Who’s first
Which newsrooms break stories first, and how far behind the rest are.
| Newsroom | First | Share of firsts | Stories | First rate | Typically behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Verge | 17 | 31 | 55% | 3.5 hr | |
| Engadget | 10 | 30 | 33% | 9.2 hr | |
| Bloomberg | 9 | 16 | 56% | 2.5 hr | |
| 9to5Google | 6 | 17 | 35% | 3.8 hr | |
| Gizmodo | 6 | 18 | 33% | 5.2 hr | |
| MacRumors | 6 | 20 | 30% | 2.4 hr | |
| TechCrunch | 5 | 13 | 38% | 18.7 hr | |
| Android Authority | 5 | 14 | 36% | 6.8 hr | |
| TechRadar | 5 | 19 | 26% | 19.4 hr | |
| Tom's Guide | 4 | 10 | 40% | 14.4 hr | |
| The New York Times | 4 | 10 | 40% | 15.8 hr | |
| AppleInsider | 4 | 22 | 18% | 1.3 hr | |
| 9to5Mac | 4 | 26 | 15% | 1.3 hr | |
| Financial Times | 3 | 7 | 43% | 9.6 hr | |
| Ars Technica | 3 | 8 | 38% | 17 hr |
How it’s counted
- A story counts once three or more newsrooms have run it. Each newsroom is placed by its own earliest report, using its published time.
- Typically behind is the median gap between a newsroom’s report and the first one, on the stories where it wasn’t first.
- Only the 224 newsrooms and official sources we read are counted, and a newsroom needs five stories to be ranked. Publish times are the newsrooms’ own; some update them after the fact.
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