US passport outside top ten

19h

The Henley Passport Index showed the U.S. passport fell out of the top ten, with outlets disputing whether it now ranks 10th or 12th.

by Steven Heydemann

51%

Scholar power: 51.0%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 40%, Law 30%, Economics 15%, Sociology 15%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Steven Heydemann	38%	20	51.0%

Formula for scholar power: 3 × author's field match × √author's h-index

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Scholar power

49.0%

22.3 h

51.0%

Ranking score

0.026

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

Steven Heydemann @stevenhyde.bsky.social · 22h

US -57th in press freedom

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 23h

2025 Press Freedom Rank
1 Norway
2 Estonia
3 Netherlands
4 Sweden
5 Finland
11 Germany
16 NZ
20 UK
21 Canada
25 France
27 S Africa
29 Australia
31 Poland
49 Italy
52 Ghana

57 US

58 Gambia
61 S Korea
63 Brazil
66 Japan
89 Greece
112 Israel
124 Mexico
151 India
171 Russia
178 China
rsf.org/en/index

Global map with countries shaded to indicate level of freedom of the press based on the 2025 Reporters Without Borders’ Press Freedom Index.