Alternatives and competitors

Sites like BuzzFeed

The 20 closest digital entertainment media alternatives to BuzzFeed, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 21 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to BuzzFeed? The closest matches are Bored Panda, Mental Floss and Lifehacker. 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 BuzzFeed

BuzzFeed buzzfeed.com

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.

Wikidata: American internet media and news company

Top 10K · #1,808 English 21 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
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Summary by Claude

BuzzFeed publishes viral listicles, quizzes, celebrity and pop culture news, entertainment articles, food videos and recipes (Tasty), and shopping product roundups.

Who it’s for
General internet users, especially millennials and Gen Z
Business model
Advertising and affiliate commerce

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to BuzzFeed’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

International Business TimesVoxColliderIndiatimesCBRGizmodoMakeUseOfLifehackerMental FlossBored Panda

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to BuzzFeed

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

Only in English
  1. 01
    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.

  2. 02
    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.

  3. 03
    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.

  4. 04
    MakeUseOf makeuseof.com Top 10K English

    MUO - Technology, Simplified.

    MUO is your guide to modern tech. Learn how to make use of the tech and gadgets around you, and discover cool stuff on the internet.

  5. 05
    Gizmodo gizmodo.com Top 10K English

    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.

  6. 06
    CBR cbr.com Top 10K English

    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!

  7. 07
    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.

  8. 08
    Collider collider.com Top 10K English

    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.

  9. 09
    Polygon polygon.com Top 10K English

    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.

  10. 10
    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.

  11. 11
    International Business Times ibtimes.com Top 10K English

    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.

  12. 12
    CNET cnet.com Top 1K English

    CNET: Product reviews, advice, how-tos and the latest news - CNET

    Get full-length product reviews, the latest news, tech coverage, daily deals, and category deep dives from CNET experts worldwide.

  13. 13
    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.

  14. 14
    USA Today usatoday.com Top 1K English

    Latest World & National News & Headlines - USATODAY.com

    USA TODAY delivers current national and local news, sports, entertainment, finance, technology, and more through award-winning journalism, photos, and videos.

  15. 15
    The Verge theverge.com Top 1K English

    The Verge

    The Verge is about technology and how it makes us feel. Founded in 2011, we offer our audience everything from breaking news to reviews to award-winning features and investigations, on our site, in video, and in podcasts.

  16. 16
    The Atlantic theatlantic.com Top 10K English

    Your access has been blocked – The Atlantic

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

  17. 17
    Everyday Health everydayhealth.com Top 10K English

    Everyday Health: Trusted Medical Information, Expert Health Advice, News, Tools, and Resources

    Everyday Health inspires and empowers people to live their healthiest lives, every day, through trusted, medically reviewed information and expert health advice from the nation's leading healthcare providers and patient advocates. Learn more about health

  18. 18
    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.

  19. 19
    ScienceDaily sciencedaily.com Top 10K English

    ScienceDaily: Your source for the latest research news

    Breaking science news and articles on global warming, extrasolar planets, stem cells, bird flu, autism, nanotechnology, dinosaurs, evolution -- the latest discoveries in astronomy, anthropology, biology, chemistry, climate & environment, computers, engineering, health & medicine, math, physics, psychology, technology, and more -- from the world's leading universities and research organizations.

  20. 20
    ScreenRant screenrant.com Top 10K English

    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!

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

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

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

Built with

JavaScript frameworks
  • Next.js page source: /_next/static/
  • React page source: data-reactroot
Fonts
Advertising
Cookie consent
  • OneTrust page source: cdn.cookielaw.org
CDN
  • Fastly header x-served-by: cache-iad-kcgs7200150-IAD, cache-iad-kcgs7200150-IAD, cache…
Web servers
  • nginx header server: nginx
Email hosting
Email delivery
  • Mailgun TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:mailgun.org include:aspmx.sail…
DNS hosting
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
  • Adobe TXT adobe-idp-site-verification=82dd13381f860472d15ec91a855861633ea9e0f45…
  • Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=QbcAyK97gEW6u0eK
  • Bing Webmaster Tools meta msvalidate.01: 2B0DFF08E2C0AFEF56B45C60CC005CDF
  • DocuSign TXT docusign=341d12f2-1af7-4ee4-811e-c9f64a7ea304
  • Dropbox TXT dropbox-domain-verification=qqtc01ox8n54
  • GlobalSign TXT _globalsign-domain-verification=rxc48ocR2PhwobuGALz3D9ljNu6LWDgGmlBkq…
  • Google Search Console meta google-site-verification: 6cl9SMQVEzSOiQzTnrHT6xfEarc4SJOJrI_wQcO5oKo
  • Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=vm5i55h3uxgjns1oyn95c19dqr3d19

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