upworthy.com
Upworthy
Who runs Upworthy, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest digital media publisher alternatives.
- Who’s behind it
- Not stated
- Online since
- Unknown
- Trackers
- Prices
- No pricing page
- Last price change
- –
- Closest alternative
- BuzzFeed
Measured from Upworthy’s own pages, the Internet Archive and public records. Hover a dotted value for its source and date.
Visit Upworthy01 · Who’s behind it
Who runs Upworthy
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At Upworthy, we make the best in humanity more visible so it becomes more possible. ✨ Together with our community, creators, and partners, we create stories, ideas, and experiences that change how people see themselves and the world, and inspire them to add more good to it.
Wikidata: Media brand for positive storytelling
- Company
- No imprint we could read
- Online since
- Not in the Internet Archive
- Audience
- In English
02 · Privacy
What Upworthy 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
13 of the 17 alternatives below have fewer, 2 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.
03 · Alternatives
Alternatives to Upworthy
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Upworthy, thumbs down if it isn’t.
20 of the 60 sites closest to Upworthy match.
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BuzzFeed
BuzzFeed has breaking news, vital journalism, quizzes, videos, celeb news, Tasty food videos, recipes, DIY hacks, and all the trending buzz you’ll want to share with your friends. Copyright BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.
Very close - 02
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.
Very close - 03
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.
Very close - 04
ScoopWhoop - Trending Viral Stories
Get the latest stories on Entertainment, Sports, Lifestyle, Travel, Humour, and Opinions on ScoopWhoop.
Very close - 05
HuffPost - Breaking News, Politics, Entertainment & Opinion
Read the latest U.S. and world news, politics, entertainment, lifestyle and opinion pieces from HuffPost’s trusted team of journalists.
Very close - 06
Refinery29 UK
Where style meets substance - fashion, entertainment, news, and wellness daily
Very close - 07
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 - 08
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.
Very close - 09
Fortune - Fortune 500 Daily & Breaking Business News
Unrivaled access, premier storytelling, and the best of business since 1930.
Very close - 10
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 - 11
AFAR Media - Travel Stories, News, Reviews, Tips + Guides
Discover digital travel stories, reviews, tips, news, guides, podcasts, and videos from the experts at AFAR Media, and subscribe to the newsletter or print magazine.
Very close - 12
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.
Very close - 13
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 - 14
FanSided Sports News & Updates: NFL, NBA, MLB, College & More
FanSided - Your go-to source for sports, entertainment, and lifestyle. Stay updated on news, analysis, and fandom across a range of topics.
Very close - 15
Bustle
Bustle is the premier digital destination for young women. Since launching in 2013, Bustle has been creating relatable and impactful dialogue through content from a diverse set of voices. Covering politics, sex and relationships, fashion, beauty, entertainment, and more, Bustle empowers women to be curious, to be themselves, and to be excited about owning their place in the world.
Very close - 16
Today I Found Out | Learn Interesting Facts Every Day
Very close - 17
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.
Very close - 18
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.
Very close - 19
Digiday — The home of modern media and marketing
Digiday is the leading voice of the media and marketing industry and how they are being disrupted by technology.
Very close - 20
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.
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Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles Upworthy’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones Upworthy 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 Upworthy 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
- 9,216
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 42 ms
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to Upworthy’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 page source: /wp-content/
- JavaScript libraries
- jQuery asset https://www.upworthy.com/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.min.js?ver=3.7.1
- Analytics
- Google Analytics page source: googletagmanager.com/gtag/js
- Parse.ly page source: cdn.parsely.com
- Advertising
- Meta Pixel page source: connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js
- Marketing automation
- Mailchimp TXT v=spf1 include:servers.mcsv.net ?all
- Web servers
- nginx header server: nginx
- Languages & backends
- PHP implied by WordPress (page source: /wp-content/)
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace MX aspmx.l.google.com
- Email delivery
- Mailgun TXT v=spf1 include:mailgun.org ~all
- DNS hosting
- Amazon Route 53 NS ns-562.awsdns-06.net
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=DB3wd6i1lrIXcc64
- GlobalSign TXT _globalsign-domain-verification=KGGPxZTljntNuhXtwn8XgxduaNwNNWTC3gor_…
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=uVat-KAWajrF5bolggbyYinaR6jyd8eeFB0afmn_SRI
- Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=jue4v89bvl11q68r5cfutqjxjc7lgf
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 20/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on upworthy.com 18/20
- Meta Business Suite 15/20
- Google Workspace 14/20
- Apple Business 12/20
- OneTrust · not on upworthy.com 10/20
- Adobe · not on upworthy.com 9/20
- Amazon Route 53 9/20
- Google Ad Manager · not on upworthy.com 8/20
- Atlassian · not on upworthy.com 8/20
- DocuSign · not on upworthy.com 7/20
- Fastly · not on upworthy.com 7/20
- React · not on upworthy.com 7/20
- GlobalSign 6/20
- Next.js · not on upworthy.com 6/20
- nginx 6/20