The web world is vigorously growing day by day with almost unlimited websites and apps out there. Researchers suggest there are more than 1 billion websites on the internet and statistics suggest that digital population has reached some 4 billion and above. Today we will see some popular apps and websites in India that are visited by the users very often.
Even till date, there are many websites and applications being developed; these apps and websites are of many categories and also compete among each other for rankings. These websites are categorized according to demographics.
A lot goes into their web development and designing to achieve a robust product.
10 Most Popular Websites and Apps in India and World
1. GOOGLE
Search engines are an essential part of using the internet and when it comes to searching stuff on the internet this website is a part of our daily internet access.
We can also say that this thriving search engine is inevitable! It lets us search for content, images, videos and much more.
It is the most used search engine on the World Wide Web and handles almost 3+ million search requests every day.
- Developed By: This web-based search engine is developed by Google LLC which is an American multinational company that develops internet-based products and services like:
- advertising marketing
- cloud computing
- social network, etc.
- Founded by: Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1998 when they were Ph.D. students at Stanford University. Some of the other applications developed by Google are:
- Google News
- Google Pay
- Gmail
- Google Maps
- Google Analytics
- Google Ads and many more.
- Technologies Used: C/C++, Java, Python, PHP, XHP, Go, JavaScript, MariaDB, Bigtable etc.
- Users: There are approx. 4.5 million active users per month where almost 10.4% of users are from India.
- Ranking: According to Alexa Rank metrics, Google is ranked at first world wide and also in India.
- Competitors: Yahoo, Bing etc.
2. YOUTUBE
YouTube is a video sharing website where users can create their own profile, upload videos, watch, like and comment on other videos.
The videos like TV show clips, music videos, documentary films, audio recordings, movies trailers, blogs and much more is uploaded by registered users; while the unregistered users can view content.
YouTube lets users upload for free and it earns through Google’s Ads and AdSense through ads at the beginning of the video or embedded within it.
Most of the content on YouTube is for free except a few in-app purchases and also YouTube has come up with a “premium” service lately.
- Developed By: Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Kari (former PayPal employees) in February 2005.
- Google bought the site in November 2006 for US$1.65 billion; now YouTube is one of Google’s subordinate companies.
- Technologies Used: C, C++, Python, Java, Go, Bigtable, MariaDBetc.
- Users: 149 million monthly viewers of which 802% are Indians.
- Ranking: It is ranked 2nd globally and in India.
- Competitors: Vimeo, DailyMotion, twitch etc.
3. FACEBOOK
Facebook is a networking site that where users create profiles by signing up, it lets a user upload photo, video, send messages to friends or family.
There are only a few people who may not be aware of Facebook and its presence!
Now Facebook is used not only for entertainment but also for businesses to target audiences and interact with people worldwide.
- Developed By: This social media platform is developed by Facebook, Inc. which is an American social networking firm.
- Founded by Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes, all of them being belonged to the Harvard University.
- Technologies used: PHP, MySQL, C++, JavaScript, Erlang etc.
- Users: 2.2 billion monthly active users, 4.2% of which are Indian users
- Ranking: According to Alexa Rank metrics, Facebook is ranked third globally and 4 in India.
- Competitors: Twitter, Snapchat, Pinterest, etc.
4. WIKIPEDIA
Wikipedia is an online encyclopaedia that is available in various languages. It is a non-profit organization. It has community of editors who volunteer.
Wikipedia provides the largest resource for general knowledge all over the world. It is among top 20 websites in the year 2020.
- Developed By: It is developed by two created minds namely: Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger. Also, it is owned by Wikimedia Foundation which is charitable organization in USA.
- Technologies used: LAMP Technology is being used in its development.
- Users: 3.4 billion monthly active users and 88 billion registered users
- Ranking: 13 is its global ranking and 5 in India.
- Competitors: Everpedia, Baidu Baike etc.
5. YAHOO
Yahoo is a web service-based company. It provides websites, search engine, directory, yahoo! search, yahoo! finance, Yahoo! answers and many more facilities. It is among one of the best as well as popular internet companies.
- Developed By: It was founded in the year 1994 by Jerry Yang and David Filo. It has more than 8600 employees working with it.
- Technologies used: React, redux, Node.js, PHP, react and many others.
- Users: It has more than 200 million.
- Ranking: 12 is its global ranking and 6 in India.
- Competitors: Google, Bing etc.
6. AMAZON
When it comes to online shopping Amazon is one of the leading and largest e-commerce marketplaces that provide a wide range of products to shop from. They have products in categories like home, beauty, fashion apparel, electronics, sports, etc. It is a one-stop destination for all online shoppers. Be it a small needle or a huge television Amazon delivers all! It provides genuine products with guaranteed delivery and easy returns.
- Developed By:Amazon.com was founded by Jeff Bezos on July 5, 1994, Amazon.com, Inc. is an American multinational technology company based in Seattle.
- Technologies Used:JavaScript, Java, C++, Perl, Oracle Databaseetc.
- Users:300-400 million active users
- Ranking:GloballyAmazon is ranked 10 as per Alexastatistics; it is the world’s biggest e-commerce in terms of revenue.
