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24 alternatives to HowFake

The Fake News Buster

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. HowFake launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
SundayTimesNews▲63
Create Your Own Fake News And Trick Your Friends
2014 · its alternatives →
2
URL Online▲155
Prank your friends with fake news
2015 · its alternatives →
3
Vox▲124
Understand the news.
2014 · vox.com · its alternatives →
4
Stop The Bullshit▲118
Hide posts & block sites that publish fake news on Facebook
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
5
Fake News: The Game▲123
A game of facts & falsehoods
2017 · its alternatives →
6
Is it fake news or not?▲9
Can you tell the difference between real and fake news?
2017 · its alternatives →
7
Funny or Die News Flash▲94
Real News. Real Funny.
2015 · fodnewsflash.com · its alternatives →
8
NewsBot▲189
The fastest way to find related articles
2015 · pedicuresalonaangenaam.nl · its alternatives →
9
News Genius▲66
Make sense of the news
2014 · genius.com · its alternatives →
10
Slant News▲97
Sharp angles on news and culture.
2015 · secomint.com · its alternatives →
11FN
FakeBullshit.news – A fake fake news website▲18
The only news source you can TRUST
2017 · fakebullshit.news · its alternatives →
12
Hacker News or Satire?▲176
Test your ability to distinguish between fake and real news
2024 · hackernewssatire.com · its alternatives →
13
N/A▲8
N/A
2019 · its alternatives →
14
Newscombinator▲115
Like Google-News, but for hackers
2015 · its alternatives →
15
Hater News▲103
Exposing internet trolls and haters
2014 · haternews.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →
16
Filter News▲152
Filter Product Hunt, Hacker News and Designer News
2014 · filterne.ws · its alternatives →
17
Newsflash▲86
Bring the news to you
2016 · its alternatives →
18
Fake News: Throw Out The Press 🇺🇸▲6
Our President throws out the Fake News. Now you can too!!!
2017 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
19FH
Fake Hacker News – See what HN has to say before you post▲107
Hi HN! I’ve been lurking for a while, but out of fear of being steamrolled by HN readers or maybe just natural introversion, I’ve always been too scared to post or comment. Which is why 1. this is my first real Hacker News submission 2. my friend Michael and I built "Fake" Hacker News, a place to post and see what AI-generated HN comments might say. Here’s a video of me using fakeHN to test this very submission: https://www.loom.com/share/4b9f4f9d7c77489a86baeb92ec55a1ed?... And an example of one of our generated posts:…
2023 · fakehn.com · its alternatives →
20
One Minute News▲171
This is a minimalist news digest site that helps readers understand the biggest news happening around the world in one minute. We work on this as a side project. So why are we doing this? Welp, I myself am a clickbait hater. Sometimes I click into a news story on Facebook just to find out the content is nothing as the title suggests. Born from pure hatred, we have created One Minute News to make sure every headline literally says what the content is about. This helps readers save tons of time filtering out unimportant news just by scanning through the honest headlines. So far, here are the…
Feb 2026 · oneminutenews.org · its alternatives →
21
The New Paper▲134
Facts-only news in 30 seconds. No clickbait. No bias.
2019 · thenewpaper.co · its alternatives →
22
Trump CNN▲144
Make your own CNN breaking news headlines for Trump
2017 · hepwori.github.io · its alternatives →
23
Fake News Monitor▲72
A trustworthiness score to rank websites
2016 · its alternatives →
24
Spike▲70
Surfaces trending news articles from around the web
2014 · spike.newswhip.com · its alternatives →

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Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →