Sites like StumbleUpon

01 · Entity

About StumbleUpon

StumbleUpon stumbleupon.com

StumbleUpon

Wikidata: content discovery platform

Top 10K · #2,949 6 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026

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Summary by Claude

Former content discovery service that showed users random web pages, videos and articles matched to their interests via a "Stumble" button; shut down in 2018 and now redirects users to its successor, Mix.

Who it’s for

Web users seeking content recommendations

Business model

Advertising

• content discovery
• random website discovery
• personalized content recommendations
• browser toolbar
• link sharing
• interest-based feeds
• Mix successor

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to StumbleUpon’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.

1. 01
   Product Hunt producthunt.com Top 10K English

   product discovery website

   • Google Workspace
   • Cloudflare
   • Cloudflare DNS
   • Google Search Console
   • Mailjet
   • Meta Business Suite

   0 say Product Hunt is a good alternative to StumbleUpon 0 say Product Hunt isn’t a real alternative to StumbleUpon

   Comment
   Very close cos 0.898
2. 02
   Giphy giphy.com Top 10K English

   GIPHY - Be Animated

   GIPHY is the platform that animates your world. Find the GIFs, Clips, and Stickers that make your conversations more positive, more expressive, and more you.

   • Google Workspace
   • Next.js
   • React
   • Amazon Route 53
   • Apple Business
   • Atlassian

   0 say Giphy is a good alternative to StumbleUpon 0 say Giphy isn’t a real alternative to StumbleUpon

   Comment
   Very close cos 0.895
3. 03
   HubPages hubpages.com Top 10K

   user-generated content, revenue-sharing website founded in 2006

   • Google Workspace
   • Amazon Route 53
   • Amazon SES
   • GlobalSign
   • Google Search Console

   0 say HubPages is a good alternative to StumbleUpon 0 say HubPages isn’t a real alternative to StumbleUpon

   Comment
   Close cos 0.888
4. 04
   StubHub stubhub.com Top 10K English

   stubhub.com

   American ticket brokering company

   • Amazon Route 53
   • Apple Business
   • Atlassian
   • Amazon CloudFront
   • DataDome
   • DocuSign

   0 say StubHub is a good alternative to StumbleUpon 0 say StubHub isn’t a real alternative to StumbleUpon

   Comment
   Close cos 0.889
5. 05
   Musical.ly musical.ly Top 10K

   former Chinese social media service

   • Amazon Route 53
   • GlobalSign
   • Google Search Console
   • Microsoft 365

   0 say Musical.ly is a good alternative to StumbleUpon 0 say Musical.ly isn’t a real alternative to StumbleUpon

   Comment
   Close cos 0.888
6. 06
   Google google.com Top 100 German

   Google

   search engine by Google LLC

   • Google Workspace
   • Apple Business
   • DocuSign
   • Google Search Console
   • Google Web Server
   • Meta Business Suite

   0 say Google is a good alternative to StumbleUpon 0 say Google isn’t a real alternative to StumbleUpon

   Comment
   Close cos 0.891
7. 07
   Boing Boing boingboing.net Top 10K English

   Boing Boing - A Directory of Mostly Wonderful Things

   Boing Boing is the Web's favorite site devoted to technology, entertainment, and culture. Launched in 1989 as a print 'zine and still...

   • Google Analytics
   • Google Workspace
   • Amazon Publisher Services
   • Amazon SES
   • Bing Webmaster Tools
   • Cloudflare

   0 say Boing Boing is a good alternative to StumbleUpon 0 say Boing Boing isn’t a real alternative to StumbleUpon

   Comment
   Close cos 0.888
8. 08
   xkcd xkcd.com Top 10K

   xkcd: House Majority

   webcomic created by Randall Munroe

   • Google Workspace
   • nginx
   • Fastly
   • Google Cloud DNS
   • Mailgun

   0 say xkcd is a good alternative to StumbleUpon 0 say xkcd isn’t a real alternative to StumbleUpon

   Comment
   Close cos 0.885
9. 09
   Drupal drupal.org Top 10K English

   Client Challenge

   free and open-source web content management system

   • Amazon SES
   • Atlassian
   • Fastly
   • GlobalSign
   • Google Search Console
   • Mailchimp

   0 say Drupal is a good alternative to StumbleUpon 0 say Drupal isn’t a real alternative to StumbleUpon

   Comment
   Close cos 0.887
10. 10
    Slashdot slashdot.org Top 10K English

    Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters, & software

    Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters. Timely news source for technology related news and B2B software reviews & comparisons.

