Alternatives and competitors
Sites like Radio Free Asia
The 20 closest international public broadcaster alternatives to Radio Free Asia, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 10 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to Radio Free Asia? The closest matches are South China Morning Post, Council on Foreign Relations and CGTN. 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 Radio Free Asia
Radio Free Asia rfa.org
Radio Free Asia
Wikidata: US government-funded broadcaster in Asia
Summary by Claude
U.S. Congress-funded international news service publishing online news, commentary and radio broadcasts about China, Tibet, North Korea, Myanmar, Hong Kong and other Asian countries with restricted press freedom.
- Who it’s for
- Audiences in Asia and readers following Asian politics
- Business model
- Government funding
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to Radio Free Asia’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 Radio Free Asia
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Radio Free Asia, thumbs down if it isn’t.
- 01
Breaking China, Asia, HK News, Opinions and Insights | South China Morning Post
News, opinions, infographics and videos on China issues: geopolitics, diplomacy, economy, technology and lifestyle.
- Google Search Console
- Google Tag Manager
- Google Workspace
- Meta Business Suite
- React
- Amazon Publisher Services
Very close cos 0.908 - 02
Council on Foreign Relations
The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is an independent, nonpartisan member organization, think tank, and publisher.
Very close cos 0.900 - 03
CGTN | Breaking News, China News, World News and Video
Get the news as it breaks and go behind the day's top stories, from politics, business, culture and sports to nature, travel and technology. CGTN delivers a Chinese perspective on global news through innovative use of the latest media tools.
Very close cos 0.901 - 04
VOA - Voice of America English News
Accurate, objective news coverage from the U.S. and around the world.
Very close cos 0.898 - 05
Breitbart News Network
Syndicated news and opinion website providing continuously updated headlines to top news and analysis sources.
Very close cos 0.900 - 06 Very close cos 0.899
- 07
American nonprofit media organization
Very close cos 0.897 - 08
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
Very close cos 0.898 - 09
Your access has been blocked – The Atlantic
magazine and multi-platform publisher based in Washington, D.C.
Very close cos 0.898 - 10
International Business Times - Business News, Financial news
International Business Times is the leading provider of business news and financial news from the US and around the world.
Very close cos 0.898 - 11
新华网_让新闻离你更近
中国主要重点新闻网站,依托新华社遍布全球的采编网络,记者遍布世界100多个国家和地区,地方频道分布全国31个省市自治区,每天24小时同时使用6种语言滚动发稿,权威、准确、及时播发国内外重要新闻和重大突发事件,受众覆盖200多个国家和地区,发展论坛是全球知名的中文论坛。
Very close cos 0.898 - 12
ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Follow the latest headlines from ABC News, Australia's most trusted media source, with live events, audio and on-demand video from the national broadcaster.
Very close cos 0.895 - 13
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!
Close cos 0.893 - 14
中国新闻网_梳理天下新闻
中国新闻网，是知名的中文新闻门户网站，也是全球互联网中文新闻资讯最重要的原创内容供应商之一。依托中新社遍布全球的采编网络,每天24小时面向广大网民和网络媒体，快速、准确地提供文字、图片、视频等多样化的资讯服务。在新闻报道方面，中新网动态新闻及时准确，解释性报道角度独特，稿件被国内外网络媒体大量转载。
Very close cos 0.895 - 15
Newsweek - Latest Breaking News, US, World, Politics, Business, Tech and Videos.
Newsweek provides in-depth analysis on news, world events, politics, business, tech, entertainment, healthcare, & trending videos. Subscribe for breaking news alerts!
Very close cos 0.895 - 16 Close cos 0.893
- 17
中国网--网上中国
国家重点新闻网站，拥有十个语种独立新闻采编、报道和发布权；第一时间报道国家重大新闻事件；国情信息库服务全球读者了解中国；国务院新闻办公室发布会独家网络直播发布网站；拥有国内外顶级学者专家资源，独家编发各种相关政策解读。
Close cos 0.893 - 18
Human Rights Watch | Defending Human Rights Worldwide
Human Rights Watch defends the rights of people in 100 countries worldwide, spotlighting abuses and bringing perpetrators to justice
Close cos 0.889 - 19
international news agency
Close cos 0.890 - 20
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.
Close cos 0.892
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to rfa.org’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Radio Free Asia uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What Radio Free Asia is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- JavaScript frameworks
- React asset https://www.rfa.org/pf/dist/engine/react.js?d=175&mxId=00000000
- Tag managers
- Google Tag Manager page source: googletagmanager.com/gtm.js
- CDN
- Akamai header x-akamai-transformed: 9 27531 0 pmb=mRUM,2
- Web servers
- OpenResty header server: openresty
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace MX aspmx.l.google.com
- DNS hosting
- Amazon Route 53 NS ns-599.awsdns-10.net
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=iofYNUbWBZYwrt83
- Canva TXT canva-site-verification=SRMkgRWYilSU6HejVSbgYg
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=xzP_Zdz-XR0QDapEgUdCT3_hPkyIsIqjQbthOOoupE8
- Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=e8ov351dteebcfc9kywwivljy4w87g
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Radio Free Asia adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 16/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on rfa.org 12/20
- Meta Business Suite 10/20
- Atlassian · not on rfa.org 8/20
- Google Tag Manager 8/20
- Next.js · not on rfa.org 7/20
- React 7/20
- Adobe · not on rfa.org 7/20
- Cloudflare DNS · not on rfa.org 5/20
- jQuery · not on rfa.org 5/20
- Zoom · not on rfa.org 5/20
- OpenAI · not on rfa.org 5/20
- Cloudflare · not on rfa.org 4/20
- Google Ad Manager · not on rfa.org 4/20
- Google Workspace 4/20
- nginx · not on rfa.org 4/20