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
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
03 · Nearest neighbours
Alternatives to The Age
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to The Age, thumbs down if it isn’t.
- 01
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.
Very close cos 0.918 - 02
British daily broadsheet newspaper
Very close cos 0.919 - 03
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.
Very close cos 0.916 - 04
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.
Very close cos 0.916 - 05
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.
Very close cos 0.915 - 06
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.
- Google Ad Manager
- Google Fonts
- Google Search Console
- Google Tag Manager
- Google Workspace
- Amazon Publisher Services
Very close cos 0.912 - 07
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
Very close cos 0.910 - 08
international news agency
Very close cos 0.909 - 09
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.
Very close cos 0.909 - 10
Your access has been blocked – The Atlantic
magazine and multi-platform publisher based in Washington, D.C.
Very close cos 0.910 - 11
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.
Very close cos 0.909 - 12 Very close cos 0.906
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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.
- GlobalSign
- Google Search Console
- Adobe Experience Platform Tags
- Akamai Edge DNS
- Didomi
- Meta Business Suite
Very close cos 0.909 - 14
Aftonbladet
Aftonbladet är Sveriges primära och mest engagerande nyhetskälla. Genom journalistiken värnar vi sanningen och granskar makten.
Very close cos 0.907 - 15
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.
Very close cos 0.908 - 16
daily broadsheet newspaper in Washington, D.C.
Very close cos 0.907 - 17
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.
Very close cos 0.905 - 18
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
Very close cos 0.906 - 19
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.
Very close cos 0.902 - 20
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.
Very close cos 0.906
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
- Google Fonts page source: fonts.gstatic.com
- Tag managers
- Google Tag Manager page source: googletagmanager.com/gtm.js
- Advertising
- Google Ad Manager page source: securepubads.g.doubleclick.net
- Microsoft Advertising UET page source: bat.bing.com/bat.js
- CDN
- Fastly header x-served-by: cache-syd10167-SYD, cache-syd10167-SYD, cache-ber1080025-BER
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace MX aspmx.l.google.com
- DNS hosting
- Amazon Route 53 NS ns-1391.awsdns-45.org
- 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
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what The Age adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 20/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on theage.com.au 14/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on theage.com.au 12/20
- Google Workspace 11/20
- Adobe · not on theage.com.au 9/20
- Apple Business · not on theage.com.au 9/20
- Atlassian · not on theage.com.au 9/20
- Google Ad Manager 8/20
- Google Tag Manager 8/20
- Amazon Route 53 8/20
- GlobalSign 8/20
- OpenAI · not on theage.com.au 8/20
- React · not on theage.com.au 5/20
- Amazon CloudFront · not on theage.com.au 4/20
- Google Fonts 4/20
- Fastly 4/20