Alternatives and competitors

Sites like Hindustan Times

The 20 closest daily newspaper alternatives to Hindustan Times, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 20 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to Hindustan Times? The closest matches are The Hindu, India Today and The Indian Express. 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.

Neighbours
k = 20
Sites searched
4,032
Vector
384-d
Query
15 ms

01 · Entity

About Hindustan Times

Hindustan Times hindustantimes.com

Hindustan Times: Breaking News, Latest News, India News, World News & Cricket Today's Headlines | Hindustan Times

Hindustan Times: Stay updated with Hindustan Times for the top India news, world events, and breaking stories. Get real-time updates on politics, wars, live cricket scores, entertainment news, and lifestyle updates.

Wikidata: Indian English-language newspaper

Top 10K · #2,750 English 20 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit Hindustan Times

Summary by Claude

Online edition of the Indian English-language daily newspaper Hindustan Times, publishing Indian and world news, politics, cricket, entertainment, lifestyle and opinion, with a paid premium subscription and e-paper.

Who it’s for
English-speaking readers in India and the Indian diaspora
Business model
Advertising and subscriptions

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Hindustan Times’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

RediffThe GuardianSouth China Morning PostOutlook IndiaThe IndependentIndiatimesThe New York TimesThe Indian ExpressIndia TodayThe Hindu

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to Hindustan Times

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

Only in English
  1. 01
    The Hindu thehindu.com Top 10K English

    The Hindu: Latest News today from India and the World, Breaking news, Top Headlines and Trending News Videos. | The Hindu

    The Hindu Newspaper: Get latest News on Politics, Sports, Business, Arts, Entertainment and trending news Videos from The Hindu

  2. 02
    India Today indiatoday.in Top 10K English

    Latest News, Breaking News Today - Entertainment, Cricket, Business, Politics - India Today

    Check out the latest news from India and around the world. Latest India news on Bollywood, Politics, Business, Cricket, Technology and Travel.

  3. 03
    The Indian Express indianexpress.com Top 10K English

    Latest News Today, Breaking News, India News, Top Headlines | The Indian Express

    Get the latest news today, breaking news, and top news headlines updates from India and around the world. Stay updated on politics, business, sports, entertainment, and more with The Indian Express.

  4. 04
    The Straits Times straitstimes.com Top 10K English

    The Straits Times - Breaking news, Singapore news, Asia and world news & multimedia

    The Straits Times - Get latest breaking news, business, sports, lifestyle, tech & multimedia and more news in Singapore, Asia & rest of the world at straitstimes.com.

  5. 05
    The New York Times nytimes.com Top 1K English

    nytimes.com

    American daily newspaper (founded 1851)

  6. 06
    livemint.com Top 10K English

    Business News Today: Read Latest Business News, Live India Share Market News, Finance & Economy News | Mint

    Business News: Read latest Business News headlines, LIVE share market news and updates, financial, economic and banking news from India & across the World on Mint.

  7. 07
    Indiatimes indiatimes.com Top 1K English

    Indiatimes: Latest in Lifestyle, Health, Fashion, and Wellness

    Indiatimes is your destination when it comes to exploring the latest in lifestyle trends, health and wellness hacks, and fashion advice. From food fads to travel tips and relationship rules, we tell you how to live your best life. Bookmark this for all the latest lifestyle content tailored just for you.

  8. 08
    The Independent independent.co.uk Top 1K English

    News | The Independent | Today's headlines and latest breaking news

    The latest breaking news, comment and features from The Independent.

  9. 09
    Outlook India outlookindia.com Top 10K English

    Outlook India - India's Best Magazine| Find Latest News, Top Headlines, Live Updates

    Visit Outlook India for breaking, latest and live news and explainers, election and politics, sports, business, entertainment, magazine, video and audio stories. Outlook is India's leading news magazine and provides trusted and in-depth news content.

  10. 10
    South China Morning Post scmp.com Top 10K English

    Breaking China, Asia, HK News, Opinions and Insights | South China Morning Post

    News, opinions, infographics and videos on China issues: geopolitics, diplomacy, economy, technology and lifestyle.

  11. 11
    The Guardian theguardian.com Top 1K English

    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

  12. 12
    Rediff rediff.com Top 10K English

    Rediff.com: News | Rediffmail | Stock Quotes | Rediff Gurus

    ✔Read Latest India News ✔Get Realtime Stock Quotes ✔See Live Cricket Scores ✔Log in to Rediffmail ✔Expert advice on career, personal finance and relationships

  13. 13
    The Japan Times japantimes.co.jp Top 10K English

    The Japan Times - News On Japan, Business News, Opinion, Sports, Entertainment And More

    Latest news on Japan: business, politics, commentary, sports, culture, life and more

  14. 14
    The Jerusalem Post jpost.com Top 10K English

    The Jerusalem Post - All News from the Middle East, Israel, and the Jewish World

    The Jerusalem Post is Israel's most-read English news website and best-selling English newspaper bringing breaking news, world news & middle east news.

  15. 15
    Daily Express express.co.uk Top 10K English

    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

  16. 16
    Gulf News gulfnews.com Top 10K English

    Gulf News: Latest UAE news, Dubai news, Business, travel news, Dubai Gold rate, prayer time, cinema

    Get the latest update on UAE, business, life style, UAE jobs, gold rate, Exchange rate, UAE holidays, Dubai police, RTA and prayer times from UAE’s largest news portal.

  17. 17
    International Business Times ibtimes.com Top 10K English

    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.

  18. 18
    The Globe and Mail theglobeandmail.com Top 10K English

    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

  19. 19
    National Post nationalpost.com Top 10K English

    National Post: Canadian and World News, Stories & Headlines

    The National Post keeps you up-to-date on what's happening in Canada and the rest of the world with the latest breaking news and stories that matter to you.

  20. 20
    Financial Times ft.com Top 1K English

    Security Verification

    London-based daily newspaper

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

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

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

Built with

JavaScript frameworks
  • Next.js header x-powered-by: Next.js
  • React page source: data-reactroot
Fonts
Analytics
  • Chartbeat page source: static.chartbeat.com
  • Comscore page source: .scorecardresearch.com
Tag managers
Advertising
CDN
  • Akamai header akamai-grn: 0.25521702.1793957119.12ef667
  • cdnjs asset https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/
  • jsDelivr asset https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/
Video
Email hosting
DNS hosting
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
  • Adobe TXT adobe-idp-site-verification=9f6c8ef683c8ef961e225a6344264da6a28759ac2…
  • Google Search Console meta google-site-verification: RHDRWEHLEjDeqolFsgDam3_mkiNBKhrxjVHKgFg35Q8
  • Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=vucvlf3hnhbo7as02vkmjgarzhuay6
  • OpenAI TXT openai-domain-verification=dv-ZQ8PwzV9paw5GRjntk8qaudx

Stack changes

No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Hindustan Times adds or drops shows up here.

SimilarSiteSearch

Competitors by meaning, stacks from the source. Data from public homepages and DNS.

About our crawler