Legal Coverage Statistics

Original analysis of our own accumulated coverage — not a syndicated report. Every figure below is a live, real-time aggregate computed directly from our source-verified story record. See our editorial methodology for how stories are classified, scored, and verified.

2,252 Stories tracked
7 Categories covered
6.4/10 Average impact score
2,176 Distinct source publishers

Coverage by Category

Story count per category, all-time. Download full dataset (CSV).

Volume vs. Impact: Where the Headlines Aren't the Story

Our most-covered category isn't our most consequential one: Regulation generates the most stories (1,719), but Acquisitions carries the highest average impact score (8.2/10) despite far fewer stories (5). Coverage volume and consequence are different signals.

Story volume → Average impact → Acquisitions Corporate Law Court Decisions Funding IP & Patents Legal Tech Regulation

Sentiment Distribution

Directional read of 2,252 classified stories — the development's implication for the space, not the tone of the reporting. Download sentiment dataset (CSV).

Neutral
52%
Negative
36%
Positive
7%
Strongly negative
5%
Strongly positive
0%

Most-Mentioned Entities

Ranked by distinct story mentions, all-time — the companies, people, and technologies our coverage returns to most often. Download entities dataset (CSV).

  1. 1 Donald Trump person
    489
  2. 2 Iran country
    167
  3. 3 United States government
    130
  4. 4 Anthropic company
    117
  5. 5 Department of Homeland Security company
    94
  6. 6 OpenAI company
    84
  7. 7 Trump Administration government
    83
  8. 8 OFAC organization
    61
  9. 9 Supreme Court of the United States organization
    61
  10. 10 Department of Justice company
    59
  11. 11 Trump Administration company
    54
  12. 12 Google company
    54
  13. 13 Pentagon organization
    51
  14. 14 European Union organization
    44
  15. 15 U.S. Congress organization
    43
  16. 16 China country
    42
  17. 17 Claude product
    41
  18. 18 ICE company
    41
  19. 19 Israel country
    38
  20. 20 Supreme Court organization
    36
  21. 21 U.S. Department of Justice government
    34
  22. 22 White House organization
    33
  23. 23 Pete Hegseth person
    32
  24. 24 India country
    31
  25. 25 Elon Musk person
    31

Source Diversity

Distinct publisher coverage and total source records across 2,252 tracked stories. Download source diversity dataset (CSV).

2,176 Distinct source publishers
5,582 Total source records

How This Page Is Computed

Every figure on this page is a live SQL aggregate over our own accumulated story and entity records — never a manual estimate or a syndicated third-party statistic. Category and sentiment figures cover all stories ever tracked in this niche; the entity ranking counts distinct story mentions above our minimum relevance threshold (see methodology). Found a discrepancy? Email hello@getlegalbrief.com.

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"Legal Coverage Statistics: 2,252 Stories Analyzed." Legal & RegTech Intelligence Brief. https://getlegalbrief.com/statistics