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Who runs The Nation, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest political magazine alternatives.
- Who’s behind it
- Not stated
- Online since
- Unknown
- Trackers
- Prices
- No pricing page
- Last price change
- –
- Closest alternative
- Mother Jones
Measured from The Nation’s own pages, the Internet Archive and public records. Hover a dotted value for its source and date.
Visit The Nation01 · Who’s behind it
Who runs The Nation
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The Nation Magazine
Wikidata: American weekly magazine on left politics and culture
- Company
- No imprint we could read
- Online since
- Not in the Internet Archive
- Audience
- In English
02 · Privacy
What The Nation 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
8 of the 17 alternatives below have fewer, 6 have more.
Privacy-friendly alternatives →- Cookie banner
- None found
- US company
- 4 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.
Tag manager
Loads further tracking scripts, which we can’t always see.
Privacy-friendly analytics
Counts visits without cookies or personal profiles.
03 · Alternatives
Alternatives to The Nation
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to The Nation, thumbs down if it isn’t.
20 of the 60 sites closest to The Nation match.
- 01
The New Republic
Founded in 1914, The New Republic is a media organization dedicated to addressing today’s most critical issues.
Very close - 02
The Intercept
Fearless, adversarial journalism that holds the powerful accountable.
Very close - 03
Salon.com - News, Politics, Culture, Science & Food
American progressive news and opinion website
Very close - 04
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.
Very close - 05
The National - Latest world news, sport & opinion
The latest international news, headlines and events from around the world
Very close - 06
The New Yorker
Reporting, Profiles, breaking news, cultural coverage, podcasts, videos, and cartoons from The New Yorker.
Close - 07
Vanity Fair - Entertainment, Politics, and Fashion News | Vanity Fair
Entertainment, TV, politics, celebrity, fashion, and beauty news and commentary.
Very close - 08
Vox
Vox is a general interest news site for the 21st century. Its mission: to help everyone understand our complicated world, so that we can all help shape it. In text, video and audio, our reporters explain politics, policy, world affairs, technology, culture, science, the climate crisis, money, health and everything else that matters. Our goal is to ensure that everyone, regardless of income or status, can access accurate information that empowers them.
Very close - 09
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.
Very close - 10
NBC News - Breaking Headlines and Video Reports on World, U.S. and Local Angles | NBC News
Go to NBCNews.com for breaking news, videos, and the latest top stories in world news, business, politics, health and pop culture.
Very close - 11
WIRED - The Latest in Technology, Science, Culture and Business | WIRED
We bring you the future as it happens. From the latest in science and technology to the big stories in business and culture, we've got you covered.
Very close - 12
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.
Very close - 13
Latest News | Breaking News Today | Top News Headlines - The Week
Stay ahead with THE WEEK, India's leading news magazine. Get breaking news, expert political analysis, exclusive investigative journalism, and comprehensive coverage of global events, business trends, technology, health, and entertainment. Read trusted opinions and insightful feature stories shaping national and international perspectives on today's rapidly changing world. Also, news from four exclusive focus areas: Defence, Health, India and Middle East, and Maritime.
Close - 14
Latest news, sport and opinion from the Guardian
Latest news, sport, business, comment, analysis and reviews from the Guardian, the world's leading liberal voice
Very close - 15
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.
Very close - 16
The Verge
The Verge is about technology and how it makes us feel. Founded in 2011, we offer our audience everything from breaking news to reviews to award-winning features and investigations, on our site, in video, and in podcasts.
Very close - 17
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.
Very close - 18
NRC - Nieuws, achtergronden en onderzoeksjournalistiek
Nieuws, duiding, analyse en onderzoeksjournalistiek over onderwerpen die er echt toe doen. Feitelijk, betrouwbaar, diepgravend en genuanceerd.
Close - 19
Breaking News, Latest News and Videos | CNN
View the latest news and breaking news today for U.S., world, weather, entertainment, politics and health at CNN.com.
Close - 20
International Business Times - Business News, Financial news
International Business Times is the leading provider of business news and financial news from the US and around the world.
Very close
Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles The Nation’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones The Nation uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.
04 · History
What changed
Price and policy history →No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what The Nation 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 · 15 technologies
- Neighbours
- k = 60
- Sites searched
- 9,214
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 162 ms
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to The Nation’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
Built with
- CMS
- WordPress meta generator: WordPress 7.1.2
- JavaScript libraries
- jQuery asset https://www.thenation.com/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.min.js?ver=3.7.1
- Analytics
- Chartbeat page source: static.chartbeat.com
- Cloudflare Web Analytics asset https://static.cloudflareinsights.com/beacon.min.js/vce701823e78c4301a35b7e07294d87301792…
- Tag managers
- Google Tag Manager page source: googletagmanager.com/gtm.js
- Advertising
- Meta Pixel page source: connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js
- Monitoring
- New Relic page source: NREUM
- Security
- reCAPTCHA page source: google.com/recaptcha/api.js
- CDN
- Cloudflare header cf-ray: a577d0b7ca02c775-HAM
- Hosting
- Pantheon header x-pantheon-styx-hostname: styx-us-a-684cbff7d7-8bng8
- Languages & backends
- PHP implied by WordPress (meta generator: WordPress 7.1.2)
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace MX aspmx.l.google.com
- Microsoft 365 TXT MS=ms63401057
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Google Search Console meta google-site-verification: jOzJ10xekfd9lckW1hXFToQyPMK9dW1ljYjVEKQUk7w
- Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=qts19cdkpxctfko3tiitwo8iqxci7o
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 20/20
- Google Workspace 15/20
- Meta Business Suite 15/20
- Microsoft 365 15/20
- Google Tag Manager 12/20
- Google Ad Manager · not on thenation.com 11/20
- Apple Business · not on thenation.com 10/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on thenation.com 10/20
- Atlassian · not on thenation.com 9/20
- OneTrust · not on thenation.com 9/20
- Adobe · not on thenation.com 8/20
- PHP 7/20
- WordPress 7/20
- Fastly · not on thenation.com 7/20
- Amazon SES · not on thenation.com 7/20
- OpenAI · not on thenation.com 7/20