15 most influential websites, Time Magazine.

[LiiLoSNK]

No porn sites?

Ok, Time.

[Aeula]

Where’s MMO Champion?

Fake list.
Fake news.

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Also no Twitter? The POTUS’ most used website?

[Paula Deen]

4chan just won an election and it isn't on the list? Aight.

[Lahis]

Google, Wikipedia, Facebook in the top 5 was obvious. Cern but no US government sites seems wierd. Don't even know all the others. Lack of chinese sides at least strange.

US government sites matters only to US. Most of the sites listed have worldwide importance.

[Zan15]

More than two decades old, The Drudge Report hits a new traffic high. It's an astonishing feat of longevity. ... For the first time, The Drudge Report moved into second place on Similar Web's top U.S. Media Publisher rankings, placing just behind MSN.com with about 1.47 billion page view for the month of July.Aug 15, 2016

You would think MSN.com would be there.

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He's just a hacker not a webpage.

not even sure why drudge is on there? who does he influence by posting stories written and published by everyone else??

i mean he has next to 0 actual created content, just links to everyone else who will be doing the influencing.



and the fact they have no Chinese sites on there shows the bias in this report.


if we are talking about the last 25 years an the influence there is no way you cannot include sites like AOL/prodigy/compuserve. almost all these sites are as of a result of what these 3 made mainstream 20-25 years ago.

Also Napster proved both file sharing and music streaming/playing over the web can be a thing.

Guess maybe they were shooting for things still around which really should not even be a criteria if you are talking about influences on modern things

[Lahis]

Drudge report has worldwide importance?

I said most of them have worldwide importance. I have no idea why Drudge Report even is on the list.

[Dezerte]

Fake news, where is pornhub?

Seriously.

[Darknessvamp]

I think this list is less about the most influential websites and more about the most memorable/prolifically used by normal folks in the US (with some bias I'm guessing). I mean google, wikipedia, reddit and facebook all seem to fit the requirements but yahoo, craigslist, eBay(?????), match.com and the first website by cern are all weird choices that don't. Also wtf is Pandora?

[Splenda]

Tbh I feel like Twitter should be on the list, esp with the president spilling on it daily.

[Rudkobing]

Yahoo should not be on this list. It hasn't been relevant for a decade or two.

[Fencers]

Surprised by Craigslist. I thought that site went the way of the Dodo. I haven used it in years and do not know anyone who has used it in a long time. No one I know ever talks about it or mentions Craigslist. Mos people I converse with personally talk about Facebook, Google and Reddit every day though. Facebook without a doubt is the #1 topic conversation w/r/t something outside their own life.

[satimy]

4chan was more influential than reddit

[unbound]

Hard to disagree with the list. Just because most of those aren't all that influential to me doesn't mean that they aren't very influential to the masses.

And it certainly helps explain why there is so much stupidity and stupid arguments lately...

[melodramocracy]

Pandora is a quizzical one, given their own music approval scheme. I'd have actually put Napster there instead for its (relative) historical impact, or Spotify for current use.

Twitter, as completely shitty as it is in its design, should also be on this list somewhere.

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Surprised by Craigslist. I thought that site went the way of the Dodo. I haven used it in years and do not know anyone who has used it in a long time. No one I know ever talks about it or mentions Craigslist. Mos people I converse with personally talk about Facebook, Google and Reddit every day though. Facebook without a doubt is the #1 topic conversation w/r/t something outside their own life.

Sort of agree, CL is a fairly specific tool, with a far more limiting scope than something like eBay. Still, if / when there's something I want to sell, CL is the first place I post it. No fees, no nonsense, local cash sale in almost all cases. The downside is limited audience if you're trying to get rid of something very particular.

[Nnyco]

lack of 4chan just proves this list is full of bullshit

[Nellise]

I'd have actually put Napster there instead for its (relative) historical impact

But was Napster a website? I always remember using it as an application for file sharing. It used the web for sure, but I don't think it was a website like these others.

As far as CraigsList, it's important just for showing that user to user interactions are possible. It kind of paved the way for Uber, Airbnb, and other sharing type services as a valid businesses.

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no pornhub?

[melodramocracy]

But was Napster a website? I always remember using it as an application for file sharing. It used the web for sure, but I don't think it was a website like these others.

As far as CraigsList, it's important just for showing that user to user interactions are possible. It kind of paved the way for Uber, Airbnb, and other sharing type services as a valid businesses.

Good point. Completely forgot that it was it's own little app.

[Nasuuna]

I said most of them have worldwide importance. I have no idea why Drudge Report even is on the list.

its rapidly growing and has already overtaken basically every other news source

[KrotosTheTank]

It's obviously a list from americans, for americans. "15 most influential" where only 90% US sites can compete. Same with the "World cup" where only american teams can participate. It's adorable, but the rest of the world views it more as a participation award.

You may want to edit your post, considering the "world series" is probably what you meant. Your mistype is especially ironic, considering the US failing to qualify for the World Cup for the first time in over 30 years.