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This is an archived version of this page, as edited by Mattworld (talk | contribs) at 01:37, 13 October 2003 (MacOS should be Mac OS). It may differ significantly from the current version.

This page should not be taken too seriously since the domain names we list below are not necessarily considered Wikipedia's competition; in fact, some we actively colaborate with. Alexa's rankings are also skewed entirely toward users who use Internet Explorer on MS Windows to browse the web, so any website that receives a disproportionately large portion of their traffic from Linux, BSD, Mac OS or even non-Internet Explorer Windows users, will not appear as popular as they really are. On top of this, the Alexa toolbar and service are only available in English. In addition, the web presence of many of these websites is not nearly as important to them as other publication/distribution channels (CD ROMs or storefronts, for example). It's just for fun, folks!

Background info: "What is Alexa Ranking?", Using Your Alexa Toolbar Wisely: Assessing Traffic Ranking

According to Alexa.com...

Wikipedia.org is more popular than (input the domain name into the "Compare Sites" field here;

  • Britannica.com (website | graph) - since June 2003
  • Encyclopedia.com (website | graph) - since April 2003
  • Bartleby.com (website | graph) - since July 2003
  • Infoplease.com (website | graph) - since July 2003
  • 4Reference.com (website | graph) - since February 2003 or longer
  • Open-site.org (website | graph) - since December 2002 or longer
  • Onelook.com (website | graph) - since February 2003
  • HistoryChannel.com (website | graph) - since March 2003
  • Mathworld.Wolfram.com (website | graph) and Scienceworld.Wolfram.com (website | graph) - since December 2002 or longer (but not in January 2003)
  • NPR.org (website | graph) - since July 2003 (reliably since August)
  • www.arxiv.org (website | graph) - since December 2002 or longer
  • Everything2.com* (website | graph) - since December 2002 or longer
  • Kuro5hin.org* (website | graph) - since December 2002 or longer
  • Beliefnet.com (website | graph) - since March 2003 (but equal in June 2003)
  • Linux.org* (website | graph) - since December 2002 or longer (but not in January 2003)
  • Linux.com* (website | graph) - since December 2002 or longer
  • Pepsi.com (website | graph) - since December 2002 or longer (but not in January 2003)
  • CocaCola.com (website | graph) - since February 2003
  • GNU.org* (website | graph) - since March 2003
  • Oreilly.com* (website | graph) - since December 2002 or longer (but not in January 2003)
  • Netcraft.com* (website | graph) - since February/March 2003
  • Heise.de* (large German news site) (website | graph) - since June 2003
  • OpenOffice.org* (website | graph) - since December 2002 or longer
  • Freshmeat.net* (website | graph) - since March 2003 (reliably since May)
  • MySQL.com* (website | graph) - since August 2003
  • Debian.org* (website | graph) - since December 2002 or longer
  • Redhat.com* (website | graph) - since July 2003
  • Nupedia.org (website | graph) - since (long) before December 2002
  • Bomis.com (don't tell Jimbo!) (website | graph) - since August 2003
  • SomethingAwful.com (website | graph) - since May 2003 (reliably since July)
  • StraightDope.com (website | graph) - since December 2002 or longer
  • Anandtech.com (website | graph) - since medio August 2003
  • TomsHardware.com* (website | graph) - since late August 2003
  • Space.com (website | graph) - since May 2003 (but space.com temporarily overtook in late August)
  • Sex.com (website | graph) - since late August 2003
  • WhiteHouse.gov (website | graph) - since late July 2003
  • Palm.com (website | graph) - since medio August 2003
  • Kodak.com (website | graph) - since late August 2003
  • ....

Please add more widely-recognized websites to this list.

Barely overtaken

These listings are still unstable and the sites listed may overtake wikipedia.org periodically

Websites we seem to be on a trend to pass in the foreseeable future

* Websites that are probably more popular than their Alexa rankings indicate because a disproportionate amount of their traffic likely comes from web users that cannot install the Alexa toolbar (non Windows/Internet Explorer users) or are not likely to install the toolbar (non-English speaking users and people concerned about computer privacy). It should also be noted that Wikipedia.org is probably more popular than its Alexa ranking indicates since half of all Wikipedia articles are in languages other than English.

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