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Sites like The Guardian

The 20 closest daily newspaper alternatives to The Guardian, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 17 technologies behind it.

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01 · Entity

About The Guardian

The Guardian theguardian.com

Latest news, sport and opinion from the Guardian

Latest news, sport, business, comment, analysis and reviews from the Guardian, the world's leading liberal voice

Wikidata: British national daily newspaper

Top 1K · #202 English 17 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit The Guardian

Summary by Claude

Online edition of The Guardian, a British national daily newspaper, publishing news, sport, business, opinion, analysis, culture and reviews with live coverage of world events.

Who it’s for
General news readers in the UK and worldwide
Business model
Reader contributions, subscriptions and advertising

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

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

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03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to The Guardian

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

Only in English
  1. 01
    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.

  2. 02
    The Times thetimes.com Top 10K

    British daily national newspaper based in London

  3. 03
    The Daily Telegraph telegraph.co.uk Top 1K

    British daily broadsheet newspaper

  4. 04
    The Sun thesun.co.uk Top 10K English

    News, sport, celebrities and gossip | The Sun

    Get the latest news, exclusives, sport, celebrities, showbiz, politics, business and lifestyle from The Sun

  5. 05
    Daily Express express.co.uk Top 10K English

    Latest UK and World News, Sport and Comment | Express.co.uk

    Latest news, showbiz, sport, comment, lifestyle, city, video and pictures from the Daily Express and Sunday Express newspapers and Express.co.uk

  6. 06
    The Economist economist.com Top 10K English

    British weekly news and international affairs publication (founded 1843)

  7. 07
    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.

  8. 08
    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.

  9. 09
    International Business Times ibtimes.com Top 10K English

    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.

  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
    British Broadcasting Corporation bbc.com Top 1K English

    BBC Home | Breaking News, World News, US News, Sports, Business, Innovation, Climate, Culture, Travel, Video & Audio

    Visit BBC for trusted reporting on the latest world and US news, sports, business, climate, innovation, culture and much more

  12. 12
    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.

  13. 13
    National Post nationalpost.com Top 10K English

    National Post: Canadian and World News, Stories & Headlines

    The National Post keeps you up-to-date on what's happening in Canada and the rest of the world with the latest breaking news and stories that matter to you.

  14. 14
    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.

  15. 15
    The Washington Post washingtonpost.com Top 1K

    daily broadsheet newspaper in Washington, D.C.

  16. 16
    The Register theregister.com Top 10K English

    Technology news and analysis | The Register

    All the latest news for enterprise technology decision-makers and IT pros | The Register

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

    nytimes.com

    American daily newspaper (founded 1851)

  18. 18
    Financial Times ft.com Top 1K English

    Security Verification

    London-based daily newspaper

  19. 19
    El Mundo elmundo.es Top 10K Spanish

    EL MUNDO - Diario online líder de información en español

    Noticias, actualidad, álbumes, debates, sociedad, servicios, entretenimiento y última hora en España y el mundo

  20. 20
    Metro metro.co.uk Top 10K English

    Metro.co.uk: News, Sport, Showbiz, Celebrities from Metro

    Metro.co.uk: News, Sport, Showbiz, Celebrities from Metro

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

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

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

Built with

Analytics
  • Comscore page source: .scorecardresearch.com
Advertising
Cookie consent
  • OneTrust TXT onetrust-domain-verification=ce4031d6f7b94fdb9ed409ab9cf643d3
Payments
  • Stripe TXT stripe-verification=85178DB4E6F4EC41721B7F20BD9F04B21E2B630ADA8156BDF…
Monitoring
  • Sentry page source: .ingest.us.sentry.io
Email hosting
DNS hosting
  • NS1 NS dns1.p04.nsone.net
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
  • Adobe TXT adobe-idp-site-verification=af3ef20fdc1d370aee02414a73ce0db9f1b465c21…
  • Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=4qbvNZKyKKZyBtdU
  • DocuSign TXT docusign=1f00efb3-0975-459c-b221-e46452a0f92a
  • Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=ujq5XlF5Ty7dwXv7S3AV99WRr8IwetZIjNqqloPpKmA
  • Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=9qqmd2kl745hph02i64iyoxvdphmi9
  • Miro TXT miro-verification=9bbe1ce0f13ab2efbbda64d44bd0db3c1f17fd60
  • OpenAI TXT openai-domain-verification=dv-m8f1SR7Sj1HI4BIM0XsZAOxx
  • Salesforce TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:spf_c.oraclecloud.com include:…
  • Slack TXT slack-domain-verification=K3gfZj51sHXR6hxk5BVVfunkmGnHxc4NvwNtqo77

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