[10][11] However, the World Association of Newspapers considered the paper to be under the direct influence of King Salman during his post as the Riyadh governor.

[10] In a study dated 2023 it is reported that it is under the control of Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman.

Additionally, it publishes very influential editorials, if one wants to have good insight into what the Saudi official view on different matters.

[15] The paper heavily covers the news regarding political, social, religious, economic and cultural events.

[16] Turki Al Sudairi, the chief editor of the paper, argued in December 2011 that Iran was much more dangerous threat for Saudi Arabia than Israel, since the latter's enmity is limited to Palestinians.

[1] On 23 March 2012 Yousuf Al Kuwailit, the associate editor of Al Riyadh, questioned the Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov's stance concerning Syrian uprising and stated that Lavrov did not seem to be aware of the fact that Sunnis are the majority in Syria.

[17] In March 2013, the then Lebanese foreign minister Adnan Mansour publicly argued that the Arab League should reinstate Syria's membership.

[8] The chief editor of the paper is Turki Al Sudairi who has held the post for a long time.

[20] Al Sudairi has been the chairman of the Saudi Journalists Association (SJA) for a long time, and he was elected again for the post on 17 May 2012.

[21] Abdulaziz bin Abdullah Al Uqaili who was the deputy chief of Royal Protocol formerly served at the paper's political desk.

[14] The website won the digital excellence award in the second rank after Al Jazirah by the Saudi ministry of Communications and Information Technology in 2007.