Alternatives and competitors

Sites like GQ

The 20 closest men's lifestyle magazine alternatives to GQ, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 10 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to GQ? The closest matches are Men's Health, Men's Journal and ELLE. 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 GQ

GQ gq.com

GQ - Men's Fashion, Style, Grooming, Fitness, Entertainment, Lifestyle, News & Politics | GQ

The latest tips and advice for men on style, grooming, fitness, best products, travel destinations and more. Find politics, sports and entertainment news.

Wikidata: American monthly men's magazine

Top 10K · #5,197 English 10 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
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Summary by Claude

Online edition of GQ, a men's magazine publishing articles on fashion, grooming, fitness, product recommendations, celebrity interviews, entertainment, travel and politics.

Who it’s for
Men interested in style and culture
Business model
Advertising, affiliate commerce and subscriptions

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to GQ’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

The AtlanticLifehackernymag.comPeopleMental FlossEsquireVogueELLEMen's JournalMen's Health

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to GQ

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

Only in English
  1. 01
    Men's Health menshealth.com Top 10K English

    Men's Health - Fitness, Nutrition, Health, Sex, Style & Weight Loss Tips for Men

    Men's Health is the brand men live by for fitness, nutrition, health, sex, style, grooming, tech, weight loss, and more.

  2. 02
    Men's Journal mensjournal.com Top 10K English

    mensjournal.com

    American magazine

  3. 03
    ELLE elle.com Top 10K English

    Fashion Magazine - Beauty Tips, Fashion Trends, & Celebrity News - ELLE

    Watch runway shows from the hottest fashion designers, scope out the best-dressed celebrities on the red carpet, discover the latest and greatest beauty products to maintain a healthy glow, and get a sneak peek at our celebrity cover shoots.

  4. 04
    Vogue vogue.com Top 10K English

    Vogue: Fashion, Beauty, Celebrity, Fashion Shows | Vogue

    The latest fashion news, beauty coverage, celebrity style, fashion week updates, culture reviews, and videos on Vogue.com.

  5. 05
    Esquire esquire.com Top 10K English

    Esquire - Men's Fashion, Cocktails, Politics, Interviews, and Women

    Esquire is your destination for the latest news headlines, culture coverage, political developments, celebrity interviews, mens fashion advice, and food & drink recipes.

  6. 06
    Mental Floss mentalfloss.com Top 10K English

    Mental Floss - History, Trivia, Interesting Facts, and More

    Learn weird, interesting facts about history, entertainment, language, geography, and more topics. Test your knowledge with our quizzes and other trivia.

  7. 07
    People people.com Top 1K English

    Simple Page

    American weekly magazine devoted to celebrity and human-interest

  8. 08
    nymag.com Top 10K English

    New York Magazine

    New York Magazine obsessively chronicles the ideas, people, and cultural events that are forever reshaping our world.

  9. 09
    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.

  10. 10
    The Atlantic theatlantic.com Top 10K English

    Your access has been blocked – The Atlantic

    magazine and multi-platform publisher based in Washington, D.C.

  11. 11
    Page Six pagesix.com Top 10K English

    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.

  12. 12
    TIME time.com Top 1K English

    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.

  13. 13
    Rolling Stone rollingstone.com Top 10K English

    Rolling Stone – Music, Film, TV and Political News Coverage

    Get the latest Rolling Stone news with exclusive stories and pictures from Rolling Stone.

  14. 14
    thebalancemoney.com Top 10K English

    Simple Page

    American website

  15. 15
    Slate slate.com Top 10K English

    Slate Magazine - Politics, Business, Technology, and the Arts

    Online magazine of news, politics, technology, and culture. Combines humor and insight in thoughtful analyses of current events and political news.

  16. 16
    Everyday Health everydayhealth.com Top 10K English

    Everyday Health: Trusted Medical Information, Expert Health Advice, News, Tools, and Resources

    Everyday Health inspires and empowers people to live their healthiest lives, every day, through trusted, medically reviewed information and expert health advice from the nation's leading healthcare providers and patient advocates. Learn more about health

  17. 17
    Polygon polygon.com Top 10K English

    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.

  18. 18
    Scientific American scientificamerican.com Top 10K English

    Scientific American

    Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.

  19. 19
    Bored Panda boredpanda.com Top 10K English

    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.

  20. 20
    BuzzFeed buzzfeed.com Top 10K English

    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.

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

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What GQ is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.

Built with

Tag managers
Advertising
CDN
  • Amazon CloudFront header x-amz-cf-id: _1T-l5uHj96QvrNzZ6AbNpDAxUkZaJ3_tI51RPB4pw9-8nswEKHZ5g==
Email hosting
DNS hosting
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
  • Adobe TXT adobe-idp-site-verification=c2108b9dbc0fc05ff0794006df1c41b6c945bd2c8…
  • Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=mYtQWl3namqmk5ikMKT48XVnS+XdjdbkLlkWMcN…
  • Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=LUwopxcGVH5-17BEVRKa8HtYO9vl86Pl6OLjd0eST3U
  • Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=vz1vep8vn9fy0akm6d5rkm6zb71533

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