Alternatives and competitors
Sites like The Independent
The 20 closest online newspaper alternatives to The Independent, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 18 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to The Independent? The closest matches are Daily Mail, The Guardian and British Broadcasting Corporation. 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 The Independent
The Independent independent.co.uk
News | The Independent | Today's headlines and latest breaking news
The latest breaking news, comment and features from The Independent.
Wikidata: British national daily newspaper
Summary by Claude
British online newspaper publishing breaking news, politics, world news, opinion, features, sport and culture coverage.
- Who it’s for
- UK and international general news readers
- Business model
- Advertising and reader subscriptions
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to The Independent’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 The Independent
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to The Independent, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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UK Home | Daily Mail Online
Daily Mail Online - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Very close cos 0.960 - 02
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
Very close cos 0.952 - 03
BBC Home | Breaking News, World News, US News, Sports, Business, Innovation, Climate, Culture, Travel, Video & Audio
Visit BBC for trusted reporting on the latest world and US news, sports, business, climate, innovation, culture and much more
Very close cos 0.948 - 04
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.
Very close cos 0.948 - 05
American news publication
Very close cos 0.948 - 06
British weekly news and international affairs publication (founded 1843)
Very close cos 0.944 - 07
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
- Amazon SES
- Google Ad Manager
- Google Search Console
- Google Tag Manager
- Google Workspace
- Meta Business Suite
Very close cos 0.942 - 08
British daily national newspaper based in London
Very close cos 0.942 - 09
British daily broadsheet newspaper
Very close cos 0.937 - 10
News, sport, celebrities and gossip | The Sun
Get the latest news, exclusives, sport, celebrities, showbiz, politics, business and lifestyle from The Sun
Very close cos 0.936 - 11
Technology news and analysis | The Register
All the latest news for enterprise technology decision-makers and IT pros | The Register
Very close cos 0.935 - 12
20minutos.es | Diario abierto | Última hora, local, España y el mundo
Diario de información general y local más leído de España, consulta las noticias de última hora de España, internacional, local, deportes en 20minutos
Very close cos 0.935 - 13
The Mirror: The Heart of Britain
Get the latest news, sport, celebrity gossip, TV, politics and lifestyle from The Mirror. Big stories with a big heart, always with you in mind.
Very close cos 0.933 - 14
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.
Very close cos 0.933 - 15
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 0.933 - 16
Lenta.ru - Новости России и мира сегодня
Новости, статьи, фотографии, видео. Семь дней в неделю, 24 часа в сутки.
Very close cos 0.933 - 17
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 0.933 - 18
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 0.933 - 19
Your access has been blocked – The Atlantic
magazine and multi-platform publisher based in Washington, D.C.
Very close cos 0.932 - 20
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 0.931
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to independent.co.uk’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones The Independent uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What The Independent is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- Tag managers
- Google Tag Manager page source: googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-
- Advertising
- Google Ad Manager page source: securepubads.g.doubleclick.net
- Prebid.js page source: prebid.js
- Taboola page source: cdn.taboola.com
- Live chat & support
- Zendesk TXT v=spf1 include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:_spf.google.com inc…
- CDN
- Fastly header x-served-by: cache-lhr-egll1980069-LHR, cache-ber1080048-BER, cache-ber1…
- Authentication
- Firebase page source: .firebaseapp.com
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace MX smtp.google.com
- Microsoft 365 TXT MS=ms14560256
- Email delivery
- Amazon SES TXT v=spf1 include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:_spf.google.com inc…
- Mailchimp Transactional TXT v=spf1 include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:_spf.google.com inc…
- DNS hosting
- Cloudflare DNS NS lars.ns.cloudflare.com
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Adobe TXT adobe-idp-site-verification=5c874982d9eb77c27639f75fe9649403668793e47…
- Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=RM9N27RqIQhlhX0B
- GlobalSign TXT globalsign-domain-verification=zfCNvJt0iTcEchLrE0nrimsdl4h4m4zVTSJYOc…
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=7jSyuxXF8wVTqjz3bvlLiGFkpFtli5tP9gkqVJCmg1s
- Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=romovgbm3nyrpvudi6wheb7kank3yi
- Zoom TXT ZOOM_verify_y3Lp-IWWQx28ozGnH6HXGA
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what The Independent adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 20/20
- Google Workspace 14/20
- Adobe 12/20
- Meta Business Suite 12/20
- Microsoft 365 12/20
- Google Ad Manager 11/20
- GlobalSign 9/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on independent.co.uk 9/20
- OpenAI · not on independent.co.uk 8/20
- Amazon SES 8/20
- Google Tag Manager 7/20
- Zoom 7/20
- Amazon Publisher Services · not on independent.co.uk 6/20
- Atlassian · not on independent.co.uk 6/20
- React · not on independent.co.uk 6/20
- Apple Business 6/20