Alternatives and competitors
Sites like Variety
The 20 closest entertainment trade publication alternatives to Variety, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 20 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to Variety? The closest matches are The Hollywood Reporter, Deadline and ScreenRant. 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 Variety
Variety variety.com
Variety - Entertainment news, film reviews, awards, film festivals, box office, entertainment industry conferences
Entertainment news, film reviews, awards, film festivals, box office, entertainment industry conferences
Wikidata: American weekly entertainment trade magazine
Summary by Claude
Entertainment industry trade publication covering film, television, music and media business news, reviews, box office results, awards and festivals, with regional editions and industry events.
- Who it’s for
- Entertainment industry professionals and fans
- Business model
- Advertising, subscriptions and events
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to Variety’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 Variety
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Variety, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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The Hollywood Reporter – Movie news, TV news, awards news, lifestyle news, business news and more from The Hollywood Reporter.
Movie news, TV news, awards news, lifestyle news, business news and more from The Hollywood Reporter.
Very close cos 0.982 - 02
Deadline – Hollywood Entertainment Breaking News
Deadline.com is always the first to break up-to-the-minute entertainment, Hollywood and media news, with an unfiltered, no-holds-barred analysis of events.
Very close cos 0.954 - 03
ScreenRant: Movie News, Movie Reviews, Movie Trailers, TV News
ScreenRant debuted in 2003 and has grown into the largest source of breaking entertainment news & original features for movies, TV, comics, + more!
Very close cos 0.942 - 04
ADWEEK
Breaking News in Advertising, Media and Technology
Very close cos 0.937 - 05
New Movie News, Movie Trailers & Upcoming Movie Reviews | Collider
Stay up to date with new movie news, watch the latest movie trailers & get trusted reviews of upcoming movies & more from the team at Collider.
Very close cos 0.936 - 06
MovieWeb - Movie News, Trailers, Reviews, and Exclusives.
The latest movie news, trailers, reviews, and more.
Very close cos 0.931 - 07
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 0.928 - 08
Simple Page
American entertainment magazine published by People Inc.
Very close cos 0.923 - 09
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 0.923 - 10
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 0.924 - 11
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 0.921 - 12
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.
- Google Search Console
- Google Tag Manager
- Meta Business Suite
- Cloudflare
- Cloudflare DNS
- Cloudflare Web Analytics
Very close cos 0.918 - 13
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 0.917 - 14
Billboard – Music Charts, News, Photos & Video
Music Charts, News, Photos & Video
Very close cos 0.912 - 15
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 0.914 - 16
Vercel Security Checkpoint
news site about bitcoin and digital currencies, owned by Digital Currency Group
Very close cos 0.914 - 17
Bleacher Report | Sports. Highlights. News. Now.
Fan easier, fan faster and fan better with Bleacher Report. Keep up with the latest storylines, expert analysis, highlights and scores for all your favorite sports.
Very close cos 0.916 - 18
Your access has been blocked – The Atlantic
magazine and multi-platform publisher based in Washington, D.C.
Very close cos 0.914 - 19
GameRant - Breaking News, Reviews & Everything Else in the World of Video Games
GameRant delivers content written by gamers for gamers with an emphasis on news, reviews, unique features, and interviews.
Very close cos 0.912 - 20
ArchDaily | Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide
ArchDaily, Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide: Architecture news, competitions and projects updated every hour for the architecture professional
Very close cos 0.909
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to variety.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Variety uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What Variety is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- CMS
- WordPress meta generator: WordPress 6.9.11
- JavaScript libraries
- jQuery asset https://variety.com/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.min.js?ver=3.7.1
- Analytics
- Comscore page source: .scorecardresearch.com
- Google Analytics page source: googletagmanager.com/gtag/js
- Hotjar page source: static.hotjar.com
- Tag managers
- Google Tag Manager page source: googletagmanager.com/gtm.js
- Advertising
- Google Ad Manager page source: googletag.pubads()
- LinkedIn Insight Tag page source: snap.licdn.com/li.lms-analytics
- Cookie consent
- OneTrust page source: cdn.cookielaw.org
- Security
- reCAPTCHA page source: google.com/recaptcha/enterprise.js
- Web servers
- nginx header server: nginx
- Languages & backends
- PHP implied by WordPress (meta generator: WordPress 6.9.11)
- Email hosting
- Microsoft 365 MX variety-com.mail.protection.outlook.com
- Email delivery
- Amazon SES TXT v=spf1 include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:_spf.salesforce.com…
- DNS hosting
- Amazon Route 53 NS ns-1155.awsdns-16.org
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Adobe TXT adobe-idp-site-verification=5f299ac5ccddedab8418f37aad62a1ff499e5979c…
- Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=nprFKP7f9bTtDxCbcLk3c0Ag6DYYRzhq/pIp/XJ…
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=pIaVGAxDGm9Q_ep5BU7dC3FF_zbbdPVZlKMEYZp3UeE
- Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=97nqs8w0mjgb6y2nm64wq1ul057n4u
- Salesforce TXT v=spf1 include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:_spf.salesforce.com…
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Variety adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 20/20
- Meta Business Suite 14/20
- Google Workspace · not on variety.com 13/20
- PHP 12/20
- WordPress 12/20
- Google Analytics 9/20
- Microsoft 365 9/20
- nginx 9/20
- Google Tag Manager 8/20
- Amazon SES 8/20
- Comscore 7/20
- Google Ad Manager 7/20
- OneTrust 7/20
- Amazon Route 53 7/20
- Atlassian 7/20
- GlobalSign · not on variety.com 6/20