The top 500 sites on the web
The sites in the top sites lists are ordered by their 1 month Alexa traffic rank.
The 1 month rank is calculated using a combination of average daily visitors and pageviews over the past month. The site with the highest combination of visitors and pageviews is ranked #1
- Almanacs ( 38 )
- Archives ( 291 )
- Ask an Expert ( 46 )
- Bibliography ( 76 )
- Biography ( 22 )
- Books ( 3 )
- Dictionaries ( 882 )
- Directories ( 147 )
- Education ( 30,873 )
- Encyclopedias ( 67 )
- Flags ( 489 )
- Journals ( 10 )
- Knots ( 73 )
- Knowledge Management ( 758 )
- Libraries ( 1,944 )
- Maps ( 206 )
- Museums ( 4,420 )
- Open Access Resources ( 0 )
- Parliamentary Procedure ( 24 )
- Quotations ( 199 )
- Thesauri ( 20 )
- Time ( 64 )
- World Records ( 14 )
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Daily Time on Site
Daily Time on Site
Estimated daily time on site (mm:ss) per visitor to the site. Updated daily based on the trailing 3 months.
Estimated daily time on site (mm:ss) per visitor to the site. Updated daily based on the trailing 3 months.
Daily Pageviews per Visitor
Daily Pageviews per Visitor
Estimated daily unique pageviews per visitor on the site. Updated daily based on the trailing 3 months.
Estimated daily unique pageviews per visitor on the site. Updated daily based on the trailing 3 months.
% of Traffic From Search
% of Traffic From Search
The percentage of all referrals that came from Search engines over the trailing month. Updated daily.
The percentage of all referrals that came from Search engines over the trailing month. Updated daily.
Total Sites Linking In
Total Sites Linking In
The total number of sites that Alexa found that link to this site. For more information please see this explanation of how Alexa determines the number of sites linking in.
The total number of sites that Alexa found that link to this site. For more information please see this explanation of how Alexa determines the number of sites linking in.
1
5:59
4.21
68.10%
60,269
2
Ask questions and get answers from other people in the community.
4:15
3.79
6.50%
582,135
3
US national provider of health-related library and information services.
3:48
3.27
48.90%
182,006
4
3:43
3.99
28.20%
115,863
5
Dictionary containing English to/from Spanish, French, German, and Italian, and a language forum.m. Less
5:30
4.59
43.60%
13,466
6
Searchable online version of Roget's Thesaurus of English words and phrases.
5:11
3.76
48.60%
5,335
7
Lets users track and rate books and network with other readers.
4:13
3.77
40.70%
68,780
8
Delivers online courses that cover many topics and interests. Fees vary.
6:04
4.94
15.70%
3,528
9
A veritable cornucopia of streetwise lingo, posted and defined by its readers.
1:53
1.48
71.20%
28,938
10
9:31
5.58
5.80%
5,395
11
2:04
1.87
59.90%
22,913
12
Admissions information, events calendar, visitor's information and news items.
4:21
3.72
37.90%
90,584
13
2:13
1.78
53.90%
29,736
14
Information on the campuses and all areas of the printing press.
5:09
3.68
38.20%
29,019
16
2:59
1.95
57.40%
23,235
17
Free online dictionary from Cambridge University Press.
5:09
3.68
38.20%
29,019
19
Publisher of American English dictionaries and reference sources.
2:25
1.85
54.50%
24,498
20
6:18
4.72
31.50%
2,671
21
The oldest institution of higher learning in the United States.
3:08
3.02
39.80%
96,904
22
7:44
6.34
11.90%
2,009
23
4:42
3.77
23.30%
8,206
24
English language Wiki dictionary from the Wikimedia Foundation.
2:04
1.87
59.90%
22,913
26
3:35
4.60
6.40%
438,682
27
5:20
4.03
31.10%
41,959
28
3:06
2.44
29.30%
21,722
29
Allows two-way searches for over 400,000 words and phrases. Several options available.
3:08
2.19
15.80%
4,279
30
Provides free online courses along with a range of certification options for a fee.
6:01
4.60
15.10%
2,636
31
2:32
2.96
51.50%
9,795
32
Bidirectional Spanish and English dictionary with audio pronunciation of the words.
7:26
5.50
42.90%
1,826
34
The official home page for the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
3:51
3.78
33.30%
47,186
35
Topics for questions include food, entertainment and technology.
2:32
2.27
53.60%
29,356
36
3:14
2.29
50.70%
9,299
37
2:13
1.48
37.80%
55,419
38
2:48
2.60
41.20%
38,716
39
3:35
3.46
43.00%
57,907
40
2:02
1.89
50.00%
22,335
41
2:30
1.96
32.00%
12,891
42
2:58
3.52
32.80%
40,330
43
This is the official Web site of Purdue University, home of the Boilermakers, alma mater of the…More first and last men to walk on the moon, and proud member of the Big Ten Conference. Perennially ranked among the nation's top public universities and research institutions, Purdue serves as Indiana's land-, sea-, and space-grant university with a main campus in West Lafayette and locations across the state. Less
4:02
3.08
45.40%
25,344
44
The dictionary you can understand featuring definitions that actually make sense with example u…Morese cases for the most popular words. Be confident in your use of words! YourDictionary features original definitions with example use cases; definitions from the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language and Webster’s New World College Dictionary; specialized definitions for business, finance, investment, computer, culture, legal, medical and science; acronyms, abbreviations, and idioms; Encyclopedia of World Biography; Roget’s A-Z Thesaurus and Roget's II: The New Thesaurus; plus, audio pronunciations, sentence usage examples, famous quotes and language and reference articles. Less
2:28
1.74
61.30%
7,054
47
Departments, colleges, libraries, events, index, computing, jobs.
5:59
5.24
27.00%
26,876
48
3:26
3.30
37.70%
45,313
49
BrainyQuote is the world's largest quotation site. We educate and entertain audiences of all ag…Morees with family-friendly quotations from history's most prominent figures through to today's newsmakers - famous celebrities, athletes, politicians, authors, and everything in between. We are passionate about quotes, and on a mission to share our knowledge with the world. Less
2:34
1.78
63.60%
13,937
50
2:41
1.77
45.30%
38,965
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