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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

17 of the 60 sites closest to Pitchfork match.

  1. 01
    Stereogum stereogum.com English No trackers

    Stereogum: Music News, Reviews, Interviews, & More

    The world's best music blog.

    Compare Stereogum with Pitchfork →
  2. 02
    Myspace myspace.com Top 1K No trackers

    Featured Content on Myspace

    Featured Content on Myspace

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  3. 03
    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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  4. 04
    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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  5. 05
    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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  6. 06
    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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  7. 07
    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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  8. 08
    spirit-of-metal.com English 1 tracker

    Spirit of Metal webzine : bands, album's review, interviews, live reports, mp3, photos, biographies...

    Spirit of Metal webzine : bands, album's review, interviews, live reports, mp3, photos, biographies...

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  9. 09
    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.

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  10. 10
    TheWrap thewrap.com English 1 tracker

    TheWrap - Your trusted source for entertainment breaking news

    Your trusted source for breaking entertainment news, film reviews, TV updates and Hollywood insights. Stay informed with the latest entertainment news and analysis.

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  11. 11
    The New Republic newrepublic.com English 1 tracker

    The New Republic

    Founded in 1914, The New Republic is a media organization dedicated to addressing today’s most critical issues.

    Compare The New Republic with Pitchfork →
  12. 12
    Domain Name Journal dnjournal.com No trackers

    Domain Name Journal - The Domain Industry News Magazine at DNJournal.com

    domain industry news magazine

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  13. 13
    Collider collider.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    New Movie News, Movie Trailers & Upcoming Movie Reviews | Collider

    Stay up to date with new movie news, watch the latest movie trailers & get trusted reviews of upcoming movies & more from the team at Collider.

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  14. 14
    MovieWeb movieweb.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    MovieWeb - Movie News, Trailers, Reviews, and Exclusives.

    The latest movie news, trailers, reviews, and more.

    Compare MovieWeb with Pitchfork →
  15. 15
    Fortune fortune.com Top 10K English No trackers

    Fortune - Fortune 500 Daily & Breaking Business News

    Unrivaled access, premier storytelling, and the best of business since 1930.

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  16. 16
    Aeon aeon.co English 1 tracker

    Aeon | a world of ideas

    Aeon is a magazine of ideas and culture. We publish in-depth essays from the world’s most incisive and ambitious thinkers, and a mix of original and curated videos — free to all.

    Compare Aeon with Pitchfork →
  17. 17
    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

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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

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.

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Neighbours
k = 60
Sites searched
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Vector
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Query
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