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The Age
Who runs The Age, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest daily newspaper alternatives.
- Who’s behind it
- Not stated
- Online since
- Unknown
- Trackers
- Prices
- No pricing page
- Last price change
- –
- Closest alternative
- Herald Sun
Measured from The Age’s own pages, the Internet Archive and public records. Hover a dotted value for its source and date.
Visit The Age01 · Who’s behind it
Who runs The Age
The Age theage.com.au
The Age has the latest local news on Melbourne, Victoria. Read National News from Australia, World News, Business News and Breaking News stories.
Wikidata: Melbourne daily newspaper
- Company
- No imprint we could read
- Online since
- Not in the Internet Archive
- Audience
- In English
02 · Privacy
What The Age 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
9 of the 13 alternatives below have fewer, 3 have more.
Privacy-friendly alternatives →- Cookie banner
- None found
- US company
- 4 tools
Advertising and retargeting
Lets ad networks recognise visitors on other sites and show them ads.
Tag manager
Loads further tracking scripts, which we can’t always see.
Third-party embeds
Videos, maps or fonts from other companies, which receive the visitor’s IP address.
03 · Alternatives
Alternatives to The Age
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to The Age, thumbs down if it isn’t.
- 01
Australian Breaking News Headlines & World News Online | SMH.com.au
Breaking news from Sydney, Australia and the world. Features the latest business, sport, entertainment, travel, lifestyle, and technology news.
Very close - 02
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.
Very close - 03
Latest news, sport and opinion from the Guardian
Latest news, sport, business, comment, analysis and reviews from the Guardian, the world's leading liberal voice
Very close - 04
Philadelphia local news, sports, jobs, cars, homes
American daily newspaper
Very close - 05
The Star | Malaysia News: National, Regional and World News
Get the latest Malaysia news stories and opinions with focus on National, Regional, Sarawak and World News, as well as reports from Parliament and Court.
Very close - 06
nine.com.au -- the new ninemsn - News, Sport, TV, Entertainment, Lifestyle | Latest Breaking News Headlines from Australia and the world
Meet the new nine.com.au. Get the latest news, sport, TV, travel, fashion, fitness, recipes, celebrity news and exclusive content, all for free at nine.com.au, the home of Nine
Very close - 07
The Straits Times - Breaking news, Singapore news, Asia and world news & multimedia
The Straits Times - Get latest breaking news, business, sports, lifestyle, tech & multimedia and more news in Singapore, Asia & rest of the world at straitstimes.com.
Very close - 08
7NEWS Australia: Latest news, sport, video, entertainment and lifestyle from Australia and the world
7NEWS brings you the latest local news from Australia and around the world. Stay up to date with all of the breaking sport, politics, entertainment, finance, weather and business headlines. Today's news, live updates & all the latest breaking stories from 7NEWS.
Very close - 09
Newsday | Long Island's & NYC's News Source - Newsday
Breaking News, data & opinions in business, sports, entertainment, travel, lifestyle, plus much more. Newsday.com is the leading news source for Long Island & NYC.
Very close - 10
Breaking China, Asia, HK News, Opinions and Insights | South China Morning Post
News, opinions, infographics and videos on China issues: geopolitics, diplomacy, economy, technology and lifestyle.
Very close - 11
News | The Independent | Today's headlines and latest breaking news
The latest breaking news, comment and features from The Independent.
Very close - 12
Diari ARA | News from the leading Catalan newspaper
Leading Catalan newspaper: read the latest news reports and articles to find out what is happening in Catalonia, Spain and the world
Very close - 13
The Sun Malaysia | Latest Trending News: National, World and Viral
Latest Malaysia news, breaking headlines, business, lifestyle, sports and world news from The Sun Malaysia.
Very close - 14
Latest World & National News & Headlines - USATODAY.com
USA TODAY delivers current national and local news, sports, entertainment, finance, technology, and more through award-winning journalism, photos, and videos.
Very close - 15
The Japan Times - News On Japan, Business News, Opinion, Sports, Entertainment And More
Latest news on Japan: business, politics, commentary, sports, culture, life and more
Very close - 16
Chicago Sun-Times: Chicago news, politics, sports and more
Chicago news, politics, sports, entertainment and more from America’s hardest-working paper.
Very close - 17
The Globe and Mail: Canadian, World, Politics and Business News & Analysis
The Globe and Mail offers the most authoritative news in Canada, featuring national and international news
Very close - 18
Dallas News | Breaking News for DFW, Texas, World
Find breaking news, investigations, reviews and opinion on business, sports, arts, entertainment, food, real estate, crime and more at dallasnews.com.
Very close - 19
Austin American-Statesman: Austin, TX News, Politics & Sports
Austin American-Statesman is the number one source for Austin and Texas breaking news, politics and business.
Very close - 20
Le Monde in English – World news, culture and opinion
France's leading newspaper brings you the latest coverage from France, Europe, and all around the world, unique perspectives and in-depth analysis.
Close
Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles The Age’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones The Age 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 The Age 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 · 10 technologies
- Neighbours
- k = 20
- Sites searched
- 9,198
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 22 ms
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to The Age’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
- Fonts
- Google Fonts page source: fonts.gstatic.com
- Tag managers
- Google Tag Manager page source: googletagmanager.com/gtm.js
- Advertising
- Google Ad Manager page source: securepubads.g.doubleclick.net
- Microsoft Advertising UET page source: bat.bing.com/bat.js
- CDN
- Fastly header x-served-by: cache-syd10167-SYD, cache-syd10167-SYD, cache-ber1080025-BER
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace MX aspmx.l.google.com
- DNS hosting
- Amazon Route 53 NS ns-1391.awsdns-45.org
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- GlobalSign TXT _globalsign-domain-verification=7JmN6dazOT7LXjyHvi_YmaRlN4ZcwfGCyQ7Cf…
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=zlJrhEySjwCMM6RQ4VlfUx_viHIB1mo3H41LJqV6ZDA
- Miro TXT miro-verification=e2736fab20b8db58132d7cb294330e593e27d1b7
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 20/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on theage.com.au 13/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on theage.com.au 13/20
- Google Workspace 11/20
- Amazon Route 53 9/20
- Adobe · not on theage.com.au 9/20
- Proofpoint · not on theage.com.au 8/20
- Google Ad Manager 8/20
- GlobalSign 7/20
- Akamai Edge DNS · not on theage.com.au 6/20
- Apple Business · not on theage.com.au 6/20
- Google Tag Manager 6/20
- Atlassian · not on theage.com.au 6/20
- Zoom · not on theage.com.au 5/20
- Miro 5/20
- OpenAI · not on theage.com.au 5/20