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Sites like Harvard Business Review

The 20 closest business magazine alternatives to Harvard Business Review, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 15 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to Harvard Business Review? The closest matches are Fast Company, Entrepreneur and Forbes. 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 Harvard Business Review

Harvard Business Review hbr.org

Harvard Business Review - Ideas and Advice for Leaders

Find new ideas and classic advice on strategy, innovation and leadership, for global leaders from the world's best business and management experts.

Wikidata: journal

Top 1K · #909 English 15 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit Harvard Business Review

Summary by Claude

Online and print business management magazine publishing articles, research, case studies and interviews on leadership, strategy, management and workplace topics, with subscriber-only content and newsletters.

Who it’s for
Business executives, managers and professionals
Business model
Subscriptions and advertising

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Harvard Business Review’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

Inc.NewsweekLifehackerBusiness InsiderSmashing MagazineSlateThe AtlanticForbesEntrepreneurFast Company

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to Harvard Business Review

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

Only in English
  1. 01
    Fast Company fastcompany.com Top 10K English

    fastcompany.com

    American magazine

  2. 02
    Entrepreneur entrepreneur.com Top 10K English

    Homepage | Entrepreneur

    Your ultimate resource for small business news, entrepreneurship, business management, franchise opportunities, growth strategies and making money. Learn how to succeed.

  3. 03
    Forbes forbes.com Top 1K English

    forbes.com

    American business magazine

  4. 04
    The Atlantic theatlantic.com Top 10K English

    Your access has been blocked – The Atlantic

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

  5. 05
    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.

  6. 06
    Smashing Magazine smashingmagazine.com Top 10K English

    Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers

    Magazine on CSS, JavaScript, front-end, accessibility, UX and design. For developers, designers and front-end engineers.

  7. 07
    Business Insider businessinsider.com Top 1K English

    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.

  8. 08
    MIT Technology Review technologyreview.com Top 10K English

    MIT Technology Review

    Emerging technology news & insights | AI, Climate Change, BioTech, and more

  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
    Newsweek newsweek.com Top 10K English

    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!

  11. 11
    The Economist economist.com Top 10K English

    British weekly news and international affairs publication (founded 1843)

  12. 12
    Inc. inc.com Top 10K English

    inc.com

    business magazine

  13. 13
    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.

  14. 14
    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.

  15. 15
    Fortune fortune.com Top 10K English

    Fortune - Fortune 500 Daily & Breaking Business News

    Unrivaled access, premier storytelling, and the best of business since 1930.

  16. 16
    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.

  17. 17
    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.

  18. 18
    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.

  19. 19
    ScienceAlert sciencealert.com Top 10K English

    ScienceAlert : The Best in Science News And Amazing Breakthroughs

    The latest science news. Publishing independent, fact-checked reporting on health, space, nature, technology, and the environment.

  20. 20
    thebalancemoney.com Top 10K English

    Simple Page

    American website

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

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

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

Built with

JavaScript frameworks
  • Next.js page source: /_next/static/
  • React implied by Next.js (page source: /_next/static/)
Advertising
Cookie consent
  • OneTrust TXT onetrust-domain-verification=0df7d79642a64b338bb91818045b158d
CDN
  • Amazon CloudFront header x-amz-cf-id: cdDhsA8Jd_A--5rKSEMnzdQoxTAA2--tCmlHmLWzKTpsggWDH13yAA==
Email hosting
Email delivery
  • Amazon SES TXT v=spf1 ip4:167.89.5.215 include:hbsp.harvard.edu include:amazonses.co…
DNS hosting
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
  • Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=5VnB9cXf8cZ+rqMksjlq1KyEzUSjGsBJ5irmtvO…
  • DocuSign TXT docusign=59df337d-04fe-422f-bd8e-438fc3e80d21
  • Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=0fyEgLpijqbt_OMG0ncBIK4G153eKqHF7UeGfTZgZk0
  • Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=hvrm85rd5hvr18o50vzpd1lprkjg76
  • OpenAI TXT openai-domain-verification=dv-yzIW4FvevpXrgKYrQ9Ndlm4V
  • Webex TXT webexdomainverification.4C675B8B1892B136E053AB06FC0A3F65=7b2ac320-892…

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