Slashdot

01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs Slashdot

Slashdot slashdot.org

Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters. Timely news source for technology related news and B2B software reviews & comparisons.

Wikidata: technology-related news website (launched 1997)

Company

No imprint we could read

Online since

Not in the Internet Archive

Audience

Top 10K In English

02 · Privacy

What Slashdot 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.

20 of the 60 sites closest to Slashdot match.

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   Ars Technica arstechnica.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

   Ars Technica - Serving the Technologist since 1998. News, reviews, and analysis.

   News and reviews, covering IT, AI, science, space, health, gaming, cybersecurity, tech policy, computers, mobile devices, and operating systems.

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   Digg digg.com Top 10K English No trackers

   Digg - News, before it trends

   See what's next in AI before it trends. Digg watches the people who move first.

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   heise online heise.de Top 10K English 1 tracker

   heise online – IT news, guides and background information | heise online

   News and forums on computers, IT, science, media and politics. Price comparison of hardware and software as well as downloads at Heise Medien.

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   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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   anandtech.com English No trackers

   Checking your browser

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   LWN.net lwn.net English No trackers

   Welcome to LWN.net [LWN.net]

   computing webzine with an emphasis on Unix-like operating systems

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   TechPowerUp techpowerup.com English No trackers

   TechPowerUp

   Leading tech publication, with fast news, thorough reviews, and a strong community.

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   XDA Developers xda-developers.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

   XDA

   The world’s best source for computing news, reviews, editorials guides, and more.

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   GitHub github.blog Top 10K English No trackers

   Home - The GitHub Blog

   Updates, ideas, and inspiration from GitHub to help developers build and design software.

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   • PHP
   • WordPress

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    Semafor semafor.com English 1 tracker

    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.

    • Google Search Console
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    Android Police androidpolice.com English 2 trackers

    Android Police: Android news, reviews, guides, editorials, and more

    All the latest mobile tech news, deals, reviews, guides, editorials, and more. Embracing the green bubble since 2009.

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    MacRumors macrumors.com Top 10K English 3 trackers

    MacRumors: Apple News and Rumors

    Apple News and Rumors

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    • Apple Business
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    How-To Geek howtogeek.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    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.

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    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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    TechCrunch techcrunch.com Top 1K English 2 trackers

    TechCrunch | Startup and Technology News

    TechCrunch | Reporting on the business of technology, startups, venture capital funding, and Silicon Valley

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    ScienceDaily sciencedaily.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    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.

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    GSMArena.com gsmarena.com Top 10K English 2 trackers

    GSMArena.com - mobile phone reviews, news, specifications and more...

    GSMArena.com - The ultimate resource for GSM handset information

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    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.

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    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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    Threatpost threatpost.com English 1 tracker

    Threatpost | The first stop for security news

    Threatpost, is an independent news site which is a leading source of information about IT and business security for hundreds of thousands of professionals worldwide.

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Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles Slashdot’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones Slashdot 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 Slashdot 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.