Global website ranking TOP50 list:Look at the domain name of "Other Houses"!

According to the latest global website traffic rankings by Alexa, today the editor has compiled a list of the top 50 websites. Let's take a look at which websites have made it to the list together.

1. Google.com

Google, a multinational technology company based in the United States, is widely recognized as the world's largest search engine company. It was founded on September 4, 1998, by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. In the latter half of 1999, the Google website was officially launched. Its businesses include internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technology, among others. As of April 20th, Google's market value has reached nearly $900 billion.

Google possesses a staggering 3917 domain names, making it a powerhouse in the domain industry. Upon entering the Chinese market, they invested millions of dollars to acquire google.com/cn. Among their premium domain holdings are g.cn and 265.com. The exceptionally rare single-letter domain g.cn, for instance, was acquired for a whopping $20 million USD by Lee Kaifu, Google's former head of China, in a deal that included 265.com. In 2009, Gmail.com, representing "Google Mail," was purchased by Google.

2. Youtube.com

YouTube is a video-sharing website founded in 2005 by Chinese-American Steve Chen and others. It allows users to upload, watch, and share videos or short films. In 2006, it was acquired by Google for $1.65 billion and has been operated as a subsidiary since. Furthermore, YouTube also made a significant investment in acquiring the two-letter domain yt.com.

3. Tmall.com

Formerly known as Taobao Mall, Tmall officially changed its name to "Tmall" in 2012. It is a comprehensive online shopping website and a B2C platform created by Jack Ma's Alibaba Group. Tmall integrates thousands of brand merchants and manufacturers, offering a one-stop solution for both businesses and consumers. The official domain name for Tmall is Tmall.com, and they also secured tianmao.com/cn.

4. Facebook.com

Facebook, a social networking service based in the United States, is the world's top-ranked photo-sharing site. Founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg, it has 439 domain names. The two-letter domain FB.com is a classic example of Facebook's acquisition success. Reportedly, Facebook acquired FB.com for $8.5 million, and the two-character domain f8.com is being used for its F8 developer conference.

5. Baidu.com

Baidu is the world's largest Chinese search engine, China's largest internet company, and a global leader in artificial intelligence. Founded in 2000 in Zhongguancun by Li Yanhong, Baidu holds a multitude of premium domains. In 2017, Baidu invested $30 million to acquire the two-letter domain weixin.com for its WeChat service. Baidu's subsidiary, IQiyi, owns quality domains such as QY.com and IQ.com, with a total of more than 182 domains.

6. QQ.com

Tencent is a comprehensive portal website providing news, interactive communities, entertainment products, and basic services. Founded in 2003, it has played a role as an entertainment-oriented portal. Tencent is China's largest internet service provider, and in 2017, it invested $30 million to acquire the two-letter domain weixin.com for its WeChat service. Its controlling company, WE Financial, also spent $8 million to acquire the two-letter domain WE.com, with a total of 473 domains.

7. SOHU.com

Sohu is a Chinese new media, communication, and mobile value-added services company. Founded by Charles Zhang Chaoyang, it provides news, entertainment, and sports content. Sohu's subsidiary, Sogou, launched the domain names sogo.com, sg.cn, and others.

8. Login.tmall.com

The login page for Tmall.

9. Taobao.com

Taobao is a widely popular online shopping platform in China, founded by Alibaba Group in May 2003. With nearly 500 million registered users, Taobao has evolved from a C2C marketplace to a comprehensive retail hub, encompassing various e-commerce models. Unfortunately, Taobao didn't secure the two-letter domain TB.com, which would have aligned perfectly with its brand.

10. 360.cn

360 Search is a metasearch engine that controls various retrieval tools distributed across the network. Developed by Qihoo 360, with Zhou Hongyi as its founder, 360 later invested 110 million yuan to acquire the premium domain 360.com. Moreover, 360 Search invested millions to acquire the two-letter domain so.com. It's known that 360 attempted to purchase so.cn for 5 million yuan, but negotiations fell through due to high demands from the domain owner.

11. Yahoo.com

Yahoo is a renowned American internet portal, the world's first website to provide internet navigation services, and a global internet communications, commerce, and media company. Its services encompass search engines, email, news, and more, reaching 24 countries and regions and serving over 500 million independent users with diverse online services. Yahoo is the oldest "directory" search database and one of the most significant search service websites. In March 2003, Yahoo completed its acquisition of Inktomi, becoming one of Google's main competitors. It possesses no less than 716 domains. Astonishingly, as a global internet giant, Yahoo surprisingly auctioned off the premium two-letter domain av.com with a starting price of $1.5 million USD in 2013. This lack of foresight contributed to its subsequent decline.