- Competitors:eBay, FlipKart, Snapdeal, WallMartetc
7. INDIATIMES
IndiaTimes is an English medium daily newspaper website that is surfed the most in India. It is owned by The Times Group. It focuses on providing the following facilities publishing, radio, fm, entertainment, web portal etc.
- Developed By: It was founded in the year 1838 by Indu Jain, Samir Jain and Raju Jain.
- Technologies Used: PHP, AngularJS.
- Users: It has more than 26 million users in India daily.
- Ranking: 99 is its global ranking and 8 in India.
- Competitors: NDTV, Indiatoday livemint.com etc.
8. PRIMEVIDEO
Prime Video is Amazon product. which provides online streaming of videos. It offers TV shows, movies, web series and films in various languages. One needs to take subscription in order to access its facilities.
- Developed By: It was founded in the year 2006 by developers of amazon.
- Technologies Used: AWS i.e. Amazon Web Services Cloud
- Users: It has more than 12 million users in India.
- Ranking: 121 is its global ranking and 10 in India.
- Competitors: Hotstar, ZeeTV, Netflix etc.
9. NETFLIX
Netflix is a paid online streaming service provider. It has enormous films as well as web series. It is a member of MPA i.e., motion Picture Association. In has offices in not only USA but also in Brazil, India, Japan, Netherland and South Korea. It initially started with a business of DVD and rental emails.
- Developed By: It was founded in the year 1997 by developers of Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph.
- Technologies Used: AWS i.e. Amazon Web Services Cloud
- Users: It has more than 2 million users in India.
- Ranking: 20 is its global ranking and 11 in India.
- Competitors: Hotstar, ZeeTV, PrimeVideo etc.
10. BLOGSPOT
Blogspot is platform to publish blogs and is owned by Google. Here you can publish the blogs for free. It is similar to WordPress and is a very reliable Content Management System. It is of great help to provide suitable information. Also, many people have started earning through it.
- Developed By: It was founded in the year 1997 by developers of Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph.
- Technologies Used: Python
- Users: It has more than 1 million users in India.
- Ranking: 211 is its global ranking and 63 in India.
- Competitors: WordPress, bp.blogspot, Tumblr etc.
10 Most Popular Applications in India are:
1. WHATSAPP
This one’s no brainier. This is an app that replaced the traditional messaging services provided by your operator to quite an extent. Almost every Smartphone user with a data plan will have this app installed. It allows exchanging not only text messages but also images, videos, documents, etc. Here you can create groups and broadcast messages and even a video call.
- Developed By:Founded in 2009 by Brian Acton & Jan Koum, ex-employees of Yahoo!, later Facebook acquired WhatsApp in 2014.
- Technologies Used:Ejabberd (XMPP), ERLANG
- Users:1.5 billion users access WhatsApp monthly, of which 200 million users are Indians.
- Ranking: It Is ranked 4 on the google play store in India.
- Competitors:Viber, WeChat, Skype, etc.
2. PAYTM
After demonetization and the concept if digital India, the use of digital platforms like Paytm to send & receive money have soared! Almost every other person uses this app to transfer either small or big amounts. It is called a “digital wallet”. Apart from just sending or receiving money to users it also allows for recharging your phones, paying for electricity, gas, water bills and also for online shopping! Be it a street vendor or a businessman or a college student all make use of this app.
- Developed By:Founded by Vijay Shekhar Sharma in the year 2010. One97 Communications Ltd. is Paytm’s parent company
- Technologies Used:JavaScript, Markup language, Character Encoding, Zendesk, etc.
- Users:Paytm has 300 million registered users of which 80 million are active users.
- Competitors:FreeCharge, PayPal, MobiQwiketc
3. INSTAGRAM
Instagram is a widely used American application which is used to upload photos as well as video. It is owned by Facebook. It is available for both android as well as iOS. The things that you upload can be shared publicly or can be kept as per user’s choice. It has become a business platform for many big and small businesses.
- Developed By: It is founded by Kevin Systrom as well as Mike Krieger in the year 2010 for iOS and in the year 2012 for Android systems.
- Technologies Used: Django, Ubuntu server, PostgreSQL etc.
- Users: Instagram has 26.9 million users.
- Competitors: LinkedIn, Tik Tok, Pinterest, Snapchat etc.
4. UC BROWER
UC Browser is a Chinese based application which is similar to Google Chrome. It is available on various platforms such as Android, Blackberry, iOS etc. It is the 8th mostly downloaded application on mobile phone.
- Developed By: It is developed by Singapore or China based company i.e., UCWeb which is now Alibaba Group. It is launched in the year 2004.
- Technologies Used: Cloud acceleration as well as data compression
- Users: UC Browser has more than 100 million users.
- Competitors: Google, Yahoo, Bing etc.
5. GOOGLE PAY
Google Pay is a digital wallet application that is introduced by Google. It is available for both android as well as iOS phones. It is highly reliable as well as secure. It was initially named as Tez app which was later named under this app in the year 2018. It is similar to Paytm.
- Developed By: It is developed by creative minds of Google in the year 2015.
- Technologies Used: It uses NFC i.e., Near Field Communication for making of the payments.
