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Pitchfork

Who runs Pitchfork, 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
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Closest alternative
Stereogum

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01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs Pitchfork

Pitchfork pitchfork.com

The Most Trusted Voice in Music.

Wikidata: American online music magazine

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

02 · Privacy

What Pitchfork 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

8 of the 18 alternatives below have fewer, 8 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.

  • Tag manager

    Loads further tracking scripts, which we can’t always see.

03 · Alternatives

Alternatives to Pitchfork

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

Fewer trackers than PitchforkNo ad trackersRegistered in the EUFree planOnly in English
  1. 01
    Stereogum stereogum.com English No trackers

    Stereogum: Music News, Reviews, Interviews, & More

    The world's best music blog.

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  2. 02
    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 Pitchfork →
  3. 03
    NME nme.com English 2 trackers

    NME | Music, Film, TV, Gaming & Pop Culture News

    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.

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  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.

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  5. 05
    Spin spin.com

    American music magazine

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  6. 06
    Myspace myspace.com Top 1K No trackers

    Featured Content on Myspace

    Featured Content on Myspace

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  7. 07
    Billboard billboard.com Top 10K English 8 trackers

    Billboard – Music Charts, News, Photos & Video

    Music Charts, News, Photos & Video

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  8. 08
    BARKS barks.jp Japanese 1 tracker

    BARKS | アーティストの新曲・動画・ライブ・コンサート情報をお届けする音楽メディア

    アーティストの新曲・動画・ライブ・コンサート情報をお届けする音楽メディア

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  9. 09
    Harvard Business Review hbr.org Top 1K English 1 tracker

    Harvard Business Review - Ideas and Advice for Leaders

    Find new ideas and classic advice on strategy, innovation and leadership, for global leaders from the world's best business and management experts.

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  10. 10
    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.

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  11. 11
    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.

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  12. 12
    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.

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  13. 13
    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.

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  14. 14
    Digiday digiday.com English 3 trackers

    Digiday — The home of modern media and marketing

    Digiday is the leading voice of the media and marketing industry and how they are being disrupted by technology.

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  15. 15
    New Atlas newatlas.com English 4 trackers

    New Atlas: Technology-Innovation-Outdoor News

    Extraordinary ideas and innovations moving the world forward.

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  16. 16
    Mental Floss mentalfloss.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    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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  17. 17
    Designboom designboom.com English 2 trackers

    designboom magazine | your first source for architecture, design & art news

    est. 1999 designboom is the first and most popular digital magazine for architecture & design culture. daily news for a professional and creative audience.

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  18. 18
    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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  19. 19
    AllMusic allmusic.com

    American online music database

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  20. 20
    Highsnobiety highsnobiety.com English 1 tracker

    Discover and Shop What's Next | Highsnobiety

    Highsnobiety is a global fashion and media brand passionate about product and the stories that shape them. Discover and shop what's next.

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04 · History

No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Pitchfork adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.

05 · Details

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