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24 alternatives to Fact Hunt

A social journalism platform to hunt fake news

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Fact Hunt launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Fact Check by Google▲440
Google fights fake news in search with 'fact check'
2017 · blog.google · its alternatives →
2
Journalist Hunt 2.0▲282
100,000+ journalists to pitch and get published
2025 · journalisthunt.com · its alternatives →
3
I made a platform for journalists to “open source” their fact checking▲593
A publication dedicated to full transparency in fact-checking. Every source document is available with annotations to guide the reader, and every fact-checking conversation is out in the open.
2019 · sourcedfact.com · its alternatives →
4
Press Hunt▲413
Find the best journalists to cover you with our DB of 500k
2018 · presshunt.co · its alternatives →
5
Hacker Hunt▲483
If Product Hunt and Hacker News had a baby
2017 · hackerhunt.co · its alternatives →
6
Fact Check▲136
Your personal research assistant and BS detector
2024 · factchecker.carrd.co · its alternatives →
7
B.S. Detector▲227
Identify fake news sources on Facebook in Chrome
2016 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
8
Fake News: The Game▲123
A game of facts & falsehoods
2017 · its alternatives →
9
Ground News Bias Checker▲256
Browser extension which exposes media bias as you browse.
2020 · ground.news · its alternatives →
10
Wikitribune▲482
Evidence based journalism, from the founder of Wikipedia
2017 · wt.social · its alternatives →
11
Thread Hunt▲381
Quality Twitter threads from undiscovered creators
2021 · its alternatives →
12
FactGPT by LongShot AI▲272
Think ChatGPT but personalized, real time, fact-checked
2023 · longshot.ai · its alternatives →
13
The News 2▲323
Product Hunt + Hacker News + Designer News
2015 · its alternatives →
14
News Search by The Factual▲96
Politically diverse and highly credible search results
2022 · yahoo.com · its alternatives →
15
The Factual News App▲89
The most objective stories on critical topics
2021 · yahoo.com · its alternatives →
16
Overlooked▲70
Our mission is to end fake news.
2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
17
ChatNews▲75
A 0% fake news social platform based on verified users
2019 · its alternatives →
18
The News (iOS)▲232
Product Hunt, Designer News, & Hacker News on iOS
2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
19
Stopaganda Plus▲77
Identify news source credibility on social media and search
2020 · addons.mozilla.org · its alternatives →
20
Hacker News or Satire?▲176
Test your ability to distinguish between fake and real news
2024 · hackernewssatire.com · its alternatives →
21
InfoPost▲73
Fight fake news with Advanced AI on your phone
2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
22
The Factual (Chrome extension)▲122
Facts, not fear
2017 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
23
Fiskkit▲73
A news commenting platform to fact-check the debates
2016 · its alternatives →
24
LOL Hunt▲102
Daily hunt for funny Youtube clips, powered by Blockstack
2019 · lol.hunt.town · its alternatives →

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