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
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
Each alternative by how close its vector is to VG’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 VG
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to VG, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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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.
Very close cos 0.972 - 02
Nyheter - senaste nyheterna i Sverige och världen
Sveriges bästa nyhetssajt med nyheter, sport och nöje!
Very close cos 0.944 - 03
Kåret til Årets Mediehus 2026
TV 2 er Norges beste nettsted for nyheter, sport, underholdning, vær, tv-guide og video
Very close cos 0.942 - 04
Aftonbladet
Aftonbladet är Sveriges primära och mest engagerande nyhetskälla. Genom journalistiken värnar vi sanningen och granskar makten.
Very close cos 0.933 - 05
Nyheder, sport og underholdning
Danmarks største nyhedssite. Vi er først med nyheder, sport og underholdning. Døgnet rundt. Velkommen til virkeligheden
Very close cos 0.931 - 06
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.
Very close cos 0.924 - 07
Iltalehti | IL - Suomen suurin uutispalvelu
Uutiset, urheilu, viihde, talous, sää, terveys, ruoka, matkailu, autot ja tyyli – Iltalehti, kaikki tuoreet uutiset yhdestä osoitteesta kellon ympäri!
Very close cos 0.922 - 08
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.
Very close cos 0.923 - 09
Dagens Nyheter – senaste nyheterna från Sverige och världen
Dagens Nyheter – en trovärdig och kvalitativ nyhetskälla med prisad bildjournalistik och granskningar som gör skillnad.
Very close cos 0.920 - 10
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.
Very close cos 0.920 - 11
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 0.919 - 12
Nachrichten, aktuelle Schlagzeilen und Videos - n-tv.de
Nachrichten seriös, schnell und kompetent. Artikel und Videos aus Politik, Wirtschaft, Börse, Sport und aller Welt.
Very close cos 0.918 - 13
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.
Very close cos 0.917 - 14
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.
Very close cos 0.912 - 15
SVT Nyheter
SVT Nyheter med senaste nytt om dagens viktigaste nyheter, live, lokala nyheter, väder, recensioner och sportens målservice.
Very close cos 0.911 - 16
NOS.nl - Nieuws, Sport en Evenementen | Nederlandse Omroep Stichting
NOS.nl - Nieuws, Sport en Evenementen op Radio, TV en Internet
Very close cos 0.910 - 17
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
Very close cos 0.912 - 18
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.
Very close cos 0.911 - 19
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
Very close cos 0.909 - 20
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.
Very close cos 0.910
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
- Google Workspace MX aspmx.l.google.com
- Microsoft 365 TXT MS=ms58603718
- DNS hosting
- Amazon Route 53 NS ns-1702.awsdns-20.co.uk
- 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
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what VG adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 20/20
- Microsoft 365 14/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on vg.no 12/20
- Atlassian 10/20
- Adobe · not on vg.no 10/20
- Apple Business · not on vg.no 9/20
- Google Workspace 9/20
- Google Ad Manager · not on vg.no 8/20
- GlobalSign · not on vg.no 8/20
- Amazon Route 53 8/20
- Amazon CloudFront 7/20
- Miro 7/20
- Amazon SES · not on vg.no 7/20
- OpenAI 7/20
- Bing Webmaster Tools · not on vg.no 5/20
- Next.js · not on vg.no 5/20