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title: "YMYL Author Bylines 2026: Only 53.6% of Top Pages - PageSpeed Matters"
url: https://www.pagespeedmatters.com/resources/data-studies/ymyl-author-bylines
description: "Across 4,633 top-5 ranking pages for health, finance, insurance, legal and supplements searches, only 53.6% show a named author or byline."
lang: en
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YMYL Author Bylines 2026: Only 53.6% of Top Pages (https://www.pagespeedmatters.com/resources/data-studies/ymyl-author-bylines)

Across 4,633 top-5 ranking pages for health, finance, insurance, legal and supplements searches, only 53.6% show a named author or byline.

Top-5 ranking pages showing an author or byline, by vertical

Recipes 83.9%

Software 62.1%

Fitness 61.4%

Supplements 60.3%

Parenting 60.2%

Real estate 39.6%

Outdoor 39.5%

Travel 38.8%

Jewelry 33.7%

Apparel 33.6%

Source: PageSpeed Matters. Top 5 Google results for 10,019 US keywords, Oct 2026.

Top and bottom 5 verticals shown; the full list is in the comparison table.

Source: YMYL Author Bylines 2026: Only 53.6% of Top Pages - PageSpeed Matters (https://www.pagespeedmatters.com/resources/data-studies/ymyl-author-bylines)