Google, YouTube, and ChatGPT among the world’s most visited websites in September 2026.
Which Websites Get the Most Traffic in 2026?
Key Takeaways
Google and YouTube dominated global web traffic, attracting nearly 169 billion combined visits in September 2026.
ChatGPT ranked fourth worldwide with 8.2 billion visits, ahead of Instagram, Reddit, and TikTok.
From searching for answers to watching videos and scrolling social media, billions of people visit the same familiar websites every day. AI assistants have now joined these established platforms among the world’s most visited online destinations.
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This graphic ranks the top 40 websites by estimated monthly visits in September 2026, using data from Semrush. Figures cover desktop and mobile web sessions, including repeat visits.
Google and YouTube Tower Over the Rest
The gap between the top two websites and everyone else is staggering. YouTube, despite ranking second, receives nearly five times as many visits as third-place Facebook, while Google attracts almost twice as much traffic as YouTube.
Both leaders belong to Alphabet, giving the company the top destinations for search and online video. Google reported in its June investor presentation that Search queries had reached an all-time high the previous quarter and said people who use its AI-powered features search more often.
This graphic ranks the top 40 websites by estimated monthly visits in September 2026, using data from Semrush. Figures cover desktop and mobile web sessions, including repeat visits.
The table below shows the top 40 websites and their estimated monthly web visits in September 2026:
Search:
Rank
Website
Monthly Web Visits (Billions)
1 google.com 108.90
2 youtube.com 59.97
3 facebook.com 12.21
4 chatgpt.com 8.23
5 instagram.com 6.81
6 reddit.com 4.82
7 whatsapp.com 4.26
8 x.com 4.17
9 wikipedia.org 3.80
10 pornhub.com 3.40
11 tiktok.com 2.71
12 bing.com 2.33
13 amazon.com 2.32
14 yahoo.com 2.30
15 xvideos.com 2.27
Together, Google and YouTube received 168.9 billion visits, compared with 91.3 billion across the other 38 websites in the ranking. In other words, Alphabet’s two leading platforms generated nearly twice as many visits as the rest of the top 40 combined, including major social networks, shopping sites, streaming services, and AI tools.
Other search engines draw substantial traffic but remain much smaller, with Bing receiving 2.3 billion monthly visits and DuckDuckGo 2.2 billion.
ChatGPT Joins the Internet’s Biggest Platforms
ChatGPT’s position among the top five websites puts an AI assistant alongside some of the internet’s most established social media platforms. Its 8.2 billion monthly visits place it between Facebook and Instagram, highlighting how prominent AI tools have become in everyday web activity.
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Meta’s reach extends further through WhatsApp, which ranks seventh with 4.3 billion visits. Together, Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp attract 23.3 billion monthly visits, giving Meta a substantial presence across social networking, photo sharing, and messaging.
Reddit, X (formerly Twitter), and TikTok are among the other major social media platforms attracting billions of monthly visits.
While ChatGPT ranks alongside established social platforms, its closest AI competitors sit much further down the list. Claude, another of the world’s most popular AI tools, ranks 21st with 1.6 billion visits, roughly one-fifth of ChatGPT’s monthly traffic.
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