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.

20 of the 60 sites closest to Lycos match.

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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2. 02
   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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3. 03
   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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4. 04
   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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5. 05
   Qwant qwant.com English No trackers

   Qwant - The search engine that values you as a user, not as a product

   Fast, reliable answers and still in trust: Qwant does not store your search data, does not sell your personal data and is hosted in Europe.

   • Google Search Console
   • Apple Business
   • Google Workspace
   • Microsoft 365
   • Notion
   • Slack

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6. 06
   Microsoft Bing bing.com Top 100 English No trackers

   Search - Microsoft Bing

   Search with Microsoft Bing and use the power of AI to find information, explore webpages, images, videos, maps, and more. A smart search engine for the forever curious.

   • Google Search Console
   • Azure DNS
   • Meta Business Suite
   • Microsoft 365
   • NS1

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7. 07
   Mozilla mozilla.org Top 100 English No trackers

   Mozilla - Internet for people, not profit (US)

   We’re working to put control of the internet back in the hands of the people using it.

   • Google Search Console
   • Akamai Edge DNS
   • Bing Webmaster Tools
   • Fastly
   • Google Cloud
   • Google Workspace

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8. 08
   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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9. 09
   InterServer trouble-free.net Top 10K English No trackers

   InterServer Privacy Policy

   InterServer provides world class web hosting, dedicated servers and internet services.

   • Bootstrap
   • Cloudflare
   • Cloudflare DNS
   • Font Awesome
   • jQuery

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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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11. 11
    AliDropship sellvir.com Top 10K English No trackers

    Portal Home - Hosting AliDropship

    • Apache HTTP Server
    • Font Awesome
    • Google Fonts
    • Yandex Mail
    • Yandex Webmaster

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12. 12
    Pinduoduo pinduoduo.com Top 10K English No trackers

    Pinduoduo - Together, More Savings, More Fun

    Pinduoduo - Together, More Savings, More Fun

    • Next.js
    • nginx
    • React

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13. 13
    Ghost ghost.org Top 10K English No trackers

    Ghost: The best open source blog & newsletter platform

    Beautiful, modern publishing with email newsletters and paid subscriptions built-in. Used by Platformer, 404Media, Lever News, Tangle, The Browser, and thousands more.

    • Cloudflare DNS
    • Google Search Console
    • Apple Business
    • Google Workspace
    • Mailchimp Transactional
    • Netlify

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14. 14
    Shodan shodan.io Top 10K English No trackers

    Shodan Search Engine

    Search Engine for the Internet of Things

    • Cloudflare
    • Cloudflare DNS
    • Google Search Console
    • Font Awesome
    • Google Workspace

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    Realtor.com realtor.com Top 10K English No trackers

    Not available in your region – realtor.com®

    Our home search experience isn’t currently available to visitors located in Europe.

    • Google Search Console
    • Adobe
    • Atlassian
    • Amazon Web Services
    • Amazon CloudFront
    • DocuSign

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16. 16
    OnTheMarket onthemarket.com Top 10K English No trackers

    OnTheMarket | Property, Houses & Flats for Sale & to Rent

    The most uncluttered, user-friendly property portal. Find hundreds of 1000s of properties for sale & to rent from leading UK estate agents | OnTheMarket

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

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    IsThereAnyDeal isthereanydeal.com English No trackers

    IsThereAnyDeal

    digital video game comparison shooping website

    • Cloudflare
    • Cloudflare DNS
    • Google Fonts
    • Postmark
    • SparkPost

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    Vegamovies vegamovies.to English No trackers

    Vegamovies VIP — Secure Portal

    • Cloudflare
    • Cloudflare DNS

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    Mail.ru mail.ru Top 100 English No trackers

    Russian web portal

    • GlobalSign
    • nginx

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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.

    • Cloudflare DNS
    • Google Search Console
    • Google Workspace
    • Next.js
    • React
    • Vercel

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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.