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

Top 10K · #1,924 English 22 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit VICE

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

Foreign PolicyIndiatimesThe VergeVoxMental FlossThe EconomistGameRantBored PandaPolygonThe Atlantic

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to VICE

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

Only in English
  1. 01
    The Atlantic theatlantic.com Top 10K English

    Your access has been blocked – The Atlantic

    magazine and multi-platform publisher based in Washington, D.C.

  2. 02
    Polygon polygon.com Top 10K English

    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.

  3. 03
    Bored Panda boredpanda.com Top 10K English

    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.

  4. 04
    GameRant gamerant.com Top 10K English

    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.

  5. 05
    The Economist economist.com Top 10K English

    British weekly news and international affairs publication (founded 1843)

  6. 06
    Mental Floss mentalfloss.com Top 10K English

    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.

  7. 07
    Vox vox.com Top 10K English

    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.

  8. 08
    The Verge theverge.com Top 1K English

    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.

  9. 09
    Indiatimes indiatimes.com Top 1K English

    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.

  10. 10
    The Age theage.com.au Top 10K English

    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.

  11. 11
    Foreign Policy foreignpolicy.com Top 10K English

    Foreign Policy – the Global Magazine of News and Ideas

    The Global Magazine of News and Ideas

  12. 12
    gamespot.com Top 10K English

    video game website

  13. 13
    Gizmodo gizmodo.com Top 10K English

    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.

  14. 14
    The Hollywood Reporter hollywoodreporter.com Top 10K English

    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.

  15. 15
    PressReader pressreader.com Top 10K English

    digital newspaper distribution and technology company based in Canada

  16. 16
    Variety variety.com Top 10K English

    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

  17. 17
    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.

  18. 18
    TIME time.com Top 1K English

    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.

  19. 19
    National Geographic nationalgeographic.com Top 10K English

    National Geographic

    Explore National Geographic. A world leader in geography, cartography and exploration.

  20. 20
    Newsweek newsweek.com Top 10K English

    Newsweek - Latest Breaking News, US, World, Politics, Business, Tech and Videos.

    Newsweek provides in-depth analysis on news, world events, politics, business, tech, entertainment, healthcare, & trending videos. Subscribe for breaking news alerts!

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
JavaScript libraries
  • jQuery asset https://www.vice.com/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.min.js?ver=3.7.1
Analytics
Tag managers
Advertising
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
Email delivery
  • Amazon SES TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:amazonses.com include:servers.…
DNS hosting
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

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