Alternatives and competitors
Sites like Rolling Stone
The 20 closest music and entertainment magazine alternatives to Rolling Stone, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 21 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to Rolling Stone? The closest matches are The Atlantic, Slate and TIME. 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 Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone rollingstone.com
Rolling Stone – Music, Film, TV and Political News Coverage
Get the latest Rolling Stone news with exclusive stories and pictures from Rolling Stone.
Wikidata: American monthly music magazine
Summary by Claude
Online edition of Rolling Stone magazine, publishing news, reviews, interviews, rankings and features on music, film, TV, politics and popular culture.
- Who it’s for
- Music and pop culture readers
- Business model
- Advertising and subscriptions
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to Rolling Stone’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 Rolling Stone
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Rolling Stone, thumbs down if it isn’t.
- 01
Your access has been blocked – The Atlantic
magazine and multi-platform publisher based in Washington, D.C.
Very close cos 0.927 - 02
Slate Magazine - Politics, Business, Technology, and the Arts
Online magazine of news, politics, technology, and culture. Combines humor and insight in thoughtful analyses of current events and political news.
Very close cos 0.924 - 03
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 0.923 - 04
Bored Panda - The Only Magazine For Pandas
Bored Panda is a leading art, pop culture and lifestyle magazine that is viewed nearly 100 million times every month.
Very close cos 0.919 - 05
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 0.916 - 06
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 0.916 - 07
American news publication
Very close cos 0.916 - 08
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 0.916 - 09
CBR - The World's Top Destination For Comic, Movie & TV news
Covering comics, movies, TV like no other in the world. CBR.com is all you need!
Very close cos 0.916 - 10
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 0.915 - 11
Billboard – Music Charts, News, Photos & Video
Music Charts, News, Photos & Video
Very close cos 0.911 - 12
Harvard Business Review - Ideas and Advice for Leaders
Find new ideas and classic advice on strategy, innovation and leadership, for global leaders from the world's best business and management experts.
Very close cos 0.912 - 13
MovieWeb - Movie News, Trailers, Reviews, and Exclusives.
The latest movie news, trailers, reviews, and more.
Very close cos 0.914 - 14
ScreenRant: Movie News, Movie Reviews, Movie Trailers, TV News
ScreenRant debuted in 2003 and has grown into the largest source of breaking entertainment news & original features for movies, TV, comics, + more!
Very close cos 0.914 - 15
New Movie News, Movie Trailers & Upcoming Movie Reviews | Collider
Stay up to date with new movie news, watch the latest movie trailers & get trusted reviews of upcoming movies & more from the team at Collider.
Very close cos 0.913 - 16
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 0.913 - 17
forbes.com
American business magazine
Very close cos 0.910 - 18
Fashion Magazine - Beauty Tips, Fashion Trends, & Celebrity News - ELLE
Watch runway shows from the hottest fashion designers, scope out the best-dressed celebrities on the red carpet, discover the latest and greatest beauty products to maintain a healthy glow, and get a sneak peek at our celebrity cover shoots.
Very close cos 0.909 - 19
fastcompany.com
American magazine
Very close cos 0.911 - 20
Page Six: Latest Celebrity News, Entertainment News & Gossip
Your source for the latest celebrity news, entertainment headlines and celeb gossip, with exclusive stories, photos, video, and more.
Very close cos 0.910
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to rollingstone.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Rolling Stone uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What Rolling Stone 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 6.9.11
- JavaScript libraries
- jQuery asset https://www.rollingstone.com/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.min.js?ver=3.7.1
- Analytics
- Comscore page source: .scorecardresearch.com
- Google Analytics page source: googletagmanager.com/gtag/js
- Hotjar page source: static.hotjar.com
- Tag managers
- Google Tag Manager page source: googletagmanager.com/gtm.js
- Advertising
- Google Ad Manager page source: googletag.pubads()
- Google Ads conversion tracking page source: gtag( 'config', 'AW-
- Live chat & support
- Zendesk TXT v=spf1 include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:_spf.salesforce.com…
- Cookie consent
- OneTrust page source: cdn.cookielaw.org
- Web servers
- nginx header server: nginx
- Languages & backends
- PHP implied by WordPress (meta generator: WordPress 6.9.11)
- Email hosting
- Microsoft 365 MX rollingstone-com.mail.protection.outlook.com
- Email delivery
- Amazon SES TXT v=spf1 include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:_spf.salesforce.com…
- DNS hosting
- Amazon Route 53 NS ns-718.awsdns-25.net
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Adobe TXT adobe-idp-site-verification=5f299ac5ccddedab8418f37aad62a1ff499e5979c…
- Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=nprFKP7f9bTtDxCbcLk3c0Ag6DYYRzhq/pIp/XJ…
- GlobalSign TXT _globalsign-domain-verification=O81xyb7YxpdGeHWkniit_VBT4vTXz9__NFrNM…
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=vn4y0orqW_cUPEvrE0yaSdIGOIMJ4L-VxYkCkEF5shk
- Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=un0pzjeye9ylufaptfim3y66d9h9lw
- Salesforce TXT v=spf1 include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:_spf.salesforce.com…
Stack changes
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What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 20/20
- Google Workspace · not on rollingstone.com 15/20
- Meta Business Suite 15/20
- Microsoft 365 12/20
- Amazon Route 53 12/20
- Amazon SES 11/20
- PHP 10/20
- WordPress 10/20
- GlobalSign 8/20
- OneTrust 8/20
- Google Ad Manager 7/20
- Google Tag Manager 7/20
- OpenAI · not on rollingstone.com 6/20
- Zoom · not on rollingstone.com 6/20
- Apple Business · not on rollingstone.com 6/20
- Fastly · not on rollingstone.com 6/20