

Blocked from AI answers

USA Today 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 USA Today

USA Today (usatoday.com) has been publishing since 1994 and covers general news for readers in the United States, in English. It reaches roughly 105M visitors a month, about 22M of them from Google search, and ranks for 11M search keywords. On authority it has a domain rating of 92, a domain authority of 94 and links from about 640k other websites, and sits at #547 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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