The Top 10 Most Popular Sites of 2017

What are the most popular sites on the Web for 2017?

We all have our favorite site that we love to visit every day. In this article, we'll go over the top ten most popular sites on the Internet for 2017, compiled from a variety of sources that track audience engagement, page views, and how many people are actually visiting the website. The inclusion of each of these websites in this list are the results from data compiled from millions of Internet users, data from local Internet service providers, and direct measurements of Web page traffic. These measurements are an average aggregate of all this data.

Measurements tell one story, but most of these sites are most likely very familiar to the majority of readers of this article! Take a look at these sites that you visit on a regular basis, and add the ones that you might not be as familiar with to your rotation. 

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Facebook

 Facebook is the most popular social  media site on the Web. Millions and millions of people use it every day to communicate with family and friends. 

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Google

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

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YouTube

 You've probably watched a video on YouTube this week, as did millions of other people. YouTube is the most popular video website on the Web, and racks up hundreds of millions of page views every day. 

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Twitter

 Sharing messages in 140 characters or less doesn't sound like a super viable business model, but Twitter, one of the world's most popular websites, has somehow made it work. 

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Wikipedia

 Wikipedia is one of the most useful (and used!) sites on the Web. It's a "living" resource, in the sense that any piece of content is available to be edited from anyone with expertise in that particular topic. More people use Wikipedia worldwide than any other knowledge-based resource on the Web. 

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LinkedIn

 Whether you are looking for a new job or professional connections,  LinkedIn is one of the best sources online for work-based networking. 

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Baidu

 Baidu is the largest Chinese language search engine in China, and is used by millions of people every single day.

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eBay

 eBay is the largest auction site in the world, with literally millions of auctions going on worldwide every day. From collectible cookie jars to Rolls Royces, you're sure to find something here to fill your needs. 

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Instagram

Instagram is one of the newcomers to this list, having burst onto the Web landscape in just the last couple of years. Millions of people worldwide share images of their daily lives with friends and family on this popular site. 

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Bing

Bing might not be as much as a household word as another search engine on this list, but that might not be as true in 2015, as this popular and extremely relevant search engine keeps making useful improvements to its service.