Alternatives and competitors
Sites like How-To Geek
The 20 closest technology news and how-to alternatives to How-To Geek, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 9 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to How-To Geek? The closest matches are XDA Developers, MakeUseOf and CNET. 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 How-To Geek
How-To Geek howtogeek.com
How-To Geek - We Explain Technology
We explain technology. Learn more with our articles, reviews, tips, and the best answers to your most pressing tech questions.
Wikidata: technology news publication
Summary by Claude
Online technology publication with how-to guides, tutorials, product reviews, and tech news covering Windows, Android, Linux, PCs, smart home, and streaming. Owned by Valnet.
- Who it’s for
- Consumers and tech enthusiasts
- Business model
- Advertising and affiliate commissions
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to How-To Geek’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 How-To Geek
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to How-To Geek, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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XDA
The world’s best source for computing news, reviews, editorials guides, and more.
Very close cos 0.958 - 02
MUO - Technology, Simplified.
MUO is your guide to modern tech. Learn how to make use of the tech and gadgets around you, and discover cool stuff on the internet.
Very close cos 0.958 - 03
CNET: Product reviews, advice, how-tos and the latest news - CNET
Get full-length product reviews, the latest news, tech coverage, daily deals, and category deep dives from CNET experts worldwide.
Very close cos 0.950 - 04
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 0.948 - 05
New Movie News, Movie Trailers & Upcoming Movie Reviews | Collider
Stay up to date with new movie news, watch the latest movie trailers & get trusted reviews of upcoming movies & more from the team at Collider.
Very close cos 0.945 - 06
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 0.945 - 07
Tom's Guide | Tech Product Reviews, Top Picks and How To
Tom's Guide upgrades your life by helping you decide what tech to buy, showing you how to get the most out of it and solving problems as they arise. Tom's Guide is here to help you....
Very close cos 0.944 - 08
MovieWeb - Movie News, Trailers, Reviews, and Exclusives.
The latest movie news, trailers, reviews, and more.
Very close cos 0.942 - 09
Engadget | Technology News & Expert Reviews
Breaking news from the worlds of technology and entertainment, and expert reviews of the latest consumer tech products.
Very close cos 0.941 - 10
Computerworld
Computerworld covers a range of technology topics, with a focus on these core areas of IT: generative AI, Windows, mobile, Apple/enterprise, office suites, productivity software, and collaboration software, as well as relevant information about companies such as Microsoft, Apple, OpenAI and Google.
Very close cos 0.940 - 11
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 0.937 - 12
English-language computer magazine
Very close cos 0.934 - 13
Ars Technica - Serving the Technologist since 1998. News, reviews, and analysis.
News and reviews, covering IT, AI, science, space, health, gaming, cybersecurity, tech policy, computers, mobile devices, and operating systems.
Very close cos 0.933 - 14
Lifehacker | Do everything better
Lifehacker is the ultimate authority on optimizing every aspect of your life. Do everything better.
Very close cos 0.932 - 15
Tom's Hardware: For The Hardcore PC Enthusiast
Tom's Hardware helps you buy the best hardware and build the best PC to play, create and work..
Very close cos 0.931 - 16
TechCrunch | Startup and Technology News
TechCrunch | Reporting on the business of technology, startups, venture capital funding, and Silicon Valley
Very close cos 0.928 - 17
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.
Very close cos 0.927 - 18
News and Advice on the World's Latest Innovations | ZDNET - ZDNET
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Very close cos 0.925 - 19
Technology news and analysis | The Register
All the latest news for enterprise technology decision-makers and IT pros | The Register
Very close cos 0.926 - 20
MIT Technology Review
Emerging technology news & insights | AI, Climate Change, BioTech, and more
Very close cos 0.923
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to howtogeek.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones How-To Geek uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What How-To Geek 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=mH3I9782XzfCmyXElhNo6BuMAaqZ2BptWaa_CmgIHAI
- Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=yom8u5lf7r3qzcbx7m8b74rp5twbg5
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what How-To Geek adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 20/20
- Google Workspace 18/20
- Meta Business Suite 14/20
- PHP 14/20
- WordPress 14/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on howtogeek.com 12/20
- Google Ad Manager · not on howtogeek.com 11/20
- nginx 9/20
- Cloudflare DNS · not on howtogeek.com 8/20
- GlobalSign · not on howtogeek.com 7/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on howtogeek.com 7/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on howtogeek.com 6/20
- Comscore · not on howtogeek.com 6/20
- Amazon SES 5/20
- Google Analytics 5/20
- Atlassian · not on howtogeek.com 5/20