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Sites like Libération

The 20 closest daily newspaper alternatives to Libération, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 8 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to Libération? The closest matches are Le Figaro, Le Monde and Le Dauphiné Libéré. 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 Libération

Libération liberation.fr

liberation.fr

Wikidata: French daily newspaper founded in 1973

Top 10K · #3,897 English 8 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit Libération

Summary by Claude

Libération is a French national daily newspaper with a centre-left editorial line, publishing news, politics, culture and opinion online and in print, with paid digital subscriptions.

Who it’s for
French-speaking general news readers
Business model
Subscriptions and advertising

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Libération’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

USA TodayPoliticoFinancial TimesStar TribuneThe IndependentThe New York TimesNational PostThe Globe and MailThe AtlanticLe Monde

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to Libération

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

Only in English

We can’t read liberation.fr’s homepage (HTTP 403), so it’s compared on what Wikidata and Wikipedia say about it.

  1. 01
    Le Monde lemonde.fr Top 1K English

    Le Monde in English – World news, culture and opinion

    France's leading newspaper brings you the latest coverage from France, Europe, and all around the world, unique perspectives and in-depth analysis.

  2. 02
    The Atlantic theatlantic.com Top 10K English

    Your access has been blocked – The Atlantic

    magazine and multi-platform publisher based in Washington, D.C.

  3. 03
    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

  4. 04
    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.

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

    nytimes.com

    American daily newspaper (founded 1851)

  6. 06
    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.

  7. 07
    Star Tribune startribune.com Top 10K English

    Vercel Security Checkpoint

    newspaper in Minneapolis, Minnesota

  8. 08
    BnF bnf.fr Top 10K English

    Accueil | BnF – Site institutionnel

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  9. 09
    Financial Times ft.com Top 1K English

    Security Verification

    London-based daily newspaper

  10. 10
    Politico politico.eu Top 10K English

    POLITICO – European Politics, Policy, Government News

    POLITICO Europe covers the politics, policy and personalities of the European Union. Our coverage includes breaking news, opinion pieces, and features.

  11. 11
    USA Today usatoday.com Top 1K English

    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.

  12. 12
    Daily Mirror mirror.co.uk Top 10K English

    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.

  13. 13
    CNIL cnil.fr Top 10K English

    Homepage | CNIL

    national French data protection authority

  14. 14
    RFI rfi.fr Top 10K English

    RFI - All the news from France, Europe, Africa and the rest of the world.

    Follow any political information, cultural, sporting and live streaming on RFI. The latest information, news and events around the world.

  15. 15
    CNRS cnrs.fr Top 10K English

    Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)

    Le Centre national de la recherche scientifique est le plus grand organisme public français de recherche scientifique. Il exerce son activité dans

  16. 16
    The Economist economist.com Top 10K English

    British weekly news and international affairs publication (founded 1843)

  17. 17
    The Christian Science Monitor csmonitor.com Top 10K English

    Christian Science Monitor - CSMonitor.com

    American nonprofit newspaper (1908-)

  18. 18
    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

  19. 19
    As as.com Top 10K English

    as.com

    Spanish sports newspaper

  20. 20
    British Broadcasting Corporation bbc.com Top 1K English

    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

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

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

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

Built with

Payments
  • Stripe TXT stripe-verification=46D304850772346C0BB61A0F87E0CAE8558968B69A37EC685…
Security
Email hosting
Email delivery
  • Mailjet TXT v=spf1 include:smtp.smtptbs.fr include:spf.mailjet.com include:spf.pr…
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
  • Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=Eq3WCRPU8hOeA5Qn
  • Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=kbTogkmlRQWoN/SA3ql0TMDGawR9973KCDOIwyx…
  • Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=Ojje_HAjyhh1L8le3UpqPTKVcQEPr0LQrJ4l6F09dNA
  • Slack TXT slack-domain-verification=zFOiyB4rsXQZoRtLGxmZ3iP6l1mndtpTJcN51KsP

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