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ProPublica
Who runs ProPublica, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest investigative journalism alternatives.
- Who’s behind it
- Not stated
- Online since
- Unknown
- Trackers
- Prices
- No pricing page
- Last price change
- –
- Closest alternative
- revealnews.org
Measured from ProPublica’s own pages, the Internet Archive and public records. Hover a dotted value for its source and date.
Visit ProPublica01 · Who’s behind it
Who runs ProPublica
ProPublica propublica.org
ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.
Wikidata: nonprofit investigative journalism organization based in New York City
- Company
- No imprint we could read
- Online since
- Not in the Internet Archive
- Audience
- In English
02 · Privacy
What ProPublica 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
3 of the 16 alternatives below have fewer, 9 have more.
Privacy-friendly alternatives →- Cookie banner
- None found
- US company
- 2 tools
Visitor analytics
Counts and follows visits, usually with cookies.
Tag manager
Loads further tracking scripts, which we can’t always see.
03 · Alternatives
Alternatives to ProPublica
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to ProPublica, thumbs down if it isn’t.
17 of the 60 sites closest to ProPublica match.
- 01
The Intercept
Fearless, adversarial journalism that holds the powerful accountable.
Very close - 02
Christian Science Monitor - CSMonitor.com
American nonprofit newspaper (1908-)
Very close - 03
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.
Very close - 04
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 - 05
Top News, Latest headlines, Latest News, World News & U.S News - UPI.com
UPI delivers the latest headlines from around the world: Top News, Entertainment, Health, Business, Science and Sports News - United Press International
Very close - 06
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.
Very close - 07
The New Republic
Founded in 1914, The New Republic is a media organization dedicated to addressing today’s most critical issues.
Very close - 08
BBC Home | Breaking News, World News, US News, Sports, Business, Innovation, Climate, Culture, Travel, Video & Audio
Visit BBC for trusted reporting on the latest world and US news, sports, business, climate, innovation, culture and much more
Very close - 09
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.
Very close - 10
ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Follow the latest headlines from ABC News, Australia's most trusted media source, with live events, audio and on-demand video from the national broadcaster.
Close - 11
News, Politics, Sports, Mail & Latest Headlines - AOL.com
Discover the latest breaking news in the U.S. and around the world — politics, weather, entertainment, lifestyle, finance, sports and much more.
Very close - 12
Stereogum: Music News, Reviews, Interviews, & More
The world's best music blog.
Close - 13
ScienceDaily: Your source for the latest research news
Breaking science news and articles on global warming, extrasolar planets, stem cells, bird flu, autism, nanotechnology, dinosaurs, evolution -- the latest discoveries in astronomy, anthropology, biology, chemistry, climate & environment, computers, engineering, health & medicine, math, physics, psychology, technology, and more -- from the world's leading universities and research organizations.
Close - 14
Seeking Alpha | Stock Market Analysis & Tools for Investors
Join Seeking Alpha, the largest investing community in the world. Get stock market news and analysis, investing ideas, earnings calls, charts and portfolio analysis tools.
Close - 15
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.
Close - 16
Digg - News, before it trends
See what's next in AI before it trends. Digg watches the people who move first.
Close - 17
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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Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles ProPublica’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones ProPublica 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 ProPublica 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 · 19 technologies
- Neighbours
- k = 60
- Sites searched
- 9,216
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 34 ms
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to ProPublica’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 meta generator: WordPress 7.0.8
- JavaScript frameworks
- React asset https://www.propublica.org/wp-includes/js/dist/vendor/react.min.js?ver=18.3.1.1
- Analytics
- Parse.ly page source: cdn.parsely.com
- Tag managers
- Google Tag Manager page source: googletagmanager.com/gtm.js
- Security
- reCAPTCHA page source: google.com/recaptcha/api.js
- CDN
- Cloudflare header cf-ray: a5631aedbe35471d-HAM
- Languages & backends
- PHP implied by WordPress (meta generator: WordPress 7.0.8)
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace MX aspmx.l.google.com
- Microsoft 365 TXT MS=ms52164794
- Email delivery
- Amazon SES TXT v=spf1 include:amazonses.com include:mailgun.org include:_spf.google.…
- Mailgun TXT v=spf1 include:amazonses.com include:mailgun.org include:_spf.google.…
- DNS hosting
- Amazon Route 53 NS ns-1190.awsdns-20.org
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=KRxX3SVwEajBuo9tVFY4UX93RJGykoOj2Mwu5YB…
- Canva TXT canva-site-verification=SQ99tiVmP9pHCdEMJpCivQ
- GlobalSign TXT globalsign-domain-verification=Wq9iztGUzQcBBi1OLrEOlXtefwOzX7yfvhbsw-…
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=fMmhKvSb9hn3Zk41NHgEIaodFWBkEHS5FIg3UBZrwW4
- Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=35f20bpg5z4pwh0ss771f0c438nhn7
- Salesforce TXT v=spf1 include:amazonses.com include:mailgun.org include:_spf.google.…
- Slack TXT slack-domain-verification=HRPmIaKGZvbwOvMvVQ2HO6BQBmawIYvPzLcgmzYp
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 19/20
- Meta Business Suite 14/20
- Microsoft 365 13/20
- Google Workspace 12/20
- PHP 11/20
- WordPress 11/20
- Google Tag Manager 9/20
- Apple Business · not on propublica.org 8/20
- jQuery · not on propublica.org 8/20
- Mailchimp · not on propublica.org 8/20
- nginx · not on propublica.org 8/20
- Amazon Route 53 8/20
- Atlassian 8/20
- Parse.ly 7/20
- Salesforce 7/20
- Cloudflare DNS · not on propublica.org 7/20