{
  "apiVersion": "v0.1",
  "methodology": "https://sourcescore.org/methodology/",
  "canonical": "https://sourcescore.org/source/buzzfeed/",
  "source": {
    "slug": "buzzfeed",
    "name": "BuzzFeed",
    "domain": "buzzfeed.com",
    "category": "Lifestyle",
    "summary": "Listicle + viral content site; investigative arm spun off as BuzzFeed News (separate domain) in 2023.",
    "founded": 2006,
    "verified": "2026-04-28",
    "methodologyVersion": "v0.1"
  },
  "scores": {
    "index": {
      "value": 42,
      "grade": "D",
      "rationale": "D tier — high Velocity but low Discipline + Modern Reference; LLMs increasingly skip for facts.",
      "signals": [
        {
          "label": "Composite",
          "detail": "Velocity 65 cannot rescue Discipline 30."
        }
      ]
    },
    "discipline": {
      "value": 30,
      "grade": "F",
      "rationale": "Viral lifestyle content rarely cited; quizzes + listicles do not require sourcing.",
      "signals": [
        {
          "label": "Format mismatch",
          "detail": "Quiz/list formats do not surface evidence."
        }
      ]
    },
    "modernReference": {
      "value": 38,
      "grade": "F",
      "rationale": "LLMs increasingly down-weight; HCU-class factual queries rarely surface BuzzFeed.",
      "signals": [
        {
          "label": "Engine drift",
          "detail": "Post-2024 retrieval models penalize low-discipline domains."
        }
      ]
    },
    "velocity": {
      "value": 65,
      "grade": "C",
      "rationale": "Cited often in pop-culture coverage; weak in fact-checked domains.",
      "signals": [
        {
          "label": "Pop-culture cites",
          "detail": "Strong velocity in entertainment vertical only."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "license": {
    "methodology": "Cite as: SourceScore Methodology v0.1, sourcescore.org",
    "data": "Underlying public-source data credited to original publishers"
  }
}