Alternatives and competitors

Sites like The Sydney Morning Herald

The 20 closest daily newspaper alternatives to The Sydney Morning Herald, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 11 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to The Sydney Morning Herald? The closest matches are NZ Herald, Ninemsn and The Age. 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 The Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald smh.com.au

Australian Breaking News Headlines & World News Online | SMH.com.au

Breaking news from Sydney, Australia and the world. Features the latest business, sport, entertainment, travel, lifestyle, and technology news.

Wikidata: Australian daily newspaper

Top 10K · #2,632 English 11 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit The Sydney Morning Herald

Summary by Claude

Online edition of The Sydney Morning Herald, a Sydney-based daily newspaper owned by Nine Entertainment, publishing Australian and world news, politics, business, sport, entertainment, lifestyle and opinion, plus newsletters, puzzles and podcasts.

Who it’s for
Australian readers, especially in Sydney and NSW
Business model
Subscriptions and advertising

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to The Sydney Morning Herald’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

Australian Broadcasting CorporationThe GuardianThe Times of IsraelThe SunThe Mercury NewsDaily MirrorThe Straits TimesThe AgeNinemsnNZ Herald

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to The Sydney Morning Herald

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to The Sydney Morning Herald, thumbs down if it isn’t.

Only in English
  1. 01
    NZ Herald nzherald.co.nz Top 10K English

    NZ Herald: Breaking & Latest New Zealand News - NZ Herald

    Get the latest breaking news, analysis and opinion from NZ and around the world, including politics, business, sport, entertainment, travel and more.

  2. 02
    Ninemsn nine.com.au Top 10K English

    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

  3. 03
    The Age theage.com.au Top 10K English

    Latest & Breaking News Melbourne, Victoria | The Age

    The Age has the latest local news on Melbourne, Victoria. Read National News from Australia, World News, Business News and Breaking News stories.

  4. 04
    The Straits Times straitstimes.com Top 10K English

    The Straits Times - Breaking news, Singapore news, Asia and world news & multimedia

    The Straits Times - Get latest breaking news, business, sports, lifestyle, tech & multimedia and more news in Singapore, Asia & rest of the world at straitstimes.com.

  5. 05
    Daily Mirror mirror.co.uk Top 10K English

    The Mirror: The Heart of Britain

    Get the latest news, sport, celebrity gossip, TV, politics and lifestyle from The Mirror. Big stories with a big heart, always with you in mind.

  6. 06
    The Mercury News mercurynews.com Top 10K English

    The Mercury News - Bay Area news, sports, business, entertainment, lifestyle and commentary

    The Mercury News is the leading source of breaking news, local news, sports, business, entertainment, lifestyle and opinion for Silicon Valley, San Francisco Bay Area and beyond

  7. 07
    The Sun thesun.co.uk Top 10K English

    News, sport, celebrities and gossip | The Sun

    Get the latest news, exclusives, sport, celebrities, showbiz, politics, business and lifestyle from The Sun

  8. 08
    The Times of Israel timesofisrael.com Top 10K English

    Cloudflare capcha page

    Israel-based online newspaper

  9. 09
    Daily Express express.co.uk Top 10K English

    Latest UK and World News, Sport and Comment | Express.co.uk

    Latest news, showbiz, sport, comment, lifestyle, city, video and pictures from the Daily Express and Sunday Express newspapers and Express.co.uk

  10. 10
    The Guardian theguardian.com Top 1K English

    Latest news, sport and opinion from the Guardian

    Latest news, sport, business, comment, analysis and reviews from the Guardian, the world's leading liberal voice

  11. 11
    Australian Broadcasting Corporation abc.net.au Top 10K English

    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.

  12. 12
    South China Morning Post scmp.com Top 10K English

    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.

  13. 13
    International Business Times ibtimes.com Top 10K English

    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.

  14. 14
    Dallas News dallasnews.com Top 10K English

    Dallas News | Breaking News for DFW, Texas, World

    Find breaking news, investigations, reviews and opinion on business, sports, arts, entertainment, food, real estate, crime and more at dallasnews.com.

  15. 15
    The New York Times nytimes.com Top 1K English

    nytimes.com

    American daily newspaper (founded 1851)

  16. 16
    New York Post nypost.com Top 10K English

    New York Post – Breaking News, Top Headlines, Photos & Videos

    Your source for breaking news, photos, and videos about New York, sports, business, entertainment, opinion, real estate, culture, fashion, and more.

  17. 17
    Business Insider businessinsider.com Top 1K English

    Business Insider - Latest News in Tech, Markets, Economy & Innovation

    Business Insider tells the global tech, finance, stock market, media, economy, lifestyle, real estate, AI and innovative stories you want to know.

  18. 18
    USA Today usatoday.com Top 1K English

    Latest World & National News & Headlines - USATODAY.com

    USA TODAY delivers current national and local news, sports, entertainment, finance, technology, and more through award-winning journalism, photos, and videos.

  19. 19
    The Independent independent.co.uk Top 1K English

    News | The Independent | Today's headlines and latest breaking news

    The latest breaking news, comment and features from The Independent.

  20. 20
    The Atlantic theatlantic.com Top 10K English

    Your access has been blocked – The Atlantic

    magazine and multi-platform publisher based in Washington, D.C.

Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to smh.com.au’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones The Sydney Morning Herald uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What The Sydney Morning Herald is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.

Built with

Fonts
Tag managers
Advertising
CDN
  • Fastly header x-served-by: cache-syd10144-SYD, cache-syd10173-SYD, cache-ber1080058-BER
Email hosting
DNS hosting
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
  • Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=3TaE5qM0WY8S6jLK
  • GlobalSign TXT _globalsign-domain-verification=7JmN6dazOT7LXjyHvi_YmaRlN4ZcwfGCyQ7Cf…
  • Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=Vm97OWVGuKdmknOh4TFbFDmfv-JLFQljOHArf0X9_qQ
  • Miro TXT miro-verification=e2736fab20b8db58132d7cb294330e593e27d1b7

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