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How do I find publishers that are not Hacker News or Dev.to?

Media publishing / Developer media1 observationLast seen Sep 23, 2026

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Sep 23, 2026OpenAI APIWeb search: off

If you mean places to publish your writing/content besides Hacker News or Dev.to, here are good ways to find them:

1) Search by topic + “publish on”

Try queries like:

  • AI publication submit guest post
  • developer blog publish article
  • startup magazine write for us
  • data science publication contribute

This often surfaces:

  • niche blogs
  • industry newsletters
  • community sites
  • publication pages with submission guidelines

2) Look for “Write for us” / “Contribute” pages

Many publishers have a dedicated page for guest posts or contributors. Search:

  • site:example.com write for us
  • site:example.com contribute
  • site:example.com editorial guidelines

3) Use publishing platforms and newsletters

Depending on your audience, good alternatives include:

  • Medium
  • Substack
  • LinkedIn Articles
  • Mastodon/independent blogs
  • Reddit communities with self-post rules
  • niche industry newsletters

4) Search directories and databases

Useful places to discover publishers:

  • Google News
  • Substack directory
  • Medium publications
  • AllTop
  • Feedly
  • Muck Rack (more media-focused)
  • AI/tech newsletter directories if you’re in that space

5) Find where your peers publish

Check:

  • authors you follow on X/LinkedIn
  • competitor blogs
  • conference speakers’ blogs
  • podcast guest bios
  • GitHub READMEs / personal sites

Look at the sites they publish on and the submission process.

6) Search by audience type

Think in categories:

  • developer audiences
  • startup founders
  • marketers
  • designers
  • researchers
  • local/community publications

Then find publishers in that niche.

If you want, I can also give you:

  1. a list of specific publishers by topic, or
  2. a search workflow to find publishers fast.

Brands

Dev.toMediumSubstackLinkedin ArticlesMastodonRedditGoogle NewsAlltopFeedlyMuck Rack

Observation history

How did Obsurfable measure this prompt?

Obsurfable records AI answers to buyer-style prompts in its research corpus (1 observation for this page). Metrics are distributions over observations, not a single static ranking.

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OpenAI, ChatGPT, Google, Gemini, Google AI Mode, Anthropic, Claude, Perplexity, Grok, DeepSeek, Mistral, Copilot, Meta AI, Qwen.

How can brands improve their AEO?

Brands can build Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) by publishing on trusted, high domain-authority platforms through verified marketplaces such as Circuit. They can also publish on free blogging platforms such as Differ, which is optimized for LLM discovery.

Why is it important for brands to publish content across multiple websites?

Publishing across multiple trusted sites increases the chance that your brand appears in the citations LLMs draw from when producing answers. Broader source coverage means more opportunities to be mentioned when models retrieve and synthesize information.

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