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Who runs Polygon, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest video game journalism alternatives.

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gamespot.com

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01 · 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

03 · Alternatives

Alternatives to Polygon

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

Fewer trackers than PolygonNo ad trackersRegistered in the EUFree planOnly in English

17 of the 60 sites closest to Polygon match.

  1. 01
    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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  2. 02
    TheGamer thegamer.com English 1 tracker

    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.

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  3. 03
    4gamer.net Japanese 1 tracker

    4Gamer.net ― 日本最大級の総合ゲーム情報サイト。最新ゲームのニュース,レビューはここで!

    ゲームの最新ニュースをお届けします。また,ゲームのタイトルのユーザーレビューの募集/掲載や,発売スケジュールなども用意。遊びたいゲームを探す時にご活用ください!

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  4. 04
    ScreenRant screenrant.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    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!

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  5. 05
    thisisgame.com 1 tracker

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    https://www.thisisgame.com

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  6. 06
    Anime News Network animenewsnetwork.com English 1 tracker

    Anime News Network

    English/French website about anime, manga, and Japanese culture

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  7. 07
    MovieWeb movieweb.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

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

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

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  8. 08
    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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  9. 09
    StopGame stopgame.ru Russian No trackers

    StopGame — всё про видеоигры, сайт об играх, игровой портал

    Всё про видеоигры на сайте StopGame. Максимально актуальная информация об играх и игровой индустрии онлайн. Press Start!

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  10. 10
    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.

    Compare Collider with Polygon →
  11. 11
    Stereogum stereogum.com English No trackers

    Stereogum: Music News, Reviews, Interviews, & More

    The world's best music blog.

    Compare Stereogum with Polygon →
  12. 12
    MakeUseOf makeuseof.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    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.

    Compare MakeUseOf with Polygon →
  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.

    Compare TIME with Polygon →
  14. 14
    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.

    Compare TheWrap with Polygon →
  15. 15
    Bleacher Report bleacherreport.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    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.

    Compare Bleacher Report with Polygon →
  16. 16
    Serebii serebii.net 1 tracker

    Serebii.net - Where Legends Come To Life

    Contains up-to-date news, databases and information about all Pokémon Games, TCG sets and the TV show.

    Compare Serebii with Polygon →
  17. 17
    Engadget engadget.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Engadget | Technology News & Expert Reviews

    Breaking news from the worlds of technology and entertainment, and expert reviews of the latest consumer tech products.

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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

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

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The full technology stack, the competitor map and search numbers · 9 technologies
Neighbours
k = 60
Sites searched
9,208
Vector
384-d
Query
35 ms

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