Site sector · 347 sites
What are news websites built with?
As of 2026-10-02, we read the home pages of 347 news websites among our popular sample: the most used CMS is WordPress (18%), the most used framework is React (24%) and the most used CDN or host is Cloudflare (24%).
Most used technologies
| Technology | Category | Sites | Share | vs all sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Tag Manager | Tag manager | 169 | 49% | 1.2x |
| Google Publisher Tag | Advertising | 119 | 34% | 4.3x |
| Nginx | Web server | 100 | 29% | 1.3x |
| jQuery | JavaScript library | 86 | 25% | 0.8x |
| React | JavaScript framework | 85 | 24% | 1.5x |
| Cloudflare | CDN | 84 | 24% | 0.7x |
| PHP | Programming language | 77 | 22% | 1.0x |
| Google Fonts | Fonts | 68 | 20% | 1.1x |
| Google Analytics | Analytics | 67 | 19% | 0.9x |
| Next.js | JavaScript framework | 63 | 18% | 1.3x |
| WordPress | CMS | 62 | 18% | 1.1x |
| Tailwind CSS | UI library | 44 | 13% | 1.0x |
| Cloudflare Web Analytics | Analytics | 43 | 12% | 0.9x |
| Prebid.js | Advertising | 43 | 12% | 6.5x |
| OneTrust | Cookie consent | 32 | 9.2% | 1.2x |
| Amazon Publisher Services | Advertising | 28 | 8.1% | 5.5x |
| Comscore | Analytics | 28 | 8.1% | 4.8x |
| YouTube | Video | 28 | 8.1% | 1.9x |
| Google Sign-In | Authentication | 25 | 7.2% | 3.0x |
| Swiper | JavaScript library | 25 | 7.2% | 1.1x |
| Google AdSense | Advertising | 24 | 6.9% | 2.2x |
| reCAPTCHA | Security / bot protection | 24 | 6.9% | 1.3x |
| Chartbeat | Analytics | 23 | 6.6% | 5.3x |
| Font Awesome | Fonts | 23 | 6.6% | 0.7x |
| Google Hosted Libraries | CDN | 23 | 6.6% | 1.5x |
"vs all sites" compares the share here with the share among all 7,859 sites: 2.0x means twice as common.
Over-represented here
Technologies much more common on news websites than on average (at least 11 sites):
| Technology | Sites | Share | vs all sites |
|---|---|---|---|
| Outbrain | 12 | 3.5% | 8.8x |
| Prebid.js | 43 | 12% | 6.5x |
| JW Player | 15 | 4.3% | 6.3x |
| Amazon Publisher Services | 28 | 8.1% | 5.5x |
| Chartbeat | 23 | 6.6% | 5.3x |
| Comscore | 28 | 8.1% | 4.8x |
| Taboola | 23 | 6.6% | 4.7x |
| Google Funding Choices | 11 | 3.2% | 4.4x |
| Google Publisher Tag | 119 | 34% | 4.3x |
| Parse.ly | 14 | 4.0% | 4.1x |
Most popular news websites
- nytimes.com #67
- theguardian.com #85
- t-online.de #90
- forbes.com #94
- bbc.com #95
- weather.com #135
- espn.com #174
- globo.com #177
- substack.com #196
- businessinsider.com #199
- statista.com #210
- indiatimes.com #226
- foxnews.com #228
- wired.com #244
- uol.com.br #250
- time.com #251
- usatoday.com #262
- techcrunch.com #284
- elpais.com #296
- dailymail.com #313
- cbsnews.com #316
- independent.co.uk #327
- cnet.com #328
- wp.pl #336
- mlb.com #340
- bild.de #342
- nikkei.com #346
- prnewswire.com #359
- lefigaro.fr #369
- theverge.com #380
- hbr.org #397
- nbcnews.com #401
- latimes.com #410
- onet.pl #427
- corriere.it #433
- elmundo.es #442
- nationalgeographic.com #444
- flashscore.com #449
- infobae.com #463
- n-tv.de #478
- pbs.org #479
- goal.com #488
- interia.pl #490
- terra.com.br #491
- as.com #493
- huffpost.com #495
- bfmtv.com #496
- marca.com #500
- skysports.com #509
- aftonbladet.se #515
- gsmarena.com #518
- lanacion.com.ar #522
- hltv.org #524
- nypost.com #528
- theconversation.com #537
- ad.nl #540
- wetter.com #543
- itmedia.co.jp #545
- nu.nl #547
- elconfidencial.com #548
- vg.no #554
- lequipe.fr #561
- gazzetta.it #574
- hln.be #583
- mundodeportivo.com #592
- abc.net.au #595
- livescore.com #596
- ladepeche.fr #605
- fortune.com #612
- spiegel.de #613
- actu.fr #618
- ilfattoquotidiano.it #621
- meteofrance.com #630
- tenki.jp #642
- weathernews.jp #643
- sapo.pt #644
- varzesh3.com #646
- oricon.co.jp #653
- haberler.com #655
- nikkansports.com #659
- novinky.cz #662
- huffingtonpost.com #666
- dagbladet.no #668
- okdiario.com #670
- ilmeteo.it #673
- dw.com #680
- cronista.com #683
- protothema.gr #687
- aljazeera.com #692
- blic.rs #693
- jutarnji.hr #694
- 24h.com.vn #697
- index.hr #698
- sozcu.com.tr #699
- 3bmeteo.com #700
- jagran.com #708
- ekstrabladet.dk #713
- eenadu.net #719
- kooora.com #724
- sondakika.com #726
The 100 most popular of 347 are listed; the number is the position in our popularity-ordered sample (1 = most popular).
FAQ
- What are news websites built with?
- As of 2026-10-02, we read the home pages of 347 news websites among our popular sample: the most used CMS is WordPress (18%), the most used framework is React (24%) and the most used CDN or host is Cloudflare (24%).
- Which technologies are most common on news websites?
- Google Tag Manager (49%), Google Publisher Tag (34%), Nginx (29%), jQuery (25%), React (24%) and Cloudflare (24%) (share of the 347 sites analysed on 2026-10-02).
- What is typical for news websites compared with all sites?
- Outbrain (8.8x as common as on average), Prebid.js (6.5x as common as on average), JW Player (6.3x as common as on average) and Amazon Publisher Services (5.5x as common as on average).