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24 alternatives to theSkimm

News for busy people. We read. You skimm.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. theSkimm launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   TheSkimm▲53

   All the news you need to start your day

   2014 · theskimm.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   theSkimm▲141

   Daily summary of current events in your inbox

   2013 · theskimm.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Skimfeed▲65

   Your tech news dashboard

   2014 · skimfeed.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Casual Spectator▲86

   TheSkimm for sports - sports newsletter for sports novices

   2014 · casualspectator.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   News Genius▲66

   Make sense of the news

   2014 · genius.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Note to Self - What Happens When We Skimm the News▲65

   Good discussion about what makes theSkimm so popular

   2016 · wnyc.org · its alternatives →

7. 7
   TechSpiked▲151

   Entertainment for Techies

   2014 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   MackerNews▲84

   Beautiful Readable Hacker News Articles

   2015 · mackernews.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   TechClack▲76

   Daily fact-packed curated tech stories

   2014 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Fever Reader▲73

    A Feed Reader with A Brain

    2014 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Vox▲124

    Understand the news.

    2014 · vox.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    NYT Now▲132

    Your guide to the news, from The New York Times

    2015 · help.nytimes.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    YoNews▲62

    Yo it your way through tech news

    2014 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Enough Sports▲63

    theSkimm for sports

    2014 · enoughsports.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Newsbeat▲72

    Print and online news radio

    2014 · newsbeat.me · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Interesting▲78

    Articles on your favorite topics from all the best sources.

    2014 · flyosity.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    SummaList▲110

    We summarize all the best tech & startup newsletters.

    2014 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    LMGTFY▲135

    For people who bother you, rather than google it themselves

    2014 · lmgtfy.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Umano▲161

    Interesting articles read to you by real people

    2013 · umanoapp.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Readwave▲69

    Share 3-minute stories

    2014 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    TechReporter▲96

    The day’s top tech headlines from across the web

    2014 · thetechreporter.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Hacker News Search▲92

    a faster hnsearch

    2014 · hn.algolia.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Unread▲68

    An RSS Reader

    2014 · jaredsinclair.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Timesify▲100

    Whatever TMZ and Buzzfeed you read disguise it with NYT look

    2015 · lego138new.yachts · 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 →