icij.org
ICIJ
Who runs ICIJ, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest investigative journalism alternatives.
- Who’s behind it
- Not stated
- Online since
- Unknown
- Trackers
- Prices
- No pricing page
- Last price change
- –
- Closest alternative
- ProPublica
Measured from ICIJ’s own pages, the Internet Archive and public records. Hover a dotted value for its source and date.
Visit ICIJ01 · Who’s behind it
Who runs ICIJ
ICIJ icij.org
The ICIJ is a global network of more than 290 investigative journalists in 105 countries who collaborate on in-depth investigative stories.
Wikidata: international network of investigative reporters
- Company
- No imprint we could read
- Online since
- Not in the Internet Archive
- Audience
- In English
02 · Privacy
What ICIJ 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
6 of the 18 alternatives below have fewer, 7 have more.
Privacy-friendly alternatives →- Cookie banner
- None found
- US company
- 2 tools
Marketing and email tracking
Links visits to email campaigns and customer profiles.
Tag manager
Loads further tracking scripts, which we can’t always see.
03 · Alternatives
Alternatives to ICIJ
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to ICIJ, thumbs down if it isn’t.
- 01
ProPublica — Investigative Journalism and News in the Public Interest
ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.
Very close - 02
Home – Center for Public Integrity
We are a nonpartisan and nonprofit news organization dedicated to investigating systems that contribute to inequality in our country.
Very close - 03
The Intercept
Fearless, adversarial journalism that holds the powerful accountable.
Very close - 04
Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting
We engage and empower the public through investigative journalism and groundbreaking storytelling that sparks action, improves lives and protects our democracy.
Very close - 05
Mother Jones – Smart, fearless journalism
American progressive magazine
Very close - 06
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
Close - 07
Christian Science Monitor - CSMonitor.com
American nonprofit newspaper (1908-)
Very close - 08
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 - 09
Latest breaking news available as free video on demand | Euronews
Latest breaking news available as free video on demand. Stay informed on European and world news about economy, politics, diplomacy… with Euronews.
Very close - 10
FactCheck.org - A Project of The Annenberg Public Policy Center
Fact-checking website
Very close - 11
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
Very close - 12
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 - 13
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is an international media organization headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic, and Washington, D.C. RFE/RL’s mission is to promote democratic values by providing accurate, uncensored news and open debate in countries where a free press is threatened and disinformation is pervasive. RFE/RL reports in 24 languages to 18 countries, reaching nearly 50 million people every week. RFE/RL is a private 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation funded by the U.S. Congress through a federal grant from the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM).
Close - 14
PS - The World's Opinion Page - Project Syndicate
Project Syndicate - The World’s Opinion Page
Close - 15
News | The Independent | Today's headlines and latest breaking news
The latest breaking news, comment and features from The Independent.
Close - 16
Chicago Sun-Times: Chicago news, politics, sports and more
Chicago news, politics, sports, entertainment and more from America’s hardest-working paper.
Close - 17
Science News | The latest news from all areas of science
Science News features news articles, videos and more about the latest scientific advances. Independent, accurate nonprofit news since 1921.
Close - 18
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.
Close - 19
War on the Rocks
A platform for analysis, commentary, debate and multimedia content on foreign policy and national security issues through a realist lens.
Close - 20
Foreign Policy – the Global Magazine of News and Ideas
The Global Magazine of News and Ideas
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Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles ICIJ’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones ICIJ 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 ICIJ 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 · 14 technologies
- Neighbours
- k = 20
- Sites searched
- 9,195
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 26 ms
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to ICIJ’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
- CMS
- WordPress meta generator: WordPress 7.1.4
- JavaScript libraries
- Tag managers
- Google Tag Manager page source: googletagmanager.com/gtm.js
- Marketing automation
- Mailchimp TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:outboundmail.blackbaud.net inc…
- CDN
- Amazon CloudFront header x-amz-cf-id: U1uuJ__N9hBCRse9i14NTBD2hJEN1T8G7o7IlTnSmi8ZtfJ-QEZzKw==
- Web servers
- Apache HTTP Server header server: Apache/2.4.69 (Debian)
- Languages & backends
- PHP implied by WordPress (meta generator: WordPress 7.1.4)
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace MX aspmx.l.google.com
- Microsoft 365 TXT MS=ms91195501
- DNS hosting
- Amazon Route 53 NS ns-419.awsdns-52.com
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- GlobalSign TXT globalsign-domain-verification=tkMAFLlHJt_ad9BQL_lG1b3fAymmr81HkVNiBf…
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=hfjEyeuprakPpwJGSZxx1Y1AlORONO3LVf-fl6TQYvY
- Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=k1scc3fquxajb7yysjhdwyhqpqe4r4
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 19/20
- Meta Business Suite 14/20
- Microsoft 365 14/20
- Atlassian · not on icij.org 9/20
- Google Tag Manager 9/20
- Google Workspace 9/20
- PHP 9/20
- WordPress 9/20
- Apple Business · not on icij.org 9/20
- Amazon Route 53 7/20
- jQuery 7/20
- Salesforce · not on icij.org 6/20
- Cloudflare DNS · not on icij.org 6/20
- Mailchimp 6/20
- nginx · not on icij.org 6/20
- Parse.ly · not on icij.org 5/20