The 10 most visited chinese websites
China has the greatest population on the internet although with limited access since the year of 2008. There are on average millions of users on the popular websites. Here’s some of the most visited websites in China.
- Baidu : https://www.baidu.com/
Baidu originated as Rankdex, developed by Robin Li had almost 705 millions of china users at the year of 2005. It is also what others called the chinese version of “Google”, undeniably is the one of the top most visited chinese websites among all since it is the number one search engine in China. Millions of users browse via Baidu and it was ranked the top 5 in the world with most search traffic. The users don’t just consist of China’s citizens but other countries such as Japan, Korea and even the United states use this as well. Baidu attracts millions of users through various services including encyclopedia, videos, images, map, music, storage and a lot more. When you are unsure, just Baidu it!
2. QQ 腾讯网 (Teng Xun Wang) : https://www.qq.com/?fromdefault
QQ, developed by Tencent which is a giant technology company in China is famous for its instant messaging service across china. The QQ messaging platform works similarly as MSN messenger or Skype. Most China’s citizens use QQ as the main communication tool and consequently their website is one of the most visited sites in the country too. The wide range of services provided such as online games, movies, music and others attracts new users furthermore. It is available in both computer and mobile application forms. It can be installed in windows, ios or android now.
3. Sina 新浪 : https://www.sina.com.cn/
Sina developed by Sina Corporation, a technology company in China is one of the major competitors to Baidu and Tencent due to its popularity. One of the major component in the business line which is Weibo (微博) works similarly as Twitter except the language which is available only in chinese. A lot of China’s celebrities and artists are using Weibo as their major platform to interact with their fans and supporters. Weibo alone has reached 507 millions active monthly users in the year of 2020. Other business lines developed by Sina Corporation like Sinanet, Sina Mobile and Sina online which all of them are very popular across China as well.
4. Taobao 淘宝 : https://world.taobao.com/
Taobao was first founded by Alibaba group in the year of 2003. It is the largest e-commerce platform in China with over one billion product listings as of 2006! It attracts more users when it has gone international with collaboration of many countries such as Malaysia, Canada, Singapore, Japan and a lot more. Hence, it is ranked in the top 8 of the most visited sites. Check it out and you will be amazed!
5. YouKu 优酷 : https://youku.com/
Youku is the current largest video streaming platform in China. It works similar to YouTube except it has additional features such as film and shows streaming service. It is based in Beijing and operates as a subsidiary of Alibaba Group. From music videos to movies, most of the videos are free to watch and it’s the best place to stream chinese shows!
6. Meituan 美团 : https://about.meituan.com/en
Meituan, formerly known as Dian-Ping, founded by Wang Xin in 2010 is a shopping platform which includes retail services such as dining, travel, delivery, entertainment and a lot more. It connects almost 240 millions of online users to 5 millions of merchants via this platform. It also sells vouchers for its users from merchants for valued deals and offers. Besides, it also contains consumer reviews on the platform similar to Tripadvisor and Yelp.
7. Sohu 搜狐：https://www.sohu.com/
Sohu is popular mainly due to one its subsidiary Sogou, which is a search engine and chinese language input method. In the year of 2017, Sogou has collaborated with WeChat to enable its search engine while launching the WeChat mobile application. It has 902 million active daily users of WeChat to launch Sogou’s web browser within the apps.
8. Netease 网易：https://www.163.com/
Netease developed by one of the largest internet and video games companies in China, Netease, Inc. It focuses on providing services related to content, commerce and communication. Its content covers local plus international news, health advises, tourism and household. Just the year of 2010, it has ranked the top 28th most visited site in the world. The company collaborated with Blizzard Entertainment to launch a lot of famous games including World of Warcraft, Warcraft 3, Overwatch and more.
9. Ctrip 携程 ：https://www.ctrip.com/
Ctrip, as the name suggests, it is the largest online travel agency and travel service provider in China. It is available in multiple languages which includes German, Russian, French etc to provide convenience of use when it comes to international users. It is a reliable and useful travel website which makes it so popular among the chinese.
10. 58 TongCheng : https://bj.58.com/
58.com is considered an advertisement website which provides various services such as local job finding, housing, and handsales which makes it a very useful tool for users based in China. It is also designed to connect the people in the same city as suggested by its name. It allows users to post listings regarding a whole lot of categories including jobs, pets, tickets, used goods and many more. Its online marketplace also connects local merchants with consumers to conduct businesses and share information.