Distant Reader

distantreader.org

Distant Reader is an open-source command-line application and web-based service designed to facilitate large-scale text analysis for academic research. It enables students, researchers, and scholars to efficiently process, search, and analyze extensive collections of books and articles through features like ‘carrels’ for managing study sets. Developed by the University of Notre Dame, it supports tasks such as literature reviews, bibliography management, and comparative genre analysis.

LLM mention score The LLM mention score is the total number of mentions of this brand in different LLM chatbots, normalized to the scale from 0 to 100. You can get actual, non-normalized numbers via the LLM Mention API from DataForSEO.

Normalized 0–100 · last 8 weeks

DataForSEO API

Get LLM mention data of any company via DataForSEO API

Get access to the structured data on keyword, brand, and website mentions in LLMs, including metrics like AI search volume, impressions, and mentions count. 

How to get LLM mention data →
// Fetch Distant Reader mentions
POST v3/ai_optimization/llm_mentions/search/live
[
    {
        "target": [
            {
                "keyword": "Distant Reader",
                "search_scope": ["any"]
            }
        ],
        "platform": "chat_gpt",
        "order_by" : ["ai_search_volume,desc"]
    }
]