Alternatives and competitors
Sites like Times Higher Education
The 20 closest higher education media alternatives to Times Higher Education, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 14 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to Times Higher Education? The closest matches are The Economist, U.S. News & World Report and British Broadcasting Corporation. 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 Times Higher Education
Times Higher Education timeshighereducation.com
Times Higher Education home | Times Higher Education (THE)
Provides global higher education coverage. Find world university rankings, news, opinions, features and book reviews.
Wikidata: weekly magazine based in London
Summary by Claude
British publication covering higher education news, opinion and analysis, publishing the World University Rankings and regional rankings, plus an academic job board, events, student guidance and data and consultancy services for universities.
- Who it’s for
- Academics, university leaders, prospective students
- Business model
- Subscriptions, advertising, job listings, events, data services
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to Times Higher Education’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 Times Higher Education
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Times Higher Education, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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British weekly news and international affairs publication (founded 1843)
Very close cos 0.919 - 02
American news magazine
Very close cos 0.916 - 03
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
Very close cos 0.912 - 04
Technology news and analysis | The Register
All the latest news for enterprise technology decision-makers and IT pros | The Register
Very close cos 0.910 - 05
News | The Independent | Today's headlines and latest breaking news
The latest breaking news, comment and features from The Independent.
Very close cos 0.911 - 06
Your access has been blocked – The Atlantic
magazine and multi-platform publisher based in Washington, D.C.
Very close cos 0.909 - 07
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
Very close cos 0.908 - 08
ArchDaily | Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide
ArchDaily, Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide: Architecture news, competitions and projects updated every hour for the architecture professional
Very close cos 0.905 - 09
The Conversation: In-depth analysis, research, news and ideas from leading academics and researchers.
Curated by professional editors, The Conversation offers informed commentary and debate on the issues affecting our world. Plus a Plain English guide to the latest developments and discoveries from the university and research sector.
Very close cos 0.903 - 10
ScienceDaily: Your source for the latest research news
Breaking science news and articles on global warming, extrasolar planets, stem cells, bird flu, autism, nanotechnology, dinosaurs, evolution -- the latest discoveries in astronomy, anthropology, biology, chemistry, climate & environment, computers, engineering, health & medicine, math, physics, psychology, technology, and more -- from the world's leading universities and research organizations.
Very close cos 0.905 - 11
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 0.901 - 12
Gulf News: Latest UAE news, Dubai news, Business, travel news, Dubai Gold rate, prayer time, cinema
Get the latest update on UAE, business, life style, UAE jobs, gold rate, Exchange rate, UAE holidays, Dubai police, RTA and prayer times from UAE’s largest news portal.
Very close cos 0.897 - 13
De Gruyter Brill
De Gruyter Brill | Over 300 years of publishing excellence
Very close cos 0.898 - 14
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 0.899 - 15
Homepage - Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press moves knowledge and learning forward. Discover our products, services, and latest thinking in education and research.
Very close cos 0.895 - 16
forbes.com
American business magazine
Very close cos 0.897 - 17
Harvard Business Review - Ideas and Advice for Leaders
Find new ideas and classic advice on strategy, innovation and leadership, for global leaders from the world's best business and management experts.
Very close cos 0.897 - 18
Gizmodo | The Future Is Here
Dive into cutting-edge tech, reviews and the latest trends with the expert team at Gizmodo. Your ultimate source for all things tech.
Very close cos 0.897 - 19
Worldometer - real time world statistics
Live world statistics on population, government and economics, society and media, environment, food, water, energy and health. Interesting statistics with world population clock, forest loss this year, carbon dioxide co2 emission, world hunger data, energy consumed, and a lot more
- Amazon Publisher Services
- Cloudflare
- Cloudflare DNS
- Cloudflare Web Analytics
- Google Ad Manager
- Google AdSense
Close cos 0.893 - 20
Terra - Seu Portal de Notícias, Diversão, Esportes e Vida e Estilo
Acompanhe no Terra as últimas notícias do Brasil e do mundo sobre Entretenimento, Esportes, Tecnologia, Saúde, Horóscopo, Receitas e muito mais
Very close cos 0.895
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to timeshighereducation.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Times Higher Education uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What Times Higher Education is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- JavaScript frameworks
- Fonts
- Google Fonts asset https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Open+Sans:wght@400;600;700&display=swap
- Analytics
- Hotjar page source: static.hotjar.com
- Cookie consent
- Cookiebot page source: consent.cookiebot.com/
- CDN
- Fastly header x-served-by: cache-lcy-eglc8600042-LCY, cache-ber1080058-BER
- Email hosting
- Microsoft 365 TXT v=spf1 include:eu._netblocks.mimecast.com include:amazonses.com inclu…
- Mimecast MX eu-smtp-inbound-1.mimecast.com
- Email delivery
- Amazon SES TXT v=spf1 include:eu._netblocks.mimecast.com include:amazonses.com inclu…
- DNS hosting
- Amazon Route 53 NS ns-707.awsdns-24.net
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=d7jLWa3qCoulMVMZuxscv1lrbEUov8CaCQLFD4r…
- Bing Webmaster Tools meta msvalidate.01: DBA2827FABEE1B561280B9DBAD77C9A3
- GlobalSign TXT _globalsign-domain-verification=tPev9B6kyXPVgSyxyaKKITYmv4HklDAsr30jq…
- Google Search Console meta google-site-verification: KJs1E-IVyjYA-caTRM8z_rMaVUI_xI-lHuRXCAqu4Zo
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Times Higher Education adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 18/20
- Google Workspace · not on timeshighereducation.com 12/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on timeshighereducation.com 12/20
- Microsoft 365 11/20
- GlobalSign 10/20
- Apple Business · not on timeshighereducation.com 9/20
- Google Ad Manager · not on timeshighereducation.com 9/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on timeshighereducation.com 9/20
- Adobe · not on timeshighereducation.com 8/20
- Atlassian 8/20
- Cloudflare · not on timeshighereducation.com 8/20
- Amazon Route 53 7/20
- OpenAI · not on timeshighereducation.com 6/20
- Cloudflare DNS · not on timeshighereducation.com 6/20
- Amazon SES 5/20
- DocuSign · not on timeshighereducation.com 5/20