thestandard.com.hk
The Standard
Who runs The Standard, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest daily newspaper alternatives.
- Who’s behind it
- Not stated
- Online since
- Unknown
- Trackers
- Prices
- No pricing page
- Last price change
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- Closest alternative
- South China Morning Post
Measured from The Standard’s own pages, the Internet Archive and public records. Hover a dotted value for its source and date.
Visit The Standard01 · Who’s behind it
Who runs The Standard
The Standard thestandard.com.hk
The Standard, Hong Kong's premier free English news outlet, covers a lively mix of local and international news, all at no cost.
Wikidata: English free newspaper in Hong Kong
- Company
- No imprint we could read
- Online since
- Not in the Internet Archive
- Audience
- In English
02 · Privacy
What The Standard 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 17 alternatives below have fewer, 7 have more.
Privacy-friendly alternatives →- Cookie banner
- None found
- US company
- 5 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.
Third-party embeds
Videos, maps or fonts from other companies, which receive the visitor’s IP address.
Privacy-friendly analytics
Counts visits without cookies or personal profiles.
03 · Alternatives
Alternatives to The Standard
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to The Standard, thumbs down if it isn’t.
- 01
Breaking China, Asia, HK News, Opinions and Insights | South China Morning Post
News, opinions, infographics and videos on China issues: geopolitics, diplomacy, economy, technology and lifestyle.
Very close - 02
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.
Very close - 03
Global Times
Global Times, an English-language Chinese newspaper under the People's Daily
Very close - 04
The Straits Times - Breaking news, Singapore news, Asia and world news & multimedia
The Straits Times - Get latest breaking news, business, sports, lifestyle, tech & multimedia and more news in Singapore, Asia & rest of the world at straitstimes.com.
Very close - 05
The Korea Times
Get the latest on what's happening in Korea from the nation's top English-language media outlet.
Very close - 06
Breaking News - Headlines & Top Stories | The Star
thestar.com is one of Canada's largest online news sites and 100% Canadian-owned. Live news, investigations, politics, sports and the heartbeat of Toronto, Canada's largest city.
Very close - 07
Home | Toronto Sun Home Page | Toronto Sun
Read latest breaking news, updates, and headlines. Toronto Sun offers information on latest national and international events & more.
Very close - 08
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
Very close - 09
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。
Very close - 10
Breaking News and Analysis on Asia and the World | Real-Time Coverage out of Asia and Singapore - CNA
Get 24/7 real-time updates on breaking news from Asia, Singapore and around the world. CNA delivers accurate, timely coverage of events as they unfold. Stay informed.
Very close - 11
Pro-People's Republic of China daily newspaper in the Republic of China (Taiwan)
Very close - 12
Hindustan Times: Breaking News, Latest News, India News, World News & Cricket Today's Headlines | Hindustan Times
Hindustan Times: Stay updated with Hindustan Times for the top India news, world events, and breaking stories. Get real-time updates on politics, wars, live cricket scores, entertainment news, and lifestyle updates.
Very close - 13
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 - 14
The Hindu: Latest News today from India and the World, Breaking news, Top Headlines and Trending News Videos. | The Hindu
The Hindu Newspaper: Get latest News on Politics, Sports, Business, Arts, Entertainment and trending news Videos from The Hindu
Very close - 15
The National - Latest world news, sport & opinion
The latest international news, headlines and events from around the world
Close - 16
The Sun Malaysia | Latest Trending News: National, World and Viral
Latest Malaysia news, breaking headlines, business, lifestyle, sports and world news from The Sun Malaysia.
Close - 17
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.
Very close - 18
New Straits Times (NST Online) | Malaysia News & World Updates
Visit New Straits Times for the latest, breaking Malaysia news on politics, business, sports & entertainment, along with global updates. Join us today!
Close - 19
The Korea Herald
The Korea Herald is South Korea’s largest English-language daily and the country’s sole member of the Asia News Network (ANN).
Close - 20
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.
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Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles The Standard’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones The Standard 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 Standard 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 = 20
- Sites searched
- 9,199
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 39 ms
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to The Standard’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
- JavaScript frameworks
- Fonts
- Google Fonts asset https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Roboto:wght@300;400;500;600;700&display=swap
- 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
- Google Ad Manager page source: securepubads.g.doubleclick.net
- CDN
- Cloudflare header cf-ray: a577c0e3ffd720da-HAM
- DNS hosting
- Cloudflare DNS NS yahir.ns.cloudflare.com
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=R670PvTSawc-zoZTBgUtTFUoqi4veOXeVbHthZ-WrIs
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 16/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on thestandard.com.hk 9/20
- Google Ad Manager 8/20
- Google Tag Manager 8/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on thestandard.com.hk 8/20
- Google Fonts 7/20
- GlobalSign · not on thestandard.com.hk 7/20
- Google Workspace · not on thestandard.com.hk 6/20
- jQuery · not on thestandard.com.hk 5/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on thestandard.com.hk 5/20
- Adobe · not on thestandard.com.hk 5/20
- Apple Business · not on thestandard.com.hk 5/20
- Cloudflare 4/20
- Cloudflare DNS 4/20
- React 4/20
- Google Analytics · not on thestandard.com.hk 4/20