AI Visibility Scorecard
Michael’s Substack
michaeltsarion.substack.com · Other
Somewhat visible. AI bots can read Michael’s Substack, but it is missing the structured signals that push citation rate above competitors.
AI engines read this profile 3 times
Claude · ChatGPT
88
AI Naming Predictability
iLikely to be named · 88/100
5
AEO Visibility
iBorderline · 5.1/10
5
Muse Index Score
iAI agent readiness
Basic · 5/100
0
AI Adoption
iNone detected · 0/100
About Michael’s Substack
from our crawl and measurement
"Articles and new books by Michael Tsarion. Click to read Michael’s Substack, by Michael Tsarion, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers." That is how Michael’s Substack introduces itself. To AI engines like ChatGPT and Perplexity it is partially visible, scoring 5.1 out of 10, readable in places and missing in others.
Our crawl found a sitemap. It is missing structured data describing the business, an llms.txt file and a heading structure that lays out what it offers.
AI crawlers have visited 2 times in our tracking, including ClaudeBot (Anthropic) and GPTBot (ChatGPT).
The 6 signals AI reads
Strong · Good · Fair · Weak
Structured Data
Weak
Organization / LocalBusiness JSON-LD that AI can read.
Content Structure
Weak
Clear headings and answer-style content.
Entity Clarity
Fair
How clearly your brand identity reads to AI.
E-E-A-T Signals
Experience, Expertise, Authority, Trust
Weak
Experience, Expertise, Authority, Trust markers.
Technical AEO
Fair
robots.txt, llms.txt, and AI-bot crawl access.
AI Discoverability
Weak
Sitemaps and entity links AI can follow.
Off-page authority
How the web signals your brand to AI
Backlinks
Weak
No inbound links found yet.
Domain Authority
Strong
Established authority for your domain.
Reference Presence
Strong
Recognized in AI knowledge graphs.
News & Press
Strong
Press and news coverage.
Community
Strong
Forum and community discussion.
Social Mentions
Weak
No social discussion found yet.
What this score means
Your AEO score measures whether AI search engines - ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini - can actually read your site and cite it in answers. Roughly two-thirds of sites are invisible to them. At 5.1/10, Michael’s Substack has a working base to build on - fixable, and the signals above are where to start.
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Source & Attribution
Scored by Engagemii on July 31, 2026. Methodology: engagemii.com/aeo/methodology
Source URL: https://engagemii.com/aeo/brands/michaeltsarion-substack
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