12. JD.com

JD.com is a self-operated e-commerce company in China, founded by Liu Qiangdong, who serves as Chairman and CEO of JD Group. In 2013, JD obtained a virtual operation license. It includes JD Mall, JD Finance, Paipai.com, JD Intelligence, O2O, and the Overseas Division. Its official domain is the extraordinary two-letter domain JD.com, which JD acquired for $30 million. JD is undoubtedly a domain empire, holding jd.cn, jd.cc, the premium single-digit domain 3.cn (acquired for over tens of millions), the brand double-initial domain jingdong.com (acquired for several million), the double-initial domain baitiao.com (acquired for tens of millions), and the premium two-letter domain VG.com, among others.

13. Wikipedia.org

Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia project characterized by free content and open editing. It is the world's largest and most popular reference tool on the internet, ranking among the top ten most popular websites globally. Wikipedia is operated by the non-profit organization Wikimedia Foundation. "Wikipedia" is a blend of "wiki," the core technology, and "encyclopedia," signifying its nature. It holds dozens of brand-related domains.

14. Amazon.com

Amazon is the largest e-commerce company in the United States, headquartered in Seattle, Washington. It was one of the earliest companies to engage in e-commerce on the internet. Founded in 1995, Amazon has grown into the world's largest online retailer with an extensive variety of products and the second-largest internet enterprise globally. It owns a staggering 2569 domain names. The single-letter domain z.cn serves as Amazon's domain in China, while the domain A9.com is dedicated to Amazon's product search and advertising technology. The world's largest cloud service provider, Amazon Web Services (AWS), operates under the three-letter domain aws.com.

15. Sina.com.cn

Sina is a comprehensive news information service portal hosted by Xinhua News Agency. In 1997, Xinhua News Agency established the Sina website in collaboration with China Telecom. It is China's most influential online media and a globally impactful Chinese website. Serving as a vital window for global netizens to understand China, Sina provides authoritative and timely news information services. Its domain holdings include xinwen.cn, xinhua.cn, news.cn, and other premium domains.

16. Weibo.com

Weibo is a relationship-based social media platform where users can share and interact with content in the forms of text, images, videos, and more. It entered the mainstream Chinese internet landscape in August 2009. In 2010, Weibo's registered users exceeded 50 million. In 2014, it officially changed its name to "Weibo." It initially used the subdomain t.sina.com.cn, later spending ¥8 million to acquire the two-letter domain weibo.com/.cn/com.cn. It also spent ¥5 million to acquire t.cn for use as a Weibo short URL service.

17. Pages.tmall.com

A secondary domain of Tmall.com. Three out of the top 50 websites are from Tmall, demonstrating its immense influence.

18. Live.com

Microsoft Office Outlook is a component of the Microsoft Office suite developed by Microsoft. It expands the capabilities of Windows' pre-installed Outlook Express. Outlook offers numerous functions, including email communication, contact management, journaling, scheduling, and task allocation. It also holds brand-related domains like live.com.cn/cn/net. "Live" suggests "live streaming," a thriving industry, but no amount of money can buy such a perfectly aligned domain, as it belongs to the world's richest person, Bill Gates.

19. Reddit.com

Reddit is a social news site founded by two 22-year-old University of Virginia graduates, Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian, in the US. It is owned by Condé Nast Digital. The site enables users to discuss and vote for or against comments in discussion areas for items submitted by other users. This forms an online community. Reddit holds dozens of domains related to its brand.

20. Netflix.com

Netflix (Nasdaq NFLX) was founded in 1997 as an online movie rental provider. It offers a vast number of DVDs for rental with free delivery. Headquartered in Los Gatos, California, Netflix has been consistently rated as the most satisfying website by customers for five years. The official domain Netflix.com was acquired for millions of dollars. It also acquired the single-word domain fast.com for a million dollars, along with the premium three-letter domain DVD.com. According to Variety, Netflix hit a new stock high on the 16th of this month, with a market value of $187.3 billion, momentarily surpassing Disney's $186.6 billion.

21. Zoom.us

Zoom is a cloud video conferencing software designed for multi-participant mobile use. It was founded by Chinese-American Yuan Zheng. Zoom provides high-definition video conferencing and mobile network conferencing services. Users can hold multi-party video and audio calls, screen sharing, and manage appointments through smartphones, tablets, and PCs, enhancing business communication. Zoom spent $2 million to acquire the official domain Zoom.com. As of April 20th, its market value has reached over $40 billion.

