Alternatives and competitors
Sites like Bored Panda
The 20 closest viral entertainment media alternatives to Bored Panda, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 13 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to Bored Panda? The closest matches are CBR, Mental Floss and BuzzFeed. 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 Bored Panda
Bored Panda boredpanda.com
Bored Panda - The Only Magazine For Pandas
Bored Panda is a leading art, pop culture and lifestyle magazine that is viewed nearly 100 million times every month.
Wikidata: Lithuanian website
Summary by Claude
Online entertainment magazine publishing viral stories, list articles, memes, photo compilations and celebrity news, much of it repackaged from social media posts on Reddit, Instagram and Twitter, plus quizzes and daily games.
- Who it’s for
- General English-speaking web audience
- Business model
- Advertising and premium subscriptions
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to Bored Panda’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 Bored Panda
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Bored Panda, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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CBR - The World's Top Destination For Comic, Movie & TV news
Covering comics, movies, TV like no other in the world. CBR.com is all you need!
Very close cos 0.936 - 02
Mental Floss - History, Trivia, Interesting Facts, and More
Learn weird, interesting facts about history, entertainment, language, geography, and more topics. Test your knowledge with our quizzes and other trivia.
Very close cos 0.934 - 03
BuzzFeed
BuzzFeed has breaking news, vital journalism, quizzes, videos, celeb news, Tasty food videos, recipes, DIY hacks, and all the trending buzz you’ll want to share with your friends. Copyright BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.
Very close cos 0.932 - 04
Polygon: Gaming and Entertainment News, Culture, Reviews, and More
Your source for the latest in video games, sci-fi, fantasy, tabletop games, anime, horror, books, and comics.
Very close cos 0.934 - 05
American news publication
Very close cos 0.931 - 06
ScreenRant: Movie News, Movie Reviews, Movie Trailers, TV News
ScreenRant debuted in 2003 and has grown into the largest source of breaking entertainment news & original features for movies, TV, comics, + more!
Very close cos 0.931 - 07
GameRant - Breaking News, Reviews & Everything Else in the World of Video Games
GameRant delivers content written by gamers for gamers with an emphasis on news, reviews, unique features, and interviews.
Very close cos 0.930 - 08
MovieWeb - Movie News, Trailers, Reviews, and Exclusives.
The latest movie news, trailers, reviews, and more.
Very close cos 0.929 - 09
Gizmodo | The Future Is Here
Dive into cutting-edge tech, reviews and the latest trends with the expert team at Gizmodo. Your ultimate source for all things tech.
Very close cos 0.928 - 10
Page Six: Latest Celebrity News, Entertainment News & Gossip
Your source for the latest celebrity news, entertainment headlines and celeb gossip, with exclusive stories, photos, video, and more.
Very close cos 0.927 - 11
News | The Independent | Today's headlines and latest breaking news
The latest breaking news, comment and features from The Independent.
Very close cos 0.927 - 12
New Movie News, Movie Trailers & Upcoming Movie Reviews | Collider
Stay up to date with new movie news, watch the latest movie trailers & get trusted reviews of upcoming movies & more from the team at Collider.
Very close cos 0.926 - 13
Your access has been blocked – The Atlantic
magazine and multi-platform publisher based in Washington, D.C.
Very close cos 0.927 - 14
Deadline – Hollywood Entertainment Breaking News
Deadline.com is always the first to break up-to-the-minute entertainment, Hollywood and media news, with an unfiltered, no-holds-barred analysis of events.
Very close cos 0.925 - 15
American social news aggregation website and discussion portal
Very close cos 0.923 - 16
The Hollywood Reporter – Movie news, TV news, awards news, lifestyle news, business news and more from The Hollywood Reporter.
Movie news, TV news, awards news, lifestyle news, business news and more from The Hollywood Reporter.
Very close cos 0.925 - 17
Indiatimes: Latest in Lifestyle, Health, Fashion, and Wellness
Indiatimes is your destination when it comes to exploring the latest in lifestyle trends, health and wellness hacks, and fashion advice. From food fads to travel tips and relationship rules, we tell you how to live your best life. Bookmark this for all the latest lifestyle content tailored just for you.
- Google Search Console
- Akamai Edge DNS
- Amazon Publisher Services
- Comscore
- Google Ad Manager
- Google Tag Manager
Very close cos 0.922 - 18
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.
Very close cos 0.920 - 19
Variety - Entertainment news, film reviews, awards, film festivals, box office, entertainment industry conferences
Entertainment news, film reviews, awards, film festivals, box office, entertainment industry conferences
Very close cos 0.923 - 20
International Business Times - Business News, Financial news
International Business Times is the leading provider of business news and financial news from the US and around the world.
- Google Search Console
- Google Workspace
- Meta Business Suite
- Cloudflare
- Cloudflare DNS
- Cloudflare Web Analytics
Very close cos 0.923
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to boredpanda.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Bored Panda uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What Bored Panda is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- CMS
- WordPress page source: /wp-content/
- JavaScript frameworks
- CDN
- Amazon CloudFront header x-amz-cf-id: u89TXuA1_knzdOCks10eedMmNAAayxhGsK1uPqqIjdqjlvnj32v1iw==
- Languages & backends
- PHP implied by WordPress (page source: /wp-content/)
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace MX smtp.google.com
- Microsoft 365 TXT MS=ms42183495
- Email delivery
- DNS hosting
- Amazon Route 53 NS ns-1985.awsdns-56.co.uk
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=hops-EdsP_znUZ0tgSnyMFqx9WcQ6J6CLUlLwNJuseY
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=E-VWzamHJVxn2aKoEbD2dNX18GG_rEuHAJIAcsZ9JQY
- Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=fgwdxllanmj6qtcuvmke1si9ec60ia
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Bored Panda adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 20/20
- Google Workspace 15/20
- Meta Business Suite 15/20
- Google Analytics · not on boredpanda.com 11/20
- nginx · not on boredpanda.com 11/20
- PHP 11/20
- WordPress 11/20
- Amazon SES · not on boredpanda.com 10/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on boredpanda.com 9/20
- Microsoft 365 9/20
- Amazon Route 53 8/20
- Google Ad Manager · not on boredpanda.com 8/20
- OneTrust · not on boredpanda.com 7/20
- jsDelivr · not on boredpanda.com 6/20
- Adobe · not on boredpanda.com 6/20
- GlobalSign · not on boredpanda.com 6/20