Yahoo! Answers AlternativesQ&A Services and other similar apps like Yahoo! Answers

Yahoo! Answers is described as 'Way to find and share information. You can ask questions on any topic, get answers from real people, and share your insights and experience' and is a Q&A service in the education & reference category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Yahoo! Answers, not only websites but also apps for a variety of platforms, including Android, iPhone, Windows and Android Tablet apps. The best Yahoo! Answers alternative is Reddit, which is free. Other great sites and apps similar to Yahoo! Answers are Stack Overflow, Slant, Quora and Stack Exchange.

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  1. Reddit icon

    Reddit

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    An extensive platform for user-shared content and discussions, organized into niche 'subreddits' across numerous interests like news and video games, with a dynamic voting system influencing what appears on the front page.

    196 Reddit alternatives

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    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Tor
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    • Almost everyone thinks Reddit is a great Yahoo! Answers alternative.

    • Reddit is the most popular Web-based, Windows, Android & iPhone alternative to Yahoo! Answers.

    • Reddit is the most popular free alternative to Yahoo! Answers.

    • Reddit is Freemium and ProprietaryYahoo! Answers is Free and Proprietary
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    Stack Overflow

     466 likes
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    Stack Overflow, part of Stack Exchange, is a free, community-driven, reputation-based Q & A site for computer programmers. No membership is required to ask questions or provide answers to questions by others.

    48 Stack Overflow alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
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    Comments about Stack Overflow as an Alternative to Yahoo! Answers
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    Yahoo Answers lets you ask any questions. This lets you ask only SPECIFIC questions. Nothing else.

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    • Stack Overflow is Free Personal and ProprietaryYahoo! Answers is Free and Proprietary
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    Slant

     191 likes
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    Slant is a product recommendation community with the goal of making it effortless to find the best product, app or game for you.

    94 Slant alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Online
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    Comments about Slant as an Alternative to Yahoo! Answers
    Ola Johansson
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    Not really Q&A right? And only for apps?

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    • Slant is Free and ProprietaryYahoo! Answers is also Free and Proprietary
  5. Quora icon

    Quora

     256 likes
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    People come to Quora to ask questions about any subject, read high quality knowledge that's personalized and relevant to them, and share their own knowledge with others. Quora is a place to share knowledge and better understand the world.

    83 Quora alternatives

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    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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    Better editing options. More detailed categories. Larger community.

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    It has a very dedicated community.

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    • Almost everyone thinks Quora is a great Yahoo! Answers alternative.

    • Quora is Freemium and ProprietaryYahoo! Answers is Free and Proprietary
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    Stack Exchange

     282 likes
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    Stack Exchange is a fast-growing network of 84 [and counting] question and answer sites on diverse topics from software programming to cooking to photography and gaming. We are an expert knowledge exchange: a place where physics researchers can ask each other about quantum...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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    Too many split websites only dedicated to SPECIFIC topics, and that is programming. It's hard to navigate, and you can't ask non-programming questions.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Stack Exchange is Free and ProprietaryYahoo! Answers is also Free and Proprietary
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    SaidIt.net

     45 likes
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    Uncensored free speech alternative to the extreme Reddit and Voat forums, democratically civilized by Graham's Debate Pyramid, no illegal transactions nor porn. Truth-seeking anti-corruption news are among the popular themes. Android app, iOS soon.

    132 SaidIt.net alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Android
    • F-Droid
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    • SaidIt.net is the most popular Open Source alternative to Yahoo! Answers.

    • SaidIt.net is Free and Open SourceYahoo! Answers is Free and Proprietary
    • SaidIt.net is LightweightYahoo! Answers is not according to our users
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    WikiSpooks.com

     28 likes
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    WikiSpooks is a global alternative encyclopedia on politics, spy craft, deep state intelligence, and conspiracies, free of corporate influence, partisan politics, or government propaganda for historians and truth-seekers to read, edit, and share.

    79 WikiSpooks.com alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
     
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    Aether

     30 likes
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    Open source, self-governing communities with auditable moderation and mod elections.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    • Aether is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to Yahoo! Answers.

    • Aether is Free and Open SourceYahoo! Answers is Free and Proprietary
    • Aether is Privacy focusedYahoo! Answers is not according to our users
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    Super User

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    Super User, part of Stack Exchange , is a Q&A site for computer enthusiasts that's free. Free to ask questions, free to answer questions, free to read, free to index, built with plain old HTML, no fake rot13 text on the home page, no...

    19 Super User alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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    TopAnswers

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    TopAnswers is what Stack Overflow should be: focused on communities and knowledge sharing, not profit. We share some of the same aims:

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Scoold

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    Scoold is inspired by StackOverflow and implements most of its features. You can ask and answer questions, upvote and downvote posts, earn badges and reputation. Each edit creates an new revision, making it easy to follow the history of edits. Scoold is optimized for the cloud.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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    • Scoold is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Yahoo! Answers.

    • Scoold is Freemium and Open SourceYahoo! Answers is Free and Proprietary
    • Scoold is LightweightYahoo! Answers is not according to our users
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    Server Fault

     24 likes
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    Server Fault is a Q&A site for system administrators and IT professionals that's free. Free to ask questions, free to answer questions, free to read, free to index, built with plain old HTML, no fake rot13 text on the home page, no scammy google-cloaking tactics, no...

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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