Alternatives and competitors
Sites like Scientific American
The 20 closest popular science magazine alternatives to Scientific American, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 6 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to Scientific American? The closest matches are Popular Science, ScienceAlert and ScienceDaily. 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 Scientific American
Scientific American scientificamerican.com
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.
Wikidata: American popular science magazine
Summary by Claude
Online edition of the American popular science magazine, publishing news, features and explainers on science, health, environment and technology, plus the monthly print/digital issue.
- Who it’s for
- General readers interested in science
- Business model
- Subscriptions and advertising
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to Scientific American’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 Scientific American
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Scientific American, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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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.
Very close cos 0.956 - 02
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 0.957 - 03
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 0.950 - 04
science magazine
Very close cos 0.947 - 05
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 0.941 - 06
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 0.942 - 07
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 0.939 - 08
Your access has been blocked – The Atlantic
magazine and multi-platform publisher based in Washington, D.C.
Very close cos 0.937 - 09
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 0.933 - 10
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.
- Google Search Console
- Adobe Experience Platform Tags
- Apache HTTP Server
- Font Awesome
- Google Ad Manager
- Google Fonts
Very close cos 0.931 - 11
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 0.929 - 12
National Geographic
Explore National Geographic. A world leader in geography, cartography and exploration.
Very close cos 0.926 - 13
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 0.928 - 14
academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Very close cos 0.925 - 15
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 0.927 - 16
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 0.927 - 17
MIT Technology Review
Emerging technology news & insights | AI, Climate Change, BioTech, and more
Very close cos 0.924 - 18
American magazine
Very close cos 0.923 - 19
fastcompany.com
American magazine
Very close cos 0.924 - 20
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 0.926
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to scientificamerican.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Scientific American uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What Scientific American 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
- CDN
- Amazon CloudFront header x-amz-cf-id: h5-Owx3wSJJMJDniOBcTXTOD1IPjXEmFAgYdevUBvPshJuhU_33x6Q==
- DNS hosting
- Amazon Route 53 NS ns-918.awsdns-50.net
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- GlobalSign TXT _globalsign-domain-verification=l_BNpBAnk-rKZRyXJ9UkBfv9o6EEuuenkBrGp…
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=LnqMHfT4GQvaYq57jqUePbMh3PABoiEL_dQHZi4wksQ
- Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=jdhhbhjmhg280yczsbslj24j4ixwty
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Scientific American adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 19/20
- Google Workspace · not on scientificamerican.com 14/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on scientificamerican.com 12/20
- GlobalSign 10/20
- Amazon Route 53 10/20
- Google Ad Manager · not on scientificamerican.com 9/20
- Google Tag Manager 9/20
- PHP · not on scientificamerican.com 8/20
- Fastly · not on scientificamerican.com 8/20
- WordPress · not on scientificamerican.com 7/20
- Cloudflare · not on scientificamerican.com 7/20
- Meta Business Suite 7/20
- Adobe · not on scientificamerican.com 6/20
- Google Fonts · not on scientificamerican.com 6/20
- OneTrust · not on scientificamerican.com 6/20
- Zendesk · not on scientificamerican.com 6/20