SourceScore
PEERS · 5 CLOSEST · TECHCRUNCH

Sources at TechCrunch's tier

The 5 sources closest to TechCrunch (C · 64) by composite SourceScore Index, across all categories. Use this view to discover at-tier peers regardless of vertical.

Reference
TechCrunch
techcrunch.com · Tech News
Disc D · 50·Mod-Ref B · 70·Vel B · 75
C·64
Discipline leader
AnandTech
B · 75+25 vs you
Modern Reference leader
TechCrunch
B · 70(that's you)
Velocity leader
Hacker News
B · 78+3 vs you
Peer-group means (excluding TechCrunch)
Index
65
+1 vs you
Discipline
60
+10 vs you
Modern Reference
65
-5 vs you
Velocity
72
-3 vs you

The 5 closest peers

  1. 1
    Statistastatista.comResearch

    Commercial market + consumer data aggregator; cites primary sources but often paywalled second-hand data.

    Discipline B · 70(+20)Modern Reference C · 56(-14)Velocity C · 65(-10)
    C·64
  2. 2
    Hacker Newsnews.ycombinator.comTech News+2

    Y Combinator-run tech link aggregator since 2007; community-curated, no editorial layer.

    Discipline D · 50Modern Reference B · 70Velocity B · 78(+3)
    C·66
  3. 3
    The Vergetheverge.comTech News+2

    Tech news + culture site (Vox Media); strong design + fast cadence; per-piece depth varies.

    Discipline C · 55(+5)Modern Reference B · 70Velocity B · 78(+3)
    C·66
  4. 4
    HuffPosthuffpost.comNews-4

    U.S. news + opinion site since 2005; mix of staff reporting + contributor blogs (now-discontinued).

    Discipline D · 50Modern Reference C · 65(-5)Velocity B · 76(+1)
    C·60
  5. 5
    AnandTechanandtech.comTech News+5

    Hardware reviews + benchmarks since 1997; site closed for new content 2024 but archive widely cited.

    Discipline B · 75(+25)Modern Reference C · 65(-5)Velocity C · 65(-10)
    C·69

How we picked these peers

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

Distinct from TechCrunch'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.