News aggregator websites by visits

[David777]

What are aggregate news sources?
A news aggregator (sometimes known as an RSS feed) gathers the latest news stories from various sources, creating a personalized news feed in one location. Which ones do you use or have used?



Top 50 biggest news websites in the world: December sees traffic slumps at ten biggest for second month in a row

I used to mostly go to Google news but dislike their current format that does not provide a summary list of all news categories and rather one must open tabs. Their Top Stories tab is dominantly just political, especially presidential politics I avoid. Also they seem to try and adjust displayed stories depending on Google Searches that shows up as obvious ads and types of stories even after opting out of personalized pages. Reuters, MSN, and Associated Press News are nicely balanced. Prefer sites allowing Comments. There are smaller sites I use for a narrower focus like livescience.com or local news aggregators like sfgate.com.

Many of these sites have hired webmasters that seem to think they need to always change their format, even when such is already popular and users are content with using a site instead of having to relearn whatever. And one way they do that is by adding more imagery with each news article link greatly taking up space instead of just having text listings I much prefer unless a feature is say a video. Same issue with say Windows OS upgrades that clueless financial bean counters on their financial board apparently approve of.

I won't use a subscription site like nytimes. For the sake of balance on both sides of issues, don't care if a site is somewhat politically biased as can recognize bias when I see it.

 

[David777]

The following best of list of science news aggregators is based on opinion of the below link site and not from actual views. To use actual links to each site go to the below website where links show in red text. Besides a list the page tersely summarizes how each site fits in our nascent cyberspace universe we of this senior generation in human history will be the first to experience such and celebrated far into the future.

I like participating on science topic threads in this more general senior community where there are obviously many well educated and talented people. So will roundly encourage members herein to create links to all this list that will surely for many, broaden one's value of the Internet .

https://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2021/12/13/the_top_10_websites_for_science_in_2021_806627.html!

Big Think
10. Big Think has been reinvigorated of late with the hiring of Founding RCS Editor Alex Berezow as Executive Editor and the inclusion of a number of talented science writers like astrophysicist Ethan Siegel, astrophysicist Adam Frank, philosopher Marcelo Gleiser, and many others. (Disclosure: Current RCS editor Ross Pomeroy also occasionally freelances for Big Think.)

Smithsonian
9. Smithsonian's writers deftly round-up the latest science news including fascinating stories often missed by other outlets. And their archaeology coverage can't be beat.

Nature
8. You might know Nature as (disputably) the top scientific journal in the world. They also maintain a news arm that regularly publishes exemplary content by long-time writers. Our only gripe is that the frequency seems to be falling.

Science Alert
7. A new arrival onto our top ten list, Science Alert wowed us with their breadth of coverage and consistently factual write-ups. Moreover, they report on interesting studies published in lesser-known journals whose findings still matter to the public.

Science Magazine
6. Science Magazine is America's top scientific journal. The journal's news reporters can also be counted on to provide in-depth coverage of the latest discoveries and of the issues where science and politics intersect.

Live Science
5. Live Science has made our annual top ten list six times in a row. We'll stop including them when their veteran writers stop writing and disseminating clear, well-researched science content. It doesn't seem like that will happen anytime soon...

Quanta Magazine
4. Like Live Science, math and physics-focused Quanta is another mainstay of our top ten list. Featuring longer-form stories on advanced topics from smart writers, a daily visit to Quanta will undoubtedly challenge your brain and make you more well-informed.

Gizmodo
3. The talented bunch of science writers at Gizmodo maintain a smart, skeptical style that manages to entertain and inform a lay audience while still remaining grounded in evidence-based reality.

Stat
2. The health science-centered STAT took the top spot on our 2020 list of the best websites for science, owing to their indispensable reporting on the COVID-19 pandemic. As the global health crisis continued into this year, STAT's stalwart journalism did as well. The pandemic spawned and exacerbated other global health problems, which STAT's writers exposed and explored with grace and dedication. The outlet also delved deeply into the controversial FDA approval of Biogen's Alzheimer's drug Aduhelm.

Ars Technica
1. Ars Technica reclaims its spot atop our list of the best science websites after being dethroned by STAT last year. The outlet's writers skillfully cover all corners of science, and deliver an average of three to five new pieces of content daily for your reading pleasure. Don't forget to catch Eric Berger's regular updates with news from the rapidly growing space industry.

 

[Nathan]

I read on AP, Reuters, NPR and Google search stories that catch my attention.