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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.

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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

19 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
    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 →
  3. 03
    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 →
  4. 04
    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 →
  5. 05
    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 →
  6. 06
    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 →
  7. 07
    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 →
  8. 08
    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 →
  9. 09
    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 →
  10. 10
    Aftonbladet aftonbladet.se Top 10K Swedish No trackers

    Aftonbladet

    Aftonbladet är Sveriges primära och mest engagerande nyhetskälla. Genom journalistiken värnar vi sanningen och granskar makten.

    Compare Aftonbladet with The Local →
  11. 11
    Aktuálně.cz aktualne.cz Czech 1 tracker

    Aktuálně.cz - kompletní zpravodajství z domova i ze světa

    Aktuálně.cz - kompletní zpravodajství, zprávy z domova i ze světa

    Compare Aktuálně.cz with The Local →
  12. 12
    ORF.at orf.at Top 10K German No trackers

    news.ORF.at

    news.ORF.at: Die aktuellsten Nachrichten auf einen Blick - aus Österreich und der ganzen Welt. In Text, Bild und Video.

    Compare ORF.at with The Local →
  13. 13
    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 →
  14. 14
    L'Internaute linternaute.com Top 10K French 1 tracker

    Linternaute.com : Information, loisirs, culture et découvertes...

    Actualité, voyages, photos, cinéma, restaurants, cartes de voeux, tv, musique, encyclopédie... Un magazine en ligne complet, pratique, ludique et gratuit pour tous !

    Compare L'Internaute with The Local →
  15. 15
    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.

    Compare Dagens Nyheter with The Local →
  16. 16
    Origo origo.hu Hungarian No trackers

    ORIGO

    Friss hírek Magyarországról és a nagyvilágból, sport, technika, szórakozás, tudomány, kultúra. Az ORIGO a legfrissebb hazai és nemzetközi hírekkel szolgál olvasói számára.

    Compare Origo with The Local →
  17. 17
    sina.com sina.com.cn Top 1K No trackers

    新浪网

    新浪网为全球用户24小时提供全面及时的中文资讯,内容覆盖国内外突发新闻事件、体坛赛事、娱乐时尚、产业资讯、实用信息等,设有新闻、体育、娱乐、财经、科技、房产、汽车等30多个内容频道,同时开设博客、视频、论坛等自由互动交流空间。

    Compare sina.com with The Local →
  18. 18
    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 →
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    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 →

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
9,216
Vector
384-d
Query
63 ms

Competitor map

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