Backlinks: 250+ Trusted News & Trending Websites

Building a resource page is only as good as what’s actually on it. A quick note before you use this: every entry below is a real, established website, organized by category so you can pick what’s actually relevant to your niche rather than dumping links at random.

A word of honest advice, too: for backlinks specifically, quality and relevance beat volume every time. A handful of links from sites genuinely related to your niche will do more for you than hundreds of random, unrelated ones. Use this list to find the right fits, not to link to everything on it.

Global & General News

1. bbc.com
2. reuters.com
3. apnews.com
4. cnn.com
5. nytimes.com
6. theguardian.com
7. washingtonpost.com
8. aljazeera.com
9. npr.org
10. bloomberg.com
11. wsj.com
12. usatoday.com
13. time.com
14. newsweek.com
15. independent.co.uk
16. telegraph.co.uk
17. dw.com
18. france24.com
19. euronews.com
20. csmonitor.com
21. axios.com
22. politico.com
23. thehill.com
24. abcnews.go.com
25. cbsnews.com
26. nbcnews.com
27. foxnews.com
28. skynews.com
29. globalnews.ca
30. straitstimes.com

US Regional & National News

31. latimes.com
32. chicagotribune.com
33. nypost.com
34. bostonglobe.com
35. sfchronicle.com
36. dallasnews.com
37. denverpost.com
38. seattletimes.com
39. miamiherald.com
40. startribune.com
41. inquirer.com
42. cleveland.com
43. ajc.com
44. tampabay.com
45. houstonchronicle.com
46. azcentral.com
47. detroitnews.com
48. oregonlive.com
49. newsday.com
50. sacbee.com

UK & Ireland News

51. bbc.co.uk
52. thetimes.co.uk
53. mirror.co.uk
54. dailymail.co.uk
55. metro.co.uk
56. standard.co.uk
57. irishtimes.com
58. rte.ie
59. scotsman.com
60. walesonline.co.uk
61. belfasttelegraph.co.uk
62. cityam.com
63. thesun.co.uk
64. express.co.uk
65. spectator.co.uk

Business & Finance

66. forbes.com
67. fortune.com
68. businessinsider.com
69. ft.com
70. cnbc.com
71. marketwatch.com
72. investopedia.com
73. barrons.com
74. economist.com
75. hbr.org
76. fastcompany.com
77. inc.com
78. entrepreneur.com
79. seekingalpha.com
80. morningstar.com
81. kiplinger.com
82. thebalancemoney.com
83. finance.yahoo.com
84. investing.com
85. benzinga.com
86. zacks.com
87. thestreet.com
88. accountingtoday.com
89. retaildive.com
90. supplychaindive.com

Technology News

91. techcrunch.com
92. theverge.com
93. wired.com
94. arstechnica.com
95. engadget.com
96. gizmodo.com
97. cnet.com
98. zdnet.com
99. techradar.com
100. mashable.com
101. venturebeat.com
102. thenextweb.com
103. slashdot.org
104. techspot.com
105. tomsguide.com
106. tomshardware.com
107. pcmag.com
108. digitaltrends.com
109. androidauthority.com
110. macrumors.com
111. 9to5mac.com
112. 9to5google.com
113. androidcentral.com
114. anandtech.com
115. readwrite.com

Entertainment & Pop Culture

116. variety.com
117. hollywoodreporter.com
118. deadline.com
119. eonline.com
120. people.com
121. usmagazine.com
122. ew.com
123. rollingstone.com
124. billboard.com
125. vulture.com
126. ign.com
127. gamespot.com
128. polygon.com
129. screenrant.com
130. collider.com
131. indiewire.com
132. tvguide.com
133. buzzfeed.com
134. refinery29.com
135. popsugar.com

