Most Popular Websites (4th Quarter 2011)

This article lists the most popular websites according to web information company, Alexa. Alexa employs a composite ranking system that considers each website's number of users and page views during the preceding one-month period.

The web address, type of site, and percentage of global Internet users and page views are included below with each website's ranking.

This article will be updated quarterly, on or about January 1, April 1, July 1, and September 1.

1. Most Popular Websites: Google

Web address: www.google.com
Type of website: Search engine; Internet-based products, services, and utilities.
Global Internet users: 49.38%
Global page views: 5.09%

2. Most Popular Websites: Facebook

Web address: www.facebook.com
Type of website: Social media.
Global Internet users: 43.41%
Global page views: 5.5%

3. Most Popular Websites: Youtube

Web address: www.youtube.com
Type of website: Video sharing and vlogging.
Global Internet users: 30.83%
Global page views: 2.31%

4. Most Popular Websites: Yahoo

Web address: www.yahoo.com
Type of website: Search engine; internet-based products, services, and utilities; content provider.
Global Internet users: 23.93%
Global page views: 1.65%

5. Most Popular Websites: Baidu

Web address: www.baidu.com
Type of website: Search engine; internet-based products, services, and utilities; multi-media.
Global Internet users: 10.43%
Global page views: 1.77%

6. Most Popular Websites: Wikipedia

Web address: www.wikipedia.org
Type of website: Online encyclopedia.
Global Internet users: 14.6%
Global page views: .55%

7. Most Popular Websites: Blogger

Web address: www.blogspot.com
Type of website: Blog publishing.
Global Internet users: 12.75%
Global page views: .64%

8. Most Popular Websites: Windows Live

Web address: www.live.com
Type of website: Microsoft portal for internet-based products, services, and utilities.
Global Internet users: 11.5%
Global page views: .67%

9. Most Popular Websites: Twitter

Web address: www.twitter.com
Type of website: Social media.
Global Internet users: 10.14%
Global page views: .29%

10. Most Popular Websites: QQ

Web address: www.qq.com
Type of website: Internet portal
Global Internet users: 6.95%
Global page views: .60%

Source(s):

"Top Sites," Alexa, The Web Information Company