Lycos

01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs Lycos

Lycos lycos.com

Wikidata: search engine and web portal

Company

No imprint we could read

Online since

Not in the Internet Archive

Audience

Top 10K In English

02 · Privacy

What Lycos 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.

1. 01
   DuckDuckGo duckduckgo.com Top 1K English No trackers

   DuckDuckGo - Protection. Privacy. Peace of mind.

   The Internet privacy company that empowers you to seamlessly take control of your personal information online, without any tradeoffs.

   • Apple Business
   • Microsoft 365
   • Next.js
   • nginx
   • NS1
   • OpenAI

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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.

   • Google Search Console
   • Bing Webmaster Tools
   • Amazon CloudFront
   • Envoy
   • GlobalSign
   • Meta Business Suite

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   Startpage.com startpage.com English No trackers

   privacy-focused online search engine

   • Google Search Console
   • DocuSign
   • Google Workspace
   • Mailjet
   • nginx
   • NS1

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   Yahoo yahoo.com Top 100 English 1 tracker

   Yahoo | Mail, Weather, Search, Politics, News, Finance, Sports & Videos

   Latest news coverage, email, free stock quotes, live scores and video are just the beginning. Discover more every day at Yahoo!

   • Google Search Console
   • GlobalSign
   • Meta Business Suite
   • Next.js
   • React
   • Taboola

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5. 05
   Google google.com Top 100 German No trackers

   Google

   search engine by Google LLC

   • Google Search Console
   • Apple Business
   • DocuSign
   • Google Workspace
   • Google Web Server
   • Meta Business Suite

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6. 06
   Mojeek mojeek.com English No trackers

   Mojeek

   Mojeek is a web search engine that provides unbiased, fast, and relevant search results combined with a no tracking privacy policy.

   • Fastmail
   • jQuery

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   Yandex yandex.com Top 1K English 1 tracker

   Yandex — fast Internet search

   Yandex finds anything: webpages, images, music, good. Solve any problem — from everyday to a scientific one. Search by text, voice or image.

   • Google Search Console
   • Bing Webmaster Tools
   • GlobalSign
   • Meta Business Suite
   • Yandex Mail
   • Yandex Metrica

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8. 08
   Ecosia ecosia.org Top 10K

   web search engine and browser

   • Cloudflare
   • Google Search Console
   • Amazon SES
   • Apple Business
   • Atlassian
   • Brevo

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9. 09
   Naver naver.com Top 1K Korean No trackers

   NAVER

   네이버 메인에서 다양한 정보와 유용한 컨텐츠를 만나 보세요

   • Google Search Console
   • Meta Business Suite

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    Kvasir kvasir.no English 2 trackers

    Kvasir - En smartere måte å lete på

    Kvasir gir deg raskt en oversikt - en smartere måte å lete på!

    • Cloudflare
    • Cloudflare DNS
    • Google Search Console
    • Astro
    • Google Ad Manager
    • Google AdSense

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    MSN msn.com Top 100 English 1 tracker

    MSN

    collection of Internet sites by Microsoft

    • Google Search Console
    • Akamai
    • Azure DNS
    • Azure Front Door
    • Comscore
    • GlobalSign

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12. 12
    SmartNews smartnews.com Japanese 3 trackers

    SmartNews - Discover your world every day

    Trusted by over 40+ million worldwide readers, SmartNews provides the best news, stories and events across 200+ local news sites.

    • Google Search Console
    • Adobe
    • Amazon SES
    • Apple Business
    • Atlassian
    • Amazon CloudFront

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    Opera opera.com Top 100 English 1 tracker

    Opera Web Browser | Faster, Safer, Smarter | Opera

    Faster, safer and smarter than default browsers. Fully-featured for privacy, security, and so much more. Get the faster, better Opera browser for free.

    • Google Search Console
    • Google Tag Manager
    • Adobe
    • Apple Business
    • Google Workspace
    • Meta Business Suite

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    Vivaldi vivaldi.com English 1 tracker

    Vivaldi Browser | Powerful, Personal and Private web browser

    It’s a web browser. But fun. It comes with a bunch of clever features built-in. It’s super flexible and does not track you. Get the Vivaldi browser for desktop, mobile, and your car!

    • Cloudflare
    • Cloudflare DNS
    • Bing Webmaster Tools
    • jQuery
    • Matomo
    • PHP

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    Spokeo spokeo.com

    people search website

    • Google Search Console
    • Atlassian
    • GlobalSign
    • Google Workspace
    • HubSpot
    • Meta Business Suite

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    Yummly yummly.com

    food discovery platform

    • Google Workspace

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    Disqus disqus.com Top 1K English 2 trackers

    #1 in audience engagement and community growth | Disqus

    More publishers trust us to engage, grow, and understand their audiences than any other. Build your on-site community with Disqus.

    • Google Search Console
    • Amazon SES
    • Atlassian
    • Dropbox
    • GlobalSign
    • HubSpot

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    Homes.com homes.com Top 10K

    American real estate website

    • Google Search Console
    • Adobe
    • Akamai
    • Akamai Edge DNS
    • Apple Business
    • Atlassian

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    Hyvor® hyvor.com English No trackers

    HYVOR® - Independent Software Foundry

    Privacy-first website tools, crafted with care. Trusted by millions, from indie makers to enterprises.

    • Cloudflare
    • Cloudflare DNS
    • Google Search Console
    • Google Workspace
    • Proton Mail
    • SvelteKit

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    DreamHost dreamhost.com Top 1K English No trackers

    Web Hosting Built for Growth - DreamHost

    DreamHost offers domain names, web hosting, managed WordPress hosting, business email, and much more. 100% uptime guarantee, 24/7 support. Sign up today!

    • Cloudflare
    • Google Search Console
    • Fly.io
    • GlobalSign
    • Google Workspace
    • Microsoft 365

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