AI Readiness Report

change.org

How visible change.org is to AI engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Claude, based on a technical scan of crawler access, structured data, and citation signals.

Summary

change.org has an AI Readiness score of 75/100, placing it at Maturity Level 3: Retrievable. The site was scanned on April 27, 2026 across 7 technical signals that influence whether AI engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Claude can discover, parse, and cite content from change.org.

75
out of 100

Maturity Level 3

Retrievable

Based on 75 out of 100 points across 7 technical signals that influence whether AI engines can discover, parse, and cite change.org.

Final URL: https://www.change.org/ Scanned: 2026-04-27 Tranco rank: #878

Signal breakdown

Content-level signals were checked on: https://www.change.org/p/the-human-cost-of-neglect-demand-respect-safety-and-ju…

AI crawlers allowed

20/20 pts

robots.txt allows GPTBot, ChatGPT-User, anthropic-ai, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, and Google-Extended.

llms.txt present

0/10 pts

No /llms.txt file. AI engines have no curated guide to the site's purpose and key pages.

Fix: Publish /llms.txt with a short site description and links to your most important pages.

Organization schema

15/15 pts

JSON-LD Organization or LocalBusiness markup is present on the homepage.

Article schema

15/15 pts

Article, BlogPosting, or NewsArticle markup is present on content pages.

FAQPage schema

0/15 pts

No FAQPage schema detected on homepage, content pages, or /faq endpoints.

Fix: Add a FAQ section with FAQPage JSON-LD. This is one of the most AI-cited schema types.

Author Person schema

10/10 pts

JSON-LD Person schema with sameAs or url to verifiable identity is present.

Sitemap in robots.txt

15/15 pts

A Sitemap: directive in robots.txt points to the sitemap.xml file.

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Maturity model →

The 5-level framework behind this score.

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How change.org compares to the top 500.

Frequently asked questions

What is change.org's AI Readiness score?

change.org scored 75 out of 100 on the Appearly AI Readiness scan, placing it at Maturity Level 3 (Retrievable).

Does change.org have ai crawlers allowed?

Yes. robots.txt allows GPTBot, ChatGPT-User, anthropic-ai, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, and Google-Extended.

Does change.org have llms.txt present?

No. No /llms.txt file. AI engines have no curated guide to the site's purpose and key pages. Publish /llms.txt with a short site description and links to your most important pages.

Does change.org have organization schema?

Yes. JSON-LD Organization or LocalBusiness markup is present on the homepage.

Does change.org have article schema?

Yes. Article, BlogPosting, or NewsArticle markup is present on content pages.

Does change.org have faqpage schema?

No. No FAQPage schema detected on homepage, content pages, or /faq endpoints. Add a FAQ section with FAQPage JSON-LD. This is one of the most AI-cited schema types.

Does change.org have author person schema?

Yes. JSON-LD Person schema with sameAs or url to verifiable identity is present.

Does change.org have sitemap in robots.txt?

Yes. A Sitemap: directive in robots.txt points to the sitemap.xml file.

Methodology & sources

Appearly scans up to 8 pages per domain (homepage, robots.txt, /llms.txt, sitemap, and a discovered content page) to evaluate 7 signals weighted from 10 to 20 points each. The maturity model maps total score to one of 5 levels: Invisible (0), Discoverable (1), Indexable (2), Retrievable (3), Cited (4).

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Published:  ·  Last updated:  ·  Publisher: Appearly (AI Visibility Platform)