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

Daily MirrorDallas NewsAustralian Broadcasting CorporationUSA TodayThe AtlanticNinemsnSouth China Morning PostThe Straits TimesThe Sydney Morning HeraldThe 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 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.

  3. 03
    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.

  4. 04
    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.

  5. 05
    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

  6. 06
    The Atlantic theatlantic.com Top 10K English

    Your access has been blocked – The Atlantic

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

  7. 07
    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.

  8. 08
    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.

  9. 09
    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

  10. 10
    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.

  11. 11
    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.

  12. 12
    As as.com Top 10K English

    as.com

    Spanish sports newspaper

  13. 13
    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.

  14. 14
    VietnamNet vietnamnet.vn Top 10K English

    VietNamNet News - Latest Vietnam news, business, sports, entertaiment, politics

    VietNamNet News provides latest Vietnam news, photos, videos about Vietnam. Breaking news from Vietnam and the world today.

  15. 15
    The Globe and Mail theglobeandmail.com Top 10K English

    The Globe and Mail: Canadian, World, Politics and Business News & Analysis

    The Globe and Mail offers the most authoritative news in Canada, featuring national and international news

  16. 16
    VICE vice.com Top 10K English

    VICE - VICE is the definitive guide to enlightening information.

    VICE is a global media channel focusing on investigative journalism and enlightening videos about everything from world news, travel, art, drugs, politics, sports, fashion, sex, and super cute animals.

  17. 17
    The New York Times nytimes.com Top 1K English

    nytimes.com

    American daily newspaper (founded 1851)

  18. 18
    The Jerusalem Post jpost.com Top 10K English

    The Jerusalem Post - All News from the Middle East, Israel, and the Jewish World

    The Jerusalem Post is Israel's most-read English news website and best-selling English newspaper bringing breaking news, world news & middle east news.

  19. 19
    Los Angeles Times latimes.com Top 1K English

    News from California, across the nation and world - Los Angeles Times

    The L.A. Times is a leading source of breaking news, entertainment, sports, politics, and more for Southern California and the world.

  20. 20
    Mundo Deportivo mundodeportivo.com Top 10K English

    MD in English - Mundo Deportivo

    See the last sport news today in Mundo Deportivo. Soccer, basketball, tennis, F1, MotoGP and a lot of sports more.

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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