The Top 10 Most Popular Sites on the Web (2025)

Google.com

Google is the world's most popular search engine. Billions of people generate billions of searches every day, and it's not just for search: Google also offers a variety of peripheral services.

Youtube.com

You've probably watched a video on YouTube this week, as did billions of other people who use both crowdsourced and commercial content to entertain themselves, learn new skills and ideas, pursue self-improvement goals, and stay current.

More About YouTube

• What Is YouTube?: Learn more about this entertainment hub and how to use it. It hosts videos uploaded by individuals, groups, and businesses.
• How to Make a YouTube Channel: It's easy to make your own YouTube channel so that you can share your video content on the web. Learn how to take advantage of this far-reaching influencer.
• How to Watch Movies on YouTube: YouTube's giant video collection includes legal movies you can stream from any device.
• YouTube TV: What You Need to Know: YouTube TV is an online streaming service that subscribers use to watch live television on their computers, phones, and other electronic devices.

Facebook.com

Facebook is the most popular social media site on the web. Billions of active users around the world access Facebook daily to communicate with family and friends.

More About Facebook

• Facebook 101: How Facebook began and the features you can expect out of the social media giant.
• How to Use Facebook: If you don't know what a timeline or a status on Facebook is, you can pick up the lingo here and expand what you can do on the social network.
• How to Use Facebook to Find People: Facebook is a powerful tool for finding people online. Learn more about using Facebook to search for old friends, classmates, and family members.

Instagram.com

The social media trend in this list isn't over yet. Instagram, owned by Meta (like Facebook), is a photo and video-sharing social networking site. With well over a billion active monthly users, it's no surprise it made the list.

X.com

Despite changing its name, X (formerly Twitter) is still a giant microblogging platform. It isn't doing as well as it used to, but it's still near the top.

On the business end, most major companies and organizations have accounts, which figure prominently in their marketing and customer service efforts.

More About X

• The History of X: This rundown of the major events from Twitter's founding to its present state as X will give you a basic idea of where it's been and where it's going.
• Beginner's Guide to Getting Started: If you've just signed up on X, this article will give you some good ideas for getting started.
• How to Get Verified: Want a blue check next to your name? Here's how.
  

Whatsapp.com

More than a billion users worldwide have made WhatsApp the most popular messaging platform in the world. With end-to-end message encryption, WhatsApp offers a safe, free way to communicate electronically.

Wikipedia.org

Wikipedia is one of the most useful and most visited sites on the web. It's a "living" resource, in the sense that any piece of content can be edited by anyone with expertise in that particular topic. More people use Wikipedia worldwide than any other knowledge-based resource on the web.

Reddit.com

Reddit is a social news aggregation that consists of an enormous collection of people and the links they share about every corner of pop culture. If you see something you like, you give it a thumbs up. See something you don't like? Give it a thumbs down. Leave comments and post interesting things. 

With over one billion monthly users, Reddit has consistently been in the top ranks.

Chatgpt.com

ChatGPT, from OpenAI, is an artificial intelligence chatbot. Send it some text, an image, or a file, and then ask it questions about that information. ChatGPT can generate text and images based on your prompts.

More About ChatGPT

• Is ChatGPT Plus Worth It?: This chatbot is free to use, but you can pay for extra features.
• What Does ‘ChatGPT’ Stand For?: Here's what "GPT" stands for and what it means.
• Does ChatGPT Have Real-Time Data?: Learn if you can replace Google and other web search engines with this chatbot.