Stock research sites, ranked by how much attention they get
30 sites people use to research stocks — charting, news, ratings, data and ownership filings — put in one order. Not by which is best, which nobody can measure, but by three things anyone can check: how much of the web links to them, how often their Wikipedia article is read, and how often they come up on Hacker News.
Most attention first · index is 0–100 · “—” means no Wikipedia article · each name opens its alternatives
| # | Site | Category | Index | Linking subnets | Wikipedia, 30 d | HN, 12 mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Investopedia | news and commentary | 94.3 | 33,678 | 2,459 | 125 |
| 2 | MarketWatch | news and commentary | 89.7 | 22,026 | 2,037 | 51 |
| 3 | Morningstar | ratings and research | 89.7 | 11,522 | 7,579 | 90 |
| 4 | Investing.com | data and screening | 88.5 | 16,222 | 4,147 | 32 |
| 5 | The Motley Fool | news and commentary | 87.4 | 15,784 | 3,443 | 40 |
| 6 | TradingView | charting | 86.2 | 15,515 | 12,996 | 21 |
| 7 | Seeking Alpha | news and commentary | 82.8 | 12,218 | 1,562 | 48 |
| 8 | Benzinga | news and commentary | 65.5 | 8,757 | 24 | 14 |
| 9 | Investor's Business Daily | news and commentary | 65.5 | 7,260 | 886 | 11 |
| 10 | Macrotrends | data and screening | 64.9 | 6,161 | — | 140 |
| 11 | MarketScreener | data and screening | 55.2 | 6,827 | — | 16 |
| 12 | Stocktwits | news and commentary | 54.6 | 4,951 | 1,236 | 2 |
| 13 | YCharts | data and screening | 50.6 | 3,768 | — | 16 |
| 14 | MarketBeat | ratings and research | 50.6 | 3,607 | 408 | 4 |
| 15 | Barchart | charting | 48.9 | 5,053 | — | 12 |
| 16 | TipRanks | ratings and research | 46.6 | 3,186 | 626 | 2 |
| 17 | Stock Analysis | data and screening | 45.4 | 2,635 | — | 23 |
| 18 | GuruFocus | ratings and research | 40.8 | 3,697 | — | 5 |
| 19 | Quiver Quantitative | ownership and insider data | 37.4 | 1,574 | — | 15 |
| 20 | Finviz | data and screening | 36.2 | 2,703 | — | 8 |
| 21 | Simply Wall St | ratings and research | 32.2 | 2,842 | — | 2 |
| 22 | Zacks | ratings and research | 30.5 | 3,496 | — | 1 |
| 23 | Unusual Whales | ownership and insider data | 29.3 | 804 | — | 9 |
| 24 | Fintel | ownership and insider data | 27.6 | 1,859 | — | 2 |
| 25 | WhaleWisdom | ownership and insider data | 21.3 | 1,011 | — | 1 |
| 26 | StockCharts | charting | 20.7 | 2,383 | — | 0 |
| 27 | TrendSpider | charting | 16.1 | 881 | — | 0 |
| 28 | OpenInsider | ownership and insider data | 15.5 | 350 | — | 1 |
| 29 | Koyfin | data and screening | 13.8 | 772 | — | 0 |
| 30 | Dataroma | ownership and insider data | 12.6 | 502 | — | 0 |
Leaders by category
| Category | Most attention | Runner-up | Sites |
|---|---|---|---|
| charting | TradingView 86.2 | Barchart 48.9 | 4 |
| news and commentary | Investopedia 94.3 | MarketWatch 89.7 | 7 |
| ratings and research | Morningstar 89.7 | MarketBeat 50.6 | 6 |
| data and screening | Investing.com 88.5 | Macrotrends 64.9 | 7 |
| ownership and insider data | Quiver Quantitative 37.4 | Unusual Whales 29.3 | 6 |
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This is a ranking of attention, not of quality. It says nothing about accuracy, price or features, and it is not investment advice. Three measures, each turned into a rank among the 30 sites (first = 100 points, last = 0, ties share) and then averaged into the index: linking subnets — the number of distinct networks hosting pages that link to the site's domain, from the Majestic Million (2026-10-13), licensed CC BY 3.0; Wikipedia views — human readers of the site's article across every language edition, 2026-09-12 to 2026-10-11, from the Wikimedia pageviews API; Hacker News — stories and comments containing the domain in the 365 days to 2026-10-13, counted with the Algolia HN Search API. 18 of the 30 sites have no Wikipedia article in any language and tie for last on that measure. Sites that live under a larger domain (Yahoo Finance, Google Finance) are left out because their links cannot be separated from the parent's. We are not affiliated with any site listed; names are trademarks of their owners.