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The Local

Who runs The Local, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest expat news publication alternatives.

Who’s behind it
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Trackers
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Closest alternative
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01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs The Local

The Local thelocal.ch

Latest news, travel, politics, money, jobs and more. Get guides on property, second homes, visas, language, taxes from The Local's journalists in Switzerland.

Wikidata: multi-regional English-language digital news publisher

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

02 · Privacy

What The Local 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 18 alternatives below have fewer, 6 have more.

Privacy-friendly alternatives →
Cookie banner
None found
US company
2 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.

03 · Alternatives

Alternatives to The Local

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

Fewer trackers than The LocalNo ad trackersRegistered in the EUFree planOnly in English
  1. 01
    swissinfo.ch Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Switzerland - News and perspectives - SWI swissinfo.ch

    SWI swissinfo.ch, your link to Switzerland. Providing independent reporting in 10 languages, focusing on democracy, foreign policy, and more.

    Compare swissinfo.ch with The Local →
  2. 02
    Nau nau.ch German 3 trackers

    News für die Schweiz - Nau.ch

    News für die Schweiz. Das neue Nachrichtenportal der Schweiz mit News aus Sport, Politik und People.

    Compare Nau with The Local →
  3. 03
    Blick blick.ch Top 10K German 2 trackers

    Blick: Nachrichten und Schlagzeilen aus der Schweiz und aller Welt

    Aktuelle Nachrichten, News und Kommentare aus Wirtschaft, Politik, Sport, Kultur, Gesellschaft, Wissen & Lifestyle auf Blick.ch. Jetzt App downloaden.

    Compare Blick with The Local →
  4. 04
    watson watson.ch German 5 trackers

    watson - News, aber deep

    watson – deine News-Plattform für die Schweiz. Aktuelle Nachrichten, spannende Hintergründe und unterhaltsame Storys. Bleib informiert mit den neuesten News und Trends.

    Compare watson with The Local →
  5. 05
    20min.ch Top 10K German 1 tracker

    20 Minuten: Aktuelle Nachrichten, Schlagzeilen - News von Jetzt

    Alle News auf einen Blick: Beim grössten Schweizer Nachrichtenportal findest du 24/7 Aktuelles, Bilder, Hintergründe und Videos aus der Schweiz und Welt.

    Compare 20min.ch with The Local →
  6. 06
    Neue Zürcher Zeitung nzz.ch German No trackers

    NZZ Deutschland | Aktuelle News, Hintergründe & mehr

    Nachrichten, Hintergründe & Meinungen der Neuen Zürcher Zeitung. Fundierte Berichterstattung rund um die Uhr

    Compare Neue Zürcher Zeitung with The Local →
  7. 07
    RSI rsi.ch Italian No trackers

    RSI - RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera

    Il sito della Radiotelevisione svizzera di lingua italiana RSI LA1, LA2, Rete Uno, Rete Due, Rete Tre. Un sito web per tutte le trasmissioni radiofoniche e televisive, i programmi TV e radio, i concorsi, gli eventi, gli Archivi, le news, gli approfondimenti, gli audio, i podcast e video sui temi: informazione, cultura, sport, edu, kids, food, meteo.

    Compare RSI with The Local →
  8. 08
    Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen srf.ch Top 10K German No trackers

    Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF)

    Steigen Sie ein in das Angebot aus Audios, Videos, Nachrichten und allen Sendungen von Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen.

    Compare Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen with The Local →
  9. 09
    bluewin.ch Top 10K English 2 trackers

    News & Email at blue News | Switzerland, Sports, People, International

    News from Switzerland and around the world covering sports, politics, entertainment, business & digital — Live streams – Webmail login Bluewin email

    Compare bluewin.ch with The Local →
  10. 10
    Caixin Global caixinglobal.com 5 trackers

    Caixin Global - Latest Business and Financial News on China, U.S. Trade War and Negotiations, Breaking News, Headlines and Developments

    Caixin Global provides the latest China news headlines on politics, economy, business and finance with insight and in-depth analysis.

    Compare Caixin Global with The Local →
  11. 11
    The Japan Times japantimes.co.jp Top 10K English 5 trackers

    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

    Compare The Japan Times with The Local →
  12. 12
    Il Post ilpost.it Italian 2 trackers

    Il Post

    Gli articoli, le rassegne, i blog, le foto, tutto quello che arriva dal mondo e dalla rete.

    Compare Il Post with The Local →
  13. 13
    T-Online t-online.de Top 1K German 1 tracker

    News & E-Mail bei t-online | Politik, Sport, Unterhaltung & Ratgeber

    Aktuelle News aus Politik, Sport, Unterhaltung, Wirtschaft & Finanzen | Ratgeber Leben, Gesundheit und Heim & Garten | E-Mail und Shopping bei t-online.

    Compare T-Online with The Local →
  14. 14
    Japan Today japantoday.com

    Online newspaper based in Tokyo, Japan

    Compare Japan Today with The Local →
  15. 15
    Ecns.cn ecns.cn English No trackers

    China News Service Website - Headlines, stories, photos and videos | Ecns.cn

    Ecns.cn is the official English-language website of China News Service (CNS), providing latest news, comments, analysis, photos and videos on China society, business, culture, sci-tech, sports, entertainment and travel.

    Compare Ecns.cn with The Local →
  16. 16
    Tages-Anzeiger tagesanzeiger.ch

    Swiss newspaper

    Compare Tages-Anzeiger with The Local →
  17. 17
    El Cronista cronista.com Top 10K English 4 trackers

    Cronista US - El Cronista US

    El Cronista es uno de los Diarios Económicos de Argentina más valoraEs la fuente más confiable de información sobre Economía, Finanzas y Negocios.

    Compare El Cronista with The Local →
  18. 18
    n-tv n-tv.de Top 1K German 1 tracker

    Nachrichten, aktuelle Schlagzeilen und Videos - n-tv.de

    Nachrichten seriös, schnell und kompetent. Artikel und Videos aus Politik, Wirtschaft, Börse, Sport und aller Welt.

    Compare n-tv with The Local →
  19. 19
    The Journal thejournal.ie English 5 trackers

    The Journal

    Read, share and shape the news on TheJournal.ie - Breaking Irish and International News

    Compare The Journal with The Local →
  20. 20
    Handelsblatt handelsblatt.com Top 10K German No trackers

    Handelsblatt - Nachrichten aus Finanzen, Wirtschaft und Politik

    Auf Handelsblatt lesen Sie News über Unternehmen, Finanzen, Politik und Technik. ➤ Die Nr. 1 der Finanz- & Wirtschaftszeitungen. ➤ Substanz entscheidet.

    Compare Handelsblatt with The Local →

Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles The Local’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones The Local 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 Local 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 · 11 technologies
Neighbours
k = 20
Sites searched
9,192
Vector
384-d
Query
37 ms

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to The Local’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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