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Wattpad

Who runs Wattpad, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest online fiction publishing alternatives.

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

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01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs Wattpad

Wattpad wattpad.com

Wattpad connects a global community of millions of readers and writers through the power of story

Wikidata: online community themed around reading and writing

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

02 · Privacy

What Wattpad 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

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

Privacy-friendly alternatives →
Cookie banner
OneTrust
US company
3 tools
  • Advertising and retargeting

    Lets ad networks recognise visitors on other sites and show them ads.

  • Marketing and email tracking

    Links visits to email campaigns and customer profiles.

  • Tag manager

    Loads further tracking scripts, which we can’t always see.

03 · Alternatives

Alternatives to Wattpad

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

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

20 of the 60 sites closest to Wattpad match.

  1. 01
    Vocal vocal.media English 3 trackers

    Vocal

    Vocal is a platform for supporting, discovering and rewarding creators.

    Compare Vocal with Wattpad →
  2. 02
    GoodNovel goodnovel.com English 1 tracker

    GoodNovel - Read Web Novel Stories & Fiction Online

    GoodNovel offers abundant web novels in every genre, like Romance, Mystery, Fantasy, Sci-fi, etc. A must-have novel website & good novel app for book lovers.

    Compare GoodNovel with Wattpad →
  3. 03
    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!

    Compare Tapas with Wattpad →
  4. 04
    Tumblr tumblr.com Top 1K English 1 tracker

    Tumblr

    Tumblr is the place you go to be yourself on the internet. No performance, no perfection. Just you, and the people who get it.

    Compare Tumblr with Wattpad →
  5. 05
    AniList anilist.co English No trackers

    AniList: Track, Discover, Share Anime & Manga

    Track, discover, and share anime and manga with AniList. Discover top-rated and popular shows through reviews and recommendations. Sign up for free!

    Compare AniList with Wattpad →
  6. 06
    DeviantArt deviantart.com Top 1K English No trackers

    DeviantArt - The Largest Online Art Gallery and Community

    DeviantArt is where art and community thrive. Explore over 650 million pieces of art while connecting to fellow artists and art enthusiasts.

    Compare DeviantArt with Wattpad →
  7. 07
    YouTube youtube.com Top 100 English No trackers

    YouTube

    Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

    Compare YouTube with Wattpad →
  8. 08
    Instagram instagram.com Top 100 English No trackers

    Instagram

    Create an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you.

    Compare Instagram with Wattpad →
  9. 09
    SmartCustomer sitejabber.com English 1 tracker

    Find Real Business Reviews & Ratings | SmartCustomer

    SmartCustomer - your source for ratings and reviews. Find the truth about 130K+ businesses with real insights from 200M+ customers.

    Compare SmartCustomer with Wattpad →
  10. 10
    LinkedIn linkedin.com Top 100 English No trackers

    LinkedIn: Log In or Sign Up

    1 billion members | Manage your professional identity. Build and engage with your professional network. Access knowledge, insights and opportunities.

    Compare LinkedIn with Wattpad →
  11. 11
    Dailymotion dailymotion.com Top 1K English No trackers

    Dailymotion

    video streaming site

    Compare Dailymotion with Wattpad →
  12. 12
    Badoo badoo.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Best Free Online Dating Site & App - Friends, Chat, Flirt | Badoo

    Join Badoo’s community - the best free online dating app. Chat before you match, meet & date people in your area or make new friends from all over the world.

    Compare Badoo with Wattpad →
  13. 13
    MangaDex mangadex.org Top 10K English No trackers

    MangaDex

    Read comics and manga online at MangaDex, with high quality images and support creators and translators!

    Compare MangaDex with Wattpad →
  14. 14
    SlideShare slideshare.net Top 1K English No trackers

    Client Challenge

    American hosting service, owned by Scribd, for professional content including presentations, infographics, documents, and videos

    Compare SlideShare with Wattpad →
  15. 15
    Zoosk zoosk.com English 2 trackers

    Zoosk | Dating Site, Free to Start | Ambitious, Educated Singles

    Zoosk is a modern dating site that connects ambitious, like-minded singles seeking real relationships. Join today for free to start meeting accomplished partners who match your drive.

    Compare Zoosk with Wattpad →
  16. 16
    Comick comick.io English No trackers

    Comick has a new home — comick.dev

    Comick.io is now Comick.dev: your manga and anime tracker, database, and community. Discover our next chapter.

    Compare Comick with Wattpad →
  17. 17
    Meetup meetup.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Meetup | Find Local Groups, Events, and Activities Near You

    Find Meetup events, join groups, or start your own. Make new friends and connect with like-minded people. Meet people near you who share your interests.

    Compare Meetup with Wattpad →
  18. 18
    DEV Community dev.to Top 10K English 1 tracker

    DEV Community

    A space to discuss and keep up software development and manage your software career

    Compare DEV Community with Wattpad →
  19. 19
    FC2 fc2.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    FC2 - Free Website, Analyzer, Blog, Rental Server, SEO Countermeasures, etc. -

    FC2 is a portal site which brings you a pleasant web life providing blog/website/analyzer services and others. Our blog service is ranked No.2 domestically and supported by wide range of users including both beginners and heavy users. We offer as many as 30 different services.

    Compare FC2 with Wattpad →
  20. 20
    SoundCloud soundcloud.com Top 1K English 2 trackers

    Stream and listen to music online for free with SoundCloud

    Discover and play over 320 million music tracks. Join the world’s largest online community of artists, bands, DJs, and audio creators.

    Compare SoundCloud with Wattpad →

Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles Wattpad’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones Wattpad uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.

04 · History

No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Wattpad 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 · 19 technologies
Neighbours
k = 60
Sites searched
9,212
Vector
384-d
Query
46 ms

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Wattpad’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.

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