List of satirical news websites
This is a list of notable satirical news websites which have a satirical bent, are parodies of news, or consist of fake news stories for mainly humorous purposes. For magazines published on paper, see List of satirical magazines.
Definition
[edit]The best-known example is The Onion, the online version of which started in 1996.[1] News satire is a type of parody presented in a format typical of mainstream journalism, but instead contains satirical content. It is popular on the web, where it is relatively easy to mimic a credible news source and stories may achieve wide distribution from nearly any site.
These sites are not to be confused with fake news websites, which deliberately publish hoaxes in an attempt to profit from gullible readers.[2][3]
List
[edit]| Name | Domain | Country | Founded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adequacy.org | adequacy.org | United States | 2001 |
| Al-Hudood | alhudood.net | Jordan | 2013 |
| ASZdziennik | aszdziennik.pl | Poland | 2011 |
| Awaze Tribune | awazetribune.com | Eritrea | 2016 |
| The Babylon Bee | babylonbee.com | United States | 2016 |
| Bbspot | bbspot.com | United States | 2000 |
| The Beaverton | thebeaverton.com | Canada | 2010 |
| The Betoota Advocate | betootaadvocate.com | Australia | 2014 |
| Bopress | bopress.ma | Morocco | 2016 |
| Borowitz Report | borowitzreport.com | United States | 2001 |
| The Burrard Street Journal | burrardstreetjournal.com | Canada | 2015 |
| The Chaser | chaser.com.au | Australia | 1999 |
| El Chigüire Bipolar | elchiguirebipolar.net | Venezuela | 2008 |
| The Civilian | thecivilian.co.nz | New Zealand | 2013 |
| ClickHole | clickhole.com | United States | 2014 |
| Cracked | cracked.com | United States | 2007 |
| Christwire | christwire.org | United States | 2008 |
| The Daily Bonnet | dailybonnet.com | Canada | 2016 |
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| The Daily Mash | thedailymash.co.uk | United Kingdom | 2007 |
| The Daily Squib | dailysquib.co.uk | United Kingdom | 2007 |
| The Daily WTF | thedailywtf.com | United States | 2004 |
| The DailyER | thedailyer.com | United States | 2008 |
| Deník To | denik.to | Czech Republic | 2023 |
| Duffel Blog | duffelblog.com | United States | 2012 |
| The eXile | exiledonline.com | Russia | 1998 |
| El Koshary Today | elkoshary.com | Egypt | 2008 |
| The Fauxy | thefauxy.com | India | 2018 |
| Fognews | fognews.ru | Russia | 2012 |
| The Framley Examiner | framleyexaminer.com | United Kingdom | 2001 |
| Free Wood Post | freewoodpost.com | United States | 2011 |
| Hard Drive | hard-drive.net | United States | 2017 |
| The Hard Times | thehardtimes.net | United States | 2014 |
| Humor Times | humortimes.com | United States | 1991 |
| Huzlers | huzlers.com | United States | 2014 |
| Islamica News | islamicanews.com | United States | 1999 |
| Internet Chronicle | chronicle.su | United States | |
| Khabaristan Times | khabaristantimes.com | Pakistan | 2014 |
| Kyoko Shimbun | kyoko-np.net | Japan | 2004 |
| Landover Baptist Church | landoverbaptist.org | United States | 1998 |
| Le Gorafi | legorafi.fr | France | 2012 |
| Lark News | larknews.com | United States | 2003 |
| The Lemon Press | thelemonpress.co.uk | United Kingdom | 2009 |
| Lercio | lercio.it | Italy | 2012 |
| El Mundo Today | elmundotoday.com | Spain | 2009 |
| National Report | nationalreport.net | United States | 2013 |
| NewsBiscuit | newsbiscuit.com | United Kingdom | 2006 |
| NewsThump | newsthump.com | United Kingdom | 2009 |
| Nieuwspaal | nieuwspaal.nl | Netherlands | 2015 |
| Njuz.net | njuz.net | Serbia | 2010 |
| Nordpresse | nordpresse.be | Belgium | 2014 |
| The Onion | theonion.com | United States | 1996 |
| The Oxymoron | theoxymoron.co.uk | United Kingdom | 2007 |
| The Poke | thepoke.com | United Kingdom | 2002 |
| Panorama | panorama.pub | Russia | 2017 |
| Der Postillon | der-postillon.com | Germany | 2008 |
| Private Eye | private-eye.co.uk | United Kingdom | 1997[a] |
| Reductress | reductress.com | United States | 2013 |
| The Rochdale Herald | rochdaleherald.co.uk | United Kingdom | 2016 |
| SatireWire | satirewire.com | United States | 2010 |
| ScrappleFace | scrappleface.com | United States | 2002 |
| Sensacionalista | sensacionalista.com.br | Brazil | 2009 |
| Sovetskaya Belorussiya | t.me/s/sovbelarussia | Belarus | 2019 |
| De Speld | speld.nl | Netherlands | 2007 |
| Die Tagespresse | dietagespresse.com | Austria | 2013 |
| Topeka News | topekasnews.com | United States | 2008 |
| Toons Mag | toonsmag.com | Norway | 2009 |
| The True North Times | truenorthtimes.ca | Canada | 2014 |
| Timesnewroman.ro | timesnewroman.ro | Romania | 2009 |
| The UnReal Times | theunrealtimes.com | India | 2011 |
| Walking Eagle News | walkingeaglenews.com | Canada | 2017 |
| Waterford Whispers News | waterfordwhispersnews.com | Ireland | 2009 |
| Weekly World News | weeklyworldnews.com | United States | 2009 |
| World News Daily Report | worldnewsdailyreport.com | Canada | 2013 |
| Zaytung | zaytung.com | Turkey | 2010 |
Defunct
[edit]| Name | Domain |
|---|---|
| The Daily Currant | currantdaily.com |
| Faking News | fakingnews.com |
| Southend News Network | southendnewsnetwork.net |
| Le Journal de Mourréal | journaldemourreal.com |
| Il Quotidiano Pazzo | ilpazzoquotidiano.it, dailycrazy.com |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Private Eye in printed magazine format existed before the website, and was founded in 1961.
References
[edit]- ^ Keighley, Geoff (2003-08-28). "The Onion: Funny site is no joke - August 29, 2003". CNN. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
- ^ Abby Ohlheiser (2016-11-18). "This is how Facebook's fake-news writers make money". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2018-08-08.
- ^ Joshua Gillin (2017-10-04). "The more outrageous, the better: How clickbait ads make money for fake news sites". Politifact. Retrieved 2018-08-08.