Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Independent news
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Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Independent news launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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I've been working on building "the fastest news website" for a few reasons: 1. I got tired of waiting for news websites to load, so I made a text-only news website that only has major news headlines. 2. I wanted to demonstrate to the world that if you want to build something really fast on the web, you can do it without loads of JavaScript. 3. I wanted to show that you can design something that looks good without having tons of images, etc. I put together the speed page at https://legiblenews.com/speed to hold my website to be more accountable for speed, but it's also…
2022 · legiblenews.com · its alternatives →
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2020 · youtube.com · its alternatives →
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8bitnews.io▲85The finest of 8bit news, effortless in your inbox
2021 · 8bitnews.io · its alternatives →
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India's largest news curation app now available in Hindi!
2015 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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No nonsense video news in 2 minutes or less
2015 · scrippsnews.com · its alternatives →
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Hyper News▲98100% Offline latest news videos for your commute
2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Ad-Free News Browser for NYTimes, WSJ, Bloomberg, and more
Nov 2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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