Patch

01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs Patch

Patch patch.com

The best breaking news, stories, and events from the Patch network of local news sites

Wikidata: U.S. local news and information platform

Company

No imprint we could read

Online since

Not in the Internet Archive

Audience

Top 10K In English

02 · Privacy

What Patch 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.

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   NewsBreak newsbreak.com Top 10K English 4 trackers

   NewsBreak: Local News & Alerts

   NewsBreak is the best local source for news, videos, and information on safety, accidents, sports, business, celebrity updates, stock market trends, and more.

   • Apple Business
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   • Google Fonts
   • Google Search Console
   • Google Workspace
   • Next.js

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   Axios axios.com Top 10K English

   American news website

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   MyLondon mylondon.news English 2 trackers

   MyLondon - The latest London news, sport, entertainment and more

   Get the latest breaking news, traffic alerts, and what’s on across London. From local crime and politics to the best new restaurants—stay connected with MyLondon.

   • Google Ad Manager
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   • Meta Business Suite
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   The Philadelphia Inquirer philly.com English 2 trackers

   Philadelphia local news, sports, jobs, cars, homes

   American daily newspaper

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   Boston.com boston.com Top 10K English 8 trackers

   Boston.com: Local breaking news, sports, weather, and things to do

   What Boston cares about right now: Get breaking updates on news, sports, and weather. Local alerts, things to do, and more on Boston.com.

   • Chartbeat
   • Comscore
   • Fastly
   • GlobalSign
   • Google Ad Manager
   • Google Fonts

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   SFist sfist.com English 4 trackers

   SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports

   SFist is San Francisco's source for fun, witty, & serious news. With updates about restaurants, events, sports, politics & more, SFist reaches millions of users in California.

   • Google Ad Manager
   • Google Fonts
   • Google Search Console
   • Google Tag Manager
   • Google Workspace
   • Cloudflare

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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.

   • Apple Business
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   Vox vox.com Top 10K English 2 trackers

   Vox

   Vox is a general interest news site for the 21st century. Its mission: to help everyone understand our complicated world, so that we can all help shape it. In text, video and audio, our reporters explain politics, policy, world affairs, technology, culture, science, the climate crisis, money, health and everything else that matters. Our goal is to ensure that everyone, regardless of income or status, can access accurate information that empowers them.

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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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    CNN cnn.com Top 1K English 2 trackers

    Breaking News, Latest News and Videos | CNN

    View the latest news and breaking news today for U.S., world, weather, entertainment, politics and health at CNN.com.

    • Chartbeat
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    HuffPost huffpost.com Top 1K English 3 trackers

    HuffPost - Breaking News, Politics, Entertainment & Opinion

    Read the latest U.S. and world news, politics, entertainment, lifestyle and opinion pieces from HuffPost’s trusted team of journalists.

    • Apple Business
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    Politico politico.com Top 10K English

    American journalism company and news website

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    • Adobe
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    CP24 cp24.com English 6 trackers

    CP24 – Toronto Breaking News, Live Updates, Weather and Traffic Today

    Get the latest breaking news headlines, weather reports, and traffic updates on Greater Toronto and the Hamilton Area.

    • Amazon Publisher Services
    • Chartbeat
    • Comscore
    • Google Ad Manager
    • Google Search Console
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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.

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    Chron chron.com Top 10K English 2 trackers

    Chron: Texas News, Weather, Food, Culture, Sports, College

    Chron, a trusted Texas news source since 2012, delivers the latest weather, culture, food and sports news about Houston, the Gulf Coast, North Texas and beyond.

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    ZDNET zdnet.com Top 10K English 4 trackers

    News and Advice on the World's Latest Innovations | ZDNET - ZDNET

    see all latest

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    Newsweek newsweek.com Top 10K English 6 trackers

    Newsweek - Latest Breaking News, US, World, Politics, Business, Tech and Videos.

    Newsweek provides in-depth analysis on news, world events, politics, business, tech, entertainment, healthcare, & trending videos. Subscribe for breaking news alerts!

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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.

    • Google Fonts
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    NBC News nbcnews.com Top 1K English 1 tracker

    NBC News - Breaking Headlines and Video Reports on World, U.S. and Local Angles | NBC News

    Go to NBCNews.com for breaking news, videos, and the latest top stories in world news, business, politics, health and pop culture.

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    Newsday newsday.com English No trackers

    Newsday | Long Island's & NYC's News Source - Newsday

    Breaking News, data & opinions in business, sports, entertainment, travel, lifestyle, plus much more. Newsday.com is the leading news source for Long Island & NYC.

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