Alexa: YouTube Beats Facebook To Hold World’s 2nd Rank

YouTube beats Facebook(FB) holding 2nd World ranking on the internet according to alexa.com. YouTube is now holding 2nd position after Google(GOOG). Facebook(FB) was holding the No. 2 position for very long time. Alexa rank is updated almost every day, due to which it is expected to see more changes in coming days.

The giant Google(NASDAQ: GOOG) is ruling the no. 1 position for years and Google(GOOG) is still at position 1 in the competition. Ton’s of big sites coming in the competition the competition is increasing very fast every minute on the internet. There are many sites popping up in the competition and many sites moving down in the competition as well.

It is expected to see more changes in coming days. Internet users now have so many options that it has become impossible to control anyone to stay on the site for a longer period until the site is based on users interest.

YouTube vs Facebook:

YouTube is very fast-growing video streaming website, because of their user-friendly videos and features they are growing faster. Millions of YouTube channel owners are making huge money from YouTube, which is a big plus point for YouTube. Now, YouTube is making money making options to channel owners. It is one of the key reason why YouTube is one of the most successful sites today.

There are lots of popular videos which is owned by certain channels and YouTube has not only earned users and channel owners. YouTube has become one of the media to share anything among the internet users. On another hand, Facebook(FB) is limited to social connectivity, allowing peoples to get connected with each other.

Comparing Facebook(FB) with YouTube will be unfair as both of them are based on different niche. But the according to the metrics of Alexa Facebook(FB) is now the 3rd popular site in the world.

Top 20 Alexa ranking Sites on 3rd April 2016:

1. Google.com
2. YouTube.com
3. Facebook.com
4. Baidu.com
5. Yahoo.com
6. Amazon.com
7. Wikipedia.org
8. Qq.com
9. Google.co.in
10. Twitter.com
11. Live.com
12. Taobao.com
13. Msn.com
14. Sina.com.cn
15. Yahoo.co.jp
16. Google.co.jp
17. Linkedin.com
18. Weibo.com
19. Bing.com
20. Yandex.ru