Improving journalism analytics through AI

About Readsight

Readsight is a pre-launch data-driven startup focused on improving journalism analytics through AI. Our mission is to enhance the quality of journalism and shift users to engage more meaningfully with digital articles.


Our immediate goal is to develop a model that generates retention heatmaps using just scroll position data. This experimental approach aims to predict where readers' eyes focus when leaving a webpage and which specific words they were reading at exit points, as well as finding areas of attention loss and high emotional response.

THE READSIGHT POST WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 2025 DIGITAL EDITION Clickbait headlines: Now a thing of the past? By Jane Wright, Technology Correspondent © 2025 The Readsight Post | Above heatmap indicates reader attention and engagement

Our Technology

Eye Tracking Analysis

We're developing a data collection mechanism where volunteer participants undergo brief calibration before reading various articles embedded with our tracking module. We log scroll position and eye movement data to train and validate our machine learning models.

Predictive Analytics

Our machine learning model processes scroll position data to create attention distribution and loss heatmaps. The prediction model integrates metrics for engagement, enjoyment, and insightfulness of article content.

Privacy-First Approach

Privacy matters deeply to us. The data we collect is entirely non-identifying. All we collect is scrolling data, which is then processed through our advanced machine learning models to analyze reader retention patterns.

Development Roadmap

Current Phase

Research & Initial Development

Developing our volunteer research platform and implementing advanced tracking mechanisms to gather high-quality data. Simultaneously, we're designing our initial prediction algorithms and integrating scroll pattern analysis with eye movement tracking to create our first generation of attention heatmaps.

End of March 2025

Prototype Completion

Fully operational data-collection site and prototype prediction model ready for initial testing and validation with publishing partners.

Volunteer Program

We're currently assembling a group of volunteers for data collection.

Volunteer Portal Coming Soon

Let's Connect

Interested in what we're building or looking to collaborate? I'd love to hear from you.

Email: [email protected]