In November 2024, Google.com was the most popular website worldwide with 136 billion average monthly visits. The online platform has held the top spot as the most popular website since June 2010, when it pulled ahead of Yahoo into first place. Second-ranked YouTube generated more than 72.8 billion monthly visits in the measured period. The internet leaders: search, social, and e-commerce Social networks, search engines, and e-commerce websites shape the online experience as we know it. While Google leads the global online search market by far, YouTube and Facebook have become the world’s most popular websites for user generated content, solidifying Alphabet’s and Meta’s leadership over the online landscape. Meanwhile, websites such as Amazon and eBay generate millions in profits from the sale and distribution of goods, making the e-market sector an integral part of the global retail scene. What is next for online content? Powering social media and websites like Reddit and Wikipedia, user-generated content keeps moving the internet’s engines. However, the rise of generative artificial intelligence will bring significant changes to how online content is produced and handled. ChatGPT is already transforming how online search is performed, and news of Google's 2024 deal for licensing Reddit content to train large language models (LLMs) signal that the internet is likely to go through a new revolution. While AI's impact on the online market might bring both opportunities and challenges, effective content management will remain crucial for profitability on the web.

In November 2024, Google.com held the top spot in India's website rankings, averaging over 9.11 billion monthly visits. YouTube ranked second, with a traffic of 5.01 billion visits, while social platforms Instagram.com and Facebook.com followed with 765 million and 649 million monthly visits each. Internet penetration In the past decade, India has witnessed a remarkable transformation in its digital landscape. This substantial expansion has resulted in extensive digital connectivity, with more than half of India's 1.4 billion citizens now enjoying internet access. India ranked 52nd on the Digital Quality of Life Index in 2023, which revealed electronic infrastructure as one of the country’s strengths. YouTube in India As of 2025, India had the world’s largest YouTube user base, figuring over 491 million users. The video platform caters to the nation’s tech-savvy denizens as an educational resource and a source of entertainment. Moreover, YouTube has evolved into a dynamic space for digital marketing, especially harnessing the consumer base segment aged below 32.

In March 2024, Google.com was the leading website in the United States. The search platform accounted for over 19 percent of desktop web traffic in the United States, ahead of second-ranked YouTube.com with 10.71 percent.

From September to November 2023, search platform Google.com was the top ranking website in Canada, with average monthly traffic of almost four billion visits. YouTube ranked second with almost three billion visits. Social network Facebook.com ranked third, with total monthly traffic of 470 million visits.

From September to November 2023, YouTube.com was the most popular website in Spain by time per visit, with an average session length of approximately 32 minutes and 16 seconds. AnimeFLV.net ranked second, with an average of 32 minutes and six seconds per visit. Despite being the leading website by total visits and unique visitors in the country, Google.com ranked third in engagement time, with 21 minutes and 13 seconds per session.

Between September and November 2024, google.com was the most visited website in Hong Kong with 338 million average monthly visits. In terms of monthly traffic and pages per visit, international news website Yahoo.com ranked higher than the local news website hk01.com.

In November 2024, Google.com was the most popular website worldwide with approximately 6.25 billion unique monthly visitors. YouTube.com was ranked second with an estimated 3.64 billion unique monthly visitors. Both websites are among the most visited websites worldwide.

According to a report published by DataReportal, as of November 2023, the most visited website in Thailand was Google.com with approximately 885 million monthly visits. This was followed by Youtube.com with around 456 million monthly visits in that year.

Google.com was the website with the most page views per day in Bolivia in February 2022, according to ranking by Alexa. The website had more than 18.49 daily page views and was followed by Unitel.bo, with 11 page views per day that month. Within Latin America, Mexico was the country where Amazon Alexa contained the largest number of skills.

From April 2022 to January 2024, the website for mobile language learning app Duolingo saw an average of approximately 89 million visits, ranking as the most popular education site worldwide. Coursera, which offers classes and certifications on various subjects, saw 60 million visits from global users in the examined period. Khan Academy, a U.S.-based non-profit platform for students and teachers, ranked third with 36.59 million visits recorded on average between April 2022 and the beginning of 2024.

Google.com recorded an average monthly traffic of 4.79 billion visits in Japan from September to November 2024, which made it the most visited website. It was followed by Yahoo.co.jp and Youtube.com.

In January 2024, search platform Google.com was the top ranking website in South Africa with an average monthly traffic of almost 509 million monthly visits. Social platform Facebook.com ranked second, with an average monthly traffic of 149 million total visits.

As of January 2024, mobile phones accounted for 87 percent of web page views in Nigeria. Vietnam ranked second, with mobile devices generating approximately 86.5 percent of web traffic. Belgium, Portugal, and Canada, saw less than 43 percent of their national internet traffic coming from mobile devices. Additionally, Japan ranked last for mobile internet traffic as of the beginning of 2024 - 37.6 percent of the total internet traffic in the country came from smartphones and internet connected mobile devices.

Google.com was the most visited website in Kazakhstan, with approximately 530 million visits in October 2024. It was followed by the online video sharing platform YouTube, which was frequented 303.6 million times in the same month.

From September to November 2023, Google.com was the leading website in Italy, with more than 3.36 billion total monthly visits. The search engine was also popular in its Italian top-level domain, with Google.it reaching 232 million views. YouTube.com ranked second, with approximately 1.17 billion visits from users in Italy, while adult website Pornhub ranked fourth. Several online newspapers, Repubblica.it, Corriere.it, Gazzetta.it were also among the most visited websites during the month. Mediaset.it, which is the online streaming platform of one of the country's major television broadcasters, collected more than 126 million visits.

Between September and November 2023, YouTube.com was the most popular website in Peru by time per visit, with an average session length of approximately 34 minutes and 57 seconds. AnimeFLV.net ranked second in the country, with an average of 30 minutes and 52 seconds per visit.

In February 2024, Baidu.com was the most visited website in China, with around 195.7 million visits registered during that month. Being among the country's most important internet companies, its search engine is among the main alternatives to Google inside and outside the country, holding more than 60 percent of its domestic search market. Additionally, streaming website BilliBili.com ranked second among the most popular websites in China, with around 128.16 million visits, while Google.com ranked third, with around 67.42 million visits from Chinese audiences.

In November 2024, Google.com was the most visited website in the United States, with over 25 billion total visits. YouTube.com came in second with 12 billion total visits. Reddit.com and Amazon.com counted approximately 3.12 billion and 2.89 monthly visits each from U.S. online audiences.

In 2019, the Chinese marketplace Alibaba was the leading worldwide B2B e-commerce in terms of online traffic. The Alexa tool assessing the online traffic of websites put it on the top of the ranking, with a score of 177. The Russian Rosfirm and the U.S. platform Vinsuite followed in the ranking with a score of 1,047 and 1.137, respectively.

Desktop and mobile website traffic data showed that Germany domain of Zalando had by far the highest number of visitors compared to all other European countries. Between July 2023 and December 2023, zalando.de recorded more nearly 203 million visits. The Polish web domain followed in the ranking, as the total visits amounted to 99.2 million.