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

20 of the 60 sites closest to HowStuffWorks match.

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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2. 02
   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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3. 03
   Encyclopedia.com encyclopedia.com English 3 trackers

   Encyclopedia.com | Free Online Encyclopedia

   Encyclopedia.com – Online dictionary and encyclopedia with pictures, facts, and videos. Get information and homework help with millions of articles in our FREE, online library.

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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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   Drupal drupal.org Top 10K English 1 tracker

   Client Challenge

   free and open-source web content management system

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6. 06
   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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7. 07
   Know Your Meme knowyourmeme.com Top 10K English 3 trackers

   Internet Meme Database | Know Your Meme

   Know Your Meme is a website dedicated to documenting Internet phenomena: viral videos, image macros, catchphrases, web celebs and more.

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8. 08
   PostgreSQL postgresql.org Top 10K English No trackers

   PostgreSQL: The world's most advanced open source database

   The official site for PostgreSQL, the world's most advanced open source database

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9. 09
   XDA Developers xda-developers.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

   XDA

   The world’s best source for computing news, reviews, editorials guides, and more.

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    Refinery29 refinery29.com English No trackers

    Refinery29 UK

    Where style meets substance - fashion, entertainment, news, and wellness daily

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    FanSided fansided.com English 2 trackers

    FanSided Sports News & Updates: NFL, NBA, MLB, College & More

    FanSided - Your go-to source for sports, entertainment, and lifestyle. Stay updated on news, analysis, and fandom across a range of topics.

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    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.

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13. 13
    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.

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    CNBC cnbc.com Top 1K English 1 tracker

    International Business, World News & Global Stock Market Analysis

    CNBC International is the world leader for news on business, technology, China, trade, oil prices, the Middle East and markets.

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    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.

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    Cheezburger cheezburger.com English 1 tracker

    Home - The Big Cheezburger Network - Made from the finest of internets - Cheezburger

    You get a Cheezburger, and YOU get a Cheezburger. EVERYONE GETS A CHEEZBURGER. The original internet funny site.

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    Myspace myspace.com Top 1K No trackers

    Featured Content on Myspace

    Featured Content on Myspace

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    MakeUseOf makeuseof.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    MUO - Technology, Simplified.

    MUO is your guide to modern tech. Learn how to make use of the tech and gadgets around you, and discover cool stuff on the internet.

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    Bleacher Report bleacherreport.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Bleacher Report | Sports. Highlights. News. Now.

    Fan easier, fan faster and fan better with Bleacher Report. Keep up with the latest storylines, expert analysis, highlights and scores for all your favorite sports.

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    Ars Technica arstechnica.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Ars Technica - Serving the Technologist since 1998. News, reviews, and analysis.

    News and reviews, covering IT, AI, science, space, health, gaming, cybersecurity, tech policy, computers, mobile devices, and operating systems.

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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

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.