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The Intercept

Who runs The Intercept, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest investigative news media alternatives.

Who’s behind it
Not stated
Online since
Unknown
Trackers
Prices
No pricing page
Last price change
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Closest alternative
Mother Jones

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01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs The Intercept

The Intercept theintercept.com

Fearless, adversarial journalism that holds the powerful accountable.

Wikidata: US online newspaper

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

02 · Privacy

What The Intercept 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.

tracker that follows visitors

1 of the 18 alternatives below have fewer, 14 have more.

Privacy-friendly alternatives →
Cookie banner
None found
US company
1 tool

03 · Alternatives

Alternatives to The Intercept

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

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

4 of the 60 sites closest to The Intercept match.

  1. 01
    The Conversation theconversation.com Top 10K No trackers

    The Conversation: In-depth analysis, research, news and ideas from leading academics and researchers.

    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.

    Compare The Conversation with The Intercept →
  2. 02
    netzpolitik.org German No trackers

    netzpolitik.org - Medium für digitale Freiheitsrechte

    2026-10-16 Wir suchen in 3 3 0 0 Tagen 3 3 0 0 0 0 Menschen Werde jetzt bis 15.11. Brandschutzhelfer:in für netzpolitik.org – mit einer monatlichen Dauerspende. Gemeinsam treten wir der Faschisierung entgegen und kämpfen für eine freie, offene und solidarische Gesellschaft.

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  3. 03
    The Kyiv Independent kyivindependent.com English No trackers

    The Kyiv Independent — News from Ukraine, Eastern Europe

    News, analyses, investigations, opinions, podcasts and more. On-the-ground reporting from Ukraine

    Compare The Kyiv Independent with The Intercept →
  4. 04
    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

    Compare British Broadcasting Corporation with The Intercept →

Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles The Intercept’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones The Intercept uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.

04 · History

No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what The Intercept 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 · 9 technologies
Neighbours
k = 60
Sites searched
9,212
Vector
384-d
Query
39 ms

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to The Intercept’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.

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