It is no mean feat achieving a position in the top 100 websites in the world, considering that as at today, September 2020, there are billions of websites.
According to the Hosting Tribunal there are between 1.6 and 1.9 billion websites on the Web.
The Hosting Tribunal says
“This is not even the whole picture, considering there are a lot of inactive websites that dilute the overall statistic. And I do mean A LOT! Just like the planets in our metaphor, most of the internet (in this case, about 85%) is a desolate or underdeveloped wasteland that once attempted to flourish. Yet, the Web keeps growing by leaps and bounds. By the time I’ve finished this article, around 1500 new websites will have seen the light of day.
Staggering numbers.
- There are about 2 billion websites.
- But less than 400 million are active.
- By the time you finish reading this article, thousands of new sites will spawn.“
Well, we are equally shocked and yet at the same time staggeringly pleased for we have managed, by a stroke of luck and maneuvers that are quite accidental and dogged, managed to get 4 websites into the top 5 million websites. Yay, us!! What’s next, with our heads in the clouds?
Aha, the point of this article. We must explore this list, one website at a time, and discover why people visit them on a daily basis. We must explore the charm that they exude. Who was it that said, copying is a compliment? Well, we intend to compliment the best in the business by emulating them.
This list, be very careful, seems to change on a daily basis. Everyone is trying to get to top 100 for that’s where the money is.
This article to be continued as and when we find information worth sharing. Bookmark it.
| 1 |  wikipedia.org | 18.25B | $90.69M |
| 2 |  google.com | 8.95B | $19.92M |
| 3 |  youtube.com | 7.44B | $49.83M |
| 4 |  twitter.com | 5.70B | $18.70M |
| 5 |  facebook.com | 4.94B | $65.98M |
| 6 |  amazon.com | 3.00B | $56.45M |
| 7 |  imdb.com | 2.22B | $9.91M |
| 8 |  apple.com | 1.98B | $10.60M |
| 9 |  merriam-webster.com | 1.88B | $3.82M |
| 10 |  instagram.com | 1.61B | $7.40M |
| 11 |  dictionary.com | 1.50B | $3.34M |
| 12 |  tripadvisor.com | 1.02B | $37.72M |
| 13 |  pinterest.com | 945.00M | $23.93M |
| 14 |  wiktionary.org | 806.59M | $2.30M |
| 15 |  fandom.com | 797.31M | $6.37M |
| 16 |  yahoo.com | 719.70M | $4.30M |
| 17 |  yelp.com | 651.98M | $63.82M |
| 18 |  urbandictionary.com | 637.19M | $2.23M |
| 19 |  cambridge.org | 624.06M | $2.63M |
| 20 |  espncricinfo.com | 570.40M | $71.74K |
| 21 |  craigslist.org | 558.81M | $2.75M |
| 22 |  roblox.com | 520.54M | $116.81K |
| 23 |  linkedin.com | 505.14M | $20.09M |
| 24 |  espn.com | 504.72M | $1.67M |
| 25 |  weather.com | 488.34M | $786.95K |
| 26 |  microsoft.com | 485.63M | $8.15M |
| 27 |  healthline.com | 458.07M | $9.89M |
| 28 |  britannica.com | 434.85M | $4.04M |
| 29 |  walmart.com | 416.23M | $11.04M |
| 30 |  bbc.com | 411.06M | $2.12M |
| 31 |  webmd.com | 410.80M | $11.55M |
| 32 |  livescore.com | 408.98M | $12.91K |
| 33 |  ytmp3.cc | 387.40M | $11.50K |
| 34 |  thepirate-bay.org | 381.31M | $1.92K |
| 35 |  cricbuzz.com | 378.87M | $44.71K |
| 36 |  whatsapp.com | 369.31M | $57.23K |
| 37 |  homedepot.com | 363.98M | $8.29M |
