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BBC
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
Measured from BBC’s own pages, the Internet Archive and public records. Hover a dotted value for its source and date.
Visit BBC01 · 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.
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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.
Very close - 02
Channel 4 | Stream & Watch Live TV
Watch your favourite shows online, from Channel 4, E4 and Walter Presents
Close - 03
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
Very close - 04
TG4 | Teilifís Gaeilge
Irish-language television network
Very close - 05
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.
Very close - 06
News | The Independent | Today's headlines and latest breaking news
The latest breaking news, comment and features from The Independent.
Very close - 07
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.
Very close - 08
PBS: Public Broadcasting Service
Watch full episodes of your favorite PBS dramas, find in-depth news analysis and explore documentaries on history, science, art and more!
Very close - 09
France 24 - International breaking news, top stories and headlines
Breaking news and world news from France 24 on Business, Sports, Culture. Video news. News from the US, Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa, Middle East, America
Very close - 10
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.
Very close - 11
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.
Very close - 12
Sky Sports - Sports News, Transfers, Scores | Watch Live Sport
Watch the best live coverage of your favourite sports: Football, Golf, Rugby, Cricket, F1, Boxing, NFL, NBA, plus the latest sports news, transfers & scores.
Very close - 13
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!
Very close - 14
SBS | Latest News, Audio, TV, Video Streaming, Sports, Food & More
Stay informed & entertained with SBS's diverse range of multilingual content including latest news, audio, TV, video streaming, sports, food and more.
Very close - 15
Latest UK and World News, Sport and Comment | Express.co.uk
Latest news, showbiz, sport, comment, lifestyle, city, video and pictures from the Daily Express and Sunday Express newspapers and Express.co.uk
Very close - 16
The Mirror: The Heart of Britain
Get the latest news, sport, celebrity gossip, TV, politics and lifestyle from The Mirror. Big stories with a big heart, always with you in mind.
Very close - 17
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
Very close - 18
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.
Very close - 19
Soccer News, Live Scores, Results & Transfers | Goal.com US
The latest soccer news, live scores, results, rumors, transfers, fixtures, tables and player profiles from around the world, including Premier League.
Very close - 20
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.
Very close
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
What changed
Price and policy 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
- 9,197
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 30 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
Built with
- Analytics
- Comscore page source: .scorecardresearch.com
- CDN
- Fastly header x-served-by: cache-ber1080025-BER
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=ihpIPUmqaEmufJHhKjQzWer_tGrZhkCOG8t5z3barng
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 20/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on bbci.co.uk 16/20
- Adobe · not on bbci.co.uk 12/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on bbci.co.uk 12/20
- Apple Business · not on bbci.co.uk 10/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on bbci.co.uk 8/20
- Google Workspace · not on bbci.co.uk 8/20
- Atlassian · not on bbci.co.uk 7/20
- GlobalSign · not on bbci.co.uk 7/20
- Amazon SES · not on bbci.co.uk 7/20
- Google Ad Manager · not on bbci.co.uk 5/20
- Amazon CloudFront · not on bbci.co.uk 5/20
- Next.js · not on bbci.co.uk 5/20
- React · not on bbci.co.uk 5/20
- Miro · not on bbci.co.uk 4/20
- OneTrust · not on bbci.co.uk 4/20