Directory index · Tech press · researched October 2026
The Register
theregister.comThe Register is a tech publication for AI tools and developer tools. We went through its submission pages in October 2026: what it costs, the link you get, who gets in and how to submit.
How much does The Register cost?
Listing on The Register is free.
No free product-directory listing is offered. The Register invites story pitches by email and states no fee, but these are editorial submissions, not listings, and publication is subject to editorial selection. No review-time promise is stated.
- Commercial inquiry to Situation Publishing; no current public price or package details were shown.
- The 2024 guide requires original content written for The Register, not repurposed copy; it should not read like an advert or press release.
- The guide disallows supplier or product names in the title and says no images are accepted; publication may include minor last-minute headline or subhead edits.
- An inspected HPE example is labeled PARTNER CONTENT; its main product link is nofollow sponsored.
Extras they sell
- Advertising campaigns
- Advertising is offered through the commercial team. No current formats, rate card, or price are shown on the contact flow.
- Lead generation
- Listed as a commercial service; details and pricing require a sales conversation.
- Webcasts
- Listed as a commercial service; no public package or price is shown.
- Research
- Research is offered commercially. The publisher homepage also describes sponsored commercial research being surfaced to readers through The Register Intelligence; no price is shown.
Does The Register give a dofollow backlink?
The Register links to your site with a dofollow link, the kind Google may count toward your site's authority.
Its Ahrefs Domain Rating is 90.
Who gets into The Register, and how fast?
The Register picks only a few of the products submitted.
New listings are shown to its audience: on the homepage, in a newsletter or on social media.
How much traffic does The Register get?
Similarweb ranks theregister.com #1,005,891 in the world by traffic.
What The Register says about its audience: The Register contact page says it is “reaching roughly 40 million people a year”; its About page says “roughly 40 million readers worldwide.” The Situation Publishing homepage claims “52M Active readers” and “36M AI crawler requests a month.” These are publisher claims, not independently verified here.
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Researched 29 October 2026 from The Register's own pages. Prices and terms change, so check before you pay. Something out of date? Report a correction.