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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
Not stated
Online since
Unknown
Trackers
Prices
No pricing page
Last price change
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Closest alternative
swissinfo.ch

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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

18 of the 60 sites closest to The Local match.

  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
    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 →
  3. 03
    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 →
  4. 04
    CGTN cgtn.com Top 10K English 2 trackers

    CGTN | Breaking News, China News, World News and Video

    Get the news as it breaks and go behind the day's top stories, from politics, business, culture and sports to nature, travel and technology. CGTN delivers a Chinese perspective on global news through innovative use of the latest media tools.

    Compare CGTN with The Local →
  5. 05
    China Daily chinadaily.com.cn Top 10K English No trackers

    China Daily Website - Connecting China Connecting the World

    Chinadaily.com.cn is the largest English portal in China, providing news, business information, BBS, learning materials. The Website has channels as China, BizChina, World, Opinion, Sports/Olympics, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Culture, Citylife, Photo, Forum and Weather.

    Compare China Daily with The Local →
  6. 06
    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 Local →
  7. 07
    Ninemsn nine.com.au Top 10K English 1 tracker

    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

    Compare Ninemsn with The Local →
  8. 08
    Anime News Network animenewsnetwork.com English 1 tracker

    Anime News Network

    English/French website about anime, manga, and Japanese culture

    Compare Anime News Network with The Local →
  9. 09
    huanqiu.com English No trackers

    环球网_全球生活新门户_环球时报旗下网站

    环球网是中国领先的国际资讯门户,拥有独立采编权的中央重点新闻网站。环球网秉承环球时报的国际视野,力求及时、客观、权威、独立地报道新闻,致力于应用前沿的互联网技术,为全球化时代的中国互联网用户提供与国际生活相关的资讯服务、互动社区。未来会致力于打造全球化在线生活平台,成为中国与国际之间沟通与交流的桥梁。

    Compare huanqiu.com with The Local →
  10. 10
    Vietnam News vietnamnews.vn English 1 tracker

    Vietnam News | Politics, Business, Economy, Society, Life, Sports - VietNam News

    Việt Nam News provides fast, accurate and unique stories and analyses on Vietnam in all areas including politics, economy, culture, travel and sports

    Compare Vietnam News with The Local →
  11. 11
    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 Local →
  12. 12
    The Spinoff thespinoff.co.nz English 1 tracker

    The Spinoff

    New Zealand's home for independent journalism, illuminating perspectives and good times.

    Compare The Spinoff with The Local →
  13. 13
    heise online heise.de Top 10K English 1 tracker

    heise online – IT news, guides and background information | heise online

    News and forums on computers, IT, science, media and politics. Price comparison of hardware and software as well as downloads at Heise Medien.

    Compare heise online with The Local →
  14. 14
    CNBC cnbc.com Top 1K English 1 tracker

    International Business, World News & Global Stock Market Analysis

    CNBC International is the world leader for news on business, technology, China, trade, oil prices, the Middle East and markets.

    Compare CNBC with The Local →
  15. 15
    Semafor semafor.com English 1 tracker

    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.

    Compare Semafor with The Local →
  16. 16
    Bored Panda boredpanda.com Top 10K English No trackers

    Bored Panda - The Only Magazine For Pandas

    Bored Panda is a leading art, pop culture and lifestyle magazine that is viewed nearly 100 million times every month.

    Compare Bored Panda with The Local →
  17. 17
    LWN.net lwn.net English No trackers

    Welcome to LWN.net [LWN.net]

    computing webzine with an emphasis on Unix-like operating systems

    Compare LWN.net with The Local →
  18. 18
    Gulf News gulfnews.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Gulf News: Latest UAE news, Dubai news, Business, travel news, Dubai Gold rate, prayer time, cinema

    Get the latest update on UAE, business, life style, UAE jobs, gold rate, Exchange rate, UAE holidays, Dubai police, RTA and prayer times from UAE’s largest news portal.

    Compare Gulf News 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 = 60
Sites searched
9,214
Vector
384-d
Query
29 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.

similarity × popularity

heise onlineBritish Broadcasting CorporationAnime News NetworkNinemsnTIMEChina DailyCGTNEcns.cnbluewin.chswissinfo.ch

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