Research reports

Research reports and original Featured findings.

• Research reports · October 22, 2026

  Where Authors Can Pitch: Independent Bookstores and Author Events in the United States

  Featured's Find Bookstores data on 1,093 U.S. independent bookstores: how reachable they are, which run author events, and where they cluster.

• Research reports · October 20, 2026

  How Reachable Is Local TV News? — Featured TV Newsroom Report

  Featured's Find TV Stations data shows how reachable local TV news is.

• Research reports · October 19, 2026

  The State of Substack for PR

  Data from Featured's Find Substacks database of 38,746 Substack publications. October 2026.

• Research reports · September 21, 2026

  Featured Workflow Usage Report — September 2026

  Featured's automated workflows help users find press opportunities on a custom cadence. Here's the data we've gathered so far.

• Research reports · August 31, 2026

  HARO Statistics (2026): 100M Emails, 2M Pitches, AI Trends

  21% of HARO pitches are written entirely by AI. Journalists are about three times more likely to use a human-written pitch, and 35% now block AI-generated

• Research reports · August 24, 2026

  Featured AI Citation Report, June-August 2026

  We analysed 405 GEO audits and 22,881 real citations from AI search. More than a third pointed to domains with Domain Authority under 40.