Top 10 Websites to Visit Instead of Doomscrolling

1. Neal.fun Games

Neal.fun is a website containing a few fun games you can play. Some of them are educational, while some are simply fun! Here are a few examples:

Size of Life

Explore the size of different living beings -  from just a blood cell, to huge root systems.

Wiki Spy

Click through Wikipedia articles in the form of images. Go from photo to photo and explore plants, paintings, inventions and more.

Draw Logos From Memory

In this game, you simply draw logos the way you remember them and compare them to real logos.

Internet Roadtrip

Travel through Google Maps! Vote with other users and explore different locations by a car.

2. Lenso.ai

Ever wondered where your photos end up online? Lenso.ai is a special website that can find the pictures of your face on the Internet. Try it!

The reason why this works, is because lenso.ai incorporates facial recognition into their image search, making it surprisingly accurate.

You can also explore similar photos and go from picture to picture just for fun.

Lenso.ai also offers features like filtering and sorting, with advanced filters that you can play with to find just the right images!

It’s way better than some other alternatives when it comes to discovering your digital footprint.

Here are all the things that you can search for using lenso.ai’s categories:

People

Finds the same person or similar-looking faces online.
Useful for face search, checking where your photo appears, or finding profiles/images of a person.

Duplicates

Finds exact or nearly exact copies of the uploaded image.
Useful for checking if your photo, product image, or artwork was copied somewhere online.

Places

Finds locations, landmarks, buildings, or similar places shown in the image.
Useful when you want to identify where a photo was taken.

Related photos

Finds images connected to your upload, but not necessarily visually identical.
Useful for discovering similar topics, contexts, pages, or sources related to the image.

Similar photos

Finds visually similar images.
Useful for finding images with a similar style, object, product, outfit, design, or composition.

You can also use text search to find photos containing a specific text or an object described by that text. To do that, visit lenso.ai and use the text search field.

3. My Retro TVs

My Retro TVs is a website that collects TV programs from the 1950s to the 2000s. Choose from different genres and years to see what programs were shown on TV back in the day.

4. Akinator

You’ve probably seen it before. Akinator is an online guessing game where a genie tries to guess the character, person, or thing you are thinking of.

You answer simple questions like:

“Is your character real?”
“Is your character famous?”
“Is your character from a movie?”

Based on your answers, Akinator narrows down the possibilities and usually guesses correctly.

5. Pinterest

Pinterest is an image exploration website created specifically to go from photo to photo, letting you discover different ideas and inspirations.

What can you find on Pinterest?

Inspiration

Pinterest is great for finding ideas for home decor, fashion, hairstyles, makeup, tattoos, recipes, DIY projects, and more.

Products

You can find product photos, outfit ideas, furniture, accessories, handmade items, and links to shops or brand websites.

Visual trends

Pinterest shows what styles, colors, designs, and aesthetics are popular in different niches, such as fashion, interiors, weddings, or branding.

Tutorials and guides

Many pins link to step-by-step guides, recipes, blog posts, checklists, and how-to articles.

Similar images

Pinterest can help you discover images that look similar to the one you searched for, especially for outfits, products, decor, and creative concepts.

6. Little Alchemy 2

Little Alchemy 2 is a simple puzzle game where you combine different elements to create new ones.

You start with basic items like air, earth, fire, and water, then mix them to discover more things, such as plants, animals, tools, weather, planets, and many other objects.

7. Library of Babel

Library of Babel is a website inspired by the idea of a library that contains every possible combination of letters.

In simple terms, it is like a huge digital library where you can “browse” random-looking books, pages, and text. Most of it looks like nonsense, but the idea is that somewhere inside it, every possible sentence, story, or piece of text could theoretically exist.

8. OpenGuessr

OpenGuessr is a free geography guessing game.

You are shown a street-view image from somewhere in the world, and your task is to guess where it is on the map. The closer your guess is to the real location, the more points you get. It also offers unlimited play and multiplayer options.

9. Skribbl.io

Skribbl.io is a free online drawing and guessing game, similar to Pictionary.

In each round, one player gets a word and has to draw it. The other players try to guess the word as quickly as possible by typing answers in the chat. Players get points for guessing correctly, and the person with the most points wins.

10. 16Personalities

16Personalities is a website with a personality test that helps you understand your personality type.

You answer a set of questions about how you think, work, communicate, and react in different situations. After the test, you get one of 16 personality types, along with a description of your strengths, weaknesses, relationships, career style, and habits.

Have you tried any of these websites?

The list of fun websites is endless! Whether it’s playing simple games, taking quizzes or looking for images online, it’s all a good way to spend time instead of scrolling mindlessly.