30 Best Satirical News Websites
Satirical News Websites
Here are 30 Best Satirical News Websites you must follow in 2023
1. The Onion
Chicago, Illinois, US
The Onion brings you all of the latest news, stories, photos, videos, and more from America's finest news source. The Onion is the world's leading news publication, offering highly acclaimed, universally revered coverage of breaking national, international, and local news events. The Onion is a Peabody award-winning news source founded in 1756 by Friedrich Siegfried Zweibel. T. Herman Zweibel.
theonion.com
6.2M⋅ 11.9M⋅ 2.9M ⋅1 post / day Get Email Contact
2. Cracked
A funny website filled with funny videos, pics, articles, and a whole bunch of other funny stuff. Cracked.com, celebrating 50 years of humor.
Also in Humor Blogs
cracked.com
3.6M⋅ 762.5K⋅ 84.2K ⋅3 posts / day Get Email Contact
3. Snopes
The definitive fact-checking site and reference source for urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, and misinformation.
Also in Fact Blogs
snopes.com
708.9K⋅ 294.9K ⋅1 post / day Get Email Contact
4. The Poke
London, England, UK
The Poke is a satirical and topical news source, aiming to deliver an antidote to the daily grind. With the discovery of new British comedy talent firmly at its core, we publish photoshop-led topical articles that cover UK politics, world news, tv arts and culture, science and technology, celebrity and sport.
Also in UK News Websites, Satire Blogs, UK Satire Blogs
thepoke.co.uk
848.1K⋅ 247.7K⋅ 5.4K ⋅5 posts / day ⋅ May 2013 Get Email Contact
5. The Babylon Bee
The Babylon Bee is the world's best satire site, totally inerrant in all its truth claims. We write satire about Christian stuff, political stuff, and everyday life. We focus on just the facts, leaving spin and bias to other news sites.
babylonbee.com
1.4M⋅ 2.2M ⋅7 posts / day Get Email Contact
6. AP News » Oddities
Discover interesting and odd news stories from AP News. From the funny to the strange, read on for news oddities today.
apnews.com/hub/odd..
1.1M⋅ 16.1M ⋅17 posts / month Get Email Contact
7. The Daily Mash
UK
The Daily Mash is a satirical website that publishes spoof articles, i.e. it is all made-up and is not intended, in any way whatsoever, to be taken as factual.
thedailymash.co.uk
966.3K⋅ 143.3K ⋅2 posts / day ⋅ Dec 2006 Get Email Contact
8. The Chaser
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
The Chaser is a satirical media empire that publishes in print, online, radio, television, and Christmas crackers. Striving for mediocrity in a world of excellence
chaser.com.au
278.8K ⋅3 posts / day Get Email Contact
9. The Betoota Advocate
Queensland, Australia
The Betoota Advocate, Australia's oldest newspaper. A small and independent regional newspaper from far-west Queensland, we report with authenticity and a genuinely apolitical flair.
Also in Fake News Blogs
betootaadvocate.com
844.8K⋅ 121K⋅ 549K ⋅30 posts / week Get Email Contact
10. NewsBiscuit
Online satirical news from the website that the New York Times declared was the British version of The Onion. We offer new and established satire writers the chance to submit their work, and have it published at www.newsbiscuit.com
newsbiscuit.com
9.9K⋅ 11.6K ⋅9 posts / day Get Email Contact
11. Reductress
New York, US
The mission of Reductress is to take on the outdated perspectives and condescending tone of popular women's media, through the eyes of the funniest women in comedy today. Also, we want people to think we're pretty.
Also in Parody Blogs
reductress.com
244.9K⋅ 306.1K⋅ 337.4K ⋅20 posts / week Get Email Contact
12. The Shovel
News you can believe in
theshovel.com.au
141.9K⋅ 113.8K ⋅7 posts / week Get Email Contact
13. The Hard Times
The Hard Times is a very real punk news site that you should not question. Just absorb the information as truth and move on. The historic satire site was founded in December 1982 at 171A studios while the founding members were eating broken glass with The Bad Brains. It's made by a group of punk and hardcore kids from all the different sub-genres of the DIY hardcore scene.
thehardtimes.net
391.3K⋅ 119.3K⋅ 382.1K ⋅5 posts / day Get Email Contact
14. The Beaverton
US
It files fictional stories of the utmost importance, informed by real events, the cultural zeitgeist, and national news media. Using a 'fake news' platform The Beaverton offers devastating insight and biting commentary on Canadian life, politics, and the world around us.
thebeaverton.com
170.2K⋅ 151.5K⋅ 26.5K ⋅5 posts / week Get Email Contact
15. Duffel Blog
US
Since 2012, we have poked fun at generals, lieutenants, and everyone in between while helping military members and civilians think critically about national security through satire and humor. Duffel Blog is the first and only satirical news outlet devoted to the U.S. military community. We are an independent, reader-supported publication.
Also in Army Blogs, Military News Websites
duffelblog.com
289K⋅ 49.1K⋅ 38K ⋅1 post / day Get Email Contact
16. The Spoof
The Spoof is one of the web's leading satirical and spoof newspapers and magazine with the web's largest social group of fake news comedy writers. We bring you all the latest fake celebrity gossip and entertainment, current affairs, sports, technology, science and business news. In addition to the fake news, we have a variety of comedy writing from The Magazine, breaking news snippets and jokes.
thespoof.com
436⋅ 801 ⋅29 posts / week Get Email Contact
17. Waterford Whispers News
Waterford, Connecticut, US
Waterford Whispers News is a fabricated satirical newspaper and comedy website. It uses invented names in all its stories, except in cases when public figures are being satirized.
