Most Popular Websites Of This Year So Far!

There are plenty of sites out there (and by plenty I mean billions and trillions) that users visit on an hourly basis, the most popular of sites get visited every second! The sites listed will be from statistics taken globally, not just from one continent, so it is likely that there will be some you wouldn't have heard of.

Statistics from site: 'https://hotinsocialmedia.com/top-30-most-visited-websites-in-the-world/'.

9. Wikipedia.com

Ah yes, Wikipedia, the site made of the right answers for your really tricky homework. We all have heard the story about how it's not reliable as the information can be changed by anyone, well, I have to say that this is true. It is a Wiki site (who would have guessed?), meaning it's information can be edited by anyone at anytime. So, Mrs Drew the English teacher may be right about that one, it's best to use multiple sources before submitting an 1000 page essay on how William the Conquerer rode a unicorn to Normandy and back in a few hours. Despite how unreliable it can be, it is considered to be the dictionary of the Internet, and it's not hard to see why. It has over five million articles in 301 unique languages making it very popular all over the world for those hard to find answers.

Monthly Visits: 5.33 billion

Country: International

Average Duration of Visit: 00:03:39 minutes

8. VK.com

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Created by Lev Binzumovich Leviev, Pavel Durov, Nikolai Durov and Vyacheslav Mirilashvili in 2007, VK is a popular Russian social networking platform. It can be used in a handful of languages, but isn't as popular over the world due to other competitors higher up in the list, though it is a firm favourite in Russia with over 300 million users tapping into the site regularly.

Monthly Visits: 2.39 billion

Country: Russia

Average Duration of Visit: 00:16:43 minutes

7. Twitter.com

We all knew this would be on the list somewhere, and here it is sitting comfortably at number seven. There are plenty of other competitors which have ranked higher on this list, but Twitter is definitely a notable one. In recent years, the popularity has steadily begun declining and it is still struggling to keep on top of the ever-changing social networking demands. It has done incredibly well to have maintained it's status for this long, even though it is well over a decade old now! It was created by
Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams back in 2006, and we can't say our lives would be the same without it!

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Monthly Visits: 3.92 billion

Country: United States

Average Duration of Visit: 00:09:22 minutes

6. Instagram.com

As one of the fastest growing sites in popularity, Instagram mesmerised us back in 2010, and it now sits on the smartphones of most users, young and old. It's safe to say I personally log in on a daily basis, sometimes for twenty minutes at a time, and I know it is the same for most users who have posts on their story or feed of their daily goings-on. The number of users on Instagram is growing on a daily basis significantly. It seems it will not be stuck at number six for very long.

Monthly Visits: 2.67 billion

Country: United States

Average Duration of Visit: 00:06:40 minutes

5. Yahoo.com

So this surprised me. As it was created all the way back in 1995, it is the oldest site on this list, and yet it still holds out as being one of the most popular websites despite very large competitors taking away most of it's traffic. It's saving grace is the fact it is able to evolve and grow with it's competitors and is relatively ahead of the game on many innovative aspects.

Monthly Visits: 4.59 billion

Country: United States

Average Duration of Visit: 00:06:26 minutes

4. Baidu.com

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With many restrictions on China's Internet access, it isn't hard to see why this is so high up on the list. For some, this is the only site they are allowed to access to gain digital information, no other such search engine exists. The restrictions in place mean those are only able to see certain sites by law, and thus making Baidu one of the most used sites in China alone.

Monthly Visits: 10.45 billion

Country: China

Average Duration of Visit: 00:07:37 minutes

3. Facebook.com

Even if you don't use Facebook (like me), you will have heard of this practical embedded brand in society. Over a billion users log in each day to update status, share photos and send the love to friends and family. As a site with a wide variety of usage for work or leisure, it is a popular choice for businesses and casual users alike, making the interconnectivity between the two just too much of a good opportunity to miss. Casual users get to stay in touch with their favourite brands and businesses get to lap up the media attention in boosts of sales and customers. Founded by the great Mark Zuckerberg back in 2004, I think it's safe to say it has transformed our lives.

Monthly Visits: 22.30 billion

Country: United States

Average Duration of Visit: 00:12:23 minutes

2. YouTube.com

There mustn't be a single person on the planet who hasn't heard the name or seen the logo somewhere, billboards, adverts or what people speak about in conversation. It will definitely come up sooner or later. YouTube is a unique path of social media focusing on video creation and publishing it to the public. The daily dosage of YouTube per person is around two hours, would you believe? With content ranging from real-life documentaries to singing videos, there's no lack of content - that's for sure.

Monthly Visits: 23.35 billion

Country: United States

Average Duration of Visit: 00:21:24 minutes

1. Google.com

Most of you would have predicted this to be at the top, and if you did, congratulations! Yes, Google is the largest and most popular website of not only the year, but for the last 17 years! After a huge funding in 2000, it became number one in 2002 and has continued to be at the heart of all our Internet-browsing needs ever since. With millions of users visiting on a daily basis, there isn't anything that comes to mind that Google can't answer, or at least hasn't tried to.. (Asking for the meaning of life will give you a really comical Easter Egg response.) From News updates to images and shopping, Google has it all, by the way it's been running all this time, it seems there may be no end to the site with a name meaning 'infinite'.

Monthly Visits: 42.46 billion

Country: United States

Average Duration of Visit: 00:08:52 minutes