In general, today there are more than 40 websites on the Internet, the traffic of which has exceeded 1 billion users every month. Every few months, a couple of web sites are added to the list of billionaires: The World Wide Web is expanding at an unprecedented pace.
Today we are going to take a look at the top 5 most visited sites on the planet of all languages and "nationalities" - from the United States and Europe to Russia and Japan.
For each nominee you will find the following information:
- A country
- Category
- Monthly visitors
- Session Duration
- Page Count per Session
- The main source of traffic
No. 1: Google.com
With more than a billion people a day, Google certainly remains the No. 1 site in the world. From finding articles, books, and movies to reading morning news for a cup of coffee, Google has consolidated the entire Internet under one roof.
- USA
- Category - Search Engine
- Monthly visitors - 42.5 billion per month
- Average session - 00:08:52
- The number of pages per session - 9.0
- The main source of traffic - direct (86.8%)
With more than a billion people a day, Google certainly remains the No. 1 site in the world. From finding articles, books, and movies to reading morning news for a cup of coffee, Google has consolidated the entire Internet under one roof.
No. 2: YouTube.com
- USA
- Category - Video
- Monthly visitors - 23.3 billion per month
- Average session - 00:21:24
- The number of pages per session - 9.6
- The main source of traffic - direct (71.1%)
Is there a single person in the world that doesn’t know what YouTube is? People of all ages have their own favorite videos. Did you know that the average user spends 2 hours on YouTube per day? This is a real phenomenon of modern Internet culture.
No. 3: Facebook.com
- USA
- Category - Social Network
- Monthly visitors - 22.30 billion per month
- Average session - 00:12:23
- The number of pages per session - 11.7
- The main source of traffic - direct (79.9%)
Facebook has become native in all countries of the world. It is the biggest social network in the world and there are no competitors in sight. While they did have a few scandals in the past few years, they are still unmatchable in the sheer number of visitors each and every day.
No. 4: Baidu.com
- China
- Category - Search Engine
- Monthly visitors - 10.5 billion per month
- Average session - 00:07:37
- The number of pages per session - 8.4
- The main source of traffic - direct (81.5%)
Baidu confidently sits in fourth place, which is not surprising for a closed multi-billion-dollar country, which is significantly limited in access to digital information. Baidu is basically Chinese Google.
No. 5: Yahoo.com
- USA
- Category - Search Engine
- Monthly visitors - 4.6 billion per month
- Average Session - 00:06:27
- The number of pages per session - 6.4
- The main source of traffic - direct (76.5%)
Yeah, it is still alive. Despite the heyday of a global competitor, many Americans use Yahoo every day. Opened in March of 1995, the search engine lost most of its users, but it still maintains audience loyalty with fresh ideas and constant innovation.
