Alternatives and competitors
Sites like GameRant
The 20 closest video game journalism alternatives to GameRant, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 9 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to GameRant? The closest matches are Polygon, gamespot.com and CBR. 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 GameRant
GameRant gamerant.com
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.
Wikidata: video game news website
Summary by Claude
Online publication covering video game news, reviews, guides, features and esports, plus anime and manga coverage.
- Who it’s for
- Video game players and fans
- Business model
- Advertising
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to GameRant’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 GameRant
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to GameRant, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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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 0.971 - 02
video game website
Very close cos 0.959 - 03
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 0.949 - 04
IGN Deutschland
IGN Deutschland: Eure Anlaufstelle für aktuelle Tests, Reviews und Specials zu Videospielen, Games, Kino und Serien. Von Playstation 5, Xbox Series X, Nintendo Switch und PC bis zu Marvel und Co.
Very close cos 0.943 - 05
ゲームウィズ - 日本最大級のゲームレビュー・攻略サイト
日本最大級のゲーム総合情報サイト。Switch2・Switch・PS5・PS4・PC・スマホアプリのおすすめゲームや新作ゲームのランキング、評価、レビュー、ゲーム攻略の最新情報を毎日お届け。ゲーム探しはゲームウィズ!
Very close cos 0.939 - 06
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 0.937 - 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 0.930 - 08
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 0.931 - 09 Very close cos 0.930
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Bleacher Report | Sports. Highlights. News. Now.
Fan easier, fan faster and fan better with Bleacher Report. Keep up with the latest storylines, expert analysis, highlights and scores for all your favorite sports.
Very close cos 0.931 - 11
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 0.931 - 12
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 0.930 - 13
PlayGround.ru - Компьютерные игры, патчи, моды, прохождение игр, коды, читы, трейнеры, скачать игры
PlayGround.ru - Компьютерные игры, патчи, моды, прохождение игр, коды, читы, трейнеры, скачать игры
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루리웹
들어올 땐 마음대로인 루리웹 메인으로 들어오도록 해
Very close cos 0.928 - 15
Game8|The Top Gaming and App Walkthroughs Straight from Japan!
The Top Gaming and App Walkthroughs Straight from Japan! Game8 delivers the latest in gaming news, walkthrough information, and other useful tools so that you can get the most out of your gaming experience! Our pages for popular apps and new games are being updated every minute!
Very close cos 0.926 - 16
software for the broadcasting of gaming matches on the Half-Life engine
Very close cos 0.925 - 17
巴哈姆特電玩資訊站 - 系統異常回報
Taiwanese ACG Internet forum
Very close cos 0.922 - 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 0.924 - 19
Valorant esports coverage | VLR.gg
Valorant esports coverage - competitive news, schedule, match results, team rankings, stats, and forums
Very close cos 0.920 - 20
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 0.922
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to gamerant.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones GameRant uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What GameRant 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
- 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:one.zoho…
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=8wviwv6cxKjPl62Z0LDnVnKHfxwELXNOxTCbKe_I2gQ
- Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=6660arccvkuyphx4v1muaedrbsifvj
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what GameRant adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 20/20
- Google Workspace 18/20
- PHP 9/20
- Amazon SES 8/20
- WordPress 8/20
- Meta Business Suite 8/20
- Google Ad Manager · not on gamerant.com 8/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on gamerant.com 8/20
- nginx 7/20
- Cloudflare · not on gamerant.com 6/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on gamerant.com 6/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on gamerant.com 6/20
- Cloudflare DNS · not on gamerant.com 6/20
- Google Analytics 5/20
- Apple Business · not on gamerant.com 5/20
- GlobalSign · not on gamerant.com 4/20