Alternatives and competitors

Sites like Digital Trends

The 20 closest technology news media alternatives to Digital Trends, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 16 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to Digital Trends? The closest matches are Engadget, The Verge and CNET. 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.

Neighbours: k = 20
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01 · Entity

About Digital Trends

Digital Trends digitaltrends.com

Digital Trends - Tech Product Reviews, How To, Best Ofs, deals and Advice

Tech Product Reviews, How To, Best Ofs, deals and Advice

Wikidata: tech news, lifestyle, and information website

Top 10K · #3,655 English 16 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026

Visit Digital Trends

Summary by Claude

Digital Trends is a technology news site publishing consumer electronics reviews, buying guides, how-to articles, deals and coverage of phones, computers, gaming, AI and streaming entertainment.

Who it’s for: Consumers interested in technology and gadgets
Business model: Advertising and affiliate commissions

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Digital Trends’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 Digital Trends

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

Only in English

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Engadget engadget.com Top 10K English

Engadget | Technology News & Expert Reviews

Breaking news from the worlds of technology and entertainment, and expert reviews of the latest consumer tech products.
Very close cos 0.926
02
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.
Very close cos 0.923
03
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.
Very close cos 0.919
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.
Very close cos 0.918
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.
Very close cos 0.914
06
Ars Technica arstechnica.com Top 10K English

Ars Technica - Serving the Technologist since 1998. News, reviews, and analysis.

News and reviews, covering IT, AI, science, space, health, gaming, cybersecurity, tech policy, computers, mobile devices, and operating systems.
Very close cos 0.914
07
XDA Developers xda-developers.com Top 10K English

XDA

The world’s best source for computing news, reviews, editorials guides, and more.
Very close cos 0.911
08
PCMag pcmag.com Top 10K English

English-language computer magazine
Very close cos 0.910
09
Tom's Guide tomsguide.com Top 10K English

Tom's Guide | Tech Product Reviews, Top Picks and How To

Tom's Guide upgrades your life by helping you decide what tech to buy, showing you how to get the most out of it and solving problems as they arise. Tom's Guide is here to help you....
Very close cos 0.909
10
Digg digg.com Top 10K English

Digg - News, before it trends

See what's next in AI before it trends. Digg watches the people who move first.
Very close cos 0.904
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TechRadar techradar.com Top 10K German

TechRadar | Dein Technik-Kaufberater

Die aktuellsten News und Produkttests im Bereich Technik, Computer, Home Entertainment Systeme, Gadgets und mehr
Very close cos 0.908
12
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.
Very close cos 0.907
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PCWorld pcworld.com Top 10K English

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 0.906
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Slashdot slashdot.org Top 10K English

Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters, & software

Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters. Timely news source for technology related news and B2B software reviews & comparisons.
Very close cos 0.904
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How-To Geek howtogeek.com Top 10K English

How-To Geek - We Explain Technology

We explain technology. Learn more with our articles, reviews, tips, and the best answers to your most pressing tech questions.
Very close cos 0.905
16
ZDNET zdnet.com Top 10K English

News and Advice on the World's Latest Innovations | ZDNET - ZDNET

see all latest
Very close cos 0.900
17
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.
Very close cos 0.901
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GSMArena.com gsmarena.com Top 10K English

GSMArena.com - mobile phone reviews, news, specifications and more...

GSMArena.com - The ultimate resource for GSM handset information
Very close cos 0.899
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Mashable mashable.com Top 10K English

Mashable

Mashable is a global, multi-platform media and entertainment company.
Very close cos 0.896
20
Tom's Hardware tomshardware.com Top 10K English

Tom's Hardware: For The Hardcore PC Enthusiast

Tom's Hardware helps you buy the best hardware and build the best PC to play, create and work..
Very close cos 0.899

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

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What Digital Trends 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/
Tag managers: Google Tag Manager page source: googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-
Advertising: Google Ad Manager page source: securepubads.g.doubleclick.net
Web servers: nginx header server: nginx
Languages & backends: PHP implied by WordPress (page source: /wp-content/)
Email hosting: Microsoft 365 MX digitaltrends-com.mail.protection.outlook.com
DNS hosting: Amazon Route 53 NS ns-1522.awsdns-62.org
SaaS tools (verified in DNS): Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=ixKwVGxwE9TXeZ3F
Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=3UciTRhiPPalGnfMwEyifXMToIaV1gtpnmaMiUM…
Dropbox TXT dropbox-domain-verification=9zrbo1ot31id
GlobalSign TXT _globalsign-domain-verification=Fw09cFhmPL_-Bfg6BV5_NkyDEkXJfmQd4uPVi…
Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=9UqhZ3_NAJ9h080POi3QF5x58xVh8Fh6ksz_7VTBhrA
Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=o9gokha6nwug1sltr4wj9wtcks2ro4
OpenAI TXT openai-domain-verification=dv-YGTwSC2FWeOKciA5bJnao9yN
Yandex Webmaster TXT yandex-verification: d3d90a55ca899aa7
Zoom TXT ZOOM_verify_XXjQmpVqSESiHkuoW4HdGw

Stack changes

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