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Snopes

Who runs Snopes, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest fact-checking alternatives.

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01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs Snopes

Snopes snopes.com

The definitive Internet reference source for researching urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, and misinformation.

Wikidata: fact-checking website

Company
No imprint we could read
Online since
Not in the Internet Archive
Audience
In English

02 · Privacy

What Snopes 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

18 of the 20 alternatives below have fewer, 2 have more.

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US company
4 tools

03 · Alternatives

Alternatives to Snopes

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

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

20 of the 60 sites closest to Snopes match.

  1. 01
    FactCheck.org factcheck.org English 2 trackers

    FactCheck.org - A Project of The Annenberg Public Policy Center

    Fact-checking website

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  2. 02
    PolitiFact politifact.com English 2 trackers

    PolitiFact

    American nonprofit fact-checking website

    Compare PolitiFact with Snopes →
  3. 03
    Full Fact fullfact.org English 2 trackers

    Full Fact

    Not sure what to believe? Full Fact checks the claims you see online and in the news, helping you spot misinformation and get the facts that matter.

    Compare Full Fact with Snopes →
  4. 04
    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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  5. 05
    The Intercept theintercept.com English 1 tracker

    The Intercept

    Fearless, adversarial journalism that holds the powerful accountable.

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  6. 06
    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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  7. 07
    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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  8. 08
    FanSided fansided.com English 2 trackers

    FanSided Sports News & Updates: NFL, NBA, MLB, College & More

    FanSided - Your go-to source for sports, entertainment, and lifestyle. Stay updated on news, analysis, and fandom across a range of topics.

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  9. 09
    Cheezburger cheezburger.com English 1 tracker

    Home - The Big Cheezburger Network - Made from the finest of internets - Cheezburger

    You get a Cheezburger, and YOU get a Cheezburger. EVERYONE GETS A CHEEZBURGER. The original internet funny site.

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  10. 10
    British Broadcasting Corporation bbc.com Top 1K English No trackers

    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

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  11. 11
    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.

    Compare Digg with Snopes →
  12. 12
    AOL aol.com Top 1K English No trackers

    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.

    Compare AOL with Snopes →
  13. 13
    United Press International upi.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    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

    Compare United Press International with Snopes →
  14. 14
    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 Snopes →
  15. 15
    slashfilm.com English 1 tracker

    /Film | Movie & TV News, Trailers, Interviews, & Reviews

    The latest movie and television news, reviews, film trailers, exclusive interviews, and opinions - since 2005.

    Compare slashfilm.com with Snopes →
  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 Snopes →
  17. 17
    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!

    Compare ScreenRant with Snopes →
  18. 18
    Playbuzz playbuzz.com English 1 tracker

    Playbuzz - Quizzes, Polls & Personality Tests

    Take fun quizzes, personality tests, and polls. Discover what makes you unique with Playbuzz.

    Compare Playbuzz with Snopes →
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    Rotten Tomatoes rottentomatoes.com Top 10K English 3 trackers

    Rotten Tomatoes: Movies | TV Shows | Movie Trailers | Reviews | Rotten Tomatoes

    Rotten Tomatoes, home of the Tomatometer, is the most trusted measurement of quality for Movies & TV. The definitive site for Reviews, Trailers, Showtimes, and Tickets

    Compare Rotten Tomatoes with Snopes →
  20. 20
    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 Snopes →

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04 · History

No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Snopes 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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Sites searched
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Query
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