Psychology Today
(https://www.psychologytoday.com) 📸 Data Snapshot: May 16, 2026Inspect the JSON-LD. Is there an Organization or Person schema, and does it carry sameAs links to real external profiles (LinkedIn, socials)? Missing schema or no identity declaration signals an anonymous entity.
Authority gaps are non-existent in the provided data. Authors like Mary McNaughton-Cassill Ph.D. and Susan Krauss Whitbourne PhD are cited with their specific clinical expertise and affiliations. The Organization schema is robust, including sameAs links to Wikipedia, Facebook, and LinkedIn, which verifies the brand’s long-standing institutional footprint.
The site avoids bold marketing performance claims (‘guaranteed results’) in favor of clinical findings. For example, rather than claiming to ‘cure’ addiction, the News page references a ‘new study finds that AI interactions start to alter human performance… in just 10 minutes.’ This reliance on cited research instead of sales guarantees eliminates the disconnect found on typical wellness sites.
Identity & Authority is read from the structured data first: whether the site declares who it is in machine-readable schema, with verifiable identity links. Below is the schema captured per page, then the external proof links that support (or fail to support) that identity.
🔗 Identity & Technical Layer — schema JSON-LD: identity chains, entity gaps
Homepage schema
{
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@graph": [
{
"@type": "Organization",
"name": "Psychology Today",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/psychologytoday",
"https://x.com/psychtoday",
"https://www.instagram.com/psych_today",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/psychology-today",
"https://www.youtube.com/user/psychologytoday",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@psychology.today",
"https://bsky.app/profile/psychologytoday.com",
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychology_Today"
],
"url": "https://www.psychologytoday.com/",
"logo": {
"@type": "ImageObject",
"url": "https://cdn.psychologytoday.com/sites/default/files/psychology-today-logo-blue-AMP-left-cropped_0.png"
},
"publishingPrinciples": "https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/docs/editorial-process"
}
]
}
/us/
{
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@graph": [
{
"@type": "Organization",
"name": "Psychology Today",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/psychologytoday",
"https://x.com/psychtoday",
"https://www.instagram.com/psych_today",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/psychology-today",
"https://www.youtube.com/user/psychologytoday",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@psychology.today",
"https://bsky.app/profile/psychologytoday.com",
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychology_Today"
],
"url": "https://www.psychologytoday.com/",
"logo": {
"@type": "ImageObject",
"url": "https://cdn.psychologytoday.com/sites/default/files/psychology-today-logo-blue-AMP-left-cropped_0.png"
},
"publishingPrinciples": "https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/docs/editorial-process"
}
]
}
🛡️ Trust Signals — external proof links that back the declared identity
| Page | Reviews | Proof links |
|---|---|---|
| / (home) | 4 | 1 |
| /us/therapists/ | 9 | 0 |
| /us/magazine/archive/2026/05/ | 0 | 1 |
| /us/ | 4 | 1 |
| /us/news/ | 0 | 1 |
| /us/treatment-rehab/ | 1 | 0 |
This page presents a snapshot of public data from Psychology Today, captured on May 16, 2026, to show how machine logic reads Identity & Authority signals into an AI reputation evaluation.
Purpose: This data is presented under “Fair Use” for the purpose of independent signal analysis, allowing readers to see the raw signals behind the reputation score.
Notice to Psychology Today: This analysis is part of a non-adversarial audit conducted by 1 Euro SEO. The results are intended as professional feedback to help improve any website’s machine-readability and authority signals. The evaluation is free, and any company can request a fresh audit at any time.
Any company can use the insights for free and improve its voice. When a company has updated its content, it can always submit a new audit request, which will be reflected in a new current score.
To all users: You are encouraged to visit the live site at https://www.psychologytoday.com to view the most current version of its content and see directly what this company is about and what it offers.