- Users: Google Pay has in all 55 million active users monthly.
- Competitors: Paytm, PhonePe etc.
6. HELO
Helo is a socializing application which is used for chatting, making videos, downloading images and making new friends. It is available in 14 India languages. It is easy to connect with friends and family through this application.
- Developed By: It is developed by Tik Tok company only. It is its parent company.
- Technologies Used: AI i.e. Artificial Intelligence.
- Users: Helo has approx. in all 50 million active monthly users.
- Competitors: Tik tok, Like etc.
7. FB MESSENGER
Fb Messenger is again an American based company Facebook’s application where one can chat and video call. It is developed by Facebook only. It was developed in the year 2008. It is supported by Windows 10 as well as macOS and is also available in Microsoft Store as well as App Store.
- Developed By: It is developed by Facebook only in the year 2011.
- Technologies Used: PHP, Erlang, Java, C++.
- Users: Fb Messenger has in all 2 million download every month.
- Competitors: hangout, WhatsApp etc.
8. VMATE
Vmate is a video platform where one can get HD quality copyrighted video free of cost. It first had Irrfan Khan’s movie Madaari. It can only be accessed through mobiles. Users can watch movies online as well as can download it as well. Movies can also be shared using apps such as ShareIt, Xender etc. It shows dynamic as well as trending content.
- Developed By: It is developed by UCWeb and is part of Alibaba Grp. Its owner is Zhang Yiming.
- Technologies Used: Artificial Intelligence
- Users: Vmate has in all 1 million users.
- Competitors: Tik Tok etc.
9. TIK TOK
Tik Tok a very popular Chinese application for video sharing. It focuses on making short dance videos, lip-sync, and comedy as well as talent related videos. It was merged with musical.ly in the year 2017. One can create a video of either 15 seconds or 60 seconds.
It is available in more than 150 markets worldwide. It has hit more than 1 billion downloads all over the world. Moreover, it is available in more than 40 languages.
- Developed By: Foundedby Zhang Yiming in the year 2012 and is owned by ByteDance which is a Beijing based company.
- Technologies Used: AI i.e. Artificial Intelligence
- Users: Tik tok has more than 1 billion registered users globally of which 119 million are from India.
- Competitors: Helo, Like, Triller etc.
10. HOTSTAR
In the age of internet and ease of access, we no longer need to entirely depend on cable operators to watch TV shows; HOTSTAR gives you this convenience of watching your favorite TV shows, movies, sports, and live news anytime and anyplace. It’s an Indian digital and mobile streaming platform &service which provides content online and is used by many users.
- Developed By:Launched by STAR India in 2015 and developed by MNC Accenture.
- Technologies used:Java, Go, AWS etc.
- Users:over 1 million subscribers and more than 11 million concurrent live users.
- Ranking:It is ranked 11 in India as per Alexa site information.
- Competitors:Netflix, Amazon Prime etc.
A few other popular apps
SHAREIT
We are so accustomed to faster internet connections that sometimes it may seem like forever to transfer large files over Bluetooth! ShareIt is a sharing app with the fastest cross-platform transfer speed and lets you transfer files like photos, videos, music, contacts, apps, etc. It is way faster than Bluetooth since it makes use of a shared Wi-Fi connection or a hotspot.
- Developed By:ShareIt was developed by Lenovo and was first launched in China. It’s one of the Lenovo’s DOit apps
- Users:400 million monthly active users
- Ranking:The Google play store ranks it 7 in India.
- Competitors:Xender, zapya etc.
TRUECALLER
This app has made our lives easier by showing us the actual names of people who call us! Not only it displays Caller ID’s it also lets you block spam calls and SMS. You can filter out unwanted numbers. It basically makes your calling experience smarter! All you have to do is install it on your smartphone.
- Developed By:Developed by True Software Scandinavia AB and initiated by Nami Zarringhalam and Alan Mamedi in the year of 2009.
- Users:100 million daily active users of which 65% are Indians.
- Technologies Used:JVM, Scala, DevOps etc.
- Competitors:CleverDialer, Sync.ME etc.
PUBG
One of the most raging gaming apps of this year is certainly this online multiplayer battle game. We can say that this app is more popular with India’s younger population. It stands for “PlayerUnknown’sBattleGround”. This game is a last man standing kind of a game where a player can enter the game alone or with a team and they aim to stay alive till the end thus becoming winners.
- Developed By: Developed by PUBG Corporation which is a subsidiary of a company named KRAFTON based in South Korea. The game’s concept and design were led by Brendan Greene, aka PlayerUnknown, who also developed the ARMA 2 mod DayZ: Battle Royale
- Users: The PUBG app has been downloaded 200 million times and has 30 million daily, active users
- Technologies Used: Java, Python, C#, Pearl, etc.
Summary of the blog:
With the advent of the internet and increasing websites and apps, top used websites keep changing from time to time. The most used websites in 2020 may be totally different from the sites we are using today! Rankings also vary on the usability of a website or app, the number of visitors per month and what keeps them engaged! Websites like Alexa maintain rankings of different websites and also the percentage of their use demographically worldwide.
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