Alternatives and competitors
Sites like VICE
The 20 closest digital news media alternatives to VICE, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 22 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to VICE? The closest matches are The Atlantic, Polygon and Bored Panda. 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 VICE
VICE vice.com
VICE - VICE is the definitive guide to enlightening information.
VICE is a global media channel focusing on investigative journalism and enlightening videos about everything from world news, travel, art, drugs, politics, sports, fashion, sex, and super cute animals.
Wikidata: magazine focused on international arts and culture
Summary by Claude
VICE publishes news, investigative journalism, documentaries and cultural reporting on topics such as politics, drugs, travel, music, sex and identity, with digital and print subscriptions available.
- Who it’s for
- Young adult general readers
- Business model
- Advertising and subscriptions
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to VICE’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 VICE
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to VICE, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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Your access has been blocked – The Atlantic
magazine and multi-platform publisher based in Washington, D.C.
Very close cos 0.924 - 02
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 0.908 - 03
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 0.905 - 04
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 0.906 - 05
British weekly news and international affairs publication (founded 1843)
Very close cos 0.904 - 06
Mental Floss - History, Trivia, Interesting Facts, and More
Learn weird, interesting facts about history, entertainment, language, geography, and more topics. Test your knowledge with our quizzes and other trivia.
- Google Search Console
- Google Tag Manager
- Google Workspace
- Meta Business Suite
- Microsoft 365
- Amazon Route 53
Very close cos 0.902 - 07
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 0.903 - 08
The Verge
The Verge is about technology and how it makes us feel. Founded in 2011, we offer our audience everything from breaking news to reviews to award-winning features and investigations, on our site, in video, and in podcasts.
Very close cos 0.904 - 09
Indiatimes: Latest in Lifestyle, Health, Fashion, and Wellness
Indiatimes is your destination when it comes to exploring the latest in lifestyle trends, health and wellness hacks, and fashion advice. From food fads to travel tips and relationship rules, we tell you how to live your best life. Bookmark this for all the latest lifestyle content tailored just for you.
- Comscore
- Google Search Console
- Google Tag Manager
- Akamai Edge DNS
- Amazon Publisher Services
- Google Ad Manager
Very close cos 0.901 - 10
Latest & Breaking News Melbourne, Victoria | The Age
The Age has the latest local news on Melbourne, Victoria. Read National News from Australia, World News, Business News and Breaking News stories.
Very close cos 0.899 - 11
Foreign Policy – the Global Magazine of News and Ideas
The Global Magazine of News and Ideas
Very close cos 0.899 - 12
video game website
Very close cos 0.899 - 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 0.899 - 14
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 0.898 - 15
digital newspaper distribution and technology company based in Canada
Very close cos 0.894 - 16
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
Very close cos 0.897 - 17
Assine Abril - Assinar Revista Digital e Impressa
Tenha uma variedade de revistas online e impressas da Editora Abril e aproveite conteúdos de qualidade e exclusivos.
Close cos 0.892 - 18
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 0.897 - 19
TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates
Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news.
Very close cos 0.897 - 20
National Geographic
Explore National Geographic. A world leader in geography, cartography and exploration.
Very close cos 0.895
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to vice.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones VICE uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What VICE 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 7.0.8
- JavaScript libraries
- jQuery asset https://www.vice.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
- Parse.ly page source: cdn.parsely.com
- Tag managers
- Google Tag Manager page source: googletagmanager.com/gtm.js
- Advertising
- LinkedIn Insight Tag page source: snap.licdn.com/li.lms-analytics
- TikTok Pixel page source: analytics.tiktok.com/i18n/pixel
- X (Twitter) Pixel page source: static.ads-twitter.com/uwt.js
- Marketing automation
- Mailchimp TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:amazonses.com include:servers.…
- CDN
- cdnjs asset https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/crypto-js/4.1.1/crypto-js.min.js?ver=4.1.1
- Web servers
- nginx header server: nginx
- Languages & backends
- PHP cookie PHPSESSID
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace MX aspmx.l.google.com
- Microsoft 365 TXT MS=ms95705199
- Email delivery
- Amazon SES TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:amazonses.com include:servers.…
- DNS hosting
- Amazon Route 53 NS ns-1136.awsdns-14.org
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=BOrbQ950ceBMRT6K
- Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=hskXXsfAYScT3KMiq7xVqeq8pA3Dkwaz5RTPEUt…
- GlobalSign TXT _globalsign-domain-verification=Fw09cFhmPL_-Bfg6BV5_NkyDEkXJfmQd4uPVi…
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=v4Zf8BcP9sjIEkb-rLGU3Ac5H9n1PXQGKR1CLzxXCxw
- Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=p28ly5dk7y0h9ifoyy14yc3uy9q51m
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what VICE adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 20/20
- Google Workspace 14/20
- Meta Business Suite 12/20
- Microsoft 365 12/20
- Amazon SES 10/20
- PHP 10/20
- WordPress 10/20
- Google Tag Manager 9/20
- Amazon Route 53 8/20
- Zendesk · not on vice.com 7/20
- nginx 7/20
- Google Ad Manager · not on vice.com 7/20
- Adobe · not on vice.com 6/20
- Cloudflare · not on vice.com 6/20
- Google Analytics 6/20
- OneTrust · not on vice.com 6/20