Alternatives and competitors
Sites like Smashing Magazine
The 20 closest web development publication alternatives to Smashing Magazine, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 7 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to Smashing Magazine? The closest matches are Harvard Business Review, PCWorld and Mental Floss. 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 Smashing Magazine
Smashing Magazine smashingmagazine.com
Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers
Magazine on CSS, JavaScript, front-end, accessibility, UX and design. For developers, designers and front-end engineers.
Wikidata: online publication primarily catering to web developers and web designers worldwide
Summary by Claude
Online magazine publishing articles, tutorials and resources on CSS, JavaScript, front-end development, accessibility, UX and web design, plus a newsletter, books, workshops and conferences.
- Who it’s for
- Web designers and front-end developers
- Business model
- Advertising, membership, books, workshops and conferences
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to Smashing Magazine’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 Smashing Magazine
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Smashing Magazine, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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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 0.919 - 02
PCWorld
PCWorld helps you navigate the PC ecosystem to find the products you want and the advice you need to get the job done.
Very close cos 0.919 - 03
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 0.913 - 04
fastcompany.com
American magazine
Very close cos 0.913 - 05
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 0.912 - 06
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 0.911 - 07
W3Schools Online Web Tutorials
Well organized and easy to understand Web building tutorials with lots of examples of how to use HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SQL, Python, PHP, Bootstrap, Java, XML and more.
Very close cos 0.907 - 08
Your access has been blocked – The Atlantic
magazine and multi-platform publisher based in Washington, D.C.
Very close cos 0.909 - 09
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 0.909 - 10
Lifehacker | Do everything better
Lifehacker is the ultimate authority on optimizing every aspect of your life. Do everything better.
Very close cos 0.908 - 11
DEV Community
A space to discuss and keep up software development and manage your software career
Very close cos 0.904 - 12
Canva
online graphic design platform
Very close cos 0.903 - 13
American women's fashion and culture magazine
Very close cos 0.902 - 14
Search Engine Journal - The AI Search & SEO News That Matters
Search Engine Journal is the last independent voice in search, sharing the latest AI search, SEO, GEO & AEO news that impact marketing strategy and business growth.
- Google Search Console
- Google Workspace
- Mailchimp
- Bing Webmaster Tools
- Google Ad Manager
- Google Tag Manager
Very close cos 0.903 - 15
TechCrunch | Startup and Technology News
TechCrunch | Reporting on the business of technology, startups, venture capital funding, and Silicon Valley
Very close cos 0.904 - 16
Homepage | Entrepreneur
Your ultimate resource for small business news, entrepreneurship, business management, franchise opportunities, growth strategies and making money. Learn how to succeed.
Very close cos 0.903 - 17
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.
- Google Search Console
- Amazon CloudFront
- GlobalSign
- Google Tag Manager
- Meta Business Suite
- Amazon Route 53
Very close cos 0.904 - 18
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.
- Google Search Console
- Google Workspace
- Mailchimp Transactional
- Amazon Publisher Services
- Apple Business
- Atlassian
Very close cos 0.903 - 19
Publications / My feed / Habr
collaborative blog
Very close cos 0.902 - 20
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 0.904
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to smashingmagazine.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Smashing Magazine uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What Smashing Magazine is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- Analytics
- Google Analytics page source: googletagmanager.com/gtag/js
- Marketing automation
- Mailchimp page source: list-manage.com
- Hosting
- Netlify header x-nf-request-id: 01M6R3Q52WE6F3JYPGZVYXXHQ4
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace MX aspmx.l.google.com
- Email delivery
- Mailchimp Transactional TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:servers.mcsv.net include:spf.m…
- DNS hosting
- NS1 NS dns2.p06.nsone.net
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Google Search Console meta google-site-verification: X5sd8PEDJqYLSR98RKgSozn-0RNpknXFlGoA-UXe5K0
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Smashing Magazine adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 20/20
- Google Workspace 15/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on smashingmagazine.com 12/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on smashingmagazine.com 12/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on smashingmagazine.com 11/20
- Google Ad Manager · not on smashingmagazine.com 9/20
- PHP · not on smashingmagazine.com 8/20
- WordPress · not on smashingmagazine.com 8/20
- GlobalSign · not on smashingmagazine.com 8/20
- Apple Business · not on smashingmagazine.com 8/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on smashingmagazine.com 7/20
- Zendesk · not on smashingmagazine.com 7/20
- Amazon SES · not on smashingmagazine.com 6/20
- OneTrust · not on smashingmagazine.com 6/20
- Cloudflare · not on smashingmagazine.com 6/20
- Cloudflare DNS · not on smashingmagazine.com 6/20