Alternatives and competitors
Sites like Pew Research Center
The 20 closest public opinion research alternatives to Pew Research Center, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 20 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to Pew Research Center? The closest matches are Brookings, Council on Foreign Relations and ProPublica. 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 Pew Research Center
Pew Research Center pewresearch.org
Pew Research Center | Nonpartisan, nonadvocacy, public opinion polling and data-driven social science research
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Wikidata: think tank based in Washington, D.C., US
Summary by Claude
Nonpartisan think tank publishing public opinion survey results, demographic data and social science research on U.S. and global topics such as politics, religion, media, technology and family life.
- Who it’s for
- Journalists, researchers, policymakers, general public
- Business model
- Nonprofit funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts and grants
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to Pew Research Center’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 Pew Research Center
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Pew Research Center, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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Brookings - Quality. Independence. Impact.
The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, DC. Our mission is to conduct in-depth research that leads to new ideas for solving problems facing society at the local, national and global level.
Very close cos 0.938 - 02
Council on Foreign Relations
The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is an independent, nonpartisan member organization, think tank, and publisher.
Very close cos 0.925 - 03
ProPublica — Investigative Journalism and News in the Public Interest
ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.
Very close cos 0.912 - 04
Our World in Data
Research and data to make progress against the world’s largest problems.
Very close cos 0.910 - 05
The Conversation: In-depth analysis, research, news and ideas from leading academics and researchers.
Curated by professional editors, The Conversation offers informed commentary and debate on the issues affecting our world. Plus a Plain English guide to the latest developments and discoveries from the university and research sector.
Very close cos 0.909 - 06
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 0.909 - 07
Christian Science Monitor - CSMonitor.com
American nonprofit newspaper (1908-)
Very close cos 0.903 - 08
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American research organization
Very close cos 0.900 - 09
Gallup - Workplace Advisory Services & Global Analytics
Gallup goes beyond management consulting. Learn how our understanding of the human experience helps clients and the billions they serve thrive.
Very close cos 0.898 - 10
National Bureau of Economic Research | NBER
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, and business professionals.
Very close cos 0.896 - 11
Breitbart News Network
Syndicated news and opinion website providing continuously updated headlines to top news and analysis sources.
Very close cos 0.899 - 12
Your access has been blocked – The Atlantic
magazine and multi-platform publisher based in Washington, D.C.
Very close cos 0.900 - 13
OSF
tools that make open science practice easier
Very close cos 0.897 - 14
PBS: Public Broadcasting Service
Watch full episodes of your favorite PBS dramas, find in-depth news analysis and explore documentaries on history, science, art and more!
Very close cos 0.895 - 15
American nonprofit media organization
Very close cos 0.896 - 16
US nonprofit funding cardiovascular medical research, educating consumers on healthy living, and fostering cardiac care
Close cos 0.889 - 17
NSF - U.S. National Science Foundation
NSF is an independent federal agency that supports science and engineering in all 50 states and U.S. territories.
Close cos 0.891 - 18
ClinicalTrials.gov
United States government registry of clinical trials
Close cos 0.890 - 19
SurveyMonkey: The World’s Most Popular Survey Platform
Easily create surveys and forms with AI and templates for employee and customer feedback, market research, event registrations and more. Get started free.
Close cos 0.891 - 20
Leading the future of open science publishing - PLOS
Discover how we are transforming scholarly publishing with a mission-driven commitment to open science, research integrity, and innovation that benefits researchers, institutions, and society worldwide.
Close cos 0.889
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to pewresearch.org’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Pew Research Center uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What Pew Research Center is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- CMS
- WordPress meta generator: WordPress 7.1.4
- Fonts
- Adobe Fonts asset https://use.typekit.net/tic0xoy.css?ver=2.0
- Analytics
- Google Analytics page source: googletagmanager.com/gtag/js
- Parse.ly page source: cdn.parsely.com
- Tag managers
- Google Tag Manager page source: googletagmanager.com/gtm.js
- Marketing automation
- Mailchimp TXT v=spf1 include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:spf.predictiveresp…
- Monitoring
- Sentry page source: .ingest.us.sentry.io
- Security
- Cloudflare Turnstile page source: challenges.cloudflare.com/turnstile
- Web servers
- nginx header server: nginx
- Languages & backends
- PHP implied by WordPress (meta generator: WordPress 7.1.4)
- Authentication
- Firebase page source: .firebaseapp.com
- Email hosting
- Microsoft 365 MX pewresearch-org.mail.protection.outlook.com
- DNS hosting
- Amazon Route 53 NS ns-281.awsdns-35.com
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Adobe TXT adobe-idp-site-verification=dce4a001508adff6a7b1ce11bcee94997898dc790…
- Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=JyKtturocxJ7e8bI
- DocuSign TXT docusign=db8286b4-617d-4518-a8d2-ffd9c7d6b445
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=EuKSpyq2IYv-oJplq6yQlPQKYsV1LWeqwQjs9lu3Z-o
- Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=79sdy6w4z5ih1t1h56pzbtfg98s2b1
- OpenAI TXT openai-domain-verification=dv-vkGktfLOtwd6xNFPJ1lL0QTl
- Zoom TXT ZOOM_verify_JaT9z62TGWk4Xq1EBKbVqZ
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Pew Research Center adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 18/20
- Microsoft 365 14/20
- Atlassian · not on pewresearch.org 13/20
- Meta Business Suite 8/20
- Amazon Route 53 8/20
- Cloudflare · not on pewresearch.org 7/20
- Google Tag Manager 7/20
- Adobe 7/20
- React · not on pewresearch.org 7/20
- Google Workspace · not on pewresearch.org 7/20
- PHP 6/20
- Apple Business 6/20
- Amazon CloudFront · not on pewresearch.org 6/20
- Google Fonts · not on pewresearch.org 5/20
- Next.js · not on pewresearch.org 5/20
- Salesforce · not on pewresearch.org 5/20