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BuzzFeed News

Who runs BuzzFeed News, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest digital news media alternatives.

Who’s behind it
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Online since
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Trackers
Prices
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Last price change
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Closest alternative
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01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs BuzzFeed News

BuzzFeed News buzzfeednews.com

BuzzFeed News has breaking stories and original reporting on politics, world news, social media, viral trends, health, science, technology, entertainment, and LGBTQ issues.

Wikidata: news website

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

02 · Privacy

What BuzzFeed News 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

7 of the 19 alternatives below have fewer, 7 have more.

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Cookie banner
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US company
2 tools

03 · Alternatives

Alternatives to BuzzFeed News

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

Fewer trackers than BuzzFeed NewsNo ad trackersRegistered in the EUFree planOnly in English

20 of the 60 sites closest to BuzzFeed News match.

  1. 01
    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 BuzzFeed News →
  2. 02
    NBC News nbcnews.com Top 1K English 1 tracker

    NBC News - Breaking Headlines and Video Reports on World, U.S. and Local Angles | NBC News

    Go to NBCNews.com for breaking news, videos, and the latest top stories in world news, business, politics, health and pop culture.

    Compare NBC News with BuzzFeed News →
  3. 03
    British Broadcasting Corporation bbc.com Top 1K English No trackers

    BBC Home | Breaking News, World News, US News, Sports, Business, Innovation, Climate, Culture, Travel, Video & Audio

    Visit BBC for trusted reporting on the latest world and US news, sports, business, climate, innovation, culture and much more

    Compare British Broadcasting Corporation with BuzzFeed News →
  4. 04
    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 BuzzFeed News →
  5. 05
    The Intercept theintercept.com English 1 tracker

    The Intercept

    Fearless, adversarial journalism that holds the powerful accountable.

    Compare The Intercept with BuzzFeed News →
  6. 06
    Bored Panda boredpanda.com Top 10K English No trackers

    Bored Panda - The Only Magazine For Pandas

    Bored Panda is a leading art, pop culture and lifestyle magazine that is viewed nearly 100 million times every month.

    Compare Bored Panda with BuzzFeed News →
  7. 07
    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 BuzzFeed News →
  8. 08
    Myspace myspace.com Top 1K No trackers

    Featured Content on Myspace

    Featured Content on Myspace

    Compare Myspace with BuzzFeed News →
  9. 09
    Aktuálně.cz aktualne.cz Czech 1 tracker

    Aktuálně.cz - kompletní zpravodajství z domova i ze světa

    Aktuálně.cz - kompletní zpravodajství, zprávy z domova i ze světa

    Compare Aktuálně.cz with BuzzFeed News →
  10. 10
    MovieWeb movieweb.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    MovieWeb - Movie News, Trailers, Reviews, and Exclusives.

    The latest movie news, trailers, reviews, and more.

    Compare MovieWeb with BuzzFeed News →
  11. 11
    The Conversation theconversation.com Top 10K No trackers

    The Conversation: In-depth analysis, research, news and ideas from leading academics and researchers.

    Curated by professional editors, The Conversation offers informed commentary and debate on the issues affecting our world. Plus a Plain English guide to the latest developments and discoveries from the university and research sector.

    Compare The Conversation with BuzzFeed News →
  12. 12
    Collider collider.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    New Movie News, Movie Trailers & Upcoming Movie Reviews | Collider

    Stay up to date with new movie news, watch the latest movie trailers & get trusted reviews of upcoming movies & more from the team at Collider.

    Compare Collider with BuzzFeed News →
  13. 13
    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 BuzzFeed News →
  14. 14
    slashfilm.com English 1 tracker

    /Film | Movie & TV News, Trailers, Interviews, & Reviews

    The latest movie and television news, reviews, film trailers, exclusive interviews, and opinions - since 2005.

    Compare slashfilm.com with BuzzFeed News →
  15. 15
    ScienceDaily sciencedaily.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    ScienceDaily: Your source for the latest research news

    Breaking science news and articles on global warming, extrasolar planets, stem cells, bird flu, autism, nanotechnology, dinosaurs, evolution -- the latest discoveries in astronomy, anthropology, biology, chemistry, climate & environment, computers, engineering, health & medicine, math, physics, psychology, technology, and more -- from the world's leading universities and research organizations.

    Compare ScienceDaily with BuzzFeed News →
  16. 16
    anandtech.com English No trackers

    Checking your browser

    Compare anandtech.com with BuzzFeed News →
  17. 17
    The Spinoff thespinoff.co.nz English 1 tracker

    The Spinoff

    New Zealand's home for independent journalism, illuminating perspectives and good times.

    Compare The Spinoff with BuzzFeed News →
  18. 18
    Mental Floss mentalfloss.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Mental Floss - History, Trivia, Interesting Facts, and More

    Learn weird, interesting facts about history, entertainment, language, geography, and more topics. Test your knowledge with our quizzes and other trivia.

    Compare Mental Floss with BuzzFeed News →
  19. 19
    lenta.ru Top 10K Russian No trackers

    Lenta.ru - Новости России и мира сегодня

    Новости, статьи, фотографии, видео. Семь дней в неделю, 24 часа в сутки.

    Compare lenta.ru with BuzzFeed News →
  20. 20
    Stereogum stereogum.com English No trackers

    Stereogum: Music News, Reviews, Interviews, & More

    The world's best music blog.

    Compare Stereogum with BuzzFeed News →

Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles BuzzFeed News’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones BuzzFeed News 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 BuzzFeed News 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 = 60
Sites searched
9,216
Vector
384-d
Query
40 ms

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to BuzzFeed News’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.

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