Alternatives and competitors
Sites like 4chan
The 20 closest imageboard forum alternatives to 4chan, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 3 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to 4chan? The closest matches are Girls Channel -, Arcalive and DC Inside. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.
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01 · Entity
About 4chan
4chan 4chan.org
Verification Required
Wikidata: English-language imageboard website
Summary by Claude
An anonymous English-language imageboard where users post images and text in topic-based boards without registering, covering subjects such as video games, anime, technology, politics, music and sports.
- Who it’s for
- Anonymous internet users and hobbyist communities
- Business model
- Advertising and paid passes
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to 4chan’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.
similarity × popularity
03 · Nearest neighbours
Alternatives to 4chan
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to 4chan, thumbs down if it isn’t.
We can’t read 4chan.org’s homepage (HTTP 403), so it’s compared on what Wikidata and Wikipedia say about it.
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ガールズちゃんねる - Girls Channel -
女子の女子による女子のためのおしゃべりコミュニティ。女子の好きな話題にみんなでコメント、みんなで投票して盛り上がれる匿名掲示板「ガールズちゃんねる」へようこそ。
Very close cos 0.929 - 02
Korean language website in Paraguay
Very close cos 0.916 - 03
## CONNECTING HEARTS! 디시인사이드입니다. ##
국내 최대 인터넷 커뮤니티 포털이자 인터넷 트렌드의 중심, 디시인사이드입니다. 실시간 베스트 등의 갤러리 커뮤니티 서비스를 제공합니다.
Very close cos 0.915 - 04
Japanese online bulletin board system
Very close cos 0.911 - 05
爆サイ.com−日本最大のローカルクチコミ掲示板
北海道から沖縄まで日本全国の気になる話題を網羅したローカルクチコミ掲示板。掲示板カテゴリ数4000以上。ニュース速報・スポーツ・動画・政治・経済・芸能から、パチンコ・スロット・キャバクラ・ホスト・風俗・ギャンブルまで幅広い。
Very close cos 0.908 - 06
巴哈姆特電玩資訊站 - 系統異常回報
Taiwanese ACG Internet forum
Very close cos 0.906 - 07
American social news aggregation website and discussion portal
Very close cos 0.903 - 08
privacy-focused online search engine
Very close cos 0.902 - 09
note ――つくる、つながる、とどける。
クリエイターが文章やマンガ、写真、音声を投稿することができ、ユーザーはそのコンテンツを楽しんで応援できるメディアプラットフォームです。だれもが創作を楽しんで続けられるよう、安心できる雰囲気や、多様性を大切にしています。
Very close cos 0.899 - 10
DogDrip.Net 개드립
유머, 이슈, 정보 커뮤니티. 개드립
Very close cos 0.900 - 11
Pantip - Learn, Share & Fun
ร่วมพูดคุยแลกเปลี่ยนความคิดเห็นในทุกประเด็น ทั้งบันเทิง หุ้น ความงาม ท่องเที่ยว รถยนต์ กีฬา โทรศัพท์มือถือ อาหาร การเมือง ครอบครัว บ้าน วิทยาศาสตร์ สุขภาพ ธุรกิจ
Very close cos 0.899 - 12
MyAnimeList.net - Anime and Manga Database and Community
Welcome to MyAnimeList, the world's most active online anime and manga community and database. Join the online community, create your anime and manga list, read reviews, explore the forums, follow news, and so much more!
Very close cos 0.898 - 13
Access Restricted - livedoor NEWS
Web portal
Very close cos 0.898 - 14
NG Guard
American entertainment and social media website
Very close cos 0.895 - 15
DuckDuckGo - Protection. Privacy. Peace of mind.
The Internet privacy company that empowers you to seamlessly take control of your personal information online, without any tradeoffs.
Very close cos 0.896 - 16
Google
search engine by Google LLC
Very close cos 0.898 - 17
Publications / My feed / Habr
collaborative blog
Very close cos 0.895 - 18
행복한 유머, 웃긴대학에 오셨습니다.
웃긴대학은 남을 행복하게 만들어주기 라는 목적으로 1998년 8월 24일에 설립한 전통 유머 사이트입니다. 웃긴자료, 웃긴제목 등 유머 게시판 뿐만 아니라 만화, 게임, 요리, 헬스, 뷰티, 동물, SNS 등의 테마 게시판과 웃대툰, 공포, 사진 등의 창작 게시판도 서비스합니다. 자체 개발한 인공지능을 이용하여 얼굴인식, 패션분석 등의 서비스도 선보이고 있습니다.
Close cos 0.894 - 19
Internet Meme Database | Know Your Meme
Know Your Meme is a website dedicated to documenting Internet phenomena: viral videos, image macros, catchphrases, web celebs and more.
Close cos 0.893 - 20
online database of board games, game designers and game publishers worldwide
Close cos 0.892
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to 4chan.org’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones 4chan uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What 4chan is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- CDN
- Cloudflare header cf-ray: a5632333ffc28908-HAM
- DNS hosting
- Cloudflare DNS NS rick.ns.cloudflare.com
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=m4RTs-1axoNg8iHPjvprlvrEG4MvqqGVy5EjvBQWuBA
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what 4chan adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 18/20
- Google Workspace · not on 4chan.org 12/20
- Cloudflare 7/20
- Google Analytics · not on 4chan.org 7/20
- Cloudflare DNS 6/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on 4chan.org 5/20
- PHP · not on 4chan.org 4/20
- Amazon SES · not on 4chan.org 4/20
- jQuery · not on 4chan.org 4/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on 4chan.org 4/20
- Zendesk · not on 4chan.org 4/20
- nginx · not on 4chan.org 3/20
- Apple Business · not on 4chan.org 3/20
- DocuSign · not on 4chan.org 3/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on 4chan.org 3/20
- Next.js · not on 4chan.org 3/20