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NME

Who runs NME, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest music journalism alternatives.

Who’s behind it
Not stated
Online since
Unknown
Trackers
Prices
No pricing page
Last price change
–
Closest alternative
Consequence

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01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs NME

NME nme.com

NME brings you the latest music and pop culture news and reviews, along with videos and galleries, band features, concert tickets, magazine, radio and more.

Wikidata: British music journalism website and former magazine

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

02 · Privacy

What NME 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

4 of the 18 alternatives below have fewer, 10 have more.

Privacy-friendly alternatives →
Cookie banner
None found
US company
2 tools
  • Advertising and retargeting

    Lets ad networks recognise visitors on other sites and show them ads.

  • Visitor analytics

    Counts and follows visits, usually with cookies.

03 · Alternatives

Alternatives to NME

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

Fewer trackers than NMENo ad trackersRegistered in the EUFree planOnly in English
  1. 01
    Consequence consequence.net English 8 trackers

    Consequence | Music, Movie, TV and Pop Culture News for the Mainstream and Underground

    Consequence is your source for breaking news about music, film, and TV, plus daily reviews, exclusive interviews, original videos, and more.

    Compare Consequence with NME →
  2. 02
    Stereogum stereogum.com English No trackers

    Stereogum: Music News, Reviews, Interviews, & More

    The world's best music blog.

    Compare Stereogum with NME →
  3. 03
    Pitchfork pitchfork.com English 2 trackers

    Pitchfork | The Most Trusted Voice in Music. | Pitchfork

    The Most Trusted Voice in Music.

    Compare Pitchfork with NME →
  4. 04
    Rolling Stone rollingstone.com Top 10K English 6 trackers

    Rolling Stone – Music, Film, TV and Political News Coverage

    Get the latest Rolling Stone news with exclusive stories and pictures from Rolling Stone.

    Compare Rolling Stone with NME →
  5. 05
    Billboard billboard.com Top 10K English 8 trackers

    Billboard – Music Charts, News, Photos & Video

    Music Charts, News, Photos & Video

    Compare Billboard with NME →
  6. 06
    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.

    Compare Polygon with NME →
  7. 07
    VICE vice.com Top 10K English 8 trackers

    VICE - VICE is the definitive guide to enlightening information.

    VICE is a global media channel focusing on investigative journalism and enlightening videos about everything from world news, travel, art, drugs, politics, sports, fashion, sex, and super cute animals.

    Compare VICE with NME →
  8. 08
    The Economist economist.com Top 10K English

    British weekly news and international affairs publication (founded 1843)

    Compare The Economist with NME →
  9. 09
    The Independent independent.co.uk Top 1K English 4 trackers

    News | The Independent | Today's headlines and latest breaking news

    The latest breaking news, comment and features from The Independent.

    Compare The Independent with NME →
  10. 10
    Rock Paper Shotgun rockpapershotgun.com English 7 trackers

    Rock Paper Shotgun

    PC gaming news, previews, reviews, opinion.

    Compare Rock Paper Shotgun with NME →
  11. 11
    Vulture vulture.com English 2 trackers

    Vulture - Entertainment News - TV, Movies, Music, Books, Theater, Art

    Vulture is a New York Magazine site providing continuous entertainment news covering TV, movies, music, art, books, theater, comedy, podcasts, celebrities, and the entertainment industry itself.

    Compare Vulture with NME →
  12. 12
    TMZ tmz.com Top 10K English 5 trackers

    Celebrity News | Entertainment News | TMZ.com

    Breaking the biggest stories in celebrity and entertainment news. Get exclusive access to the latest stories, photos, and video as only TMZ can.

    Compare TMZ with NME →
  13. 13
    Gizmodo gizmodo.com Top 10K English 4 trackers

    Gizmodo | The Future Is Here

    Dive into cutting-edge tech, reviews and the latest trends with the expert team at Gizmodo. Your ultimate source for all things tech.

    Compare Gizmodo with NME →
  14. 14
    Variety variety.com Top 10K English 6 trackers

    Variety - Entertainment news, film reviews, awards, film festivals, box office, entertainment industry conferences

    Entertainment news, film reviews, awards, film festivals, box office, entertainment industry conferences

    Compare Variety with NME →
  15. 15
    Bored Panda boredpanda.com Top 10K English No trackers

    Bored Panda - The Only Magazine For Pandas

    Bored Panda is a leading art, pop culture and lifestyle magazine that is viewed nearly 100 million times every month.

    Compare Bored Panda with NME →
  16. 16
    Metro metro.co.uk Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Metro.co.uk: News, Sport, Showbiz, Celebrities from Metro

    Metro.co.uk: News, Sport, Showbiz, Celebrities from Metro

    Compare Metro with NME →
  17. 17
    Daily Express express.co.uk Top 10K English 8 trackers

    Latest UK and World News, Sport and Comment | Express.co.uk

    Latest news, showbiz, sport, comment, lifestyle, city, video and pictures from the Daily Express and Sunday Express newspapers and Express.co.uk

    Compare Daily Express with NME →
  18. 18
    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.

    Compare TIME with NME →
  19. 19
    Slate slate.com Top 10K English 3 trackers

    Slate Magazine - Politics, Business, Technology, and the Arts

    Online magazine of news, politics, technology, and culture. Combines humor and insight in thoughtful analyses of current events and political news.

    Compare Slate with NME →
  20. 20
    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.

    Compare GameRant with NME →

Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles NME’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones NME 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 NME 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 · 13 technologies
Neighbours
k = 20
Sites searched
9,195
Vector
384-d
Query
28 ms

Competitor map

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