An updated study reveals the internet’s most busiest websites, from search engines to social media and ecommerce to entertainment!
- Google receives 13x the population of London in website traffic per hour!
- Adult entertainment site Pornhub receives more traffic than Amazon & Netflix!
The average modern human spends a huge amount of time online, but which websites keep us coming back time and time again? An updated report by Fasthosts.co.uk reveals the busiest websites in 2020; from search engines to social media platforms, news sites to entertainment and everything in between.
The World’s Busiest Websites in 2020
Search engines, social media, and pornography websites amongst the most visited websites!
Unsurprisingly, Google is crowned the world’s busiest website in 2020. In just one hour, Google receives 127,983,631 visits; that’s the equivalent of the population of London 14.2 times over!
Social media platforms YouTube, Facebook and Twitter also make the top five, whilst Chinese search engine Baidu.com comes in at number four. In one week alone Baidu receives 1,506,361,111 visits, just over the population of China.
Whilst our need for acquiring knowledge, connecting with others, and sharing information is a common motivation for our internet usage, there are other reasons we choose to hang out online – adult entertainment. It seems people are bypassing the Netflix and heading straight for the chill as pornography websites Xvideos.com, Pornhub and xnxx.com all receive more traffic than both Amazon.com and Netflix! The 2020’s top 20 busiest websites are:
| Rank | Sector | Company name | Average monthly visitors |
| 1 | Search engines | 86,005,000,000 | |
| 2 | Social media | Youtube | 32,692,269,844 |
| 3 | Social media | 25,161,666,667 | |
| 4 | Search engines | Baidu.com | 6,025,444,444 |
| 5 | Social media | 5,857,444,444 | |
| 6 | Social media | 5,337,777,778 | |
| 7 | News and media | Yahoo! | 3,680,333,333 |
| 8 | Pornography | Xvideos.com | 3,367,444,444 |
| 9 | Search engines | yandex.ru | 3,243,333,333 |
| 10 | Pornography | Pornhub | 3,172,666,667 |
| 11 | Pornography | xnxx.com | 2,783,000,000 |
| 12 | Ecommerce | Amazon.com | 2,583,333,333 |
| 13 | Social media | 2,490,777,778 | |
| 14 | Video / streaming | Netflix | 2,473,666,667 |
| 15 | Technology – email | live.com | 2,362,777,778 |
| 16 | News and media | yahoo.co.jp | 2,300,000,000 |
| 17 | Technology – social networking | vk.com | 1,777,444,444 |
| 18 | Search engines | Naver.com | 1,615,555,556 |
| 19 | Social news / entertainment | reddit.com | 1,550,888,889 |
| 20 | Technology | bit.ly | 1,440,111,111 |
When it comes to ecommerce, Amazon dominates with three of its websites making the top ten in its category. Meanwhile, online payments website PayPal tops the finance top ten, whilst American department store macys.com comes in at number one for Fashion, closely followed by H&M and Nike.
For food, recipe sharing platforms Cookpad and Allrecipes and restaurant review site Tablelog take the top three spots, whilst British supermarkets Tesco, ASDA and Sainsburys all make the foodie top ten.
Travel websites Booking.com, Tripadvisor.com, Airbnb, Uber and Expedia make the travel top five. However, due to the outbreak of the coronavirus and the subsequent lockdowns many countries faced – and still face as we enter 2021 – these travel websites lost a significant number of traffic over the course of 2020, whilst other sectors like search engines, social media, ecommerce and pornography have all enjoyed a surge in traffic.
The full report can be seen at: https://www.fasthosts.co.uk/web-hosting/busiest-websites
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