The Top 10 Most Popular Sites of 2018

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by Jerri Collins

Updated July 05, 2018

It's highly likely that some of your favorite websites are perennial entries in the 2018 Top 10 Most Popular Sites list. The list is filled with familiar names. However, two of the Top 10 websites in 2018 operate mostly in areas outside the U.S. Take a look at this global list of websites to see if there are any you need to check out. 

The Top 10 most popular websites in the world for 2018 were chosen based on total traffic and unique visitor information maintained by Alexa, the statistics and analytics service.

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Google.com

Google is the world's most popular search engine. Billions of people generate 3.5 billion searches every single day, and it's not just for search – Google also offers a huge variety of peripheral services. 

In 2018, Google.com is the No.1 most popular website in both the global market and in the U.S.

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Youtube.com

You've probably watched a video on YouTube this week, as did plenty of other people. YouTube is the most popular video website on the web, and almost 5 billion videos are watched on YouTube every day.

Youtube.com is the No. 2 most popular website in both the global market and in the U.S. for 2018, even though 80 percent of YouTube views are from outside the U.S.,

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Facebook.com

Facebook is the most popular social media site on the web. More than 1.4 billion active users access Facebook daily across the globe to communicate with family and friends. 

In 2018, Facebook.com is the No.3 most popular website in both the global market and in the U.S.

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Baidu.com

WIth a 70 percent search market share, Baidu is the largest Chinese-language search engine and is used by millions of people every day. The estimate is that 90 percent of China uses Baidu as a search engine. Much like Google, Baidu offers companion sites including an alternative to AdWords, Translate, and Maps.

Baidu is the No. 4 most popular website globally and the No. 1 most popular in China. Only 1 percent of Baidu visitors are from the U.S.

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Wikipedia.org

 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 by anyone with expertise in that particular topic. More people use Wikipedia worldwide than any other knowledge-based resource on the web. 

In 2018, Wikipedia ranks as the No. 5 most popular site globally and as No. 6 in the U.S.

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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 almost 550 million monthly visitors, Reddit ranks as the No. 6 most popular website globally and as No. 4 in the U.S. for 2018.

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Yahoo.com

Yahoo is a web portal and search engine. It offers mail, news, maps, videos and many more web services. Yahoo doesn't hand out its statistics freely, but a recent estimate put the number of visitors per month at about 1 billion.

Yahoo ranks at No. 7 on both the global and U.S. 2018 list of most popular websites.

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Google.co.in

Google.co.in, the Indian version of the popular Google search engine, has a life on the internet of its own. With it, users can search the entire web or only webpages from India. The site offers sites in English, Hindi, Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, and Tamil.

Google.co.in is the No. 8 most popular website in the world for 2018. It is Google's India site, so it is no surprise it ranks No. 1 in India. U.S. usage is negligible. 

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QQ.com

QQ.com is an messaging service in China. It's goal it to provide its users with a "one-stop online life service." The social networking service encourages users to write blogs, send photos, keep diaries, watch videos and listen to music.

QQ.com holds the Guinness World Record for the highest number of simultaneous online users on an instant messaging program with just over 210 million users. Active monthly users exceed 800 million.

QQ.com is ranked No. 9 on the global list of Top 10 most popular websites and No. 2 in China. U.S. users amount to only 1.4 percent of traffic.

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Amazon.com

Amazon is well on its way to being "Earth's most customer-centric company." The Amazon.com website offers a vast selection of retail  products, including books, movies, electronics, toys and many other goods, either directly or as a middleman. Through its Prime service, it offers videos and music. It is the No. 1 shopping website in the U.S. with more than 600 million products available for sale. Globally, the site sells more than 3 billion products across 11 marketplaces.

Amazon is the No. 10 most popular global website in 2018. It ranks as the No. 5 most popular site among U.S. websites.

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You Are More Powerful than You Think!

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By Monique Barbut

This article is part of a series of stories and op-eds launched by IPS on the occasion of the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought on June 17.

Credit: UNCCD

BONN, Jun 14 2018 (IPS) - Are you overwhelmed by the depressing news coming at you daily? Conflict, forced migrants, famine, floods, hurricanes, extinction of species, climate change, threats of war … a seemingly endless list. It might surprise you, but you can really make a difference on many of these issues.

