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01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs Something Awful

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Wikidata: comedy website founded by Richard Kyanka

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

02 · Privacy

What Something Awful 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

None of the 12 alternatives below has fewer; 9 have more.

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We found no trackers, ad pixels or third-party embeds on Something Awful’s homepage.

03 · Alternatives

Alternatives to Something Awful

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  1. 01
    Pantip pantip.com Top 10K Thai 1 tracker

    Pantip - Learn, Share & Fun

    ร่วมพูดคุยแลกเปลี่ยนความคิดเห็นในทุกประเด็น ทั้งบันเทิง หุ้น ความงาม ท่องเที่ยว รถยนต์ กีฬา โทรศัพท์มือถือ อาหาร การเมือง ครอบครัว บ้าน วิทยาศาสตร์ สุขภาพ ธุรกิจ

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  2. 02

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    Главная страница JoyReactor - это смешные картинки, арты, игровой юмор и гифки (с котами). Но стоит копнуть чуть глубже, и можно найти больше постов и разделов, интересных именно вам, и подписаться на них. Полезно каждый день поглядывать в разделы Тренды и Наши любимые теги на главной странице, можно повстречать много неожиданного и, как минимум, занятного.

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  3. 03
    DEV Community dev.to Top 10K English 1 tracker

    DEV Community

    A space to discuss and keep up software development and manage your software career

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  4. 04
    perlmonks.org English No trackers

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  5. 05
    SoFurry sofurry.com No trackers

    Explore - SoFurry

    Discover artwork, stories, music, games and more from the furry community. Join SoFurry and share your creations.

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  6. 06
    FC2 fc2.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    FC2 - Free Website, Analyzer, Blog, Rental Server, SEO Countermeasures, etc. -

    FC2 is a portal site which brings you a pleasant web life providing blog/website/analyzer services and others. Our blog service is ranked No.2 domestically and supported by wide range of users including both beginners and heavy users. We offer as many as 30 different services.

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  7. 07
    Stack Exchange stackexchange.com Top 10K English No trackers

    Hot Questions - Stack Exchange

    Stack Overflow – 180+ community-powered knowledge sites.

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  8. 08
    Weasyl weasyl.com No trackers

    Home — Weasyl

    online art gallery

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  9. 09
    Answers answers.com Top 10K English 2 trackers

    Answers - The Most Trusted Place for Answering Life's Questions

    Answers is the place to go to get the answers you need and to ask the questions you want

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  10. 10
    Full Disclosure fulldisclosure.org English No trackers

    Full Disclosure

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    Pikabu pikabu.ru Top 1K Russian 1 tracker

    Горячее – самые интересные и обсуждаемые посты | Пикабу

    Пикабу – это уютное информационно-развлекательное сообщество, где любой желающий может опубликовать пост. Истории из жизни, свежие шутки и мемы, познавательные статьи, забавные фото и видео, интересные комментарии. Если другим пользователям понравится ваша история, ее увидят сотни тысяч людей.

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  12. 12
    DNForum.com dnforum.com English No trackers

    DNForum.com - Buy, Sell, and Talk Domain Names | DNForum.com - Buy, Sell, and Talk Domain Names

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  13. 13
    humoruniv.com Top 10K Korean No trackers

    행복한 유머, 웃긴대학에 오셨습니다.

    웃긴대학은 남을 행복하게 만들어주기 라는 목적으로 1998년 8월 24일에 설립한 전통 유머 사이트입니다. 웃긴자료, 웃긴제목 등 유머 게시판 뿐만 아니라 만화, 게임, 요리, 헬스, 뷰티, 동물, SNS 등의 테마 게시판과 웃대툰, 공포, 사진 등의 창작 게시판도 서비스합니다. 자체 개발한 인공지능을 이용하여 얼굴인식, 패션분석 등의 서비스도 선보이고 있습니다.

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  14. 14
    DeviantArt deviantart.com Top 1K English No trackers

    DeviantArt - The Largest Online Art Gallery and Community

    DeviantArt is where art and community thrive. Explore over 650 million pieces of art while connecting to fellow artists and art enthusiasts.

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  15. 15
    YouTube youtube.com Top 100 English No trackers

    YouTube

    Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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    Bitchute bitchute.com No trackers

    Bitchute

    Bitchute is a video service that prioritizes creators and champions users' freedoms and privacy.

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  17. 17
    Nga玩家社区 nga.cn Chinese No trackers

    NGA玩家社区 - NGA.CN

    NGA是国内最专业的魔兽世界,英雄联盟,炉石传说,风暴英雄,暗黑破坏神3(D3)游戏攻略讨论,以及其他热门游戏玩家社区。

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  18. 18
    Inkbunny inkbunny.net No trackers

    Welcome | Inkbunny, the Furry Art Community

    Inkbunny is a furry art community that helps you showcase your art, comics, stories, music and animations. Join For Free to start exploring, sharing, and selling!

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    Guilded guilded.gg English No trackers

    Guilded - Chat for Gaming Communities

    Guilded upgrades your group chat and equips your server with integrated event calendars, forums, and more – 100% free.

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    note note.com Top 1K Japanese 1 tracker

    note ――つくる、つながる、とどける。

    クリエイターが文章やマンガ、写真、音声を投稿することができ、ユーザーはそのコンテンツを楽しんで応援できるメディアプラットフォームです。だれもが創作を楽しんで続けられるよう、安心できる雰囲気や、多様性を大切にしています。

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04 · History

No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Something Awful 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 · 6 technologies
Neighbours
k = 60
Sites searched
9,199
Vector
384-d
Query
34 ms

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Something Awful’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

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