How were these websites checked?

An automated browser visited each homepage and one inner page from London, three times in fresh profiles: once without touching the cookie banner, once clicking reject, and once clicking accept. Sites are graded A to F on a 0–100 score and ranked from the highest score down; ties go to the site with fewer tracking companies.

Rankings

UK news websites ranked by how much they track you

Which UK news websites track you the most?

We checked 38 UK news websites. 33 of the 38 loaded tracking before visitors made any choice, 16 offered a paid option instead of a free “reject” and trackers were still loading on 20 after we clicked reject. The most private was bbc.co.uk (grade A, 100/100) and the least private was dailyrecord.co.uk (grade F, 0/100).

Last updated 27 October 2026. Scores change as we re-check sites.

87%

track before you choose

still track after you reject (of 22 with a reject button)

make you pay to say no

20/100

average score

The full ranking

Most private first. Tap a site for the full check: every company, where the data goes, and what happened when we clicked reject.

#	Website	Score	Companies	Before choice	After reject	Pay to reject
1	Abbc.co.uk	100	3	–	–	–
2	Ainews.co.uk	90	2	–	n/a	–
3	Bonet.pl	76	2	1	n/a	–
4	Bbbc.com	76	4	1	n/a	–
5	Cbelfasttelegraph.co.uk	72	9	–	–	–
6	Cmetro.co.uk	66	1	1	n/a	–
7	Ddailymail.co.uk	51	1	1	n/a	–
8	Ftheguardian.com	40	30	–	n/a	–
9	Fstandard.co.uk	40	35	–	n/a	Yes
10	Fthesun.co.uk	20	19	3	n/a	Yes
11	Ffaroutmagazine.co.uk	20	31	1	n/a	–
12	Fbrightside.me	20	34	3	n/a	–
13	Ftheweek.com	20	40	1	n/a	–
14	Findependent.co.uk	17	8	5	n/a	Yes
15	Fcosmopolitan.com	10	27	2	1	–
16	Faol.com	10	33	1	3	–
17	Fbuzzfeed.com	10	35	4	3	–
18	Fexpress.co.uk	10	41	3	2	Yes
19	Fexpressandstar.com	5	34	2	n/a	Yes
20	Fscotsman.com	5	35	2	n/a	Yes
21	Fgbnews.com	5	36	5	n/a	Yes
22	Fcityam.com	5	37	4	n/a	Yes
23	Fdigitalspy.com	0	30	2	1	–
24	Fhuffingtonpost.co.uk	0	36	7	5	–
25	Fbournemouthecho.co.uk	0	38	2	2	–
26	Fecho-news.co.uk	0	40	2	1	–
27	Fedp24.co.uk	0	40	2	2	–
28	Fdailypost.co.uk	0	40	3	2	Yes
29	Fspectator.co.uk	0	40	8	2	–
30	Fheraldscotland.com	0	41	2	2	–
31	Fmirror.co.uk	0	41	3	2	Yes
32	Fwalesonline.co.uk	0	41	3	2	Yes
33	Fmanchestereveningnews.co.uk	0	42	3	2	Yes
34	Fchroniclelive.co.uk	0	42	6	2	Yes
35	Fliverpoolecho.co.uk	0	43	3	2	Yes
36	Fbirminghammail.co.uk	0	44	2	2	Yes
37	Feadt.co.uk	0	44	2	2	–
38	Fdailyrecord.co.uk	0	44	3	2	Yes

“Before choice” and “After reject” count tracking companies. “n/a” means we found no reject button to click.

Who’s tracking you on UK news websites

The companies we saw on the most sites in this ranking.

How we rank

Each site gets a score out of 100 from what loaded before any choice, what stayed after reject, whether reject was offered for free, and signs of fingerprinting or session recording. Highest score ranks first; ties go to the site with fewer tracking companies. Full methodology.

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