22. Xinhuanet.com

Xinhua Net is a comprehensive news information service portal sponsored by Xinhua News Agency. Established in 1997, Xinhua News Agency and China Telecom collaborated to build Xinhua News Agency's website. It is China's most influential online media and a globally impactful Chinese website. Serving as a vital window for global netizens to understand China, Xinhua Net provides authoritative and timely news information services. It also holds premium domains like xinwen.cn, xinhua.cn, news.cn, and more.

23. Okezone.com

Okezone is a renowned Indonesian news website, providing news, international, economic, video, celebrity, sports, technology, automotive, campus, Ramadan, picture, and other sections.

24. Office.com

Microsoft Office is a suite of office software developed by Microsoft. Common components include Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and more. The latest version is Office 365 (Office 2019). The software originally appeared in the early 1990s as a promotional name, referring to a collection of previously separately sold software. It also secures domains like office.net.

25. Blogspot.com

Blogspot, founded by Pyra Labs in 1999, is a blogging website and one of the first tools dedicated to publishing weblogs. It's recognized for its significant contribution to promoting blogging. It provides features for writing, publishing, and managing blogs, making it the world's largest and most renowned blog hosting service provider. Blogspot was acquired by Google and remains a dominant platform for bloggers. Google also holds the domain Blogspot.cn.

26. Microsoft.com

Microsoft was founded in 1975 as a multinational technology company in the United States and is a pioneer in PC software development. It was established by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. The company is headquartered in Washington state and primarily engages in research, manufacturing, licensing, and providing a wide range of computer software services. Its most famous and best-selling products include the Microsoft Windows operating system and the Microsoft Office software suite. Microsoft holds over ten thousand domains, including Microsoft.com.cn/cn/net, MSN.com, and Office.com, making it one of the largest domain portfolio holders globally.

27. Vk.com

VK (formerly VKontakte) is the largest social networking website in Russia, founded in September 2006. It focuses on creating simple and convenient communication tools, connecting production, life, and services. It has grown to become the second-largest website in Russia, following only the search engine Yandex.

28. Csdn.net

China's professional IT community, CSDN, was founded in 1999. It is dedicated to providing comprehensive lifecycle services for Chinese software developers, including knowledge dissemination, online learning, and career development.

29. Instagram.com

Instagram is a social application running on mobile devices, allowing users to easily share their photos across major social platforms worldwide. In 2012, Facebook announced its acquisition of the online photo-sharing service provider Instagram for $1 billion. Since then, Instagram's registered user count has surpassed 100 million.

30. Alipay.com

Alipay (China) Network Technology Co., Ltd. is China's leading third-party payment platform. In 2003, Alipay services were first introduced by Taobao. In 2004, Alipay became independent from Taobao and developed into China's largest third-party payment platform. Alipay is committed to providing "simple, secure, and fast" payment solutions and has two separate brands, "Alipay" and "Alipay Wallet." It also holds brand-related domains like zhifu.com and zhifubao.com.

31. Yahoo.co.jp

Yahoo's official website for Japan. If Yahoo could acquire the best domain for Japan, JP.com, it would likely greatly enhance Yahoo's development in Japan.

32. Twitch.com

Twitch is a real-time streaming video platform focused on video games. Founded in June 2011 by Justin Kan and Emmett Shear in San Francisco, it is an independent operation site under Justin.tv that specializes in gaming-related content. Twitch receives over 38 million monthly visits, attracting over 20 million gamers to the platform. The average daily user spends 1.5 hours on the site. The platform supports 28 languages in 28 countries and regions, including Simplified and Traditional Chinese. It also holds brand-related domains like Twitch.tv/net.

33. Bing.com

Bing is a new search engine service launched by Microsoft on May 28, 2009, to replace Live Search. In line with Chinese user habits, the Chinese name for Bing is "bi ying" (Bìyìng), which means "must respond" or "respond to every search." As one of the world's leading search engines, as of May 2013, Bing had become the second-largest search engine in North America. It also holds brand-related domains like Bing.com.cn/net.

34. Google.com.hk

Google's official website for Hong Kong.

35. Bongacams.com

An overseas adult website.

36. Microsoftonline.com

Microsoft Online, formerly known as MSN China, is a joint venture of Microsoft Corporation in China. On October 15, 2014, MSN China was officially renamed Microsoft Online and exclusively acquired all of Microsoft's advertising business in China.

37. Livejasmin.com

An overseas adult website.

38. Tribunnews.com

An Indonesian news website with sections including business, sports, travel, technology, video, and more.