    • Google Analytics
    • Cloudflare
    • Google Ad Manager
    • Google Search Console
    • Mailchimp
    • Matomo

    0 say Slashdot is a good alternative to StumbleUpon 0 say Slashdot isn’t a real alternative to StumbleUpon

    Comment
    Close cos 0.888
11. 11
    Myinstants myinstants.com Top 10K English

    Myinstants | The largest instant sound buttons website in Germany!

    Myinstants is where you discover funny instant sound buttons from Germany. HAVE FUN!

    • Google Analytics
    • Bootstrap
    • Cloudflare
    • Cloudflare DNS
    • Cloudflare Web Analytics

    0 say Myinstants is a good alternative to StumbleUpon 0 say Myinstants isn’t a real alternative to StumbleUpon

    Comment
    Close cos 0.883
12. 12
    Studocu studocu.com Top 10K English

    Studocu - Access Blocked

    On Studocu you find all the lecture notes, summaries and study guides you need to pass your exams with better grades.

    • Google Workspace
    • Amazon Route 53
    • Apple Business
    • Cloudflare
    • Google Search Console
    • Google Tag Manager

    0 say Studocu is a good alternative to StumbleUpon 0 say Studocu isn’t a real alternative to StumbleUpon

    Comment
    Close cos 0.883
13. 13
    Alexa Internet alexa.com Top 10K

    former American web traffic analysis company

    • Amazon Route 53

    0 say Alexa Internet is a good alternative to StumbleUpon 0 say Alexa Internet isn’t a real alternative to StumbleUpon

    Comment
    Close cos 0.883
14. 14
    Bazaarvoice bazaarvoice.com Top 10K English

    Bazaarvoice | The UGC Platform for Authentic Shopper Experiences

    The leading UGC platform for authentic ratings, reviews, visual UGC, and review syndication that powers discovery, shopper trust, and higher ecommerce conversion.

    • Google Workspace
    • nginx
    • Adobe
    • Adobe Fonts
    • Akamai Edge DNS
    • Apple Business

    0 say Bazaarvoice is a good alternative to StumbleUpon 0 say Bazaarvoice isn’t a real alternative to StumbleUpon

    Comment
    Close cos 0.885
15. 15
    Myspace myspace.com Top 1K

    Featured Content on Myspace

    Featured Content on Myspace

    • Google Cloud
    • Google Cloud DNS
    • Google Search Console
    • jQuery
    • Microsoft 365
    • OneTrust

    0 say Myspace is a good alternative to StumbleUpon 0 say Myspace isn’t a real alternative to StumbleUpon

    Comment
    Close cos 0.883
16. 16
    Internet Archive archive.org Top 1K English

    Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine

    U.S. non-profit organization and digital archive

    • Google Workspace
    • nginx
    • Atlassian
    • Google Search Console
    • Microsoft 365
    • Salesforce

    0 say Internet Archive is a good alternative to StumbleUpon 0 say Internet Archive isn’t a real alternative to StumbleUpon

    Comment
    Close cos 0.884
17. 17
    SlideShare slideshare.net Top 1K English

    Client Challenge

    American hosting service, owned by Scribd, for professional content including presentations, infographics, documents, and videos

    • Google Workspace
    • Amazon Route 53
    • Fastly
    • Google Search Console

    0 say SlideShare is a good alternative to StumbleUpon 0 say SlideShare isn’t a real alternative to StumbleUpon

    Comment
    Close cos 0.885
18. 18
    Smithsonian Institution si.edu Top 10K English

    Smithsonian request verification

    group of museums and research centers administered by the United States government

    • Adobe
    • Akamai Edge DNS
    • Apple Business
    • Atlassian
    • Canva
    • Cloudflare

    0 say Smithsonian Institution is a good alternative to StumbleUpon 0 say Smithsonian Institution isn’t a real alternative to StumbleUpon

    Comment
    Close cos 0.884
19. 19
    Tidal tidal.com Top 10K English

    tidal.com

    subscription-based music streaming service

    • Google Workspace
    • Amazon Route 53
    • Amazon SES
    • Apple Business
    • Atlassian
    • Amazon CloudFront

    0 say Tidal is a good alternative to StumbleUpon 0 say Tidal isn’t a real alternative to StumbleUpon

    Comment
    Close cos 0.886
20. 20
    Turnitin turnitin.com Top 10K

    ERROR: The request could not be satisfied

    Internet-based plagiarism-prevention service

    • Google Workspace
    • Amazon Route 53
    • Amazon SES
    • Apple Business
    • Atlassian
    • Amazon CloudFront

    0 say Turnitin is a good alternative to StumbleUpon 0 say Turnitin isn’t a real alternative to StumbleUpon

    Comment
    Close cos 0.882

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

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What StumbleUpon is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.