| 38 1 |  rottentomatoes.com | 339.82M | $3.26M |
| 39 1 |  xvideos.com | 339.66M | $253.04K |
| 40 1 |  bestbuy.com | 333.42M | $4.63M |
| 41 1 |  live.com | 331.77M | $173.52K |
| 42 |  thesaurus.com | 324.65M | $732.35K |
| 43 |  gsmarena.com | 323.73M | $942.01K |
| 44 |  mayoclinic.org | 299.34M | $5.95M |
| 45 |  timeanddate.com | 295.86M | $897.42K |
| 46 |  thefreedictionary.com | 294.96M | $2.72M |
| 47 |  pornhub.com | 294.83M | $224.38K |
| 48 |  accuweather.com | 272.24M | $947.65K |
| 49 | indiatimes.com | 272.14M | $1.37M |
| 50 1 |  nytimes.com | 267.46M | $5.22M |
| 51 1 |  office.com | 266.53M | $1.66M |
| 52 |  theguardian.com | 266.49M | $4.08M |
| 53 |  genius.com | 264.11M | $1.41M |
| 54 |  flashscore.com | 262.74M | $86.92K |
| 55 |  blog.google | 258.99M | $94.71K |
| 56 |  yourdictionary.com | 253.49M | $2.28M |
| 57 |  xnxx.com | 250.52M | $216.81K |
| 58 |  netflix.com | 247.05M | $1.64M |
| 59 |  cnn.com | 240.05M | $3.47M |
| 60 |  steampowered.com | 232.96M | $932.99K |
| 61 |  spanishdict.com | 230.46M | $742.77K |
| 62 |  skyscanner.com | 221.50M | $1.20M |
| 63 |  spotify.com | 219.49M | $1.82M |
| 64 |  cnet.com | 217.49M | $5.66M |
| 65 1 |  reddit.com | 210.33M | $10.34M |
| 66 1 |  investopedia.com | 209.73M | $8.58M |
| 67 |  uptodown.com | 208.12M | $506.60K |
| 68 |  ebay.com | 207.82M | $10.38M |
| 69 |  bbc.co.uk | 207.38M | $1.12M |
| 70 |  indeed.com | 205.68M | $14.48M |
| 71 |  dailymail.co.uk | 203.70M | $745.42K |
| 72 |  poki.com | 203.27M | $112.77K |
| 73 2 |  playstation.com | 202.99M | $629.62K |
| 74 1 |  samsung.com | 201.53M | $1.55M |
| 75 1 |  nih.gov | 198.74M | $7.95M |
| 76 |  dominos.com | 195.45M | $200.20K |
| 77 |  friv.com | 186.79M | $3.84K |
| 78 |  collinsdictionary.com | 182.56M | $2.34M |
| 79 |  techradar.com | 180.90M | $3.96M |
| 80 |  ndtv.com | 179.70M | $1.02M |
| 81 |  globo.com | 178.48M | $246.56K |
| 82 |  vocabulary.com | 174.39M | $1.38M |
| 83 1 |  expedia.com | 172.26M | $11.96M |
| 84 1 |  speedtest.net | 172.08M | $102.86K |
| 85 2 |  pizzahut.com | 171.10M | $158.73K |
| 86 |  unsplash.com | 164.25M | $1.00M |
| 87 3 |  macys.com | 160.01M | $4.07M |
| 88 1 |  target.com | 159.51M | $6.25M |
| 89 |  quora.com | 159.02M | $10.12M |
| 90 2 |  nike.com | 157.94M | $812.60K |
| 91 3 |  y2mate.com | 157.75M | $13.76K |
| 92 7 |  marketwatch.com | 156.06M | $3.05M |
| 93 2 |  premierleague.com | 155.62M | $89.77K |
| 94 1 |  santanderbank.com | 155.00M | $119.19K |
| 95 1 |  booking.com | 153.66M | $11.97M |
| 96 1 |  ryanair.com | 153.26M | $149.69K |
| 97 1 |  medicalnewstoday.com | 152.74M | $5.75M |
| 98 1 |  about.google | 151.05M | $16.95K |
| 99 1 |  adobe.com | 148.44M | $1.63M |
| 100 2 |  goodhousekeeping.com |
Plot twist! We have stumbled onto a different list from Ahrefs.com and some spots seem to have been claimed. It’s a game of chairs and chess with everyone moving something or other to get ahead. Well, here’s the list
2020)
| # | Domain | Monthly traffic |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | youtube.com | 1,625,928,544 |
| 2 | en.wikipedia.org | 1,032,257,682 |
| 3 | twitter.com | 535,672,329 |
| 4 | facebook.com | 512,517,207 |
| 5 | amazon.com | 492,468,801 |
| 6 | yelp.com | 189,284,057 |
