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Who runs BBC, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest public service broadcasting alternatives.

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

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01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs BBC

BBC bbci.co.uk

The best of the BBC, with the latest news and sport headlines, weather, TV & radio highlights and much more from across the whole of BBC Online.

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

02 · Privacy

What BBC 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.

tracker that follows visitors

7 of the 16 alternatives below have fewer, 5 have more.

Privacy-friendly alternatives →
Cookie banner
None found
US company
1 tool
  • Visitor analytics

    Counts and follows visits, usually with cookies.

03 · Alternatives

Alternatives to BBC

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

Fewer trackers than BBCNo ad trackersRegistered in the EUFree planOnly in English
  1. 01
    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 BBC →
  2. 02
    ITVX itv.com Top 10K

    British online video on demand service

    Compare ITVX with BBC →
  3. 03
    ard.de German No trackers

    ARD.de – TV, Radio, Streams, News, Sport und alles zur ARD | ard.de

    Die ganze ARD: Fernsehen, Livestreams, Radio, Podcasts, Nachrichten, Sport und Kinderkanal. Zudem Infos über den Medienverbund und ARD-Pressemeldungen.

    Compare ard.de with BBC →
  4. 04
    NHK nhk.or.jp Top 10K

    Japanese broadcasting company

    Compare NHK with BBC →
  5. 05
    Channel 4 channel4.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Channel 4 | Stream & Watch Live TV

    Watch your favourite shows online, from Channel 4, E4 and Walter Presents

    Compare Channel 4 with BBC →
  6. 06
    The Guardian theguardian.com Top 1K English 2 trackers

    Latest news, sport and opinion from the Guardian

    Latest news, sport, business, comment, analysis and reviews from the Guardian, the world's leading liberal voice

    Compare The Guardian with BBC →
  7. 07
    TG4 tg4.ie English No trackers

    TG4 | Teilifís Gaeilge

    Irish-language television network

    Compare TG4 with BBC →
  8. 08
    Australian Broadcasting Corporation abc.net.au Top 10K English 1 tracker

    ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation

    Follow the latest headlines from ABC News, Australia's most trusted media source, with live events, audio and on-demand video from the national broadcaster.

    Compare Australian Broadcasting Corporation with BBC →
  9. 09
    The Independent independent.co.uk Top 1K English 4 trackers

    News | The Independent | Today's headlines and latest breaking news

    The latest breaking news, comment and features from The Independent.

    Compare The Independent with BBC →
  10. 10
    Nederlandse Omroep Stichting nos.nl Top 10K Dutch No trackers

    NOS.nl - Nieuws, Sport en Evenementen | Nederlandse Omroep Stichting

    NOS.nl - Nieuws, Sport en Evenementen op Radio, TV en Internet

    Compare Nederlandse Omroep Stichting with BBC →
  11. 11
    Raidió Teilifís Éireann rte.ie Top 10K English 3 trackers

    RTÉ Ireland's National Television and Radio Broadcaster

    RTÉ news brings you the latest Irish news, world news, international news and up to the minute reports on breaking Irish news stories and news from around the world. Watch and listen to Irish news stories on our video and audio streams.

    Compare Raidió Teilifís Éireann with BBC →
  12. 12
    CBC.ca cbc.ca Top 10K

    News website

    Compare CBC.ca with BBC →
  13. 13
    Korean Broadcasting System kbs.co.kr Korean 1 tracker

    대한민국 대표 공영미디어 KBS

    대한민국 대표 공영미디어 KBS

    Compare Korean Broadcasting System with BBC →
  14. 14
    tagesschau.de Top 10K German No trackers

    tagesschau.de - die erste Adresse für Nachrichten und Information | tagesschau.de

    tagesschau.de - die erste Adresse für Nachrichten und Information: An 365 Tagen im Jahr, rund um die Uhr aktualisiert - die wichtigsten News des Tages

    Compare tagesschau.de with BBC →
  15. 15
    ORF.at orf.at Top 10K German No trackers

    news.ORF.at

    news.ORF.at: Die aktuellsten Nachrichten auf einen Blick - aus Österreich und der ganzen Welt. In Text, Bild und Video.

    Compare ORF.at with BBC →
  16. 16
    The Daily Telegraph telegraph.co.uk Top 1K

    British daily broadsheet newspaper

    Compare The Daily Telegraph with BBC →
  17. 17
    MyLondon mylondon.news English 2 trackers

    MyLondon - The latest London news, sport, entertainment and more

    Get the latest breaking news, traffic alerts, and what’s on across London. From local crime and politics to the best new restaurants—stay connected with MyLondon.

    Compare MyLondon with BBC →
  18. 18
    Sveriges Television svt.se Top 10K Swedish No trackers

    SVT Nyheter

    SVT Nyheter med senaste nytt om dagens viktigaste nyheter, live, lokala nyheter, väder, recensioner och sportens målservice.

    Compare Sveriges Television with BBC →
  19. 19
    AOL aol.com Top 1K English No trackers

    News, Politics, Sports, Mail & Latest Headlines - AOL.com

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

    Compare AOL with BBC →
  20. 20
    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 BBC →

Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles BBC’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones BBC 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 BBC 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 · 3 technologies
Neighbours
k = 20
Sites searched
9,193
Vector
384-d
Query
38 ms

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to BBC’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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