Alternatives and competitors

Sites like The Age

The 20 closest daily newspaper alternatives to The Age, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 10 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to The Age? The closest matches are The Star, The Daily Telegraph and The Sydney Morning Herald. 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 Age

The Age theage.com.au

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.

Wikidata: Melbourne daily newspaper

Top 10K · #5,205 English 10 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit The Age

Summary by Claude

Melbourne-based daily newspaper website publishing local Victorian, national, world, business and sport news, plus opinion, podcasts, puzzles and lifestyle content, with a paid digital subscription.

Who it’s for
Readers in Melbourne and Victoria
Business model
Subscriptions and advertising

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to The Age’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

The AtlanticDer StandardBloomberg NewsNinemsnSouth China Morning PostDaily MailThe Straits TimesThe Sydney Morning HeraldThe Daily TelegraphThe Star

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to The Age

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

Only in English
  1. 01
    The Star thestar.com.my Top 10K English

    The Star | Malaysia News: National, Regional and World News

    Get the latest Malaysia news stories and opinions with focus on National, Regional, Sarawak and World News, as well as reports from Parliament and Court.

  2. 02
    The Daily Telegraph telegraph.co.uk Top 1K

    British daily broadsheet newspaper

  3. 03
    The Sydney Morning Herald smh.com.au Top 10K English

    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.

  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 Mail dailymail.com Top 1K

    UK Home | Daily Mail Online

    Daily Mail Online - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.

  6. 06
    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.

  7. 07
    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

  8. 08
    Bloomberg News bloomberg.com Top 1K

    international news agency

  9. 09
    Der Standard derstandard.at Top 10K German

    derStandard.at | Nachrichten, Kommentare & Community

    DER STANDARD – Nachrichten in Echtzeit: Lesen Sie jetzt Nachrichten aktuell aus dem online News-Room der führenden Qualitätszeitung in Österreich.

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

    Your access has been blocked – The Atlantic

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

  11. 11
    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.

  12. 12
    news.com.au Top 10K

    Australian online newspaper

  13. 13
    El País elpais.com Top 1K Spanish

    EL PAÍS: el periódico global

    Noticias de última hora sobre la actualidad en España y el mundo: política, economía, deportes, cultura, sociedad, tecnología, gente, opinión, viajes, moda, televisión, los blogs y las firmas de EL PAÍS. Además especiales, vídeos, fotos, audios, gráficos, entrevistas, promociones y todos los servicios de EL PAÍS.

  14. 14
    Aftonbladet aftonbladet.se Top 10K Swedish

    Aftonbladet

    Aftonbladet är Sveriges primära och mest engagerande nyhetskälla. Genom journalistiken värnar vi sanningen och granskar makten.

  15. 15
    Handelsblatt handelsblatt.com Top 10K German

    Handelsblatt - Nachrichten aus Finanzen, Wirtschaft und Politik

    Auf Handelsblatt lesen Sie News über Unternehmen, Finanzen, Politik und Technik. ➤ Die Nr. 1 der Finanz- & Wirtschaftszeitungen. ➤ Substanz entscheidet.

  16. 16
    The Washington Post washingtonpost.com Top 1K

    daily broadsheet newspaper in Washington, D.C.

  17. 17
    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.

  18. 18
    The Japan Times japantimes.co.jp Top 10K English

    The Japan Times - News On Japan, Business News, Opinion, Sports, Entertainment And More

    Latest news on Japan: business, politics, commentary, sports, culture, life and more

  19. 19
    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.

  20. 20
    Blick blick.ch Top 10K German

    Blick: Nachrichten und Schlagzeilen aus der Schweiz und aller Welt

    Aktuelle Nachrichten, News und Kommentare aus Wirtschaft, Politik, Sport, Kultur, Gesellschaft, Wissen & Lifestyle auf Blick.ch. Jetzt App downloaden.

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

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What The Age 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-syd10167-SYD, cache-syd10167-SYD, cache-ber1080025-BER
Email hosting
DNS hosting
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
  • GlobalSign TXT _globalsign-domain-verification=7JmN6dazOT7LXjyHvi_YmaRlN4ZcwfGCyQ7Cf…
  • Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=zlJrhEySjwCMM6RQ4VlfUx_viHIB1mo3H41LJqV6ZDA
  • Miro TXT miro-verification=e2736fab20b8db58132d7cb294330e593e27d1b7

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