Kotaku

01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs Kotaku

Kotaku kotaku.com

Wikidata: video game website and blog

Company

No imprint we could read

Online since

Not in the Internet Archive

Audience

Top 10K In English

02 · Privacy

What Kotaku 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.

20 of the 60 sites closest to Kotaku match.

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   Polygon polygon.com Top 10K English 2 trackers

   Polygon: Gaming and Entertainment News, Culture, Reviews, and More

   Your source for the latest in video games, sci-fi, fantasy, tabletop games, anime, horror, books, and comics.

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   GameRant gamerant.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

   GameRant - Breaking News, Reviews & Everything Else in the World of Video Games

   GameRant delivers content written by gamers for gamers with an emphasis on news, reviews, unique features, and interviews.

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   TheGamer thegamer.com English 1 tracker

   TheGamer - The Leading Source for Gaming News, Reviews, and Interviews

   TheGamer delivers the biggest video game news, in-depth interviews, honest reviews, timely previews, and surprising stories.

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   TechPowerUp techpowerup.com English No trackers

   TechPowerUp

   Leading tech publication, with fast news, thorough reviews, and a strong community.

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   Engadget engadget.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

   Engadget | Technology News & Expert Reviews

   Breaking news from the worlds of technology and entertainment, and expert reviews of the latest consumer tech products.

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   ScreenRant screenrant.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

   ScreenRant: Movie News, Movie Reviews, Movie Trailers, TV News

   ScreenRant debuted in 2003 and has grown into the largest source of breaking entertainment news & original features for movies, TV, comics, + more!

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   anandtech.com English No trackers

   Checking your browser

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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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   • Atlassian

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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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    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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    • Astro
    • Atlassian
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    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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    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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    GitHub github.blog Top 10K English No trackers

    Home - The GitHub Blog

    Updates, ideas, and inspiration from GitHub to help developers build and design software.

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    goal.com Top 10K English No trackers

    Soccer News, Live Scores, Results & Transfers | Goal.com US

    The latest soccer news, live scores, results, rumors, transfers, fixtures, tables and player profiles from around the world, including Premier League.

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    Templated templated.co English No trackers

    Templated | Independent Gambling & iGaming Industry News

    Independent news on the online casino, sports betting, and iGaming industries. Daily coverage of regulation, operators, and business.

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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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    Fortune fortune.com Top 10K English No trackers

    Fortune - Fortune 500 Daily & Breaking Business News

    Unrivaled access, premier storytelling, and the best of business since 1930.

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    AOL aol.com Top 1K English No trackers

    News, Politics, Sports, Mail & Latest Headlines - AOL.com

    Discover the latest breaking news in the U.S. and around the world — politics, weather, entertainment, lifestyle, finance, sports and much more.

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    Android Police androidpolice.com English 2 trackers

    Android Police: Android news, reviews, guides, editorials, and more

    All the latest mobile tech news, deals, reviews, guides, editorials, and more. Embracing the green bubble since 2009.

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    game8.co Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Game8｜The Top Gaming and App Walkthroughs Straight from Japan!

    The Top Gaming and App Walkthroughs Straight from Japan! Game8 delivers the latest in gaming news, walkthrough information, and other useful tools so that you can get the most out of your gaming experience! Our pages for popular apps and new games are being updated every minute!

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Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles Kotaku’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones Kotaku 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 Kotaku 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.