Alternatives and competitors
Sites like Flipboard
The 20 closest news aggregator alternatives to Flipboard, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 15 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to Flipboard? The closest matches are NewsBreak, Slashdot and Newsweek. 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 Flipboard
Flipboard flipboard.com
Flipboard: Your Social Magazine
One place for all the stories you care about. Join the Flipboard community to discover and share what inspires you.
Wikidata: social-network aggregation, magazine-format application
Summary by Claude
Flipboard is a news aggregation app and website that collects articles, videos and social posts from publishers into a personalized magazine-style feed, letting users follow topics and curate stories into their own shareable magazines.
- Who it’s for
- General news readers and content curators
- Business model
- Advertising
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to Flipboard’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 Flipboard
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Flipboard, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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NewsBreak: Local News & Alerts
NewsBreak is the best local source for news, videos, and information on safety, accidents, sports, business, celebrity updates, stock market trends, and more.
Very close cos 0.908 - 02
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 0.906 - 03
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 0.907 - 04
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 0.905 - 05
Your access has been blocked – The Atlantic
magazine and multi-platform publisher based in Washington, D.C.
Very close cos 0.905 - 06
forbes.com
American business magazine
Very close cos 0.902 - 07
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 0.903 - 08
Flickr | The best place to be a photographer online.
The nicest place on the internet is here for you: inspiration, community, creativity, art, passion, and a heaping scoop of weirdness await you. Join for free.
Very close cos 0.895 - 09
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 0.897 - 10
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 0.898 - 11
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.
Very close cos 0.895 - 12
HuffPost - Breaking News, Politics, Entertainment & Opinion
Read the latest U.S. and world news, politics, entertainment, lifestyle and opinion pieces from HuffPost’s trusted team of journalists.
Very close cos 0.894 - 13
thestreet.com
US financial news and financial literacy website
Very close cos 0.896 - 14
Online digital publishing software / HTML5 flipbook maker
Close cos 0.893 - 15
Foreign Policy – the Global Magazine of News and Ideas
The Global Magazine of News and Ideas
Close cos 0.894 - 16
Simple Page
American weekly magazine devoted to celebrity and human-interest
Close cos 0.893 - 17
NBC News - Breaking Headlines and Video Reports on World, U.S. and Local Angles | NBC News
Go to NBCNews.com for breaking news, videos, and the latest top stories in world news, business, politics, health and pop culture.
Very close cos 0.895 - 18
Buffer: Social media management for everyone
Use Buffer to manage your social media so that you can create and share your content everywhere, consistently. Try our forever free plan or upgrade for more.
Close cos 0.888 - 19
ArchDaily | Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide
ArchDaily, Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide: Architecture news, competitions and projects updated every hour for the architecture professional
Close cos 0.891 - 20
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 0.895
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to flipboard.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Flipboard uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What Flipboard is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- CMS
- Contentful page source: images.ctfassets.net
- WordPress page source: /wp-content/
- JavaScript frameworks
- React page source: data-reactroot
- Analytics
- Comscore page source: .scorecardresearch.com
- Google Analytics page source: google-analytics.com/analytics.js
- Advertising
- Google Ad Manager page source: securepubads.g.doubleclick.net
- Google Ads conversion tracking page source: gtag('config', 'AW-
- Marketing automation
- Mailchimp TXT v=spf1 include:servers.mcsv.net include:sendgrid.net include:_spf.goo…
- CDN
- Amazon CloudFront header x-amz-cf-id: KJxSiCVesl4Z917kNWRn91atWBPs1ZeMg5E56zGkQKwr0TdvpUTCyQ==
- Languages & backends
- PHP implied by WordPress (page source: /wp-content/)
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace MX aspmx.l.google.com
- Email delivery
- SendGrid TXT v=spf1 include:servers.mcsv.net include:sendgrid.net include:_spf.goo…
- DNS hosting
- Amazon Route 53 NS ns-1510.awsdns-60.org
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=dZ8g4eOwcpvhvx5AD10LH0gUSjKTUUgORwal07q…
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=EU2djlhiCyLFRE6dqL0HEIwLSclUSRLzkbvQ4ObXr7I
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Flipboard adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 19/20
- Google Workspace 15/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on flipboard.com 13/20
- Amazon SES · not on flipboard.com 11/20
- Amazon Route 53 11/20
- Apple Business · not on flipboard.com 10/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on flipboard.com 10/20
- Next.js · not on flipboard.com 9/20
- React 9/20
- Atlassian 8/20
- Google Ad Manager 7/20
- Cloudflare · not on flipboard.com 7/20
- Adobe · not on flipboard.com 7/20
- Fastly · not on flipboard.com 7/20
- Zendesk · not on flipboard.com 7/20
- GlobalSign · not on flipboard.com 6/20