Just like every raindrop counts towards a river and every vote counts in an election, so does every choice you make in what you consume. With every produce you consume, you strengthen the river of sustainability or of unsustainability. It is either a vote in favor of policies that spread social goods like peace and poverty eradication or social bads like – conflict or grinding poverty.

We look up to governments a lot, forgetting that governments set up policies to encourage us to make specific choices. That’s how powerful our lifestyles choices are.

Imagine, what would happen if the world’s over 7 billion consumers committed, every year, to just one lifestyle change that will support the provision of goods from sustainably managed land.

Every year, we make New Year resolutions about change. Why not include as one of those resolutions, a changeof habit leading that will lead to a smart sustainable consumer lifestyle? Without any government intervention, you can make choices that will help to end deforestation, soil erosion and pollution or reduce the effects of drought or sand and dust storms.

Monique Barbut

However, to make the right lifestyle change, each of us must first find out where the goods we consume are cultivated and processed. For instance, if they are linked to conflict in regions with rapidly degrading land or forests or polluted water or soils, then chose an alternative that is produced sustainably. It is a small, but achievable change to make every year.

Every country and product has a land footprint. What we eat. What we wear. What we drink. The manufacturer or supplier of the products we consume. The brands related to these suppliers that we will support. We prioritize buying from the local small farm holders to reduce our global land footprint. Consumers have plenty of options.

But a vital missing link is the informed consumer.

Through mobile phone apps**, it is getting easier and easier to track where the goods we consume come from. It is also getting easier to find alternative suppliers of our choice, as the private sector embraces the idea of ethical business. The information you need is literally in the – mobile phone in the – palm of our hand.

But you must believe in your own power to change the world. The global effect on the market may surprise you.

We will reward the food producers, natural resource managers and land planners struggling against all odds to keep the land healthy and productive. This is cheapest way to help every family and community in the world to thrive, and avoid the damage and loss of life that comes from environmental degradation and disasters.

Make 17 June, the celebration of the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, your date with nature. It’s the mid-point of the year and a good moment to review the progress you are making towards your New Year resolution of a sustainable lifestyle.

In 2030, when the international community evaluates its achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, you can point to positive changes that you have contributed in favor of present and future generations.

You are more powerful than you think. Take your power back and put it into action.

Monique Barbut is Under-Secretary General of the United Nations, and the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification.

World Day to Combat Desertification – Land Has True Value. Invest In It

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On the occasion of the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought on June 17.

ROME, Jun 13 2018 (IPS) - We are witnessing the degradation of about 24% of the planet’s land, with water scarcity affecting almost 2 billion people on the planet.

Globally, 169 countries are affected by land degradation or drought, or both. Already average losses equal 9 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) but for some of the worst affected countries, such as the Central African Republic, total losses are estimated at a staggering 40 percent of GDP. Asia and Africa bear the highest per year costs, estimated at 84 billion and 65 billion dollars, respectively.

Desertification entails losses of 42 billion dollars in annual global income, while actions to recover land cost between 40 and 350 dollars per hectare. The returns on investments in actions against degradation at the global level are four to six dollars for every dollar invested.

Over 250 million people are directly affected by desertification, and about 1 billion people in over 100 countries are at risk

Dryland ecosystems are extremely vulnerable to overexploitation and inappropriate land use.

Poverty, political instability, deforestation, over-grazing and bad irrigation practices can all undermine the productivity of the land.

Over 250 million people are directly affected by desertification, and about 1 billion people in over 100 countries are at risk. These people include many of the world’s poorest, most marginalized and politically weak citizens.

Since the year 2000, we have seen a substantial increase in migration forced by desertification: from 173 million people to 244 million people in only 15 years.

The 2018 World Day to Combat Desertification, focuses on how consumers can regenerate economies, create jobs and revitalize livelihoods and communities by influencing the market to invest in sustainable land management.

The day convenes under the slogan: “Land Has True Value. Invest In It,” to remind the world that land is a tangible asset with measurable value beyond just cash.