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Sites like Wired

The 20 closest technology news magazine alternatives to Wired, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 15 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to Wired? The closest matches are TIME, Newsweek and The Verge. 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 Wired

Wired wired.com

WIRED - The Latest in Technology, Science, Culture and Business | WIRED

We bring you the future as it happens. From the latest in science and technology to the big stories in business and culture, we've got you covered.

Wikidata: American technology magazine

Top 1K · #569 English 15 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit Wired

Summary by Claude

Wired is a Condé Nast magazine and news website covering technology, science, business, politics and culture, with product reviews and shopping deal guides.

Who it’s for
General readers interested in technology
Business model
Advertising, subscriptions and affiliate commissions

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Wired’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

Ars TechnicaZDNETheise onlineArchitectural DigestThe AtlanticSlashdotGizmodoThe VergeNewsweekTIME

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to Wired

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

Only in English
  1. 01
    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.

  2. 02
    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!

  3. 03
    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.

  4. 04
    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.

  5. 05
    Slashdot slashdot.org Top 10K English

    Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters, & software

    Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters. Timely news source for technology related news and B2B software reviews & comparisons.

  6. 06
    The Atlantic theatlantic.com Top 10K English

    Your access has been blocked – The Atlantic

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

  7. 07
    Architectural Digest architecturaldigest.com Top 10K English

    Architectural Digest Homepage | Architectural Digest

    Architectural Digest is the international design authority, featuring the work of top architects and designers.

  8. 08
    heise online heise.de Top 10K English

    heise online – IT news, guides and background information | heise online

    News and forums on computers, IT, science, media and politics. Price comparison of hardware and software as well as downloads at Heise Medien.

  9. 09
    ZDNET zdnet.com Top 10K English

    News and Advice on the World's Latest Innovations | ZDNET - ZDNET

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  10. 10
    Ars Technica arstechnica.com Top 10K English

    Ars Technica - Serving the Technologist since 1998. News, reviews, and analysis.

    News and reviews, covering IT, AI, science, space, health, gaming, cybersecurity, tech policy, computers, mobile devices, and operating systems.

  11. 11
    Engadget engadget.com Top 10K English

    Engadget | Technology News & Expert Reviews

    Breaking news from the worlds of technology and entertainment, and expert reviews of the latest consumer tech products.

  12. 12
    PCMag pcmag.com Top 10K English

    English-language computer magazine

  13. 13
    Vanity Fair vanityfair.com Top 10K English

    Vanity Fair - Entertainment, Politics, and Fashion News | Vanity Fair

    Entertainment, TV, politics, celebrity, fashion, and beauty news and commentary.

  14. 14
    thenextweb.com Top 10K English

    TNW | The heart of tech™

    tech and media company

  15. 15
    PCWorld pcworld.com Top 10K English

    PCWorld

    PCWorld helps you navigate the PC ecosystem to find the products you want and the advice you need to get the job done.

  16. 16
    How-To Geek howtogeek.com Top 10K English

    How-To Geek - We Explain Technology

    We explain technology. Learn more with our articles, reviews, tips, and the best answers to your most pressing tech questions.

  17. 17
    CNET cnet.com Top 1K English

    CNET: Product reviews, advice, how-tos and the latest news - CNET

    Get full-length product reviews, the latest news, tech coverage, daily deals, and category deep dives from CNET experts worldwide.

  18. 18
    Business Insider businessinsider.com Top 1K English

    Business Insider - Latest News in Tech, Markets, Economy & Innovation

    Business Insider tells the global tech, finance, stock market, media, economy, lifestyle, real estate, AI and innovative stories you want to know.

  19. 19
    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.

  20. 20
    Fast Company fastcompany.com Top 10K English

    fastcompany.com

    American magazine

Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to wired.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Wired uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

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

Built with

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  • Amazon CloudFront header x-amz-cf-id: jLSW9CvGAVSIoSHIfCyb1_IBLhfoFvDowmIfIKK99Ua6pIAXrOi-rg==
  • Cloudflare header cf-ray: a562faaf79f8e96b-HAM
Email hosting
DNS hosting
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
  • Adobe TXT adobe-idp-site-verification=c2108b9dbc0fc05ff0794006df1c41b6c945bd2c8…
  • Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=mYtQWl3namqmk5ikMKT48XVnS+XdjdbkLlkWMcN…
  • DocuSign TXT docusign=093f2a18-6882-43f7-a9ae-b2594de9d47f
  • GlobalSign TXT _globalsign-domain-verification=5gwbTrtjX4CPebqVSR8L6SpOvnf_3_6K7X0z_…
  • Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=tA0Sx_MrXe58GUfjaTg-EgrfF7wv1WdDVKKq7dyNuwc
  • Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=75aqj8blnqc3dj5cy9b5d9mialys78
  • OpenAI TXT openai-domain-verification=dv-LCvTXCMns2J5grLiXF1uTD2T
  • Zoom TXT ZOOM_verify_PeuZagN7TzybBaD-uxsGAw

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