The World’s Most Popular Websites

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Ever wondered which websites are the most visited in the world? If you had to guess, you probably wouldn’t need to consult Google to know that the search engine is on the number one spot, but as the list moves down from the YouTube/Facebook level of obviousness, some of the sites on this list may surprise you – or even be complete unknowns.

According to SimilarWeb, in seventh place is the Chinese search engine baidu.com, which received almost 5.5 billion visitors in November. You don’t have to go too far before you find porn, of course, with xvideos.com in tenth place and 3.2 billion visits over the month – one of two adult content sites in the top twelve.

The World’s Most Popular Websites

Source: Statista.com

Ever wondered which websites are the most visited in the world? If you had to guess, you probably wouldn’t need to consult Google to know that the search engine is on the number one spot, but as the list moves down from the YouTube/Facebook level of obviousness, some of the sites on this list may surprise you – or even be complete unknowns. 

According to SimilarWeb, in fourth place is the Chinese search engine baidu.com, which received just over 9 billion visitors in February. You don’t have to go too far before you find porn, of course, with pornhub.com in eighth place and 3.1 billion visits over the month – one of three adult content sites in the top twenty.

The Most Popular Apps in the World

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As we have recently learned, smartphone users in the United States spend more time using apps than ever before. On average, they spend more than 40 hours a month using their favorite apps. Meanwhile, the number of apps they use has plateaued since 2012. 27 appears to be the magic number in terms of how many apps people need.

So which apps do people actually use? According to SensorTower data reported by ReCode, there are few surprises when it comes to the most popular apps in the world. Big players such as Google, Facebook and Twitter dominated global app downloads in May, with Facebook owning four of the five most-downloaded apps in the world.

This chart shows the most popular apps in the world as of May 2016.

Infographic: The Most Popular Apps in the World | Statista
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