The Most Popular Websites From 1993 To 2022

An animated graphic by James Eagle shows the most popular websites from 1993 to 2022, with Google currently at the top.

The internet has developed at a mind-boggling rate during the past three decades.

Less than 200 websites were accessible on the World Wide Web in 1993. By the year 2022, that number had increased to 2 billion.

This animated graphic by James Eagle, which shows the most popular websites from 1993 until 2022, offers a historical perspective on the development of the internet.

The 90s to Early 2000s: Dial-Up Internet

The proto-internet was accessible as early as the 1970s, but dial-up modems allowed for the development of the more user-friendly and generally accessible form of the internet that we know today.

Users of dial-up had access to the internet via a modem that was plugged into a working phone line. Prodigy and CompuServe were just two of the many interne...

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