#1
BBC News
www.bbc.comB83
Attention TaxLow
Intrusion0
Privacy0
Performance0
Accessibility0
Established for the reader, not the advertiser
The Reader Respect Index
✦BBC News83|✦The Guardian81|◆BuzzFeed News72|◆The New York Times63|◆Daily Mail60|
Latest Edition — Vol. I — No. 1
5 news sites, graded on how they treat you
Popups, trackers, load times, and clutter — measured the same way, across every publisher, every month.
Best & Worst This Edition
Most respectful
BBC NewsB
The GuardianB-
BuzzFeed NewsC-
Most demanding
Daily MailD
The New York TimesD
BuzzFeed NewsC-
This Week's Ranking
| Rank # ↑ | Publication | Intrusion | Privacy | Performance | Accessibility | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 100 | 69 | 67 | 94 | B83 | |
| 2 | 68 | 81.5 | 90 | 92 | B-81 | |
| 3 | 98 | 45 | 53 | 94 | C-72 | |
| 4 | 81 | 56.5 | 25 | 83 | D63 | |
| 5 | 80 | 41 | 53 | 66 | D60 |
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Deep Dive
Inside the BBC News Score
We break down every publication into four core pillars. For our featured scorecard, we take a closer look at the actual run-time metrics driving the overall grade—from third-party tracker counts to raw layout shifts.
Read the full report →What We Measure
Intrusion
Popups, overlays, autoplay, sticky ads
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Privacy
Trackers, pixels, cookies before and after consent
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Performance
Load time, page weight, layout shift
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Accessibility
Contrast, labels, keyboard navigation
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