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AOL

Who runs AOL, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest web portal alternatives.

Who’s behind it
Not stated
Online since
Unknown
Trackers
Prices
No pricing page
Last price change
–
Closest alternative
Yahoo

Measured from AOL’s own pages, the Internet Archive and public records. Hover a dotted value for its source and date.

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01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs AOL

AOL aol.com

Discover the latest breaking news in the U.S. and around the world — politics, weather, entertainment, lifestyle, finance, sports and much more.

Wikidata: American web portal and online service provider

Company
No imprint we could read
Online since
Not in the Internet Archive
Audience
In English

02 · Privacy

What AOL tracks

What the homepage loads before you accept or decline cookies. A cookie banner should hold most of it back until you agree, and a tag manager can load more that we don’t see.

trackers that follow visitors

None of the 19 alternatives below has fewer; 16 have more.

Privacy-friendly alternatives →
Cookie banner
None found

We found no trackers, ad pixels or third-party embeds on AOL’s homepage.

03 · Alternatives

Alternatives to AOL

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

No ad trackersRegistered in the EUFree planOnly in English
  1. 01
    Yahoo yahoo.com Top 100 English 1 tracker

    Yahoo | Mail, Weather, Search, Politics, News, Finance, Sports & Videos

    Latest news coverage, email, free stock quotes, live scores and video are just the beginning. Discover more every day at Yahoo!

    Compare Yahoo with AOL →
  2. 02
    MSN msn.com Top 100 English 1 tracker

    MSN

    collection of Internet sites by Microsoft

    Compare MSN with AOL →
  3. 03
    Lycos lycos.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Home – Lycos

    search engine and web portal

    Compare Lycos with AOL →
  4. 04
    Digg digg.com Top 10K English No trackers

    Digg - News, before it trends

    See what's next in AI before it trends. Digg watches the people who move first.

    Compare Digg with AOL →
  5. 05
    NewsBreak newsbreak.com Top 10K English 4 trackers

    NewsBreak: Local News & Alerts

    NewsBreak is the best local source for news, videos, and information on safety, accidents, sports, business, celebrity updates, stock market trends, and more.

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  6. 06
    CNN cnn.com Top 1K English 2 trackers

    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.

    Compare CNN with AOL →
  7. 07
    HuffPost huffpost.com Top 1K English 3 trackers

    HuffPost - Breaking News, Politics, Entertainment & Opinion

    Read the latest U.S. and world news, politics, entertainment, lifestyle and opinion pieces from HuffPost’s trusted team of journalists.

    Compare HuffPost with AOL →
  8. 08
    Rediff rediff.com Top 10K English 3 trackers

    Rediff.com: News | Rediffmail | Stock Quotes | Rediff Gurus

    ✔Read Latest India News ✔Get Realtime Stock Quotes ✔See Live Cricket Scores ✔Log in to Rediffmail ✔Expert advice on career, personal finance and relationships

    Compare Rediff with AOL →
  9. 09
    TIME time.com Top 1K English 1 tracker

    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.

    Compare TIME with AOL →
  10. 10
    Axios axios.com Top 10K English

    American news website

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  11. 11
    Semafor semafor.com English 1 tracker

    Semafor - An intelligent, transparent global news platform for breaking stories, analysis and video

    Transparent, global reporting by Semafor journalists on politics, policy, business, finance, technology, climate, energy, media, entertainment, world affairs, China, Asia, Europe, Africa for US and international readers.

    Compare Semafor with AOL →
  12. 12
    India india.com English 7 trackers

    Latest News, Breaking News Today, LIVE News, Top News Headlines, India News, Viral Video, Cricket News, Sports News, Entertainment News, Business, Health, Lifestyle News & LIVE Updates| India.com

    India.com Breaking News: Live News Updates from across India and the world. India.Com is your gateway to India for latest News, explainers, viral videos, cricket, sports, entertainment, business, health, lifestyle from India and around the world on India.com.

    Compare India with AOL →
  13. 13
    Politico politico.com Top 10K English

    American journalism company and news website

    Compare Politico with AOL →
  14. 14
    ZDNET zdnet.com Top 10K English 4 trackers

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

    see all latest

    Compare ZDNET with AOL →
  15. 15
    Ninemsn nine.com.au Top 10K English 1 tracker

    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

    Compare Ninemsn with AOL →
  16. 16
    Newsweek newsweek.com Top 10K English 6 trackers

    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!

    Compare Newsweek with AOL →
  17. 17
    Vox vox.com Top 10K English 2 trackers

    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.

    Compare Vox with AOL →
  18. 18
    Mashable mashable.com Top 10K English 5 trackers

    Mashable

    Mashable is a global, multi-platform media and entertainment company.

    Compare Mashable with AOL →
  19. 19
    bluewin.ch Top 10K English 2 trackers

    News & Email at blue News | Switzerland, Sports, People, International

    News from Switzerland and around the world covering sports, politics, entertainment, business & digital — Live streams – Webmail login Bluewin email

    Compare bluewin.ch with AOL →
  20. 20
    United Press International upi.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Top News, Latest headlines, Latest News, World News & U.S News - UPI.com

    UPI delivers the latest headlines from around the world: Top News, Entertainment, Health, Business, Science and Sports News - United Press International

    Compare United Press International with AOL →

Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles AOL’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones AOL uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.

04 · History

No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what AOL adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.

05 · Details

How we measure

Alternatives are matched by what sites actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Trackers and the rest of the stack come from the homepage’s code and DNS records.

The full technology stack, the competitor map and search numbers · 10 technologies
Neighbours
k = 20
Sites searched
9,193
Vector
384-d
Query
70 ms

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to AOL’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). Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

similarity × popularity

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JavaScript frameworks
  • Next.js page source: /_next/static/
  • React implied by Next.js (page source: /_next/static/)
Monitoring
CDN
  • Amazon CloudFront header x-amz-cf-id: n_U5TEjIeZN0_4P4RL5OdjMRHF-fJAyUScHQ2H78sWvfzXU_Lwh-Nw==
Web servers
  • Envoy header server: envoy
DNS hosting
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)