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
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
03 · Nearest neighbours
Alternatives to BuzzFeed
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to BuzzFeed, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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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.
Very close cos 0.932 - 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 0.927 - 03
Lifehacker | Do everything better
Lifehacker is the ultimate authority on optimizing every aspect of your life. Do everything better.
Very close cos 0.924 - 04
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.
Very close cos 0.920 - 05
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 0.917 - 06
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 0.917 - 07
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.
- Amazon Publisher Services
- Google Ad Manager
- Google Search Console
- Akamai Edge DNS
- Comscore
- Google Tag Manager
Very close cos 0.914 - 08
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 0.913 - 09
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 0.913 - 10
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.
Very close cos 0.912 - 11
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.
Very close cos 0.912 - 12
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.
Very close cos 0.913 - 13
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.
Very close cos 0.911 - 14
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.
Very close cos 0.910 - 15
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.
Very close cos 0.911 - 16
Your access has been blocked – The Atlantic
magazine and multi-platform publisher based in Washington, D.C.
Very close cos 0.910 - 17
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
Very close cos 0.910 - 18
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 0.908 - 19
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.
Very close cos 0.909 - 20
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 0.909
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
- Fonts
- Adobe Fonts asset https://use.typekit.net/
- Google Fonts page source: fonts.gstatic.com
- Advertising
- Amazon Publisher Services page source: c.amazon-adsystem.com
- Google Ad Manager page source: securepubads.g.doubleclick.net
- 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
- Google Workspace MX aspmx.l.google.com
- Microsoft 365 TXT MS=ms58340428
- Email delivery
- Mailgun TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:mailgun.org include:aspmx.sail…
- DNS hosting
- Amazon Route 53 NS ns-1554.awsdns-02.co.uk
- 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
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what BuzzFeed adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 20/20
- Google Workspace 17/20
- Meta Business Suite 11/20
- PHP · not on buzzfeed.com 11/20
- WordPress · not on buzzfeed.com 11/20
- Google Ad Manager 9/20
- OneTrust 8/20
- Google Analytics · not on buzzfeed.com 8/20
- Amazon SES · not on buzzfeed.com 8/20
- Amazon Route 53 7/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on buzzfeed.com 7/20
- GlobalSign 7/20
- nginx 7/20
- Apple Business 6/20
- Microsoft 365 6/20
- OpenAI · not on buzzfeed.com 6/20