39. Panda.tv

Panda Live is a bullet screen video live broadcasting website founded by Shanghai Panda Interactive Entertainment Co., Ltd., with Wang Sicong as its founder. On March 7, 2019, the Panda Live App was removed from the App Store and Google Play. On March 30, the official Panda Live website announced the formal closure of Panda Live.

40. Twitter.com

Twitter is a social networking and microblogging service website based in the United States. Established in 2006 by Evan Williams, a pioneer of blog technology, the emerging company Obvious launched the Twitter service. Twitter is popular worldwide and has 152 million monthly active users. It has been described as the "SMS service of the internet." It also holds nearly a hundred domain names related to its brand, including Twitter.co/com.cn/cn and T.co.

41. Zhanqi.tv

Zhanqi Live is a streaming platform under the banner of Zhejiang Culture, established in January 2014 and officially launched in May of the same year. Its parent company is Bianfeng Gaming Platform (bianfeng.com). Zhanqi, created by Zhejiang Culture, is a gaming-focused streaming platform that revolves around the theme of games. It takes games as its core media, with television and print media as supplementary components, forming a multimedia coverage of the gaming world. Zhanqi's innovative interactive live channels primarily revolve around game streaming, encompassing various live content categories, including sports, variety shows, and entertainment.

42. Worldometers.info

Worldometers is a global statistics website provided by an international team of developers, researchers, and volunteers. It was established by a small, independent digital media company based in the United States. Worldometers has been recognized as the best free reference website by the American Library Association, the world's oldest and largest library association. Worldometers is also a supplier of global COVID-19 statistical data.

43. Stackoverflow.com

Stack Overflow is an IT technology question and answer website focused on programming, founded in 2008. Users can submit questions, browse existing questions, and index relevant content on the website for free. Simple HTML is used when creating homepages. On question pages, there are no pop-up advertisements, sales information, JavaScript windows, and the like.

44. Naver.com

NAVER is the parent company of the renowned social app LINE. It is the world's fifth-largest search engine website and the largest search engine and portal site in South Korea. It's also the largest internet company by market value on the Korean stock market. It was officially launched in June 1999. Under the umbrella of NAVER, advanced AI products such as Clova showcase leading-edge technologies in the field of artificial intelligence. By providing not only a prominent role in LINE and Korean language search services but also numerous other services such as Korean news, maps, images, payments, shopping, videos, and translations, NAVER has positioned South Korea as one of the only four countries globally—besides the United States, China, and Russia—with core search engine technologies. Protecting over a hundred brand-related domain names, including Naver.cn/net, if NAVER were to acquire the most fitting two-letter top-level domain KR.com, it would undoubtedly fortify its growth in South Korea.

45. Amazon.co.jp

The official website for Amazon's Japan region.

46. Tianya.cn

Founded on March 1, 1999, Tianya Community is an influential global online community. With its ethos of openness, inclusivity, and profound humanism since its inception, it has garnered the admiration of Chinese-speaking netizens worldwide. After a decade of development, it has evolved into a comprehensive virtual community and a large-scale online social platform based on forums, blogs, and microblogs, offering a range of functional services such as personal spaces, classified information, virtual stores, Q&A sections, and corporate brand hubs. The core of this platform centers on human emotions and interactions. Tianya.cn also safeguards domain names like tianya.com.cn/cn, amplifying its brand identity.

47. Google.co.in

Google's official website for the Indian region.

48. Aliexpress.com

AliExpress, a part of the Alibaba Group, is a cross-border e-commerce platform tailored for the international market. Established in 2010, its customer base spans over 220 countries and regions, encompassing 30 primary industry categories, including fashion, electronics, home decor, and accessories. Commonly dubbed the "international version of Taobao," AliExpress caters to overseas buyers who engage in secured transactions through Alipay's international accounts. The platform utilizes international logistics channels for shipping, positioning it as the third-largest English-language online shopping website globally.

49. Mama.cn

Mama.cn, owned by Guangzhou Shengcheng Mama Network Technology Co., Ltd., is a professional Chinese maternal portal. It aims to foster the exchange and dissemination of knowledge on infant and child rearing, sharing parenting insights, and family life experiences. Established in 2007, Mama.cn offers forums related to prenatal education music, early childhood education, child health, children's songs, as well as a platform for mothers expecting and raising infants to share parenting experiences.

50. Ebay.com

eBay is an online auction and shopping website enabling people worldwide to buy and sell items. Established by Pierre Omidyar in 1995 under the name Auctionweb, eBay has now garnered 147 million registered users, featuring sellers from 29 countries and facilitating the sale of millions of items spanning thousands of categories daily. It stands as the world's largest digital marketplace. It also owns domains like ebay.com.cn/cn/net and tlb.com among the many in its possession.