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24 alternatives to Populace

A constantly evolving stream of everything happening now

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Populace launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Now▲56

   Aggregated happenings of the world.

   2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   🐼▲122

   🐼🐼🐼

   2015 · brandsly.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Board▲89

   Community of Everything

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Seen▲83

   A social summary of what’s happening

   2014 · tarikh.me · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Numerous▲96

   Keep track of life's most important numbers.

   2014 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Soon▲150

   What you and your friends are doing next

   2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Allocate ▲78

   Easily organize your people, events and things

   2015 · allocatehq.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Soon▲77

   Discover events around the world.

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   SocialRadar▲70

   Real-time information about the people around you.

   2014 · socialradar.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Public▲205

    Group chats. Great conversations. 💬

    2016 · public.chat · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Swarmize▲82

    Data journalism platform from The Guardian

    2014 · alpha.swarmize.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Countable▲73

    Direct Democracy with Countable

    2014 · myactionable.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Vox▲124

    Understand the news.

    2014 · vox.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Zoom Social▲80

    Discover What’s Trending Nearby Right at This Moment.

    2015 · locussocial.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Tally▲92

    People powered newsfeeds about anything

    2014 · tally.la · its alternatives →

16. 16
    TicTalking▲74

    Connecting interesting people everywhere

    2016 · tictalking.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    The Sociable▲93

    Documenting how technology transforms societies

    2017 · sociable.co · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Robin, by Reddit▲118

    Humans make connections. Sometimes they grow, stay, collapse

    2016 · reddit.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Popularr▲91

    News all every topic, upvoted and ranked

    2017 · popularr.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Mobile Flow▲101

    Eliminate digital distractions

    2014 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Smart News▲71

    News for All

    2014 · smartnews.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Newsflash▲86

    Bring the news to you

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Human for Android▲109

    Compare your daily activity to people around you

    2016 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Taaalk▲75

    Observe conversations between interesting people

    2015 · taaalk.co · its alternatives →

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 →