theconversation.com
The Conversation
Who runs The Conversation, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest online news and commentary alternatives.
- Who’s behind it
- Not stated
- Online since
- Unknown
- Trackers
- Prices
- No pricing page
- Last price change
- –
- Closest alternative
- Vox
Measured from The Conversation’s own pages, the Internet Archive and public records. Hover a dotted value for its source and date.
Visit The Conversation01 · Who’s behind it
Who runs The Conversation
The Conversation theconversation.com
Curated by professional editors, The Conversation offers informed commentary and debate on the issues affecting our world. Plus a Plain English guide to the latest developments and discoveries from the university and research sector.
Wikidata: news organization that publishes news articles written by academics
- Company
- No imprint we could read
- Online since
- Not in the Internet Archive
- Audience
02 · Privacy
What The Conversation 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
Fewer than all 19 alternatives below.
Privacy-friendly alternatives →- Cookie banner
- None found
We found no trackers, ad pixels or third-party embeds on The Conversation’s homepage.
03 · Alternatives
Alternatives to The Conversation
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to The Conversation, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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Vox
Vox is a general interest news site for the 21st century. Its mission: to help everyone understand our complicated world, so that we can all help shape it. In text, video and audio, our reporters explain politics, policy, world affairs, technology, culture, science, the climate crisis, money, health and everything else that matters. Our goal is to ensure that everyone, regardless of income or status, can access accurate information that empowers them.
Very close - 02
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 - 03
PS - The World's Opinion Page - Project Syndicate
Project Syndicate - The World’s Opinion Page
Very close - 04
Scientific American
Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.
Very close - 05
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 - 06
The Intercept
Fearless, adversarial journalism that holds the powerful accountable.
Very close - 07
Science News | The latest news from all areas of science
Science News features news articles, videos and more about the latest scientific advances. Independent, accurate nonprofit news since 1921.
Very close - 08
Mother Jones – Smart, fearless journalism
American progressive magazine
Very close - 09
HuffPost - Breaking News, Politics, Entertainment & Opinion
Read the latest U.S. and world news, politics, entertainment, lifestyle and opinion pieces from HuffPost’s trusted team of journalists.
Very close - 10
Global Edition
The Global Window on Higher Education
Very close - 11
Newsroom | Independent New Zealand News and Current affairs
Newsroom is an independent, New Zealand-based news and current affairs site covering politics, business, climate change and more.
Very close - 12
MinnPost — Nonprofit, independent journalism
MinnPost is an independent, nonprofit newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about civic and cultural affairs impacting Minnesota.
Very close - 13
Slate Magazine - Politics, Business, Technology, and the Arts
Online magazine of news, politics, technology, and culture. Combines humor and insight in thoughtful analyses of current events and political news.
Very close - 14
Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Career Advice, Events and Jobs
Free Higher Education News, Jobs, Career Advice and Events for college and university faculty, adjuncts, graduate students, and administrators.
Very close - 15
Salon.com - News, Politics, Culture, Science & Food
American progressive news and opinion website
Very close - 16
magazine and multi-platform publisher based in Washington, D.C.
Very close - 17
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.
Very close - 18
International Business Times - Business News, Financial news
International Business Times is the leading provider of business news and financial news from the US and around the world.
Very close - 19
War on the Rocks
A platform for analysis, commentary, debate and multimedia content on foreign policy and national security issues through a realist lens.
Very close - 20
ProPublica — Investigative Journalism and News in the Public Interest
ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.
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Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles The Conversation’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones The Conversation 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 Conversation 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 · 16 technologies
- Neighbours
- k = 20
- Sites searched
- 9,192
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 34 ms
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to The Conversation’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
- JavaScript frameworks
- Payments
- Stripe TXT stripe-verification=B50ABDD36E5F58827640B20817D99EE3262800925AFF6EE19…
- CDN
- Fastly header x-served-by: cache-chi-kigq8000166-CHI, cache-ber1080032-BER
- Hosting
- Google Cloud header via: 1.1 google, 1.1 varnish, 1.1 varnish
- Web servers
- nginx header server: nginx
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace MX aspmx.l.google.com
- Microsoft 365 TXT MS=ms37265398
- Email delivery
- SendGrid TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:_spf.salesforce.com ip4:23.21.…
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=WkMT4MJWjWcC3csbzo4R7AbUZrneLNY8q0f-CEvQVx0
- Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=gyeGKvuGtcVsT6g58QJ89G7Bhzguj7jCXWBIpmx…
- Canva TXT canva-site-verification=Nj-Dsc0AEOP995BTs5wNDw
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=I4BlH49DCiuGk2QNXZ4-nOEyAf2wEjw0h1ac82P_L-M
- Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=l382f2v2i1nfui3f9jbe5qld3rw0sn
- Salesforce TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:_spf.salesforce.com ip4:23.21.…
- Slack TXT slack-domain-verification=xUFyQGptIuaQbvz9gupfRkniC06SlIx4cJR12oHf
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 20/20
- Google Workspace 14/20
- Meta Business Suite 14/20
- PHP · not on theconversation.com 11/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on theconversation.com 11/20
- Microsoft 365 10/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on theconversation.com 9/20
- WordPress · not on theconversation.com 9/20
- Cloudflare · not on theconversation.com 9/20
- Google Ad Manager · not on theconversation.com 8/20
- Cloudflare DNS · not on theconversation.com 8/20
- jQuery · not on theconversation.com 7/20
- Apple Business 6/20
- Amazon SES · not on theconversation.com 5/20
- Mailchimp · not on theconversation.com 5/20
- SendGrid 5/20