Alternatives and competitors
Sites like The Economist
The 20 closest news magazine alternatives to The Economist, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 15 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to The Economist? The closest matches are The Independent, The Atlantic and The Guardian. 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 The Economist
The Economist economist.com
Wikidata: British weekly news and international affairs publication (founded 1843)
Summary by Claude
British weekly news publication offering analysis of economics, business, international politics, technology and culture in print and digital form, with paid subscriptions for full access.
- Who it’s for
- Business professionals, policymakers and educated general readers
- Business model
- Subscriptions and advertising
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to The Economist’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 The Economist
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to The Economist, thumbs down if it isn’t.
We can’t read economist.com’s homepage (bot protection page), so it’s compared on what Wikidata and Wikipedia say about it.
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News | The Independent | Today's headlines and latest breaking news
The latest breaking news, comment and features from The Independent.
Very close cos 0.944 - 02
Your access has been blocked – The Atlantic
magazine and multi-platform publisher based in Washington, D.C.
Very close cos 0.941 - 03
Latest news, sport and opinion from the Guardian
Latest news, sport, business, comment, analysis and reviews from the Guardian, the world's leading liberal voice
Very close cos 0.932 - 04
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 0.932 - 05
BBC Home | Breaking News, World News, US News, Sports, Business, Innovation, Climate, Culture, Travel, Video & Audio
Visit BBC for trusted reporting on the latest world and US news, sports, business, climate, innovation, culture and much more
Very close cos 0.928 - 06
Latest UK and World News, Sport and Comment | Express.co.uk
Latest news, showbiz, sport, comment, lifestyle, city, video and pictures from the Daily Express and Sunday Express newspapers and Express.co.uk
- Amazon SES
- Google Search Console
- Google Workspace
- Meta Business Suite
- Amazon Publisher Services
- Amplitude
Very close cos 0.927 - 07
Technology news and analysis | The Register
All the latest news for enterprise technology decision-makers and IT pros | The Register
Very close cos 0.925 - 08
Foreign Policy – the Global Magazine of News and Ideas
The Global Magazine of News and Ideas
Very close cos 0.923 - 09
Business Insider - Latest News in Tech, Markets, Economy & Innovation
Business Insider tells the global tech, finance, stock market, media, economy, lifestyle, real estate, AI and innovative stories you want to know.
Very close cos 0.923 - 10
Security Verification
London-based daily newspaper
Very close cos 0.923 - 11
British daily broadsheet newspaper
Very close cos 0.923 - 12
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!
Very close cos 0.925 - 13
American business-focused daily newspaper
Very close cos 0.921 - 14
British daily national newspaper based in London
Very close cos 0.922 - 15
Times Higher Education home | Times Higher Education (THE)
Provides global higher education coverage. Find world university rankings, news, opinions, features and book reviews.
Very close cos 0.919 - 16
The Globe and Mail: Canadian, World, Politics and Business News & Analysis
The Globe and Mail offers the most authoritative news in Canada, featuring national and international news
Very close cos 0.919 - 17
American news publication
Very close cos 0.920 - 18
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 0.920 - 19
international news agency
Very close cos 0.917 - 20
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 0.918
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to economist.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones The Economist uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What The Economist is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- Marketing automation
- Mailchimp TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:amazonses.com include:_spf.sal…
- Payments
- Stripe TXT stripe-verification=89A5BEC017BC1A0474BEB086C5CD9ED1C5064FEC53663120E…
- CDN
- Cloudflare header cf-ray: a562ff69fb7420da-HAM
- 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.sal…
- DNS hosting
- NS1 NS dns3.p02.nsone.net
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Adobe TXT adobe-idp-site-verification=fe3563308082627876b00fed079b9b07fa742f53e…
- Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=ijxvw3ZV5ymQqnxv80sk3KF8m68Y5zejPUmA24a…
- DocuSign TXT docusign=b54578ae-aff9-4dea-834d-db831e2aa957
- GlobalSign TXT _globalsign-domain-verification=_MvaGBHROp0lO8jfRBlUhVvNlSY3UqwMW2MKr…
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=QbYbPDNp9mefRCIxiwdP-pwbPHZdRB2ULKa5W-8WJlw
- Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=2i21rtf1fbvf27qxahaf05x68twhjy
- Miro TXT miro-verification=f342c1be96026976f75e811e572741cd2b7dc4cf
- OpenAI TXT openai-domain-verification=dv-ihHQTdhnTvKLha6AwMHkRkXz
- Salesforce TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:amazonses.com include:_spf.sal…
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what The Economist adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 20/20
- Google Workspace 14/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on economist.com 14/20
- Meta Business Suite 13/20
- Adobe 11/20
- OpenAI 11/20
- Apple Business · not on economist.com 10/20
- GlobalSign 10/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on economist.com 10/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on economist.com 9/20
- Atlassian 9/20
- Amazon SES 8/20
- Google Ad Manager · not on economist.com 8/20
- Zoom · not on economist.com 8/20
- Fastly · not on economist.com 7/20
- Slack · not on economist.com 7/20