Analytics & Benchmark
Live stats from our database. Head-to-head comparison against every major fact-check bot on X. No cherry-picking — these are real numbers.
Our Numbers (Live)
per check
of mentions answered
+ 5,000 bias-rated via CSV
with FEC donation data
political lean tracked
24.1% of all checks
7.6% of all checks
19.6% of all checks
29.3% of all checks
Benchmark vs. Competitors
Feature-by-feature comparison against every major fact-check bot on X. Competitor data from published benchmarks, Tow Center (Columbia), and public testing.
| Feature | True Source | Grok | GPTZero | ArAIstotle | Community Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claim-level breakdown | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | Partial | ✗ |
| Cites real sources | ✓ | Fabricates | Academic only | ✓ | ✓ |
| Response time | <60 sec | Instant | Rate-limited | ~30 sec | 14+ hours |
| Proactive scanning | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Source ownership + FEC donations | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Poster political profiling | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Image/chart analysis | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Poster accuracy history | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Self-learning (gets smarter) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Works without being tagged | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | N/A |
Accuracy Metrics
Self-published benchmark (Facticity AI). TIME Best Inventions 2024. Mention-triggered, not proactive.
94% citation error rate (Columbia Tow Center). Disqualified from comparison tests — 0 valid responses. User-initiated only (button or @mention).
Source-finder approach — surfaces evidence, no verdicts. 220M+ scholarly articles.
AI search engine, not a dedicated fact-checker. 37% of queries answered incorrectly (The Quint).
Benchmark Sources
Citation error rates: Columbia Tow Center for Digital Journalism study — tested 200 queries across 8 AI platforms. ArAIstotle: 14%, Perplexity: 42%, Grok: 94%.
Benchmark scores: Facticity AI comparison — 45 real tweets, 3 LLM judges (Gemini 2.5 Pro, Claude 3.7 Sonnet, GPT-4o), 180 blinded evaluations. ArAIstotle: 8.55/10, Perplexity: 5.91/10. Note: published by ArAIstotle's own team.
TrueSourceBot metrics: Live data from our production database. Updated every 5 minutes. "TBD" metrics require an independent third-party audit — we will not self-certify.
What We Analyze (8 Categories)
Every fact-check runs through all 8 analysis dimensions. No other bot does this.
Monthly Volume
All Fact-Checks
Showing 0 of 10,298 claims
How We Verify
Every tweet or claim goes through a multi-stage verification process. We break down statements into individual checkable facts, search for evidence on both sides, and weigh source reliability before reaching a verdict.
Our system analyzes images, reads full conversation threads, cross-references multiple independent sources, and profiles the poster's track record. Every verdict links to its evidence so you can verify our work.
We publish these stats openly because accountability is the foundation of trust. If we ask you to question your sources, you should be able to question ours. Metrics marked "TBD" require independent third-party testing — we refuse to self-certify accuracy numbers.