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The Oatmeal

Who runs The Oatmeal, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest webcomics alternatives.

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

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01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs The Oatmeal

The Oatmeal theoatmeal.com

Wikidata: humor website

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

02 · Privacy

What The Oatmeal 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

14 of the 19 alternatives below have fewer, 4 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.

  • Marketing and email tracking

    Links visits to email campaigns and customer profiles.

  • Third-party embeds

    Videos, maps or fonts from other companies, which receive the visitor’s IP address.

03 · Alternatives

Alternatives to The Oatmeal

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

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

20 of the 60 sites closest to The Oatmeal match.

  1. 01
    pbfcomics.com English 1 tracker

    The Perry Bible Fellowship - Offbeat comic strip by Nicholas Gurewitch. Includes archives, information about the author, and purchases.

    Offbeat comic strip by Nicholas Gurewitch. Includes archives, information about the author, and purchases.

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  2. 02
    Cheezburger cheezburger.com English 1 tracker

    Home - The Big Cheezburger Network - Made from the finest of internets - Cheezburger

    You get a Cheezburger, and YOU get a Cheezburger. EVERYONE GETS A CHEEZBURGER. The original internet funny site.

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  3. 03
    A List Apart alistapart.com English No trackers

    A List Apart – For people who make websites

    For people who make websites

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  4. 04
    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.

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  5. 05
    Jason Kottke kottke.org English No trackers

    kottke.org - home of fine hypertext products

    Jason Kottke's daily links and commentary on art, science, technology, design, film, and culture since 1998.

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    Lezhin Comics lezhin.com English 1 tracker

    Lezhin Comics - Your Fantasy, Our Content

    Lezhin Comics - Premium webtoons for mature audiences. A new online webcomic reading experience.

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  7. 07
    Laughing Squid laughingsquid.com English 2 trackers

    Laughing Squid

    a daily dose of unique and curious things

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  8. 08
    Tapas tapas.io English 2 trackers

    Home | Spotlight

    Your home for the world’s most exciting and diverse web comics and novels. Discover stories you’ll love from all genres, only on Tapas!

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  9. 09
    spirit-of-metal.com English 1 tracker

    Spirit of Metal webzine : bands, album's review, interviews, live reports, mp3, photos, biographies...

    Spirit of Metal webzine : bands, album's review, interviews, live reports, mp3, photos, biographies...

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  10. 10
    Smashing Magazine smashingmagazine.com Top 10K English 2 trackers

    Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers

    Magazine on CSS, JavaScript, front-end, accessibility, UX and design. For developers, designers and front-end engineers.

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  11. 11
    Polygon polygon.com Top 10K English 2 trackers

    Polygon: Gaming and Entertainment News, Culture, Reviews, and More

    Your source for the latest in video games, sci-fi, fantasy, tabletop games, anime, horror, books, and comics.

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  12. 12
    Comix comix.to Top 10K English No trackers

    Comix - Read Comics online for free

    Comix is the best site for reading manga, manhwa, manhua online for free. Updated daily with the latest chapters.

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  13. 13
    MIT Technology Review technologyreview.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    MIT Technology Review

    Emerging technology news & insights | AI, Climate Change, BioTech, and more

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  14. 14
    GameRant gamerant.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    GameRant - Breaking News, Reviews & Everything Else in the World of Video Games

    GameRant delivers content written by gamers for gamers with an emphasis on news, reviews, unique features, and interviews.

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  15. 15
    comicbook.com English 5 trackers

    Comicbook.com: Comics, Movies, TV, Gaming and Anime

    Comicbook.com is the #1 site for everything geek. Get news, opinion and exclusives on movies, TV shows, video games, comics, anime and more.

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  16. 16
    MovieWeb movieweb.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    MovieWeb - Movie News, Trailers, Reviews, and Exclusives.

    The latest movie news, trailers, reviews, and more.

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  17. 17
    Mental Floss mentalfloss.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Mental Floss - History, Trivia, Interesting Facts, and More

    Learn weird, interesting facts about history, entertainment, language, geography, and more topics. Test your knowledge with our quizzes and other trivia.

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  18. 18
    Playbuzz playbuzz.com English 1 tracker

    Playbuzz - Quizzes, Polls & Personality Tests

    Take fun quizzes, personality tests, and polls. Discover what makes you unique with Playbuzz.

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    How-To Geek howtogeek.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    How-To Geek - We Explain Technology

    We explain technology. Learn more with our articles, reviews, tips, and the best answers to your most pressing tech questions.

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  20. 20
    AOL aol.com Top 1K English No trackers

    News, Politics, Sports, Mail & Latest Headlines - AOL.com

    Discover the latest breaking news in the U.S. and around the world — politics, weather, entertainment, lifestyle, finance, sports and much more.

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04 · History

No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what The Oatmeal 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 · 10 technologies
Neighbours
k = 60
Sites searched
9,214
Vector
384-d
Query
33 ms

Competitor map

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