Alternatives and competitors

Sites like History

The 20 closest cable television channel alternatives to History, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 11 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to History? The closest matches are Discovery, CBS and HGTV. 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 History

History history.com

The History Channel

The HISTORY Channel - Geschichte erleben! The HISTORY Channel ist der deutschsprachige Pay-TV-Sender für spannende Dokumentationen und macht die Faszination von Menschen und Ereignissen täglich greifbar!

Wikidata: US-based international satellite and cable TV channel

Top 10K · #2,989 German 11 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit History

Summary by Claude

Website of The HISTORY Channel, a pay-TV channel showing history, mystery and documentary programs, with broadcast schedules, show pages, articles and streaming access via Amazon Prime Video Channels (shown here in its German-language version).

Who it’s for
Viewers interested in history documentaries
Business model
Subscription TV fees and advertising

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to History’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

NBCwaipu.tvHBOCNN Brasiln-tvPrime VideoParamount+HGTVCBSDiscovery

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to History

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

Only in German
  1. 01
    Discovery discovery.com Top 10K

    American multinational television company

  2. 02
    CBS cbs.com Top 10K English

    CBS TV Network Primetime, Daytime, Late Night and Classic Television Shows

    Watch CBS television online. Find CBS primetime, daytime, late night, and classic tv episodes, videos, and information.

  3. 03
    HGTV hgtv.com Top 10K German

    Garten, DIY, Einrichtung und Bauprojekte | Kostenlos sehen | HGTV

    Bei HOME & GARDEN TV findest du alle Themen rund um Haus & Garten🗸: Ob du Design🗸 liebst, neue Rezepte suchst oder DIY-Ideen🗸 brauchst – HGTV ist dein neuer Lieblings-Lifestyle-Sender! 🗸Alle Infos auf HGTV.com

  4. 04
    Paramount+ paramountplus.com Top 10K German

    Paramount+ Deutschland | Filme & TV-Serien online anschauen

    Schau dir beliebte Filme, neue Originals und deine Lieblingsserien mit Paramount+ an. Starte das Streaming auf jedem Gerät!

  5. 05
    Prime Video primevideo.com Top 1K English

    Prime Video | Watch movies, TV shows, Live TV, and sports

    Watch now on Prime Video for a wide selection of movies, TV shows, live TV, and sports.

  6. 06
    n-tv n-tv.de Top 1K German

    Nachrichten, aktuelle Schlagzeilen und Videos - n-tv.de

    Nachrichten seriös, schnell und kompetent. Artikel und Videos aus Politik, Wirtschaft, Börse, Sport und aller Welt.

  7. 07
    CNN Brasil cnnbrasil.com.br Top 10K Portuguese

    CNN Brasil | Notícias Ao Vivo do Brasil e do Mundo

    Pense bem, pense CNN - Notícias ao vivo, fatos da política nacional e internacional no maior canal de notícias do mundo!

  8. 08
    HBO hbo.com Top 10K English

    HBO: Home to Groundbreaking Series, Movies, Comedies & Documentaries

    The official site for HBO, discover full episodes of original series, movies, schedule information, exclusive video content, episode guides and more.

  9. 09
    waipu.tv Top 10K German

    waipu.tv - Fernsehen wie noch nie: Live TV Streaming

    300+ TV-Sender ✓ Brillantes HD ✓ Aufnehmen & Pause ✓ Fernsehen auf all Ihren Geräten zuhause & unterwegs ➤ Jetzt 1 Monat kostenlos testen!

  10. 10
    MTV mtv.com Top 10K German

    MTV Germany | Homepage

    MTV bringt seinen Zuschauern die besten Lifestyle-Serien, Reality-Wettbewerbe und Live-Veranstaltungen.

  11. 11
    NBC nbc.com Top 10K English

    NBC TV Network - Shows, Episodes, Schedule

    Watch full episodes of current and classic NBC shows online. Plus find clips, previews, photos and exclusive online features on NBC.com.

  12. 12
    Programme TV programme-tv.net Top 10K French

    Programme TV par Télé-Loisirs, TNT, box télé et satellite ce soir

    Consultez votre programme TV de ce soir et retrouvez l'actualité des émissions télé et séries Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney Plus et MyCanal.

  13. 13
    American Broadcasting Company abc.com Top 10K English

    ABC Network - ABC.com

    Watch the ABC Shows online at abc.com. Get exclusive videos and free episodes.

  14. 14
    Amazon amazon.de Top 1K English

    American multinational technology company

  15. 15
    PBS pbs.org Top 1K English

    PBS: Public Broadcasting Service

    Watch full episodes of your favorite PBS dramas, find in-depth news analysis and explore documentaries on history, science, art and more!

  16. 16
    The Weather Channel weather.com Top 1K English

    National and Local Weather Radar, Daily Forecast, Hurricane and information from The Weather Channel and weather.com

    The Weather Channel and weather.com provide a national and local weather forecast for cities, as well as weather radar, report and hurricane coverage

  17. 17
    TBS tbs.co.jp Top 10K Japanese

    TBS | 404 NotFound

    TV station in Kantō region, wholly owned by TBS

  18. 18
    CNBC cnbc.com Top 1K English

    International Business, World News & Global Stock Market Analysis

    CNBC International is the world leader for news on business, technology, China, trade, oil prices, the Middle East and markets.

  19. 19
    Food Network foodnetwork.com Top 10K English

    Food Network UK | British Dishes and Global Recipes

    TV channel Food Network UK official site with latest shows and thousands of global recipes, British dishes and cooking tips from the experts.

  20. 20
    China Central Television cctv.com Top 10K English

    央视网_世界就在眼前

    央视网(www.cctv.com)由中央广播电视总台主办,是以视频为特色的中央重点新闻网站,是央视的融合传播平台,是拥有全牌照业务资质的大型互联网文化企业。秉承“融合创新、一体发展”的理念,以新闻为龙头,以视频为重点,以用户为中心,建成“一网一端多平台多渠道”融媒体传播体系。

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

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

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

Built with

CMS
  • TYPO3 meta generator: TYPO3 CMS
Tag managers
Advertising
Live chat & support
  • Zendesk TXT v=spf1 include:spf.protection.outlook.com ip4:204.15.245.41 ip4:204.1…
Security
  • reCAPTCHA page source: google.com/recaptcha/api.js
Web servers
Languages & backends
  • PHP implied by TYPO3 (meta generator: TYPO3 CMS)
Email hosting
Email delivery
  • Amazon SES TXT v=spf1 include:spf.protection.outlook.com ip4:204.15.245.41 ip4:204.1…
  • Mailchimp Transactional TXT v=spf1 include:spf.protection.outlook.com ip4:204.15.245.41 ip4:204.1…
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)

Stack changes

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

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