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Who runs Variety, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest entertainment trade publication alternatives.

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The Hollywood Reporter

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01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs Variety

Variety variety.com

Entertainment news, film reviews, awards, film festivals, box office, entertainment industry conferences

Wikidata: American weekly entertainment trade magazine

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

02 · Privacy

What Variety 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

12 of the 15 alternatives below have fewer, 1 have more.

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OneTrust
US company
5 tools
EU company
1 tool

03 · Alternatives

Alternatives to Variety

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

Fewer trackers than VarietyNo ad trackersRegistered in the EUFree planOnly in English

20 of the 60 sites closest to Variety match.

  1. 01
    TheWrap thewrap.com English 1 tracker

    TheWrap - Your trusted source for entertainment breaking news

    Your trusted source for breaking entertainment news, film reviews, TV updates and Hollywood insights. Stay informed with the latest entertainment news and analysis.

    Compare TheWrap with Variety →
  2. 02
    Screen Daily screendaily.com English 4 trackers

    Screen Daily | Film News, Film Reviews, Film Festivals and Awards

    The online home of Screen International, posting breaking film news, the latest film reviews and reports from film festivals and film awards around the world.

    Compare Screen Daily with Variety →
  3. 03
    Vulture vulture.com English 2 trackers

    Vulture - Entertainment News - TV, Movies, Music, Books, Theater, Art

    Vulture is a New York Magazine site providing continuous entertainment news covering TV, movies, music, art, books, theater, comedy, podcasts, celebrities, and the entertainment industry itself.

    Compare Vulture with Variety →
  4. 04
    Digiday digiday.com English 3 trackers

    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.

    Compare Digiday with Variety →
  5. 05
    slashfilm.com English 1 tracker

    /Film | Movie & TV News, Trailers, Interviews, & Reviews

    The latest movie and television news, reviews, film trailers, exclusive interviews, and opinions - since 2005.

    Compare slashfilm.com with Variety →
  6. 06
    Adweek adweek.com Top 10K English 4 trackers

    ADWEEK

    Breaking News in Advertising, Media and Technology

    Compare Adweek with Variety →
  7. 07
    ScreenRant screenrant.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    ScreenRant: Movie News, Movie Reviews, Movie Trailers, TV News

    ScreenRant debuted in 2003 and has grown into the largest source of breaking entertainment news & original features for movies, TV, comics, + more!

    Compare ScreenRant with Variety →
  8. 08
    Collider collider.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    New Movie News, Movie Trailers & Upcoming Movie Reviews | Collider

    Stay up to date with new movie news, watch the latest movie trailers & get trusted reviews of upcoming movies & more from the team at Collider.

    Compare Collider with Variety →
  9. 09
    MovieWeb movieweb.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

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

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

    Compare MovieWeb with Variety →
  10. 10
    SpaceNews spacenews.com English 3 trackers

    SpaceNews: The space industry's source

    News and analysis of the companies, agencies, technologies and trends shaping the global space industry. Subscribe today.

    Compare SpaceNews with Variety →
  11. 11
    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.

    Compare comicbook.com with Variety →
  12. 12
    CBR cbr.com Top 10K English 3 trackers

    CBR - The World's Top Destination For Comic, Movie & TV news

    Covering comics, movies, TV like no other in the world. CBR.com is all you need!

    Compare CBR with Variety →
  13. 13
    TMZ tmz.com Top 10K English 5 trackers

    Celebrity News | Entertainment News | TMZ.com

    Breaking the biggest stories in celebrity and entertainment news. Get exclusive access to the latest stories, photos, and video as only TMZ can.

    Compare TMZ with Variety →
  14. 14
    Pinkvilla pinkvilla.com English No trackers

    Pinkvilla: Latest Entertainment , Box Office Collections, Movie Reviews, Latest Videos, Korean, Fashion & Lifestyle & More

    Get all the latest trends & breaking on entertainment & Lifestyle. Catch latest updates on Bollywood, Hollywood, Box Office, Movies, Reviews, K-Pop, TV , Fashion, Lifestyle & more.

    Compare Pinkvilla with Variety →
  15. 15
    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.

    Compare Polygon with Variety →
  16. 16
    FanSided fansided.com English 2 trackers

    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.

    Compare FanSided with Variety →
  17. 17
    NME nme.com English 2 trackers

    NME | Music, Film, TV, Gaming & Pop Culture News

    NME brings you the latest music and pop culture news and reviews, along with videos and galleries, band features, concert tickets, magazine, radio and more.

    Compare NME with Variety →
  18. 18
    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.

    Compare Bored Panda with Variety →
  19. 19
    etonline.com English No trackers

    The Leading Source for Entertainment and Celebrity News | Entertainment Tonight

    Entertainment Tonight (ET) is the authoritative source on entertainment and celebrity news with unprecedented access to Hollywood's biggest stars, upcoming movies, and TV shows.

    Compare etonline.com with Variety →
  20. 20
    Stereogum stereogum.com English No trackers

    Stereogum: Music News, Reviews, Interviews, & More

    The world's best music blog.

    Compare Stereogum with Variety →

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04 · History

No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Variety 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.

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k = 60
Sites searched
9,214
Vector
384-d
Query
128 ms

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