Alternatives and competitors
Sites like RTL 4
The 20 closest news and entertainment media alternatives to RTL 4, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 12 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to RTL 4? The closest matches are Nederlandse Omroep Stichting, NU and De Telegraaf. 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 RTL 4
RTL 4 rtl.nl
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.
Wikidata: Dutch free-to-air television channel
Summary by Claude
Dutch-language news and entertainment website from broadcaster RTL Nederland, publishing breaking news, politics, sports, celebrity news and video, and promoting RTL TV programmes.
- Who it’s for
- Dutch general public
- Business model
- Advertising
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to RTL 4’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 RTL 4
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to RTL 4, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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NOS.nl - Nieuws, Sport en Evenementen | Nederlandse Omroep Stichting
NOS.nl - Nieuws, Sport en Evenementen op Radio, TV en Internet
Very close cos 0.954 - 02
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.
Very close cos 0.950 - 03
Dutch newspaper
Very close cos 0.928 - 04
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.
Very close cos 0.924 - 05
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
Very close cos 0.922 - 06
Nachrichten, aktuelle Schlagzeilen und Videos - n-tv.de
Nachrichten seriös, schnell und kompetent. Artikel und Videos aus Politik, Wirtschaft, Börse, Sport und aller Welt.
Very close cos 0.923 - 07
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!
Very close cos 0.919 - 08
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.
Very close cos 0.917 - 09
Flemish daily newspaper
Very close cos 0.913 - 10
Noticias de última hora, programas y series de televisión - RTVE.es
Noticias, deportes, actualidad, álbumes, series y programas, y la última hora de España y el mundo.
Very close cos 0.913 - 11
DR: Nyheder - Breaking - TV - Radio
Dit Nyhedsoverblik: Breaking news og seneste nyheder - Stream DR’s programmer på DRTV - Hør podcast på DR LYD
Very close cos 0.911 - 12
Indian news network
Very close cos 0.911 - 13
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.
Very close cos 0.911 - 14
Linternaute.com : Information, loisirs, culture et découvertes...
Actualité, voyages, photos, cinéma, restaurants, cartes de voeux, tv, musique, encyclopédie... Un magazine en ligne complet, pratique, ludique et gratuit pour tous !
Very close cos 0.910 - 15
nine.com.au -- the new ninemsn - News, Sport, TV, Entertainment, Lifestyle | Latest Breaking News Headlines from Australia and the world
Meet the new nine.com.au. Get the latest news, sport, TV, travel, fashion, fitness, recipes, celebrity news and exclusive content, all for free at nine.com.au, the home of Nine
Very close cos 0.908 - 16
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.
- Google Search Console
- Google Tag Manager
- Google Workspace
- Cloudflare
- Cloudflare DNS
- Cloudflare Web Analytics
Very close cos 0.909 - 17
Nyheter - senaste nyheterna i Sverige och världen
Sveriges bästa nyhetssajt med nyheter, sport och nöje!
Very close cos 0.909 - 18
Kåret til Årets Mediehus 2026
TV 2 er Norges beste nettsted for nyheter, sport, underholdning, vær, tv-guide og video
Very close cos 0.906 - 19
Deadline – Hollywood Entertainment Breaking News
Deadline.com is always the first to break up-to-the-minute entertainment, Hollywood and media news, with an unfiltered, no-holds-barred analysis of events.
Very close cos 0.908 - 20
Global News | Breaking, Latest News and Video for Canada
Globalnews.ca – Watch and read Canada’s Breaking news plus Business, Health, Politics and World News
- Google Search Console
- Microsoft 365
- Adobe Experience Platform Tags
- Amazon Publisher Services
- Bing Webmaster Tools
- Comscore
Very close cos 0.908
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to rtl.nl’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones RTL 4 uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What RTL 4 is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- Tag managers
- Google Tag Manager page source: googletagmanager.com/gtm.js
- Marketing automation
- Mailchimp TXT v=spf1 include:eu.zeptomail.net include:_spf.rtl.nl include:mail.zend…
- Live chat & support
- Zendesk TXT v=spf1 include:eu.zeptomail.net include:_spf.rtl.nl include:mail.zend…
- CDN
- Akamai header akamai-grn: 0.8ffc4817.1793958014.72f924d4, 0.5474c117.1793958014.2a465…
- Web servers
- Envoy header server: envoy
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace TXT v=spf1 include:eu.zeptomail.net include:_spf.rtl.nl include:mail.zend…
- Microsoft 365 MX rtl-nl.mail.protection.outlook.com
- Email delivery
- Mailchimp Transactional TXT v=spf1 include:eu.zeptomail.net include:_spf.rtl.nl include:mail.zend…
- SendGrid TXT v=spf1 include:eu.zeptomail.net include:_spf.rtl.nl include:mail.zend…
- DNS hosting
- Akamai Edge DNS NS a11-66.akam.net
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=Kl3ByU1tsfV9fKiC7TDDZYz1uCeTeUo0SSEh5Si…
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=3Uv0BjwMcu0TH74b_dat8ivq_cxmDA140MNbAOfW57o
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what RTL 4 adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 20/20
- Microsoft 365 17/20
- Atlassian 12/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on rtl.nl 11/20
- Adobe · not on rtl.nl 10/20
- Google Workspace 8/20
- Akamai Edge DNS 7/20
- Amazon SES · not on rtl.nl 7/20
- Apple Business · not on rtl.nl 6/20
- Next.js · not on rtl.nl 6/20
- React · not on rtl.nl 6/20
- Akamai 6/20
- GlobalSign · not on rtl.nl 6/20
- Google Tag Manager 5/20
- Bing Webmaster Tools · not on rtl.nl 5/20
- nginx · not on rtl.nl 4/20