Alternatives and competitors

Sites like VG

The 20 closest daily newspaper alternatives to VG, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 10 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to VG? The closest matches are Dagbladet, Expressen and TV 2 Direkte. 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 VG

VG vg.no

VG

Siste nytt hvert minutt på Norges største nettsted. Nyheter fra Norge og verden, sport og underholdning.

Wikidata: Norwegian daily newspaper

Top 10K · #1,223 Norwegian 10 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit VG

Summary by Claude

Norwegian tabloid newspaper website publishing breaking news, domestic and international news, sports, entertainment and short videos.

Who it’s for
Norwegian general public
Business model
Advertising and subscriptions (VG+)

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

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similarity × popularity

NUBildDagens NyheterIltalehtiNRK.noEkstra BladetAftonbladetTV 2 DirekteExpressenDagbladet

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to VG

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

Only in Norwegian
  1. 01
    Dagbladet dagbladet.no Top 10K Norwegian Bokmål

    Nyheter i dag: Dagbladet med dagens nyheter 24 timer i døgnet

    Nyhetsnettsted med 1.2 millioner daglige lesere. Oppdateres døgnet rundt med nyheter fra inn- og utland, kultur, sport og underholdning.

  2. 02
    Expressen expressen.se Top 10K Swedish

    Nyheter - senaste nyheterna i Sverige och världen

    Sveriges bästa nyhetssajt med nyheter, sport och nöje!

  3. 03
    TV 2 Direkte tv2.no Top 10K Norwegian Bokmål

    Kåret til Årets Mediehus 2026

    TV 2 er Norges beste nettsted for nyheter, sport, underholdning, vær, tv-guide og video

  4. 04
    Aftonbladet aftonbladet.se Top 10K Swedish

    Aftonbladet

    Aftonbladet är Sveriges primära och mest engagerande nyhetskälla. Genom journalistiken värnar vi sanningen och granskar makten.

  5. 05
    Ekstra Bladet ekstrabladet.dk Top 10K Danish

    Nyheder, sport og underholdning

    Danmarks største nyhedssite. Vi er først med nyheder, sport og underholdning. Døgnet rundt. Velkommen til virkeligheden

  6. 06
    NRK.no nrk.no Top 10K Norwegian Bokmål

    NRK.no – nyheter, tv og radio fra Norge og hele verden

    NRK.no er Norges største tilbud på nett: nyheter fra Norge og verden, lokalnyheter, radio- og tv-program, podcast, vær, helse-, kultur-, underholdning-, humor- og debattstoff.

  7. 07
    Iltalehti iltalehti.fi Top 10K Finnish

    Iltalehti | IL - Suomen suurin uutispalvelu

    Uutiset, urheilu, viihde, talous, sää, terveys, ruoka, matkailu, autot ja tyyli – Iltalehti, kaikki tuoreet uutiset yhdestä osoitteesta kellon ympäri!

  8. 08
    Blick blick.ch Top 10K German

    Blick: Nachrichten und Schlagzeilen aus der Schweiz und aller Welt

    Aktuelle Nachrichten, News und Kommentare aus Wirtschaft, Politik, Sport, Kultur, Gesellschaft, Wissen & Lifestyle auf Blick.ch. Jetzt App downloaden.

  9. 09
    Dagens Nyheter dn.se Top 10K Swedish

    Dagens Nyheter – senaste nyheterna från Sverige och världen

    Dagens Nyheter – en trovärdig och kvalitativ nyhetskälla med prisad bildjournalistik och granskningar som gör skillnad.

  10. 10
    Bild bild.de Top 1K German

    Aktuelle Nachrichten | BILD.de

    BILD.de: Die Seite 1 für aktuelle Nachrichten und Themen, Bilder und Videos aus den Bereichen News, Wirtschaft, Politik, Show, Sport, und Promis.

  11. 11
    NBC News nbcnews.com Top 1K English

    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.

  12. 12
    n-tv n-tv.de Top 1K German

    Nachrichten, aktuelle Schlagzeilen und Videos - n-tv.de

    Nachrichten seriös, schnell und kompetent. Artikel und Videos aus Politik, Wirtschaft, Börse, Sport und aller Welt.

  13. 13
    New York Post nypost.com Top 10K English

    New York Post – Breaking News, Top Headlines, Photos & Videos

    Your source for breaking news, photos, and videos about New York, sports, business, entertainment, opinion, real estate, culture, fashion, and more.

  14. 14
    NU nu.nl Top 10K Dutch

    NU - Het laatste nieuws het eerst op NU.nl

    Lees het laatste nieuws als eerste op de grootste nieuwssite van Nederland. Altijd betrouwbaar, actueel en gratis.

  15. 15
    Sveriges Television svt.se Top 10K Swedish

    SVT Nyheter

    SVT Nyheter med senaste nytt om dagens viktigaste nyheter, live, lokala nyheter, väder, recensioner och sportens målservice.

  16. 16
    Nederlandse Omroep Stichting nos.nl Top 10K Dutch

    NOS.nl - Nieuws, Sport en Evenementen | Nederlandse Omroep Stichting

    NOS.nl - Nieuws, Sport en Evenementen op Radio, TV en Internet

  17. 17
    20 minutos 20minutos.es Top 10K Spanish

    20minutos.es | Diario abierto | Última hora, local, España y el mundo

    Diario de información general y local más leído de España, consulta las noticias de última hora de España, internacional, local, deportes en 20minutos

  18. 18
    CNN cnn.com Top 1K English

    Breaking News, Latest News and Videos | CNN

    View the latest news and breaking news today for U.S., world, weather, entertainment, politics and health at CNN.com.

  19. 19
    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

  20. 20
    T-Online t-online.de Top 1K German

    News & E-Mail bei t-online | Politik, Sport, Unterhaltung & Ratgeber

    Aktuelle News aus Politik, Sport, Unterhaltung, Wirtschaft & Finanzen | Ratgeber Leben, Gesundheit und Heim & Garten | E-Mail und Shopping bei t-online.

Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to vg.no’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones VG uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

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

Built with

JavaScript frameworks
  • Astro page source: data-astro-cid-
CDN
  • Amazon CloudFront header x-amz-cf-id: okDeYSEWhi4WOri1YiMUtTEdIAPf2YsBaSkCbBXQdseJraDljH2rgw==
Web servers
  • nginx header server: nginx
Email hosting
DNS hosting
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
  • Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=T5IChTF3ZKTnWvAaklZlegxf60QcBh8c11dnQa0…
  • Google Search Console meta google-site-verification: OMGNEW6_tzwX7cLFR8LJG7vh4fS7rUXCaReTVZcv6bI
  • Miro TXT miro-verification=eff9412c1aa1655d0a279f7d6704841b6a02b591
  • OpenAI TXT openai-domain-verification=dv-Ch3hqu8uKY999lSI95laAO0X

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