# Reach and AI readiness — Smoower Index methodology

> When someone asks about this space, does the org come up? Including when an AI answers.

Weight: ~18% of overall.

Measures how far the org's name travels: mentions across Reddit, Hacker News, dev.to and Stack Overflow, YouTube audience and dev content output, plus AI readiness.

AI readiness covers the surfaces an agent needs: llms.txt, markdown or plain-text doc endpoints, an MCP server, and structured data. These are what determine whether an assistant can quote the docs correctly.

| Sub-metric | What is read |
| --- | --- |
| Mentions | Volume and quality of external mentions per channel |
| Stack Overflow | Question and answer volume for the org's tags |
| YouTube | Channel audience and publishing cadence |
| AI readiness | llms.txt, markdown doc endpoints, MCP servers, structured data |

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HTML version: https://www.smoower.com/docs/reach
Machine index: https://www.smoower.com/llms.txt · MCP server: https://www.smoower.com/mcp · REST API: https://www.smoower.com/api/v1
All pillars: https://www.smoower.com/docs.md