Sports News

136. espn.com
137. skysports.com
138. bleacherreport.com
139. si.com
140. cbssports.com
141. nbcsports.com
142. foxsports.com
143. sportingnews.com
144. goal.com
145. bbc.com/sport
146. eurosport.com
147. theathletic.com
148. sbnation.com
149. nfl.com
150. nba.com

Science & Health

151. scientificamerican.com
152. nationalgeographic.com
153. livescience.com
154. newscientist.com
155. sciencedaily.com
156. nature.com
157. webmd.com
158. healthline.com
159. medicalnewstoday.com
160. mayoclinic.org
161. who.int
162. cdc.gov
163. nih.gov
164. psychologytoday.com
165. sciencealert.com

India

166. timesofindia.indiatimes.com
167. hindustantimes.com
168. ndtv.com
169. thehindu.com
170. indianexpress.com
171. livemint.com
172. business-standard.com
173. news18.com
174. indiatoday.in
175. deccanherald.com
176. moneycontrol.com
177. economictimes.indiatimes.com
178. scroll.in
179. theprint.in
180. firstpost.com

Middle East

181. english.alarabiya.net
182. thenationalnews.com
183. gulfnews.com
184. khaleejtimes.com
185. arabnews.com
186. timesofisrael.com
187. jpost.com
188. haaretz.com
189. middleeasteye.net
190. al-monitor.com

Africa

191. news24.com
192. iol.co.za
193. dailymaverick.co.za
194. punchng.com
195. premiumtimesng.com
196. theeastafrican.co.ke
197. nation.africa
198. allafrica.com
199. ewn.co.za
200. mg.co.za

Asia-Pacific

201. scmp.com
202. japantimes.co.jp
203. koreaherald.com
204. koreatimes.co.kr
205. channelnewsasia.com
206. thejakartapost.com
207. bangkokpost.com
208. philstar.com
209. taipeitimes.com
210. globaltimes.cn
211. dawn.com
212. tribune.com.pk
213. thestar.com.my
214. vietnamnews.vn
215. mmtimes.com

Europe

216. lemonde.fr
217. lefigaro.fr
218. spiegel.de
219. faz.net
220. elpais.com
221. corriere.it
222. lastampa.it
223. nrc.nl
224. thelocal.se
225. politico.eu
226. euractiv.com
227. themoscowtimes.com
228. kyivpost.com
229. balkaninsight.com
230. novinite.com

Australia & New Zealand

231. abc.net.au
232. smh.com.au
233. theage.com.au
234. news.com.au
235. theaustralian.com.au
236. 9news.com.au
237. nzherald.co.nz
238. stuff.co.nz
239. rnz.co.nz
240. crikey.com.au

Canada

241. cbc.ca
242. ctvnews.ca
243. theglobeandmail.com
244. nationalpost.com
245. thestar.com
246. cp24.com
247. globalnews.ca
248. montrealgazette.com

Trending & Aggregator Platforms

249. news.google.com
250. reddit.com/r/news
251. flipboard.com
252. feedly.com
253. digg.com
254. allsides.com
255. groundnews.com
256. newsnow.co.uk
257. techmeme.com
258. producthunt.com

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A Quick Note on Using This List

A few honest tips before you build any resource or backlinks page around a list like this:

• Relevance matters more than volume. Linking out to 250 sites regardless of your niche looks like a link farm, not a genuine resource. Pick the ones that actually connect to what your site covers.
• Check for reciprocity expectations. Some sites and directories consider mass outbound linking a red flag for SEO. A curated, honestly labeled resource page tends to perform (and look) far better than a mass link dump.
• Verify URLs before publishing. Domains change hands, redirect, or shut down over time. Click through and spot-check the ones you actually plan to use before your page goes live.
• Don’t fabricate anchor text stuffing. Link naturally, using the site’s actual name, rather than keyword-stuffed anchor text, which search engines flag more aggressively than they used to.

This list is a starting point, not a template to copy wholesale. The sites that’ll actually help your site’s credibility are the ones that make sense for your specific audience and topic.

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