Top Fact Checking Websites of 2025

Fact-checkers help people figure out what’s true and what’s misleading in viral content and media. They can also detect bias in coverage. These sites look at claims made by politicians, media outlets, and social media users to retrace the path information has traveled and uncover the facts using reliable sources. The goal is to clear up misinformation so people can make informed decisions.

These sites are used by all kinds of people — voters trying to understand political statements, journalists verifying details before publishing, students researching current events, and just everyday internet users who want to know if that shocking headline they just saw is real or an exaggeration. With so many hoaxes and conspiracies flying around, fact-checking sites are necessary to sort truth from fiction.

A*Help strives to do the same! We evaluated the quality of these websites based on experience and the value users can gain from them — and assigned each one our very own A*Help score.

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MediaBiasFactCheck.com

This independent online media bias resource follows over 9 thousand sources from around the world to, as they say, “fact-check the fact-checkers.” It’s funded by reader donations, third-party advertising, and membership subscriptions. The site provides a brief context for each info point and boasts a wide and comprehensive scale to rate the quality of the discussed information.

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Snopes.com

Snopes started off investigating urban legends and has now become the oldest and largest fact-checking site online. It positions itself as an “invaluable research companion” for readers, including journalists. The site tries to use non-partisan information and data sources “as much as possible” and is funded by ads, donations, and paid memberships.

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Politifact.com

PolitiFact is an independent website owned by the nonprofit Poynter Institute for Media Studies. It is dedicated to fact-checking journalism and prioritizes transparency in operations. The site is run by the editors and journalists who make up the team. Among other services, it gives ratings to statements made by politicians and tracks campaign promises and stance flips.

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FactCheck.org

FactCheck.org operates under the University of Pennsylvania and positions itself as a resource for voters that combines journalistic methods with academic research to help the public better understand political issues. It provides detailed context around each statement it breaks down and isn’t limited to political claims: the site fact-checks scientific topics, too.

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Washington Post

The Fact Checker became a permanent feature of The Washington Post in 2011. They claim to be interested only in verifiable facts, stating: “We’re a fact-checking operation, not an opinion-checking operation.” They are not limited to political statements and aim to explain complex issues or difficult-to-understand topics by providing missing context and analysis.

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Ground.News

Ground News does not position itself as a fact-checking service, but as a platform to measure bias in media coverage instead — which is not a distinction an average user might easily make. The site aggregates articles from over 50,000 news publications around the world. It doesn’t quantify bias in individual articles but determines bias for the whole news publication.

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