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May 16th, 2006 · Comments · Web data

Interesting data from washingtonpost.com regarding the most popular sites on the web. Note that this data measures unique visitors rather than page views. A few observations:

  • Growth at MySpace, Wikipedia, and Blogger is astonishing.
  • Google may overtake Yahoo as the #1 site on the web within a year or two.
  • What’s happening at Expedia and Orbitz? Both seem to be hemorrhaging traffic.
  • MapQuest is an amazing property. It receives about 1/3 as much traffic as Yahoo does–despite offering far less content (maps only)… and the maps themselves are arguably much less usable than what you can find on Yahoo or Google (ie no ajax). Lesson: branding matters.
  • Interesting that Apple’s site gets ~50% more traffic than Dell’s does (the sites are #23 and #45, respectively), even though Dell generates ~4x more revenue (~$56B vs ~$14B).

Web domain rank Unique
visitors
Feb. 2006 (thousands)
Unique
visitors
Feb. 2005 (thousands)
Percent change

1. YAHOO.COM

115,401 110,282 5%

2. GOOGLE.COM

92,147 76,140 21%

3. MSN.COM

88,690 87,586 1%

4. AOL.COM

67,694 67,808 0%

5. EBAY.COM

57,420 59,365 -3%

6. MICROSOFT.COM

55,873 61,769 -10%

7. PASSPORT.COM

43,447 53,071 -18%

8. MAPQUEST.COM

40,353 37,609 7%

9. HOTMAIL.COM

39,815 38,707 3%

10. MYSPACE.COM

37,349 8,935 318%

11. AMAZON.COM

35,834 33,579 7%

12. GO.COM

32,988 29,848 11%

13. ABOUT.COM

30,104 23,939 26%

14. MSNBC.COM

26,322 21,524 22%

15. WEATHER.COM

25,752 27,912 -8%

16. AIMTODAY.COM

23,386 24,930 -6%

17. CNN.COM

20,585 20,906 -2%

18. TARGET.COM

19,593 15,588 26%

19. WIKIPEDIA.ORG

19,459 5,185 275%

20. GEOCITIES.COM

18,927 23,233 -19%

21. WALMART.COM

18,590 16,735 11%

22. BANKOFAMERICA.COM

17,859 14,147 26%

23. APPLE.COM

17,540 11,860 48%

24. EXPEDIA.COM

17,150 21,806 -21%

25. ASK.COM

16,254 16,662 -2%

26. IRS.GOV

15,919 17,023 -6%

27. BLOGGER.COM

15,640 2,490 528%

28. PAYPAL.COM

15,281 14,939 2%

29. IMDB.COM

15,092 10,695 41%

30. CAREERBUILDER.COM

15,056 15,921 -5%

31. WINDOWSMEDIA.COM

14,957 21,631 -31%

32. CITYSEARCH.COM

14,935 5,241 185%

33. FOXSPORTS.COM

14,541 11,613 25%

34. REAL.COM

14,192 17,361 -18%

35. SUPERPAGES.COM

14,080 11,368 24%

36. COMCAST.NET

13,826 11,434 21%

37. CLASSMATES.COM

13,754 13,096 5%

38. TRIPOD.COM

13,602 14,387 -5%

39. ADOBE.COM

12,963 13,924 -7%

40. BIZRATE.COM

12,931 11,750 10%

41. UPS.COM

12,612 10,142 24%

42. MONSTER.COM

12,449 15,496 -20%

43. OVERSTOCK.COM

12,365 14,647 -16%

44. EBAYSTORES.COM

12,300 11,435 8%

45. DELL.COM

12,214 12,662 -4%

46. USPS.COM

12,197 9,608 27%

47. ORBITZ.COM

12,169 14,690 -17%

48. WHITEPAGES.COM

11,965 7,491 60%

49. TICKETMASTER.COM

11,933 10,883 10%

50. CHEAPTICKETS.COM

11,673 13,302 -12%

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