Google lost its number 1 position. In 2020, the American giant, which includes the search engine as well as its many variations (such as Gmail, Maps, etc.), ranked at the top of the list of the most popular domain names. wanted in the world. This year, another site finally came to steal its number 1 spot, as unthinkable as it may seem...

Google dethroned!

Google is now the second most visited site in the world. According to Cloudflare, the search engine would have been defeated by the former seventh-ranked, which would have made a meteoric breakthrough in statistics in 2021.

This year, the domain name Google would have been overtaken by one of the applications of the moment, particularly popular among young people: TikTok. Surely you already know this social network, but for those who are not yet up to date, it is a strong and addictive concept that allows you to share and watch short videos.

TikTok crushes everything in its path

Despite its international success, TikTok would have managed to overtake Google from the second half of the year. The social network would have managed to stand out, compared to its competitor, only last August. Of course, this in no way takes away from its incredible performance.

Since September, the TikTok domain name has reportedly welcomed more than a billion users. Among them, there would be mainly young people from generation Z, who would get lost for hours in the pharaminous content offered by the Chinese application.

For the more curious among you, here is the rest of the ranking of the most visited sites according to Cloudflare. You will be able to see that TikTok has crushed absolutely every big internet behemoth. From Facebook to Amazon, via Netflix or YouTube...

1. TikTok.com
2. Google.com
3. facebook.com
4. Microsoft.com
5. Apple.com
6. Amazon.com
7. Netflix.com
8. youtube.com
9. Twitter.com
10. Whatsapp.com

If the TikTok application often makes the headlines because of its many controversies, we cannot deny its great success. Surpassing Google seems to bode well for the future, although only the future will be able to tell us what will happen to this amazing concept that unleashes passions. In the meantime, find out how a 16-year-old girl was saved thanks to a viral TikTok.