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The Guardian

Who runs The Guardian, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest daily newspaper alternatives.

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Closest alternative
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01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs The Guardian

The Guardian theguardian.com

Latest news, sport, business, comment, analysis and reviews from the Guardian, the world's leading liberal voice

Wikidata: British national daily newspaper

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

02 · Privacy

What The Guardian tracks

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trackers that follow visitors

5 of the 15 alternatives below have fewer, 6 have more.

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OneTrust
US company
2 tools
  • Advertising and retargeting

    Lets ad networks recognise visitors on other sites and show them ads.

  • Visitor analytics

    Counts and follows visits, usually with cookies.

03 · Alternatives

Alternatives to The Guardian

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

Fewer trackers than The GuardianNo ad trackersRegistered in the EUFree planOnly in English

16 of the 60 sites closest to The Guardian match.

  1. 01
    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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  2. 02
    Metro metro.co.uk Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Metro.co.uk: News, Sport, Showbiz, Celebrities from Metro

    Metro.co.uk: News, Sport, Showbiz, Celebrities from Metro

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  3. 03
    thenationalnews.com English 1 tracker

    The National - Latest world news, sport & opinion

    The latest international news, headlines and events from around the world

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  4. 04
    Daily Star dailystar.co.uk English 1 tracker

    The Daily Star: News with a Wink

    All the best news stories, sport & showbiz from the Daily Star, the top destination for big laughs.

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  5. 05
    The Christian Science Monitor csmonitor.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Christian Science Monitor - CSMonitor.com

    American nonprofit newspaper (1908-)

    Compare The Christian Science Monitor with The Guardian →
  6. 06
    La Repubblica repubblica.it Top 1K Italian 1 tracker

    la Repubblica - Ultime notizie di Cronaca, Politica, Economia, Sport, Esteri

    la Repubblica è il quotidiano online aggiornato 24 ore su 24 su politica, cronaca, economia, sport, esteri, spettacoli, musica, cultura, scienza, tecnologia.

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  7. 07
    El País elpais.com Top 1K Spanish 1 tracker

    EL PAÍS: el periódico global

    Noticias de última hora sobre la actualidad en España y el mundo: política, economía, deportes, cultura, sociedad, tecnología, gente, opinión, viajes, moda, televisión, los blogs y las firmas de EL PAÍS. Además especiales, vídeos, fotos, audios, gráficos, entrevistas, promociones y todos los servicios de EL PAÍS.

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  8. 08
    NRC nrc.nl Dutch No trackers

    NRC - Nieuws, achtergronden en onderzoeksjournalistiek

    Nieuws, duiding, analyse en onderzoeksjournalistiek over onderwerpen die er echt toe doen. Feitelijk, betrouwbaar, diepgravend en genuanceerd.

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  9. 09
    Politiken politiken.dk Danish No trackers

    Politiken | Nyheder, debat, kultur og podcast. Læs eller lyt

    DET SOCIALE MEDIE SIDEN 1884 | Få overblik over dagens nyheder på politiken.dk eller lyt til nyheder, oplæste artikler og podcasts via vores apps.

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  10. 10
    ABC abc.es Top 10K Spanish 1 tracker

    ABC - Últimas noticias de España y el mundo hoy

    Sigue la última hora y la actualidad de España y el mundo, todas las noticias de deportes, economía, internacional, cultura, sociedad, tecnología, motor, televisión, gente y las firmas y la opinión más completa

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  11. 11
    Kommersant kommersant.ru Top 10K Russian 1 tracker

    Новости России и мира сегодня — последние новости на Коммерсантъ

    Актуальные новости, объективный анализ и эксклюзивные комментарии о важнейших событиях и трендах

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  12. 12
    Dagens Nyheter dn.se Top 10K Swedish 1 tracker

    Dagens Nyheter – senaste nyheterna från Sverige och världen

    Dagens Nyheter – en trovärdig och kvalitativ nyhetskälla med prisad bildjournalistik och granskningar som gör skillnad.

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  13. 13
    Svenska Dagbladet svd.se Swedish No trackers

    Svenska Dagbladet

    Svenska Dagbladet står för seriös och faktabaserad kvalitetsjournalistik som utmanar, ifrågasätter och inspirerar.

    Compare Svenska Dagbladet with The Guardian →
  14. 14
    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.

    Compare TIME with The Guardian →
  15. 15
    Der Standard derstandard.at Top 10K German 1 tracker

    derStandard.at | Nachrichten, Kommentare & Community

    DER STANDARD – Nachrichten in Echtzeit: Lesen Sie jetzt Nachrichten aktuell aus dem online News-Room der führenden Qualitätszeitung in Österreich.

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  16. 16
    Delo delo.si Slovenian 1 tracker

    Delo.si

    Najbolj verodostojne zgodbe s področja notranje in zunanje politike, gospodarstva, športa, kulture in zabave. Naše delo je, da vi veste več.

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04 · History

No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what The Guardian 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 · 17 technologies
Neighbours
k = 60
Sites searched
9,215
Vector
384-d
Query
46 ms

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