Alternatives and competitors

Sites like NU

The 20 closest online news alternatives to NU, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 14 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to NU? The closest matches are RTL 4, Nederlandse Omroep Stichting and HLN. 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 NU

NU nu.nl

NU - Het laatste nieuws het eerst op NU.nl

Lees het laatste nieuws als eerste op de grootste nieuwssite van Nederland. Altijd betrouwbaar, actueel en gratis.

Wikidata: Dutch news website

Top 10K · #1,188 Dutch 14 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit NU

Summary by Claude

Free Dutch-language online news site covering national and international news, economy, sport, entertainment and culture, with news videos, live blogs and a reader comment section (NUjij). Owned by DPG Media.

Who it’s for
Dutch-speaking general public in the Netherlands
Business model
Advertising

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to NU’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

VGSon Dakikan-tvHet NieuwsbladKompas.comAlgemeen DagbladDe TelegraafHLNNederlandse Omroep StichtingRTL 4

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to NU

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

Only in Dutch
  1. 01
    RTL 4 rtl.nl Top 10K Dutch

    RTL Nieuws & Entertainment

    Volg het nieuws terwijl het gebeurt, blijf op de hoogte van alle entertainment-nieuwtjes en mis niets van je favoriete RTL-programma’s.

  2. 02
    Nederlandse Omroep Stichting nos.nl Top 10K Dutch

    NOS.nl - Nieuws, Sport en Evenementen | Nederlandse Omroep Stichting

    NOS.nl - Nieuws, Sport en Evenementen op Radio, TV en Internet

  3. 03
    HLN hln.be Top 10K Dutch

    HLN - Het Laatste Nieuws - Volg het nieuws op de nr1 nieuwssite in België, HLN.be brengt je het allerlaatste nieuws 24/24 en 7/7, uit binnen - en buitenland, evenals dichtbij met nieuws uit je eigen regio. | hln.be

    HLN - Het Laatste Nieuws - Volg het nieuws op de nr1 nieuwssite in België, HLN.be brengt je het allerlaatste nieuws 24/24 en 7/7, uit binnen - en buitenland, evenals dichtbij met nieuws uit je eigen regio.

  4. 04
    De Telegraaf telegraaf.nl Top 10K

    Dutch newspaper

  5. 05
    Algemeen Dagblad ad.nl Top 10K Dutch

    AD.nl, het laatste nieuws uit binnen- en buitenland, sport en show | AD.nl

    Blijf altijd op de hoogte van het laatste nieuws via de snelste en leukste nieuwssite van Nederland, 24 uur per dag en 7 dagen in de week

  6. 06
    Kompas.com kompas.com Top 10K English

    Berita Terkini Hari Ini, Kabar Akurat Terpercaya - Kompas.com

    Kompas.com - Berita Indonesia dan Dunia Terkini Hari Ini, Kabar Harian Terbaru Terpercaya Terlengkap Seputar Politik, Ekonomi, Travel, Teknologi, Otomotif, Bola

  7. 07
    Het Nieuwsblad nieuwsblad.be Top 10K English

    Flemish daily newspaper

  8. 08
    n-tv n-tv.de Top 1K German

    Nachrichten, aktuelle Schlagzeilen und Videos - n-tv.de

    Nachrichten seriös, schnell und kompetent. Artikel und Videos aus Politik, Wirtschaft, Börse, Sport und aller Welt.

  9. 09
    Son Dakika sondakika.com Top 10K Turkish

    Son Dakika - Son Dakika Haberleri - Son Haberler

    Son dakika haberleri hızlı ve tarafsız bir şekilde SonDakika.com'da bulabilirsiniz. Gündemdeki son dakika haberler ve yeni gelişmeler anında tüm detaylarıyla burada.

  10. 10
    Haberler haberler.com Top 10K Turkish

    Haberler.com - Son Dakika Haberler ve Güncel Haberler

    Haber ve son dakika haberleri, güncel haberler, magazin, spor ve ekonomi gündemi, yerel ve dünya haberleri. Haberler.com, Türkiye’nin son dakika haber sitesi.

  11. 11
    VG vg.no Top 10K Norwegian

    VG

    Siste nytt hvert minutt på Norges største nettsted. Nyheter fra Norge og verden, sport og underholdning.

  12. 12
    Buienradar.nl buienradar.nl Top 10K Dutch

    Buienradar.nl - Weer - Actuele neerslag, weerbericht, weersverwachting, sneeuwradar en satellietbeelden

    Actuele buienradar en actueel weer voor Nederland en Europa, actuele satellietbeelden, actuele temperaturen, neerslag, en veel meer!

  13. 13
    index.hr Top 10K Croatian

    Index.hr

    Najčitaniji portal u Hrvatskoj. Pročitajte prijelomne, najnovije i najtočnije vijesti: Hrvatska danas, svijet, politika, zdravlje, crna kronika, novac, vrijeme, sport, zabava. Jedini neovisni.

  14. 14
    T-Online t-online.de Top 1K German

    News & E-Mail bei t-online | Politik, Sport, Unterhaltung & Ratgeber

    Aktuelle News aus Politik, Sport, Unterhaltung, Wirtschaft & Finanzen | Ratgeber Leben, Gesundheit und Heim & Garten | E-Mail und Shopping bei t-online.

  15. 15
    20 Minutes 20minutes.fr Top 10K French

    20 Minutes - Toute l’actualité en direct et les dernières infos en continu

    Suivez l’actualité du jour sur 20 Minutes, média gratuit et indépendant. Politique, Sport, Culture, High Tech, Ecologie… Toute l’info en continu

  16. 16
    novinky.cz Top 10K Czech

    Novinky.cz - nejčtenější zprávy na českém internetu

    Nejnovější zprávy z domova i ze světa na jednom místě. Novinky, mimořádné události, aktuální témata. Online zpravodajství na Novinky.cz.

  17. 17
    NBC News nbcnews.com Top 1K English

    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.

  18. 18
    Indiatimes indiatimes.com Top 1K English

    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.

  19. 19
    RTBF rtbf.be Top 10K French

    RTBF Actus - La référence de l'actualité belge et internationale - Accueil - RTBF Actus

    Toute l'actualité belge et internationale sur RTBF.be : retrouvez toutes les news info, sport, culture, musique et bien plus encore et accédez aux chaînes TV, radio et marques de la RTBF.

  20. 20
    India Today indiatoday.in Top 10K English

    Latest News, Breaking News Today - Entertainment, Cricket, Business, Politics - India Today

    Check out the latest news from India and around the world. Latest India news on Bollywood, Politics, Business, Cricket, Technology and Travel.

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

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

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

Built with

Tag managers
Advertising
Live chat & support
  • Zendesk TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.dpgmmservices.nl include:spf.protection.outlook.c…
A/B testing
  • VWO page source: dev.visualwebsiteoptimizer.com
Monitoring
  • Sentry page source: .ingest.sentry.io
CDN
  • Akamai header x-akamai-transformed: 0 - 0 -
Languages & backends
  • Express header x-powered-by: Express
Authentication
Email hosting
DNS hosting
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
  • Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=gqfC576h6pKDntEMQCdrUMXTtOD2vfhKvXTSXAI…
  • Google Search Console meta google-site-verification: oQsKfEIgPiNMkgU1oDrWYKX6Z5FCFrwmlq3_VK6jlNo
  • Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=y39uvlb8me78wtka5eak2twy6ws9kb

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