Alternatives and competitors
Sites like HuffPost
The 20 closest online news publication alternatives to HuffPost, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 23 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to HuffPost? The closest matches are New York Post, Vox and Newsweek. 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 HuffPost
HuffPost huffpost.com
HuffPost - Breaking News, Politics, Entertainment & Opinion
Read the latest U.S. and world news, politics, entertainment, lifestyle and opinion pieces from HuffPost’s trusted team of journalists.
Wikidata: American online news aggregator and blog
Summary by Claude
HuffPost is a U.S. digital news site publishing breaking news, political coverage, entertainment, lifestyle, personal essays, opinion pieces, video and shopping recommendations, with a progressive editorial perspective.
- Who it’s for
- General U.S. and international news readers
- Business model
- Advertising and affiliate commerce
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to HuffPost’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 HuffPost
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to HuffPost, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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New York Post – Breaking News, Top Headlines, Photos & Videos
Your source for breaking news, photos, and videos about New York, sports, business, entertainment, opinion, real estate, culture, fashion, and more.
Very close cos 0.928 - 02
Vox
Vox is a general interest news site for the 21st century. Its mission: to help everyone understand our complicated world, so that we can all help shape it. In text, video and audio, our reporters explain politics, policy, world affairs, technology, culture, science, the climate crisis, money, health and everything else that matters. Our goal is to ensure that everyone, regardless of income or status, can access accurate information that empowers them.
Very close cos 0.925 - 03
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!
Very close cos 0.925 - 04
Your access has been blocked – The Atlantic
magazine and multi-platform publisher based in Washington, D.C.
Very close cos 0.921 - 05
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.
Very close cos 0.919 - 06
American news publication
Very close cos 0.917 - 07
NBC News - Breaking Headlines and Video Reports on World, U.S. and Local Angles | NBC News
Go to NBCNews.com for breaking news, videos, and the latest top stories in world news, business, politics, health and pop culture.
Very close cos 0.916 - 08
News | The Independent | Today's headlines and latest breaking news
The latest breaking news, comment and features from The Independent.
Very close cos 0.916 - 09
Foreign Policy – the Global Magazine of News and Ideas
The Global Magazine of News and Ideas
Very close cos 0.912 - 10
nytimes.com
American daily newspaper (founded 1851)
Very close cos 0.913 - 11
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.
- Comscore
- Google Ad Manager
- Google Search Console
- Akamai Edge DNS
- Amazon Publisher Services
- Google Tag Manager
Very close cos 0.910 - 12
daily broadsheet newspaper in Washington, D.C.
Very close cos 0.909 - 13
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.
- Google Search Console
- Google Workspace
- Meta Business Suite
- Cloudflare
- Cloudflare DNS
- Cloudflare Web Analytics
Very close cos 0.909 - 14
American journalism company and news website
Very close cos 0.908 - 15
Breitbart News Network
Syndicated news and opinion website providing continuously updated headlines to top news and analysis sources.
Very close cos 0.907 - 16
Breaking News, Latest News and Videos | CNN
View the latest news and breaking news today for U.S., world, weather, entertainment, politics and health at CNN.com.
Very close cos 0.908 - 17
Latest World & National News & Headlines - USATODAY.com
USA TODAY delivers current national and local news, sports, entertainment, finance, technology, and more through award-winning journalism, photos, and videos.
Very close cos 0.907 - 18
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.
Very close cos 0.906 - 19
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.
Very close cos 0.905 - 20
Lifehacker | Do everything better
Lifehacker is the ultimate authority on optimizing every aspect of your life. Do everything better.
Very close cos 0.905
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to huffpost.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones HuffPost uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What HuffPost is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- Fonts
- Adobe Fonts asset https://use.typekit.net/sqj4onc.css
- Google Fonts asset https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Montserrat:300,400,500,600,700,800,900&display=fa…
- Analytics
- Comscore page source: .scorecardresearch.com
- Advertising
- Google Ad Manager page source: googletag.pubads()
- Outbrain page source: widgets.outbrain.com
- Cookie consent
- OneTrust page source: cdn.cookielaw.org
- Payments
- Stripe TXT stripe-verification=d38cdcc3cf079c227e06ab26c180851493164930761e9d98d…
- CDN
- Fastly header x-served-by: cache-iad-kiad7000176-IAD, cache-iad-kiad7000176-IAD, cache…
- Web servers
- nginx header server: nginx
- Languages & backends
- Express header x-powered-by: Express
- Video
- JW Player page source: jwpcdn.com
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace MX aspmx.l.google.com
- Microsoft 365 TXT MS=ms75321386
- Email delivery
- Amazon SES TXT v=spf1 mx ip4:74.205.21.242 ip4:149.174.0.0/16 ip4:64.236.0.0/16 ip4:…
- SendGrid TXT v=spf1 mx ip4:74.205.21.242 ip4:149.174.0.0/16 ip4:64.236.0.0/16 ip4:…
- DNS hosting
- Amazon Route 53 NS ns-1081.awsdns-07.org
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Adobe TXT adobe-idp-site-verification=82dd13381f860472d15ec91a855861633ea9e0f45…
- Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=7Y1F2DtfeAbwpA4O
- Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=7oN0IBPtC9f0xMQLjXiV1ygnfkGihQQCZA6izoi…
- DocuSign TXT docusign=54594994-f075-4ac7-86c4-8a9aa4677d1d
- Dropbox TXT dropbox-domain-verification=uqrgxlh1a22z
- Google Search Console meta google-site-verification: 97Mj-wW7u8U1NOnkW1rfH-I1kgO0-a9YsgoesOk41R8
- Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=r3yrzm13yak5mvla48450yvwgxj4sp
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what HuffPost adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 20/20
- Microsoft 365 14/20
- Meta Business Suite 12/20
- Google Ad Manager 11/20
- Google Workspace 11/20
- Adobe 10/20
- GlobalSign · not on huffpost.com 10/20
- OneTrust 10/20
- Amazon Route 53 10/20
- Apple Business 9/20
- Zoom · not on huffpost.com 9/20
- Amazon SES 9/20
- OpenAI · not on huffpost.com 8/20
- Fastly 8/20
- Atlassian 7/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on huffpost.com 7/20