Google and YouTube have maintained their positions as the world’s most visited websites in October 2026, recording 70.32 billion and 53.26 billion monthly visits, respectively.
According to the October 2026 global website traffic rankings, Facebook placed third with 7.69 billion visits, followed by adult entertainment platform Pornhub with 5.73 billion visits.
Instagram ranked fifth with 5.49 billion visits, while artificial intelligence platform ChatGPT secured the sixth position with 4.99 billion visits.
The figures also showed that ChatGPT recorded a 48.26 per cent year-on-year increase in visits, highlighting its growing global adoption and the expanding role of artificial intelligence in everyday internet use.
Reddit and X, formerly Twitter, occupied the seventh and eighth positions, recording 3.67 billion visits each, while XVideos ranked ninth with 3.41 billion visits.
Wikipedia completed the top 10 list with 3.15 billion monthly visits.
The rankings highlight the continued dominance of search engines, social media platforms, video-sharing services and artificial intelligence tools in global internet traffic.
Google’s leading position reflects its continued importance as the world’s dominant search platform, while YouTube’s second-place ranking underscores the growing demand for online video content.
Meanwhile, ChatGPT’s sixth-place position, alongside its reported annual traffic growth, points to the increasing popularity of AI-powered platforms as users turn to artificial intelligence for information, research, productivity and everyday tasks.
The October 2026 rankings place Google, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, ChatGPT, Reddit, X and Wikipedia among the world’s most visited digital platforms, alongside adult entertainment websites Pornhub and XVideos.
