When buyers ask AI about online news media, News24 is named in 6 of 6 answers.
We put 6 real buyer questions to Claude and read every answer. No brand is named more often.
The one idea AI attaches to News24.
Read from the 6 answers that named News24.
AI links News24 with this more than any other theme, and rarely credits it for paid tier for premium content. The full report shows the exact wording from each answer.
News24 leads. eNCA is next.
Top brands named across the same 6 answers, ranked by share of answers. Average position is where each brand lands in the answer.
- 01 News24You 100% #1.3
- 02 eNCA 67% #2.2
- 03 SABC News 67% #3.0
- 04 Daily Maverick 50% #2.0
- 05 Business Day 17% #3.0
- 06 IOL 17% #3.0
News24 loses most when buyers are asking which brand to buy.
All 6 answers, grouped by what the buyer was trying to do. The full report shows which gaps to close first, and how.
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Asking which brand to buy2 of 2
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Comparing brands1 of 1
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Shopping for a specific need1 of 1
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Asking for someone like them1 of 1
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Deciding what to look for1 of 1
recommending others
- Which of the 0 websites to get News24 onto first
- The questions to win, in the order to win them
- What to publish on News24's own site and Instagram
We read 6 answers. You have seen 0 of them.
The rest stays sealed until you open the full report: every brand AI named, every answer word for word, and what to change.
Seven posts, scored on five things.
Read from their seven most recent posts. Each one is scored out of 100 below, with what we saw behind the number.
- 01Visual identity
- 02Hook strength
- 03Format range
- 04Captions & CTAs
- 05Cadence
Where the feed is strong, and where it leaks.
Scores are relative to the posts analysed, not to competitors. That comparison is in the full report.
A 6-colour palette held across 7 posts (consistency 0.19). Recurring marks: news24 logo placed top-left or above the headline, large serif headline over a dark band.
Your best post earns 0.1% engagement; the median post 0.0%. The one that landed opened with “Former apartheid cop shows 'no remorse' for student activist's 1987 murder, court hears”.
3 images, 2 reels across 5 posts. carousels untested.
5 of 5 captions ask the reader to do anything. 0 hashtags per post. 71 words on average.
35.0 posts a week between 9 Nov and 9 Nov. A daily rhythm, sustained. Reach is the constraint, not output.
Your best post earned 6.6× the engagement of your weakest.
Ranked by engagement rate. What each one did differently is read from the frame and the caption.
All 5 posts, by engagement rate.
One bar per post, in the order they went out. Hover a bar to see its date and rate.
“Former apartheid cop shows 'no remorse' for student activis…”, 0.1% ER.
“Shivambu's new party stuns EFF by getting 12 seats in Great…”, 0.0% ER.
Educational posts average 0.1%, promotional posts 0.0%: 2.2× apart.
What makes a post recognisably yours.
Extracted from the frames and captions, not from a brief.
Look
A news frame: the newsmaker or scene fills the picture and a stacked headline block with the news24 wordmark sits low in the frame.
Voice
“A wire-desk reporter's voice: facts first, names and places in the opening line, no opinion, and the link to the full story left for last.”
Recurring marks
- 01news24 logo placed top-left or above the headline
- 02large serif headline over a dark band
- 03source credit under the image
- 04FALSE stamp for fact-checks
What the accounts competing for your audience are doing that you are not.
The scorecard tells you where you stand. The full report tells you against whom, and what to post next week.
See everything else Nayavo doesWhen buyers ask AI about online news media, News24 is named in 6 of 6 answers.
News24 leads. eNCA is next.
- 01 News24 YOU 100% #1.3
- 02 eNCA 67% #2.2
- 03 SABC News 67% #3.0
- 04 Daily Maverick 50% #2.0
- 05 Business Day 17% #3.0
- 06 IOL 17% #3.0
Every kind of question, and how often AI named you.
- Asking which brand to buy2 of 2
- Comparing brands1 of 1
- Shopping for a specific need1 of 1
- Asking for someone like them1 of 1
- Deciding what to look for1 of 1
We read 6 answers. You have seen no.
Seven posts, scored on five things.
Visual identityPalette, layout, marks 19
A 6-colour palette held across 7 posts (consistency 0.19). Recurring marks: news24 logo placed top-left or above the headline, large serif headline over a dark band.
Fix in full reportHook strengthBest post vs. median 27
Your best post earns 0.1% engagement; the median post 0.0%. The one that landed opened with “Former apartheid cop shows 'no remorse' for student activist's 1987 murder, court hears”.
Hook formulasFormat rangeReel · Carousel · Image 69
3 images, 2 reels across 5 posts. carousels untested.
Formats to testCaptions & CTAsAsks, hashtags, length 70
5 of 5 captions ask the reader to do anything. 0 hashtags per post. 71 words on average.
CTA templatesCadencePosts per week 95
35.0 posts a week between 9 Nov and 9 Nov. A daily rhythm, sustained. Reach is the constraint, not output.
Best posting windowsYour best post earned 6.6× the engagement of your weakest.
#1 · 0.1%
A news frame: the newsmaker or scene fills the picture and a stacked headline block with the news24 wordmark sits low in the frame.
“A wire-desk reporter's voice: facts first, names and places in the opening line, no opinion, and the link to the full story left for last.”