| 7 | reddit.com | 184,283,420 |
| 8 | imdb.com | 168,686,113 |
| 9 | fandom.com | 168,358,254 |
| 10 | pinterest.com | 160,008,934 |
| 11 | tripadvisor.com | 107,547,225 |
| 12 | instagram.com | 95,560,034 |
| 13 | walmart.com | 94,951,789 |
| 14 | craigslist.org | 86,673,328 |
| 15 | ebay.com | 85,427,056 |
| 16 | linkedin.com | 71,106,847 |
| 17 | play.google.com | 68,140,558 |
| 18 | healthline.com | 65,456,494 |
| 19 | etsy.com | 59,552,312 |
| 20 | indeed.com | 59,104,906 |
| 21 | apple.com | 58,415,329 |
| 22 | espn.com | 56,865,851 |
| 23 | webmd.com | 55,318,117 |
| 24 | fb.com | 54,134,532 |
| 25 | nytimes.com | 53,500,181 |
| 26 | google.com | 45,771,378 |
| 27 | cnn.com | 44,051,403 |
| 28 | merriam-webster.com | 42,271,679 |
| 29 | gamepedia.com | 41,113,127 |
| 30 | microsoft.com | 40,922,560 |
| 31 | target.com | 40,028,159 |
| 32 | homedepot.com | 39,944,177 |
| 33 | quora.com | 38,618,080 |
| 34 | nih.gov | 37,592,983 |
| 35 | rottentomatoes.com | 36,892,393 |
| 36 | netflix.com | 36,591,458 |
| 37 | quizlet.com | 35,825,193 |
| 38 | weather.com | 33,784,930 |
| 39 | mapquest.com | 33,540,486 |
| 40 | britannica.com | 32,170,852 |
| 41 | businessinsider.com | 31,651,846 |
| 42 | dictionary.com | 31,612,281 |
| 43 | zillow.com | 31,481,927 |
| 44 | mayoclinic.org | 31,021,370 |
| 45 | bestbuy.com | 30,829,865 |
| 46 | theguardian.com | 30,465,847 |
| 47 | yahoo.com | 30,172,153 |
| 48 | msn.com | 30,142,765 |
| 49 | usatoday.com | 29,427,694 |
| 50 | medicalnewstoday.com | 29,423,587 |
| 51 | urbandictionary.com | 29,109,868 |
| 52 | usnews.com | 28,984,074 |
| 53 | foxnews.com | 28,826,307 |
| 54 | genius.com | 27,790,888 |
| 55 | allrecipes.com | 27,666,462 |
| 56 | spotify.com | 27,537,454 |
| 57 | glassdoor.com | 26,814,924 |
| 58 | forbes.com | 25,444,257 |
| 59 | cnet.com | 25,237,457 |
| 60 | finance.yahoo.com | 25,160,615 |
| 61 | irs.gov | 25,059,843 |
| 62 | lowes.com | 24,933,148 |
| 63 | mail.yahoo.com | 24,899,444 |
| 64 | aol.com | 23,665,608 |
| 65 | steampowered.com | 23,453,254 |
| 66 | washingtonpost.com | 22,865,594 |
| 67 | usps.com | 22,550,515 |
| 68 | office.com | 22,001,884 |
| 69 | retailmenot.com | 21,388,314 |
| 70 | wiktionary.org | 21,277,511 |
| 71 | paypal.com | 21,064,326 |
| 72 | foodnetwork.com | 20,471,446 |
| 73 | hulu.com | 20,434,219 |
| 74 | live.com | 20,292,544 |
| 75 | cbssports.com | 20,215,005 |
| 76 | wayfair.com | 20,047,734 |
| 77 | ca.gov | 20,037,071 |
| 78 | bleacherreport.com | 19,987,215 |
| 79 | macys.com | 19,817,737 |
| 80 | accuweather.com | 19,557,944 |
| 81 | xfinity.com | 19,553,329 |
| 82 | go.com | 19,552,684 |
| 83 | techradar.com | 19,127,559 |
| 84 | groupon.com | 18,996,185 |
| 85 | investopedia.com | 18,824,614 |
| 86 | yellowpages.com | 18,738,426 |
| 87 | steamcommunity.com | 18,511,512 |
| 88 | chase.com | 18,375,173 |
| 89 | wellsfargo.com | 18,263,364 |
| 90 | npr.org | 18,170,172 |
| 91 | apartments.com | 17,679,853 |
| 92 | roblox.com | 17,582,385 |
| 93 | huffpost.com | 17,380,576 |
| 94 | books.google.com | 17,219,320 |
| 95 | bankofamerica.com | 17,154,318 |
| 96 | bbb.org | 17,077,027 |
| 97 | expedia.com | 16,887,867 |
| 98 | wikihow.com | 16,570,218 |
| 99 | ign.com | 16,468,527 |
| 100 | wowhead.com | 16,302,245 |