SourceScore
PEERS · 5 CLOSEST · 404 MEDIA

Sources at 404 Media's tier

The 5 sources closest to 404 Media (B · 78) by composite SourceScore Index, across all categories. Use this view to discover at-tier peers regardless of vertical.

Reference
404 Media
404media.co · Tech News
Disc A · 88·Mod-Ref B · 76·Vel B · 70
B·78
Discipline leader
404 Media
A · 88(that's you)
Modern Reference leader
Aeon
B · 82+6 vs you
Velocity leader
Axios
B · 80+10 vs you
Peer-group means (excluding 404 Media)
Index
78
0 vs you
Discipline
82
-6 vs you
Modern Reference
79
+3 vs you
Velocity
75
+5 vs you

The 5 closest peers

  1. 1
    Aeonaeon.coMagazine

    Online magazine for long-form essays on philosophy, science, society; CC-BY-ND licensed.

    Discipline B · 84(-4)Modern Reference B · 82(+6)Velocity B · 70
    B·78
  2. 2
    Al Jazeera Englishaljazeera.comNews

    Qatari international news network; English edition since 2006; Middle East + global beat coverage.

    Discipline B · 78(-10)Modern Reference B · 80(+4)Velocity B · 78(+8)
    B·78
  3. 3
    Axiosaxios.comNews

    U.S. news brand emphasizing 'smart brevity'; political + business + tech beat coverage since 2017.

    Discipline B · 80(-8)Modern Reference B · 80(+4)Velocity B · 80(+10)
    B·78
  4. 4
    BBC Research & Developmentbbc.co.uk/rdResearch

    BBC's research division publishing peer-reviewed-style technical papers + open-source projects.

    Discipline B · 84(-4)Modern Reference B · 82(+6)Velocity B · 70
    B·78
  5. 5
    Der Spiegelspiegel.deNews

    Germany's tier-1 weekly + daily, with English edition Spiegel International open-access.

    Discipline A · 85(-3)Modern Reference B · 72(-4)Velocity B · 76(+6)
    B·78

How we picked these peers

Peers are the 5 sources with the smallest absolute distance to 404 Media on the composite SourceScore Index, across all tech news and non-tech news sources. Distance is computed as |peer Index − 404 Media Index|. Ties are broken by higher Index first, then alphabetical by name.

Distinct from 404 Media's curated comparator hub, which lists hand-selected head-to-head pairs. Peers is auto-computed from the score data — every source has one, and it surfaces neighbors regardless of editorial selection.