Alternatives and competitors
Sites like The Daily Beast
The 20 closest online news media alternatives to The Daily Beast, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 10 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to The Daily Beast? The closest matches are International Business Times, The Independent and Slate. 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 Daily Beast
The Daily Beast thedailybeast.com
Wikidata: American news publication
Summary by Claude
American online news publication covering politics, media, pop culture, and celebrity news, with scoops, commentary, and investigative reporting.
- Who it’s for
- General US news readers
- Business model
- Advertising and subscriptions
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to The Daily Beast’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 Daily Beast
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to The Daily Beast, thumbs down if it isn’t.
We can’t read thedailybeast.com’s homepage (UND_ERR_CONNECT_TIMEOUT), so it’s compared on what Wikidata and Wikipedia say about it.
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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.
Very close cos 0.952 - 02
News | The Independent | Today's headlines and latest breaking news
The latest breaking news, comment and features from The Independent.
Very close cos 0.948 - 03
Slate Magazine - Politics, Business, Technology, and the Arts
Online magazine of news, politics, technology, and culture. Combines humor and insight in thoughtful analyses of current events and political news.
- Google Search Console
- Google Workspace
- Meta Business Suite
- Microsoft 365
- Amazon Publisher Services
- Apple Business
Very close cos 0.946 - 04
Your access has been blocked – The Atlantic
magazine and multi-platform publisher based in Washington, D.C.
Very close cos 0.946 - 05
Newsweek - Latest Breaking News, US, World, Politics, Business, Tech and Videos.
Newsweek provides in-depth analysis on news, world events, politics, business, tech, entertainment, healthcare, & trending videos. Subscribe for breaking news alerts!
Very close cos 0.947 - 06
Vox
Vox is a general interest news site for the 21st century. Its mission: to help everyone understand our complicated world, so that we can all help shape it. In text, video and audio, our reporters explain politics, policy, world affairs, technology, culture, science, the climate crisis, money, health and everything else that matters. Our goal is to ensure that everyone, regardless of income or status, can access accurate information that empowers them.
Very close cos 0.945 - 07
TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates
Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news.
Very close cos 0.943 - 08
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 0.941 - 09
Polygon: Gaming and Entertainment News, Culture, Reviews, and More
Your source for the latest in video games, sci-fi, fantasy, tabletop games, anime, horror, books, and comics.
Very close cos 0.934 - 10
Page Six: Latest Celebrity News, Entertainment News & Gossip
Your source for the latest celebrity news, entertainment headlines and celeb gossip, with exclusive stories, photos, video, and more.
Very close cos 0.932 - 11
Bored Panda - The Only Magazine For Pandas
Bored Panda is a leading art, pop culture and lifestyle magazine that is viewed nearly 100 million times every month.
Very close cos 0.931 - 12
CBR - The World's Top Destination For Comic, Movie & TV news
Covering comics, movies, TV like no other in the world. CBR.com is all you need!
Very close cos 0.932 - 13
nytimes.com
American daily newspaper (founded 1851)
Very close cos 0.930 - 14
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.
Very close cos 0.929 - 15
The Verge
The Verge is about technology and how it makes us feel. Founded in 2011, we offer our audience everything from breaking news to reviews to award-winning features and investigations, on our site, in video, and in podcasts.
Very close cos 0.931 - 16
Breitbart News Network
Syndicated news and opinion website providing continuously updated headlines to top news and analysis sources.
Very close cos 0.927 - 17
NBC News - Breaking Headlines and Video Reports on World, U.S. and Local Angles | NBC News
Go to NBCNews.com for breaking news, videos, and the latest top stories in world news, business, politics, health and pop culture.
Very close cos 0.928 - 18
daily broadsheet newspaper in Washington, D.C.
Very close cos 0.927 - 19
Foreign Policy – the Global Magazine of News and Ideas
The Global Magazine of News and Ideas
Very close cos 0.926 - 20
American journalism company and news website
Very close cos 0.925
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to thedailybeast.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones The Daily Beast uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What The Daily Beast is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace MX smtp.google.com
- Microsoft 365 TXT MS=ms96322623
- Email delivery
- Amazon SES TXT v=spf1 a mx include:%{i}._ip.%{h}._ehlo.%{d}._spf.vali.email include:…
- DNS hosting
- Cloudflare DNS NS damian.ns.cloudflare.com
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Adobe TXT adobe-idp-site-verification=4d443bb146b2a60fc0c0216c899a6ef9baa971cc3…
- GlobalSign TXT _globalsign-domain-verification=BahbT-Pu-HaLP9bBimZ0MGe-4CPc4Z_MXqKNU…
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=iJoYgM8xMMAH2NFEZDzBz5JXqjetkgqtnnX_OFg65qY
- Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=hazesk9wpurz95aok79qc54ge5t0jv
- OpenAI TXT openai-domain-verification=dv-gb1pdDog3RqYeatlzv5ZJaVq
- Zoom TXT ZOOM_verify_0Ypk2q6MCWyfjzpxDtRdvO
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what The Daily Beast adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 20/20
- Google Workspace 14/20
- Microsoft 365 13/20
- Meta Business Suite 12/20
- Amazon SES 11/20
- Apple Business · not on thedailybeast.com 10/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on thedailybeast.com 10/20
- Fastly · not on thedailybeast.com 9/20
- Google Ad Manager · not on thedailybeast.com 9/20
- Zoom 8/20
- OneTrust · not on thedailybeast.com 8/20
- PHP · not on thedailybeast.com 8/20
- WordPress · not on thedailybeast.com 8/20
- GlobalSign 7/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on thedailybeast.com 7/20
- Adobe 7/20