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National Geographic
Who runs National Geographic, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest science and nature magazine alternatives.
- Who’s behind it
- Not stated
- Online since
- Unknown
- Trackers
- Prices
- No pricing page
- Last price change
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- Closest alternative
- Smithsonian Magazine
Measured from National Geographic’s own pages, the Internet Archive and public records. Hover a dotted value for its source and date.
Visit National Geographic01 · Who’s behind it
Who runs National Geographic
National Geographic nationalgeographic.com
Explore National Geographic. A world leader in geography, cartography and exploration.
Wikidata: monthly geography, history, nature, and science magazine
- Company
- No imprint we could read
- Online since
- Not in the Internet Archive
- Audience
- In English
02 · Privacy
What National Geographic 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
Fewer than all 15 alternatives below.
Privacy-friendly alternatives →- Cookie banner
- None found
We found no trackers, ad pixels or third-party embeds on National Geographic’s homepage.
03 · Alternatives
Alternatives to National Geographic
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to National Geographic, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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American magazine
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Scientific American
Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.
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science magazine
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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.
Very close - 05 BBC Earth bbcearth.com
documentary subscription television channel featuring premium factual programming, wholly owned and operated by BBC Studios
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American multinational television company
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Outside Magazine
Outside covers travel, sports, gear, and fitness, as well as the personalities, the environment, and the style and culture of the outdoors.
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American magazine
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ScienceAlert : The Best in Science News And Amazing Breakthroughs
The latest science news. Publishing independent, fact-checked reporting on health, space, nature, technology, and the environment.
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Mental Floss - History, Trivia, Interesting Facts, and More
Learn weird, interesting facts about history, entertainment, language, geography, and more topics. Test your knowledge with our quizzes and other trivia.
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AFAR Media - Travel Stories, News, Reviews, Tips + Guides
Discover digital travel stories, reviews, tips, news, guides, podcasts, and videos from the experts at AFAR Media, and subscribe to the newsletter or print magazine.
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Live Science | Latest science news and articles for those with curious minds
Daily discoveries, groundbreaking research and fascinating science breakthroughs that impact you and the wider world, reported by our expert journalists.
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ScienceDaily: Your source for the latest research news
Breaking science news and articles on global warming, extrasolar planets, stem cells, bird flu, autism, nanotechnology, dinosaurs, evolution -- the latest discoveries in astronomy, anthropology, biology, chemistry, climate & environment, computers, engineering, health & medicine, math, physics, psychology, technology, and more -- from the world's leading universities and research organizations.
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Phys.org - News and Articles on Science and Technology
Daily science news on research developments, technological breakthroughs and the latest scientific innovations
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Space.com: NASA, Space Exploration and Astronomy News
Get the latest space exploration, innovation and astronomy news. Space.com celebrates humanity's ongoing expansion across the final frontier.
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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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American basic cable and satellite television channel
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Thrillist - Adventure is always around the corner.
Thrillist is an online media website covering travel, experiences, and local neighborhoods. Thrillist was founded in 2004 by Ben Lerer and Adam Rich. Thrillist covers national and international travel, news, and, as of 2023, 18 cities across the United States.
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Popular Science | Science and Technology Stories Since 1872
Awe-inspiring science reporting, technology news, and DIY projects. Skunks to space robots, primates to climates. That's Popular Science, for over 150 years strong.
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New Atlas: Technology-Innovation-Outdoor News
Extraordinary ideas and innovations moving the world forward.
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Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles National Geographic’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones National Geographic 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 National Geographic 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 · 8 technologies
- Neighbours
- k = 20
- Sites searched
- 9,196
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 58 ms
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to National Geographic’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
- Monitoring
- Datadog RUM page source: datadoghq-browser-agent.com
- CDN
- Amazon CloudFront header x-amz-cf-id: MKodDezQuE4JJ6b2WUN165jnxhgmea8leJ5uf6pMoJZrcqMaeFZC7g==
- Web servers
- nginx header server: nginx
- Email hosting
- Microsoft 365 MX nationalgeographic-com.mail.protection.outlook.com
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Adobe TXT adobe-idp-site-verification=012b7d24aff9766444b9232173abb52ef026139e5…
- Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=5lqJwtfJPMHqC/aGvT/7s2BR53IHCs9P6vFjCQY…
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=5WNnmPMKPkvtFdhx94xNnsjdVQhTlvYGo0g0iF2nh7Y
- Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=s2vntb2m7i6eo2t3r7wrfwehg5ojke
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 20/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on nationalgeographic.com 12/20
- Google Workspace · not on nationalgeographic.com 12/20
- Microsoft 365 11/20
- GlobalSign · not on nationalgeographic.com 10/20
- Meta Business Suite 10/20
- Google Ad Manager · not on nationalgeographic.com 9/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on nationalgeographic.com 8/20
- Cloudflare · not on nationalgeographic.com 7/20
- Cloudflare DNS · not on nationalgeographic.com 7/20
- Google Fonts · not on nationalgeographic.com 7/20
- Amazon CloudFront 6/20
- OneTrust · not on nationalgeographic.com 6/20
- Adobe 5/20
- Fastly · not on nationalgeographic.com 5/20
- JW Player · not on nationalgeographic.com 5/20