Gannett (USA Today) SaaS sender
According to Live Direct Marketing's daily Tranco top-1M scan (September 14, 2026), Gannett (USA Today) is the SaaS sender for 270 domains — 0.04% of 637,677 SPF-publishing domains. Detection method: include: mechanisms in the SPF record.
Key facts
- 270 domains in the Tranco top-1M use Gannett (USA Today) (0.04% of SPF-publishing domains).
- Snapshot date: 2026-09-14 — recomputed every day.
- Strongest TLD: .com (98.9% of its domains).
- Most co-used service: Microsoft 365.
- Directory category: SaaS sender.
Why Gannett (USA Today) appears in this category
Gannett media group (USA Today, local newsrooms) marketing/notifications.
We classify it as a SaaS sender from include: mechanisms in the SPF record matching a maintained provider rule. This is infrastructure attribution from public DNS, not evidence of a direct contract or exclusive use.
Gannett, which operates USA Today and a large network of digital media properties, offers a SaaS platform that handles email sending on behalf of other organisations' domains. Senders using Gannett's infrastructure must authorise it through SPF include records, making the platform visible in email authentication data.
The distribution of Gannett SPF records across established, mid-to-high-traffic domains in the .com space, often appearing alongside Microsoft 365, indicates use by professional publishers and larger enterprises. For email senders and analysts, encountering Gannett in SPF records is a marker of mature email operations rather than a deliverability risk.
Where Gannett (USA Today) sits in the Tranco ranking
| Tranco rank band | Domains | Share of its base |
|---|---|---|
| Top 1,000 | 1 | 0.4% |
| Top 10,000 | 4 | 1.5% |
| Top 100,000 | 98 | 36.3% |
| Top 1,000,000 | 167 | 61.9% |
| Unranked | 0 | 0.0% |
Top-level domain split
| TLD | Domains | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| .com | 267 | 98.9% | |
| .net | 3 | 1.1% |
What Gannett (USA Today) users also use
Cross-tabulated from the same daily snapshot — the other email services seen on the same 270 domains.
| Type | Service | Domains | Share of Gannett (USA Today) users |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mailbox | Microsoft 365 | 261 | 96.7% |
| Mailbox | Mimecast | 3 | 1.1% |
| Mailbox | Google Workspace | 3 | 1.1% |
| Mailbox | Self-Hosted | 1 | 0.4% |
| Mailbox | GoDaddy | 1 | 0.4% |
Email authentication delegation and shared infrastructure
Like any external email sending platform, Gannett's infrastructure is delegated through SPF include mechanisms in the sending domain's DNS. Organisations using such platforms become dependent on the provider's IP reputation, compliance posture, and abuse controls — the domain's email deliverability is directly affected by how well the platform manages its own sending practices. This is a standard trade-off of outsourced email infrastructure: centralised operational expertise in exchange for shared reputation risk across all platform tenants.
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Frequently asked questions
What does an SPF include for Gannett mean?
It indicates the domain sends email through Gannett's platform. This is a normal configuration for organisations using Gannett's email services and does not, by itself, suggest any deliverability problem.
How many domains use Gannett (USA Today)?
270 domains in the Tranco top-1M use Gannett (USA Today) as their SaaS sender as of September 14, 2026 (0.04% of SPF-publishing domains), according to Live Direct Marketing's daily DNS scan.
Is Gannett (USA Today) common enough to affect email deliverability testing?
Gannett (USA Today) accounts for 0.04% of SPF-publishing domains in the top 1M. Whether you should seed a test mailbox there depends on how much of your audience it represents — the co-usage table above shows the services it appears alongside most.
Which countries or TLDs use Gannett (USA Today) most?
Gannett (USA Today)'s largest TLD is .com (98.9% of its domains); it appears across 2 TLDs in total.