Alternatives and competitors
Sites like Wikipedia
The 20 closest online encyclopedia alternatives to Wikipedia, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 2 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to Wikipedia? The closest matches are Wiktionary, Wikibooks and Wikisource. 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.
- Neighbours
- k = 20
- Sites searched
- 4,032
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 19 ms
01 · Entity
About Wikipedia
Wikipedia wikipedia.org
Wikipedia
Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia, created and edited by volunteers around the world and hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation.
Wikidata: free multilingual online encyclopedia
Summary by Claude
A free multilingual online encyclopedia written and edited by volunteers using wiki software, with editions in hundreds of languages.
- Who it’s for
- General public, students and researchers
- Business model
- Donations
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to Wikipedia’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 Wikipedia
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Wikipedia, thumbs down if it isn’t.
- 01
Wiktionary
free online multilingual dictionary
Very close cos 0.948 - 02
Wikibooks
free multilingual online collection of textbooks
Very close cos 0.943 - 03
Wikisource
online multilingual library that collects open-content source material
Very close cos 0.933 - 04
Wikiquote
free multilingual online collection of quotes
Very close cos 0.930 - 05
online edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica
Very close cos 0.918 - 06
Internet Meme Database | Know Your Meme
Know Your Meme is a website dedicated to documenting Internet phenomena: viral videos, image macros, catchphrases, web celebs and more.
Very close cos 0.917 - 07
Wikidata
free multilingual online knowledge graph
Very close cos 0.916 - 08
Paraguay-based Korean wiki website
Very close cos 0.915 - 09
Wikimedia Error
global social movement for free educational knowledge
Very close cos 0.915 - 10
Glosbe Dictionary - All Languages of the World in One Place
Glosbe dictionary - one place, all languages! Translations, example sentences, pronunciation recordings and grammar references. Check it out!
- Google Search Console
- Cloudflare
- Cloudflare DNS
- Cloudflare Web Analytics
- Google Ad Manager
- Google Analytics
Very close cos 0.916 - 11
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
The World's most comprehensive free online dictionary, thesaurus, and encyclopedia with synonyms, definitions, idioms, abbreviations, and medical, financial, legal specialized dictionaries
Very close cos 0.914 - 12
MediaWiki
free and open-source wiki software, developed by the Wikimedia Foundation
Very close cos 0.908 - 13
Free eBooks | Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg is a library of over 75,000 free eBooks. Choose from ebook formats or read online. No fees, no registration, no ads.
Very close cos 0.908 - 14
Welcome to Open Library | Open Library
Open Library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Read, borrow, and discover more than 3M books for free.
Very close cos 0.906 - 15
Welcome to wiki.gg!
wiki.gg hosts MediaWiki sites about common-interest topics. With over 800 wikis and an indie, editors-first mindset, we're a great place to host your wiki and we'd love to have you!
Very close cos 0.901 - 16
Liquipedia
esports encyclopedia
Very close cos 0.902 - 17
online dictionary
Very close cos 0.902 - 18
Wikidot - Free and Pro Wiki Hosting
Polish wiki hosting corporation
Very close cos 0.899 - 19
Meanings & Definitions of English Words | Dictionary.com
The world's leading online dictionary: English definitions, synonyms, word origins, example sentences, word games, and more. A trusted authority for 25+ years!
Very close cos 0.900 - 20
Urban Dictionary, November 6: Yap Trap
A seemingly endless debate with a idiot
Very close cos 0.899
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to wikipedia.org’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Wikipedia uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What Wikipedia is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=AMHkgs-4ViEvIJf5znZle-BSE2EPNFqM1nDJGRyn2qk
- Yandex Webmaster TXT yandex-verification: 35c08d23099dc863
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Wikipedia adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 20/20
- Google Workspace · not on wikipedia.org 10/20
- Cloudflare · not on wikipedia.org 7/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on wikipedia.org 5/20
- Cloudflare DNS · not on wikipedia.org 5/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on wikipedia.org 4/20
- Google Analytics · not on wikipedia.org 4/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on wikipedia.org 3/20
- Cloudflare Web Analytics · not on wikipedia.org 3/20
- Google Ad Manager · not on wikipedia.org 3/20
- Amazon SES · not on wikipedia.org 2/20
- Google AdSense · not on wikipedia.org 2/20
- nginx · not on wikipedia.org 2/20
- Atlassian · not on wikipedia.org 2/20
- Prebid.js · not on wikipedia.org 2/20
- reCAPTCHA · not on wikipedia.org 2/20