Alternatives and competitors
Sites like Popular Science
The 20 closest science and technology media alternatives to Popular Science, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 20 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to Popular Science? The closest matches are Scientific American, Popular Mechanics and New Scientist. 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 Popular Science
Popular Science popsci.com
Popular Science | Science and Technology Stories Since 1872
Awe-inspiring science reporting, technology news, and DIY projects. Skunks to space robots, primates to climates. That's Popular Science, for over 150 years strong.
Wikidata: American monthly magazine about science
Summary by Claude
Popular Science publishes science and technology news, explainers, DIY projects, and product reviews and shopping deals. It is the online home of the American magazine founded in 1872.
- Who it’s for
- General readers interested in science and technology
- Business model
- Advertising and affiliate commerce
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to Popular Science’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 Popular Science
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Popular Science, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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Scientific American
Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.
- GlobalSign
- Google Search Console
- Google Tag Manager
- Amazon CloudFront
- Meta Business Suite
- Amazon Route 53
Very close cos 0.956 - 02
Popular Mechanics - Product Reviews, How-To, Space, Military, Math, Science, and New Technology
Popular Mechanics inspires, instructs and influences readers to help them master the modern world, whether it's practical DIY home-improvement tips, gadgets and digital technology, information on the newest cars or the latest breakthroughs in science.
Very close cos 0.945 - 03
ScienceAlert : The Best in Science News And Amazing Breakthroughs
The latest science news. Publishing independent, fact-checked reporting on health, space, nature, technology, and the environment.
Very close cos 0.927 - 04
Live Science | Latest science news and articles for those with curious minds
Daily discoveries, groundbreaking research and fascinating science breakthroughs that impact you and the wider world, reported by our expert journalists.
Very close cos 0.921 - 05
ScienceDaily: Your source for the latest research news
Breaking science news and articles on global warming, extrasolar planets, stem cells, bird flu, autism, nanotechnology, dinosaurs, evolution -- the latest discoveries in astronomy, anthropology, biology, chemistry, climate & environment, computers, engineering, health & medicine, math, physics, psychology, technology, and more -- from the world's leading universities and research organizations.
Very close cos 0.919 - 06
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 0.917 - 07
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 0.913 - 08
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 0.912 - 09
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 0.912 - 10
Your access has been blocked – The Atlantic
magazine and multi-platform publisher based in Washington, D.C.
Very close cos 0.910 - 11
academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Very close cos 0.905 - 12
Medical News | Medical Articles
Medical News and articles you can trust from around the world. All content is written and reviewed by qualified health, medical and scientific experts.
Very close cos 0.906 - 13
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 0.908 - 14
Phys.org - News and Articles on Science and Technology
Daily science news on research developments, technological breakthroughs and the latest scientific innovations
- Google Ad Manager
- Google Analytics
- Google Search Console
- Apache HTTP Server
- Google AdSense
- Meta Business Suite
Very close cos 0.903 - 15
Space.com: NASA, Space Exploration and Astronomy News
Get the latest space exploration, innovation and astronomy news. Space.com celebrates humanity's ongoing expansion across the final frontier.
Very close cos 0.903 - 16
EurekAlert! Science News Releases
EurekAlert! is an online science news service featuring health, medicine, science and technology news from leading research institutions and universities. Sponsored by AAAS, the science society.
Very close cos 0.902 - 17
MIT Technology Review
Emerging technology news & insights | AI, Climate Change, BioTech, and more
Very close cos 0.901 - 18
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 0.902 - 19
Nature
First published in 1869, Nature is the world’s leading multidisciplinary science journal. Nature publishes the finest peer-reviewed research that drives ground-breaking discovery, and is read by thought-leaders and decision-makers around the world.
Very close cos 0.898 - 20
Ars Technica - Serving the Technologist since 1998. News, reviews, and analysis.
News and reviews, covering IT, AI, science, space, health, gaming, cybersecurity, tech policy, computers, mobile devices, and operating systems.
Very close cos 0.900
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to popsci.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Popular Science uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What Popular Science is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- CMS
- WordPress page source: /wp-content/
- Fonts
- Google Fonts asset https://fonts.googleapis.com/
- Analytics
- Chartbeat page source: static.chartbeat.com
- Google Analytics page source: googletagmanager.com/gtag/js
- Parse.ly page source: cdn.parsely.com
- 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
- Marketing automation
- Mailchimp TXT v=spf1 a mx include:aspmx.sailthru.com include:_spf.google.com includ…
- Cookie consent
- OneTrust page source: cdn.cookielaw.org
- Web servers
- nginx header server: nginx
- Languages & backends
- PHP implied by WordPress (page source: /wp-content/)
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace MX aspmx.l.google.com
- DNS hosting
- Cloudflare DNS NS melinda.ns.cloudflare.com
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Adobe TXT adobe-idp-site-verification=cd8dab640ab786a9457c8757f4188cd682dd687a6…
- Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=QUsZX4LdPWTYZgx09JhShFot27EJnUl/5CyxXFs…
- DocuSign TXT docusign=96032995-9e93-43ad-ae66-3fadeea8bd30
- GlobalSign TXT globalsign-domain-verification=KaParXxs1OHDy7o8CMbPpHBN-2m_mzwdPqKMMQ…
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=lELgCbJG9-am41-9VdjfBKnfNZ4NUfQVwz3JZYZN9JU
- OpenAI TXT openai-domain-verification=dv-NmnopaLu0KwbqfkEzLbHZiER
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Popular Science adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 19/20
- Google Workspace 12/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on popsci.com 11/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on popsci.com 10/20
- GlobalSign 9/20
- Google Ad Manager 9/20
- Google Tag Manager 8/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on popsci.com 8/20
- OneTrust 7/20
- Fastly · not on popsci.com 7/20
- Cloudflare · not on popsci.com 7/20
- PHP 7/20
- WordPress 6/20
- Google Analytics 5/20
- Google Fonts 5/20
- Zendesk · not on popsci.com 5/20