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Polygon
Who runs Polygon, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest video game journalism alternatives.
- Who’s behind it
- Not stated
- Online since
- Unknown
- Trackers
- Prices
- No pricing page
- Last price change
- –
- Closest alternative
- gamespot.com
Measured from Polygon’s own pages, the Internet Archive and public records. Hover a dotted value for its source and date.
Visit Polygon01 · Who’s behind it
Who runs Polygon
Polygon polygon.com
Your source for the latest in video games, sci-fi, fantasy, tabletop games, anime, horror, books, and comics.
Wikidata: video game website
- Company
- No imprint we could read
- Online since
- Not in the Internet Archive
- Audience
- In English
02 · Privacy
What Polygon 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
5 of the 19 alternatives below have fewer, 10 have more.
Privacy-friendly alternatives →- Cookie banner
- None found
- US company
- 1 tool
Visitor analytics
Counts and follows visits, usually with cookies.
03 · Alternatives
Alternatives to Polygon
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Polygon, thumbs down if it isn’t.
19 of the 60 sites closest to Polygon match.
- 01
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.
Very close - 02
TheGamer - The Leading Source for Gaming News, Reviews, and Interviews
TheGamer delivers the biggest video game news, in-depth interviews, honest reviews, timely previews, and surprising stories.
Very close - 03
ScreenRant: Movie News, Movie Reviews, Movie Trailers, TV News
ScreenRant debuted in 2003 and has grown into the largest source of breaking entertainment news & original features for movies, TV, comics, + more!
Very close - 04
Anime News Network
English/French website about anime, manga, and Japanese culture
Very close - 05
MovieWeb - Movie News, Trailers, Reviews, and Exclusives.
The latest movie news, trailers, reviews, and more.
Very close - 06
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.
Very close - 07
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.
Very close - 08
Stereogum: Music News, Reviews, Interviews, & More
The world's best music blog.
Very close - 09
MUO - Technology, Simplified.
MUO is your guide to modern tech. Learn how to make use of the tech and gadgets around you, and discover cool stuff on the internet.
Very close - 10
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.
Very close - 11
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.
Very close - 12
Bleacher Report | Sports. Highlights. News. Now.
Fan easier, fan faster and fan better with Bleacher Report. Keep up with the latest storylines, expert analysis, highlights and scores for all your favorite sports.
Very close - 13
Engadget | Technology News & Expert Reviews
Breaking news from the worlds of technology and entertainment, and expert reviews of the latest consumer tech products.
Very close - 14
Game8|The Top Gaming and App Walkthroughs Straight from Japan!
The Top Gaming and App Walkthroughs Straight from Japan! Game8 delivers the latest in gaming news, walkthrough information, and other useful tools so that you can get the most out of your gaming experience! Our pages for popular apps and new games are being updated every minute!
Very close - 15
How-To Geek - We Explain Technology
We explain technology. Learn more with our articles, reviews, tips, and the best answers to your most pressing tech questions.
Very close - 16
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.
Very close - 17
VALORANT News | Latest Events & Competitive News | THESPIKE.GG
THESPIKE.GG is the leading website for VALORANT News, VALORANT Event Coverage & VALORANT Team Rankings
Very close - 18
Valorant esports coverage | VLR.gg
Valorant esports coverage - competitive news, schedule, match results, team rankings, stats, and forums
Very close - 19
Templated | Independent Gambling & iGaming Industry News
Independent news on the online casino, sports betting, and iGaming industries. Daily coverage of regulation, operators, and business.
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Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles Polygon’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones Polygon 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 Polygon 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 · 9 technologies
- Neighbours
- k = 60
- Sites searched
- 9,216
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 30 ms
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to Polygon’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
- CMS
- WordPress page source: /wp-content/
- Analytics
- Google Analytics page source: googletagmanager.com/gtag/js
- Matomo page source: _paq.push(
- CDN
- jsDelivr asset https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/hls.js@latest
- Web servers
- nginx header server: nginx
- Languages & backends
- PHP implied by WordPress (page source: /wp-content/)
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace MX aspmx.l.google.com
- Email delivery
- Amazon SES TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:amazonses.com include:one.zoho…
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=KsTA4XhdNJhrbwYAQVG8kPITfKHVaTwh_yykIRukvVc
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 20/20
- Google Workspace 17/20
- Google Analytics 13/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on polygon.com 12/20
- Google Ad Manager · not on polygon.com 10/20
- PHP 10/20
- WordPress 10/20
- Comscore · not on polygon.com 8/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on polygon.com 7/20
- Amazon SES 7/20
- Cloudflare · not on polygon.com 6/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on polygon.com 6/20
- Cloudflare DNS · not on polygon.com 5/20
- nginx 5/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on polygon.com 4/20
- Cloudflare Web Analytics · not on polygon.com 4/20