Also in UK Fake News Websites
waterfordwhispersn..
648.4K⋅ 243.5K⋅ 85.8K ⋅25 posts / week ⋅ Sep 2011 Get Email Contact
18. Daily Squib
London, England, UK
British political satire news breaking headlines direct from the UK. Established satirical newspaper. Bringing you leading stories 24 hours a day.
Also in Political Satire Blogs
dailysquib.co.uk
31.5K⋅ 29.9K ⋅7 posts / week ⋅ Oct 2007 Get Email Contact
19. UPI » Odd News
Washington, District of Columbia, US
Odd news is something we exclusively publish. UPI delivers the latest headlines, odd News, funny news, and strange news from around the world.
upi.com/Odd_News
84.8K⋅ 51K ⋅3 posts / week Get Email Contact
20. ClickHole
Governed by a belief that all content deserves to go viral, ClickHole is a singular online social experience complete with clickable, shareable content that's the best the internet has to offer.
clickhole.com
2 posts / day Get Email Contact
21. The New Yorker | Humour
Humor from The New Yorker, including news satire by Andy Borowitz, funny cartoons and comics, Daily Shouts, and Shouts & Murmurs. A weekly magazine with a signature mix of reporting on national and international politics and culture, humor and cartoons, fiction and poetry, and cultural reviews and criticism.
newyorker.com/humor
11 posts / month Get Email Contact
22. Private Eye Magazine
London, England, UK
Private Eye is the UK's number one best-selling news and current affairs magazine, offering a unique blend of humor, social and political observations, and investigative journalism.
private-eye.co.uk
8 posts / quarter Get Email Contact
23. The Fauxy
Gurgaon, Haryana, India
The Fauxy is an entertainment media company that connects with young, intelligent, and diverse audiences that are shaping our future. Through fictitious, thought-provoking comedy and high-impact storytelling, we aim to start a conversation around subjects that are usually viewed as taboo for today's youth.
thefauxy.com
6.8K⋅ 164.4K ⋅1 post / week Get Email Contact
24. The Daily Bonnet
Steinbach, Manitoba, Canada
The Daily Bonnet is a Mennonite satirical news site from the heart of the Bible belt. We publish fictitious content revolving around real people.
dailybonnet.com
27.9K⋅ 52 ⋅1 post / day Get Email Contact
25. NewsThump
NewsThump is one of the UK's most popular sources of topical satire and comedy. Never letting the truth ruin a funny story. Keep up with the latest bouts of catastrophic bellendry from all around the world.
newsthump.com
6 posts / day Get Email Contact
26. Burrard Street Journal
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
The Burrard Street Journal is a occasionally funny Canadian satire, parody and comedy news website based in Vancouver, BC. All articles, videos and images are fictitious and occasionally intended to be humourous.
burrardstreetjourn..
42.7K⋅ 848 ⋅1 post / month Get Email Contact
27. Genesius Times
The Most Reliable Source of Fake News on the Planet. We strive to provide the most up-to-date, accurate fake news on the Internet. Our team of journalists, hacks and starving writers only want one thing: to make you laugh and/or cry.
genesiustimes.com
1 post / day Get Email Contact
28. Humor Times
Sacramento, California, US
A political humor monthly, featuring the best editorial cartoonists and humor columnists from around the country, the Humor Times is a light-hearted review of the news.
humortimes.com
2.4K⋅ 1.5K ⋅7 posts / week Get Email Contact
Satirical Journalists
Journalist Name | Blog Link | Total Blog Posts | |
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AP News | snopes.com | 2000 | |
Poke Staff | thepoke.co.uk | 1865 | |
Wendell Hussey | betootaadvocate.com | 939 | |
Julius Hubris | waterfordwhispersnews.com | 700 | |
Clancy Overell | betootaadvocate.com | 586 | |
John Plunkett | thepoke.co.uk | 526 | |
Oonagh Keating | thepoke.co.uk | 523 | |
Editor | reductress.com | 398 | |
Errol Parker | betootaadvocate.com | 382 | |
Jordan Liles | snopes.com | 377 | |
Gerry McBride | waterfordwhispersnews.com | 374 | |
Dan Evon | snopes.com | 371 | |
Daily Squib | dailysquib.co.uk | 366 | |
Effie Bateman | betootaadvocate.com | 364 | |
Bethania Palma | snopes.com | 220 | |
Nur Ibrahim | snopes.com | 204 | |
Mike Luckovich | humortimes.com | 187 | |
Andy Marlette | humortimes.com | 182 | |
Madison Dapcevich | snopes.com | 177 | |
John Deering | humortimes.com | 166 | |
Colm Williamson | waterfordwhispersnews.com | 162 | |
Dan MacGuill | snopes.com | 155 | |
Luke Gordon Field | thebeaverton.com | 103 | |
Betoota Advocate Podcasts | betootaadvocate.com | 99 | |
Jessica Lee | snopes.com | 98 |