Alternatives and competitors
Sites like Lifehacker
The 20 closest consumer tech and lifestyle media alternatives to Lifehacker, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 15 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to Lifehacker? The closest matches are MakeUseOf, thebalancemoney.com 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 Lifehacker
Lifehacker lifehacker.com
Lifehacker | Do everything better
Lifehacker is the ultimate authority on optimizing every aspect of your life. Do everything better.
Wikidata: software and life hacks website and blog
Summary by Claude
Online publication with how-to guides, tips and news on consumer technology, productivity, personal finance, health and everyday life, plus shopping deals.
- Who it’s for
- General consumers seeking practical tips
- Business model
- Advertising and affiliate commissions
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to Lifehacker’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 Lifehacker
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Lifehacker, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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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 0.957 - 02
Simple Page
American website
Very close cos 0.954 - 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 0.951 - 04
Everyday Health: Trusted Medical Information, Expert Health Advice, News, Tools, and Resources
Everyday Health inspires and empowers people to live their healthiest lives, every day, through trusted, medically reviewed information and expert health advice from the nation's leading healthcare providers and patient advocates. Learn more about health
- GlobalSign
- Google Ad Manager
- Google Search Console
- Google Workspace
- Amazon Publisher Services
- Apple Business
Very close cos 0.944 - 05
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 0.939 - 06
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 0.936 - 07
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 0.934 - 08
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 0.932 - 09
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.
Very close cos 0.932 - 10
XDA
The world’s best source for computing news, reviews, editorials guides, and more.
Very close cos 0.930 - 11
Good Housekeeping: Trusted Home Advice, Product Reviews & Recipes
Discover expert-tested product reviews, modern home tips, cleaning hacks, new recipes, health advice and more from Good Housekeeping. Since 1885, we've helped you make smart choices for your home and life.
Very close cos 0.926 - 12
Healthline: Medical information and health advice you can trust.
We're committed to being your source for expert health guidance. Come to us in your pursuit of wellness.
Very close cos 0.929 - 13
Simple Page
health website
Very close cos 0.928 - 14
GIGA | News und Tipps zu Android, Apple, Games, Entertainment, Tech und Haushalt
Bei GIGA findet ihr aktuelle News, Tests, Tipps und Schnäppchen rund um Technik, Games und Entertainment.
- Google Search Console
- Google Workspace
- Amazon CloudFront
- Mailchimp Transactional
- Meta Business Suite
- Miro
Very close cos 0.927 - 15
Mental Floss - History, Trivia, Interesting Facts, and More
Learn weird, interesting facts about history, entertainment, language, geography, and more topics. Test your knowledge with our quizzes and other trivia.
Very close cos 0.926 - 16
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 0.926 - 17
GSMArena.com - mobile phone reviews, news, specifications and more...
GSMArena.com - The ultimate resource for GSM handset information
Very close cos 0.925 - 18
BuzzFeed
BuzzFeed has breaking news, vital journalism, quizzes, videos, celeb news, Tasty food videos, recipes, DIY hacks, and all the trending buzz you’ll want to share with your friends. Copyright BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.
Very close cos 0.924 - 19
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 0.926 - 20
Simple Page
website focused on finance and investing
Very close cos 0.923
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to lifehacker.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Lifehacker uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What Lifehacker is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- CSS & UI
- Tailwind CSS page source: --tw-translate-x:
- Analytics
- Chartbeat page source: static.chartbeat.com
- Comscore page source: .scorecardresearch.com
- Google Analytics page source: gtag("config", "G-
- Advertising
- Google Ad Manager page source: securepubads.g.doubleclick.net
- Meta Pixel page source: connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js
- Prebid.js page source: prebid.js
- Cookie consent
- OneTrust TXT onetrust-domain-verification=cea86b2c01e84a158a1b440879c93f7b
- CDN
- Cloudflare header cf-ray: a56315d05fdc62bc-HAM
- Authentication
- Firebase page source: .firebaseapp.com
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace MX aspmx.l.google.com
- DNS hosting
- Cloudflare DNS NS owen.ns.cloudflare.com
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- DocuSign TXT docusign=98fb1fe5-0c2f-4d46-8a16-d26f42ce6628
- GlobalSign TXT _globalsign-domain-verification=63GY7DdhmEwU6Yc6mPqIRV6Tlu3atl9B6izj6…
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=3DLUukA4-5eOiZ71hPqAcv2gN-5Dw7pF1T4UtabDr6k
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Lifehacker adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 19/20
- Google Workspace 18/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on lifehacker.com 14/20
- PHP · not on lifehacker.com 10/20
- WordPress · not on lifehacker.com 10/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on lifehacker.com 10/20
- Google Ad Manager 9/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on lifehacker.com 9/20
- nginx · not on lifehacker.com 7/20
- GlobalSign 7/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on lifehacker.com 7/20
- Amazon SES · not on lifehacker.com 6/20
- OneTrust 6/20
- Cloudflare 5/20
- Tailwind CSS 5/20
- Comscore 5/20