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Independent Online

Who runs Independent Online, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest online news alternatives.

Who’s behind it
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Online since
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Trackers
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Prices
No pricing page
Last price change
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Closest alternative
Ninemsn

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01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs Independent Online

Independent Online iol.co.za

Wikidata: South African news site

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

02 · Privacy

What Independent Online tracks

We couldn’t read iol.co.za’s homepage (bot protection page), so we can’t say what it loads.

03 · Alternatives

Alternatives to Independent Online

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

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14 of the 60 sites closest to Independent Online match.

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

  1. 01
    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 Independent Online →
  2. 02
    BreakingNews.ie breakingnews.ie English 1 tracker

    BreakingNews.ie | Irish News | Breaking News from Ireland

    Ireland's premier breaking news website providing up to the minute news and sports reports. With e-mail news releases following breaking stories throughout the day

    Compare BreakingNews.ie with Independent Online →
  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 Independent Online →
  4. 04
    7news 7news.com.au English 1 tracker

    7NEWS Australia: Latest news, sport, video, entertainment and lifestyle from Australia and the world

    7NEWS brings you the latest local news from Australia and around the world. Stay up to date with all of the breaking sport, politics, entertainment, finance, weather and business headlines. Today's news, live updates & all the latest breaking stories from 7NEWS.

    Compare 7news with Independent Online →
  5. 05
    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 Independent Online →
  6. 06
    Tportal.hr tportal.hr 1 tracker

    Naslovnica | tportal

    Najnovije vijesti iz Hrvatske, svijeta, biznisa, sporta, tehnologije, lifestyle, showtime, kulture i funboxa. Sve na jednom mjestu - Tportal.hr

    Compare Tportal.hr with Independent Online →
  7. 07
    novinky.cz Top 10K Czech No trackers

    Novinky.cz - nejčtenější zprávy na českém internetu

    Nejnovější zprávy z domova i ze světa na jednom místě. Novinky, mimořádné události, aktuální témata. Online zpravodajství na Novinky.cz.

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  8. 08
    gazeta.ru English No trackers

    Document

    Russian state-controlled website

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  9. 09
    Blick blick.ch Top 10K German 2 trackers

    Blick: Nachrichten und Schlagzeilen aus der Schweiz und aller Welt

    Aktuelle Nachrichten, News und Kommentare aus Wirtschaft, Politik, Sport, Kultur, Gesellschaft, Wissen & Lifestyle auf Blick.ch. Jetzt App downloaden.

    Compare Blick with Independent Online →
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    20min.ch Top 10K German 1 tracker

    20 Minuten: Aktuelle Nachrichten, Schlagzeilen - News von Jetzt

    Alle News auf einen Blick: Beim grössten Schweizer Nachrichtenportal findest du 24/7 Aktuelles, Bilder, Hintergründe und Videos aus der Schweiz und Welt.

    Compare 20min.ch with Independent Online →
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    The Mercury News mercurynews.com Top 10K English 2 trackers

    The Mercury News - Bay Area news, sports, business, entertainment, lifestyle and commentary

    The Mercury News is the leading source of breaking news, local news, sports, business, entertainment, lifestyle and opinion for Silicon Valley, San Francisco Bay Area and beyond

    Compare The Mercury News with Independent Online →
  12. 12
    n1info.rs Serbian 2 trackers

    Vesti iz Srbije, regiona i sveta | N1

    N1 je informativna multiplatforma koja vam omogućava da pratite sve aktuelne vesti iz zemlje, regiona i sveta u momentu kada se dešavaju.

    Compare n1info.rs with Independent Online →
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    Asharq News asharq.com Arabic 2 trackers

    الشرق للأخبار | أخبار اليوم العربية والعالمية

    أهم وأحدث الأخبار والمستجدات العربية والعالمية، اطلع على أبرز القصص والتغطيات في السياسة والاقتصاد والفن والتكنولوجيا والرياضة والصحة، والمزيد من الشرق للأخبار.

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  14. 14
    France 24 france24.com Top 10K English No trackers

    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

    Compare France 24 with Independent Online →

Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles Independent Online’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones Independent Online 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 Independent Online 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 · 6 technologies
Neighbours
k = 60
Sites searched
9,212
Vector
384-d
Query
50 ms

Competitor map

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