HowStuffWorks

01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs HowStuffWorks

HowStuffWorks howstuffworks.com

Wikidata: American media company

Company

No imprint we could read

Online since

Not in the Internet Archive

Audience

Top 10K

02 · Privacy

What HowStuffWorks tracks

We can’t read howstuffworks.com’s homepage (bot protection page), so it’s compared on what Wikidata and Wikipedia say about it.

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   Explain that Stuff explainthatstuff.com No trackers

   Explain that Stuff

   A collection of FREE, easy-to-understand science, technology, and how-it-works articles for the whole family!

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   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.

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   Encyclopædia Britannica Online britannica.com Top 1K English

   online edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica

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   Infoplease infoplease.com

   reference website

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   Today I Found Out todayifoundout.com English 3 trackers

   Today I Found Out | Learn Interesting Facts Every Day

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   ScienceAlert sciencealert.com Top 10K English 7 trackers

   ScienceAlert : The Best in Science News And Amazing Breakthroughs

   The latest science news. Publishing independent, fact-checked reporting on health, space, nature, technology, and the environment.

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   Genius genius.com Top 1K

   American digital media company

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   Live Science livescience.com Top 10K English 3 trackers

   Live Science | Latest science news and articles for those with curious minds

   Daily discoveries, groundbreaking research and fascinating science breakthroughs that impact you and the wider world, reported by our expert journalists.

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   WebMD webmd.com Top 10K English 2 trackers

   WebMD - Better information. Better health.

   The leading source for trustworthy and timely health and medical news and information. Providing credible health information, supportive community, and educational services by blending award-winning expertise in content, community services, expert commentary, and medical review.

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    Investopedia investopedia.com Top 10K

    website focused on finance and investing

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    Songfacts songfacts.com English 2 trackers

    Song Meanings at Songfacts

    Songfacts - the stories and meanings behind the songs, with songwriter interviews and lyrics.

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    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.

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    CSS-Tricks css-tricks.com

    website

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    Drupal drupal.org Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Client Challenge

    free and open-source web content management system

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    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.

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    Mashable mashable.com Top 10K English 5 trackers

    Mashable

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

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    VICE vice.com Top 10K English 8 trackers

    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.

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    ZDNET zdnet.com Top 10K English 4 trackers

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

    see all latest

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    Upworthy upworthy.com English 4 trackers

    The Best In Us - Upworthy

    At Upworthy, we make the best in humanity more visible so it becomes more possible. ✨ Together with our community, creators, and partners, we create stories, ideas, and experiences that change how people see themselves and the world, and inspire them to add more good to it.

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    BuzzFeed buzzfeed.com Top 10K English 2 trackers

    BuzzFeed

    BuzzFeed has breaking news, vital journalism, quizzes, videos, celeb news, Tasty food videos, recipes, DIY hacks, and all the trending buzz you’ll want to share with your friends. Copyright BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.

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Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles HowStuffWorks’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones HowStuffWorks 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 HowStuffWorks adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.

05 · Details

How we measure

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