Alternatives and competitors

Sites like Bustle

The 20 closest women's lifestyle magazine alternatives to Bustle, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 15 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to Bustle? The closest matches are Cosmopolitan, BuzzFeed and ELLE. 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 Bustle

Bustle bustle.com

Bustle

Bustle is the premier digital destination for young women. Since launching in 2013, Bustle has been creating relatable and impactful dialogue through content from a diverse set of voices. Covering politics, sex and relationships, fashion, beauty, entertainment, and more, Bustle empowers women to be curious, to be themselves, and to be excited about owning their place in the world.

Wikidata: online American women's magazine

Top 10K · #5,739 English 15 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit Bustle

Summary by Claude

Bustle is an online women's magazine publishing articles on celebrities, entertainment, fashion, beauty, relationships, astrology and politics.

Who it’s for
Young women
Business model
Advertising

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Bustle’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

Fast CompanyMental FlossNewsweekVoxThe Atlantictrilltrill.jpBored PandaELLEBuzzFeedCosmopolitan

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to Bustle

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Bustle, thumbs down if it isn’t.

Only in English
  1. 01
    Cosmopolitan cosmopolitan.com Top 10K

    American women's fashion and culture magazine

  2. 02
    BuzzFeed buzzfeed.com Top 10K English

    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.

  3. 03
    ELLE elle.com Top 10K English

    Fashion Magazine - Beauty Tips, Fashion Trends, & Celebrity News - ELLE

    Watch runway shows from the hottest fashion designers, scope out the best-dressed celebrities on the red carpet, discover the latest and greatest beauty products to maintain a healthy glow, and get a sneak peek at our celebrity cover shoots.

  4. 04
    Bored Panda boredpanda.com Top 10K English

    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.

  5. 05
    trilltrill.jp Top 10K Japanese

    TRILL【トリル】|国内最大級のライフスタイル情報メディア

    ファッション、コスメ、グルメ、旅行、占い、恋愛、雑学など、毎日1000本以上の人気記事を配信!あらゆる場面であなたの興味をきっと刺激する、そんな情報がたくさん詰まっています。

  6. 06
    Mashable mashable.com Top 10K English

    Mashable

    Mashable is a global, multi-platform media and entertainment company.

  7. 07
    The Atlantic theatlantic.com Top 10K English

    Your access has been blocked – The Atlantic

    magazine and multi-platform publisher based in Washington, D.C.

  8. 08
    Vox vox.com Top 10K English

    Vox

    Vox is a general interest news site for the 21st century. Its mission: to help everyone understand our complicated world, so that we can all help shape it. In text, video and audio, our reporters explain politics, policy, world affairs, technology, culture, science, the climate crisis, money, health and everything else that matters. Our goal is to ensure that everyone, regardless of income or status, can access accurate information that empowers them.

  9. 09
    Newsweek newsweek.com Top 10K English

    Newsweek - Latest Breaking News, US, World, Politics, Business, Tech and Videos.

    Newsweek provides in-depth analysis on news, world events, politics, business, tech, entertainment, healthcare, & trending videos. Subscribe for breaking news alerts!

  10. 10
    Mental Floss mentalfloss.com Top 10K English

    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.

  11. 11
    Fast Company fastcompany.com Top 10K English

    fastcompany.com

    American magazine

  12. 12
    Page Six pagesix.com Top 10K English

    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.

  13. 13
    Slate slate.com Top 10K English

    Slate Magazine - Politics, Business, Technology, and the Arts

    Online magazine of news, politics, technology, and culture. Combines humor and insight in thoughtful analyses of current events and political news.

  14. 14
    Vogue vogue.com Top 10K English

    Vogue: Fashion, Beauty, Celebrity, Fashion Shows | Vogue

    The latest fashion news, beauty coverage, celebrity style, fashion week updates, culture reviews, and videos on Vogue.com.

  15. 15
    People people.com Top 1K English

    Simple Page

    American weekly magazine devoted to celebrity and human-interest

  16. 16
    Girls Channel - girlschannel.net Top 10K

    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。

  17. 17
    TIME time.com Top 1K English

    TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates

    Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news.

  18. 18
    Indiatimes indiatimes.com Top 1K English

    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.

  19. 19
    Smashing Magazine smashingmagazine.com Top 10K English

    Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers

    Magazine on CSS, JavaScript, front-end, accessibility, UX and design. For developers, designers and front-end engineers.

  20. 20
    Lifehacker lifehacker.com Top 10K English

    Lifehacker | Do everything better

    Lifehacker is the ultimate authority on optimizing every aspect of your life. Do everything better.

Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to bustle.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Bustle uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What Bustle is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.

Built with

Analytics
  • Comscore page source: .scorecardresearch.com
Advertising
Marketing automation
  • Mailchimp TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:mail.zendesk.com include:serve…
Live chat & support
  • Zendesk TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:mail.zendesk.com include:serve…
CDN
  • Amazon CloudFront header x-amz-cf-id: 0F3YJ0fv2piMxL2WAz0-Lgid0aHkmzVMOGxFRK_2HSEcbI-4Q_MQWA==
Email hosting
Email delivery
  • Amazon SES TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:mail.zendesk.com include:serve…
DNS hosting
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
  • Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=kQePdWezjbUT7spu
  • Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=pTHUZOAugk0kNU/2jSsXX0Kc3TarPvguI2q7PI9…
  • Canva TXT canva-site-verification=sM-_1D084EprYXGRrZSI-w
  • GlobalSign TXT globalsign-domain-verification=_s3Z-H74bbeIqZqKmUvovdbOYwxiKxPKbtTDdL…
  • Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=yM5aFhIh9ySWB1lwBB5MFdl8BADW00eO0Ra-g1ZE_SI
  • Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=pxue327rmij0kef1mk0cswurbvbj55

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