Alternatives and competitors
Sites like CBR
The 20 closest entertainment news alternatives to CBR, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 12 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to CBR? The closest matches are ScreenRant, Polygon and MovieWeb. 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 CBR
Summary by Claude
Online publication covering comic book news and reviews along with movies, TV, anime and video game news, features and ranked lists.
- Who it’s for
- Comic, film, TV and anime fans
- Business model
- Advertising
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to CBR’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 CBR
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to CBR, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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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 0.963 - 02
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 0.956 - 03
MovieWeb - Movie News, Trailers, Reviews, and Exclusives.
The latest movie news, trailers, reviews, and more.
Very close cos 0.950 - 04
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 0.949 - 05
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 0.948 - 06
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 0.941 - 07
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 0.936 - 08
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 0.934 - 09
American news publication
Very close cos 0.932 - 10
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 0.932 - 11
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 0.932 - 12
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 0.930 - 13 eonline.com Top 10K
E! News: Celebrity News, Photos and Video
E! Online delivers breaking entertainment news, celebrity updates, red carpet and award show coverage, fashion trends, and the latest in TV and movies.
- Google Search Console
- Meta Business Suite
- Adobe Experience Platform Tags
- Akamai
- Akamai Edge DNS
- Apache HTTP Server
Very close cos 0.927 - 14
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 0.928 - 15
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 0.929 - 16
PCWorld
PCWorld helps you navigate the PC ecosystem to find the products you want and the advice you need to get the job done.
Very close cos 0.928 - 17
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 0.926 - 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 0.925 - 19
video game website
Very close cos 0.926 - 20 Very close cos 0.923
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to cbr.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones CBR uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What CBR 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/
- Analytics
- Google Analytics page source: googletagmanager.com/gtag/js
- Advertising
- Meta Pixel page source: connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js
- Reddit Pixel page source: redditstatic.com/ads/pixel
- CDN
- jsDelivr asset https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/hls.js@latest
- Web servers
- nginx header server: nginx
- Languages & backends
- PHP implied by WordPress (page source: /wp-content/)
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace MX aspmx.l.google.com
- Email delivery
- Amazon SES TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:amazonses.com include:spf.mand…
- Mailchimp Transactional TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:amazonses.com include:spf.mand…
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=vyWKYJg9TRNmJNKs8CoprXUhNAahDiCXhSAb2IyXgrA
- Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=iuwitnypa0hr9hwuduhsj5ii3gnael
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what CBR adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 20/20
- Google Workspace 15/20
- PHP 15/20
- WordPress 15/20
- Meta Business Suite 14/20
- Amazon SES 11/20
- nginx 11/20
- Google Analytics 10/20
- Google Ad Manager · not on cbr.com 8/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on cbr.com 8/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on cbr.com 8/20
- OneTrust · not on cbr.com 7/20
- jsDelivr 6/20
- Comscore · not on cbr.com 6/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on cbr.com 6/20
- Cloudflare DNS · not on cbr.com 5/20