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The Sun
Who runs The Sun, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest tabloid newspaper alternatives.
- Who’s behind it
- Not stated
- Online since
- Unknown
- Trackers
- Prices
- No pricing page
- Last price change
- –
- Closest alternative
- Daily Star
Measured from The Sun’s own pages, the Internet Archive and public records. Hover a dotted value for its source and date.
Visit The Sun01 · Who’s behind it
Who runs The Sun
The Sun thesun.co.uk
Get the latest news, exclusives, sport, celebrities, showbiz, politics, business and lifestyle from The Sun
Wikidata: British tabloid newspaper
- Company
- No imprint we could read
- Online since
- Not in the Internet Archive
- Audience
- In English
02 · Privacy
What The Sun 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
7 of the 16 alternatives below have fewer, 5 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 Sun
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to The Sun, thumbs down if it isn’t.
- 01
The Daily Star: News with a Wink
All the best news stories, sport & showbiz from the Daily Star, the top destination for big laughs.
Very close - 02
The Mirror: The Heart of Britain
Get the latest news, sport, celebrity gossip, TV, politics and lifestyle from The Mirror. Big stories with a big heart, always with you in mind.
Very close - 03
Latest UK and World News, Sport and Comment | Express.co.uk
Latest news, showbiz, sport, comment, lifestyle, city, video and pictures from the Daily Express and Sunday Express newspapers and Express.co.uk
Very close - 04
Metro.co.uk: News, Sport, Showbiz, Celebrities from Metro
Metro.co.uk: News, Sport, Showbiz, Celebrities from Metro
Very close - 05
News | The Independent | Today's headlines and latest breaking news
The latest breaking news, comment and features from The Independent.
Very close - 06
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 - 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
The National - Latest world news, sport & opinion
The latest international news, headlines and events from around the world
Very close - 09
New York Post – Breaking News, Top Headlines, Photos & Videos
Your source for breaking news, photos, and videos about New York, sports, business, entertainment, opinion, real estate, culture, fashion, and more.
Very close - 10
The Star | Malaysia News: National, Regional and World News
Get the latest Malaysia news stories and opinions with focus on National, Regional, Sarawak and World News, as well as reports from Parliament and Court.
Close - 11
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.
Very close - 12
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 - 13
London news, sport and culture | The Standard | London Evening Standard | The London Standard
Latest London news, business, sport, culture, celebrity and entertainment from The London Standard
Close - 14
Page Six: Latest Celebrity News, Entertainment News & Gossip
Your source for the latest celebrity news, entertainment headlines and celeb gossip, with exclusive stories, photos, video, and more.
Very close - 15
BBC - Home
The best of the BBC, with the latest news and sport headlines, weather, TV & radio highlights and much more from across the whole of BBC Online.
Very close - 16
British weekly news and international affairs publication (founded 1843)
Very close - 17
HELLO! - Daily royal, celebrity, fashion, beauty & lifestyle news
HELLO! brings you the latest celebrity & royal news from the UK & around the world, magazine exclusives, fashion, beauty, lifestyle news, celeb babies, weddings, pregnancies and more!
Very close - 18
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 - 19
Khaleej Times - Dubai News, UAE News, Gulf, News, Latest news, Arab news, Gulf News, Dubai Labour News
Khaleej Times provides the latest UAE news, Dubai headlines, world events, business updates, dubai gold prices, weather forecasts, and more.
Very close - 20
MARCA - Sports News Today and Live Sports in English
Latest sports news, videos, and scores. Everything you need to know about NFL, NBA, Boxing, Soccer, MLB and US Sports.
Very close
Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles The Sun’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones The Sun 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 Sun 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 · 17 technologies
- Neighbours
- k = 20
- Sites searched
- 9,209
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 119 ms
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to The Sun’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 6.8.12
- Tag managers
- Tealium page source: tags.tiqcdn.com
- Advertising
- Google Ad Manager page source: securepubads.g.doubleclick.net
- Monitoring
- New Relic page source: NREUM
- CDN
- Amazon CloudFront header x-amz-cf-id: oLbV5da2W1zJ_4fhdO17DoaaVYV1fRlBGxxoFdpSfoORQaemaocJdg==
- Web servers
- nginx header server: nginx
- Languages & backends
- PHP implied by WordPress (meta generator: WordPress 6.8.12)
- Video
- Brightcove page source: players.brightcove.net
- Email hosting
- Microsoft 365 TXT MS=ms48418918
- Proofpoint MX mxa-00596a01.gslb.pphosted.com
- DNS hosting
- Amazon Route 53 NS ns-640.awsdns-16.net
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Adobe TXT adobe-idp-site-verification=627d3f0b-a0d9-4a42-93c9-52d7e9b35602
- Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=uNoIhBXurxzVlQa0FvK2t9Yld5byfvXbFRQaMTo…
- Bing Webmaster Tools meta msvalidate.01: E4359034FA254151A3AB2EFAC6D20D80
- Google Search Console meta google-site-verification: ktbIDvT70_hbFNTapMeOkJ5BkjqY5hO7HRFtkB0yzHc
- Miro TXT miro-verification=876fd2e87e812aadd96eca532bf071be63109b0e
- Zoom TXT ZOOM_verify_02A0JDVORdqHbeawnzucYg
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 20/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on thesun.co.uk 14/20
- Google Workspace · not on thesun.co.uk 12/20
- Microsoft 365 10/20
- Google Ad Manager 9/20
- Adobe 9/20
- Amazon SES · not on thesun.co.uk 8/20
- Amazon Route 53 7/20
- Atlassian 7/20
- Apple Business · not on thesun.co.uk 7/20
- GlobalSign · not on thesun.co.uk 7/20
- Akamai Edge DNS · not on thesun.co.uk 6/20
- OpenAI · not on thesun.co.uk 6/20
- Amazon CloudFront 5/20
- Taboola · not on thesun.co.uk 5/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on thesun.co.uk 5/20