Which foreign and Nigerian websites are the most popular with Nigerians? We have the answer, thanks to the research and analysis made by SimilarWeb tech company.
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Thanks to SimilarWeb websites ranking, we fleshed out an accurate picture of Nigerians’ interests
The number of informative and entertainment-oriented Nigerian websites and portals is on the increase, as is the quality of reporting. Having enough technology companies offering their services to calculate and analyze user engagement statistics of this or that site, it is rather easy to flesh out a ranking based on sites’ popularity.
SimilarWebis a five-year-old London-based information technology company providing services in web analytics, data mining and business intelligence. The team measures online behavior worldwide and generates marketing insights for international corporations.
Below you may find the top-8 of Nigerian websites popular in Nigeria, according to SimilarWeb.
1. Naij.com– a Nigerian portal for news and entertainment from Nigeria and all over the world (8th overall position on SimilarWeb ranking, 1st among Nigerian websites).
2. Guaranty Trust Bank, a Lagos, Victoria Island-based Nigerian bank (11th overall position on SimilarWeb ranking, 2ndamong Nigerian sites).
3. Nairaland.com – a discussion forum founded by a Nigerian. A widely-utilized platform for entertainment, technology and general discussion categories (13th overall position on SimilarWeb ranking, 3rd among Nigerian sites).
4. – a mega-popular Nigerian online shop for clothes and electronics (15th overall position on SimilarWeb ranking, 4th among Nigerian sites).
5. - a Nigerian online sports betting website (16thoverall position on SimilarWeb ranking, 5th among Nigerian websites).
6. Lindaikeji..com – Linda Ikeji, Nigeria’s most influential media woman, reigns in her celebrity gossip and news blog which has been restored after a temporary block by Google (19th overall position on SimilarWeb ranking, 6th among Nigerian sites).
7. Punchng.com– one of Nigeria’s oldest and widely-read newspapers with an impressive online presence (23rd overall position on SimilarWeb ranking, 7th among Nigerian websites).
8. Vanguardngr.com – an online version of Nigeria’s daily newspaper, presenting news and opinions from Nigeria and all over the world (28th overall position on SimilarWeb ranking, 8th among Nigerian sites).
It is worth mentioning that, according to SimilarWeb ranking, top-7 slots are occupied by search engines and social media platforms:
Google.com
Facebook
Google.com.ng
Yahoo.com
Youtube.com
Ask.com
Also, we would like to make honourable mentions of other websites Nigerians spend their time surfing through. This gives us a more complete, definite picture of what interests and engages us:
Twitter– an online social networking service enabling users to send and read short 140-character messages called “tweets” (9thoverall position on SimilarWeb ranking);
Linkedin– a business-oriented social networking service connecting professionals from all over the globe (10th overall position on SimilarWeb ranking);
Wikipedia– a free online “encyclopedia” which is open for anyone to edit (12th overall position on SimilarWeb ranking);
Aliexpress– an online shopping paradise, part of the China-basedAlibaba Group Holding Limited, an e-commerce company (20th overall position on SimilarWeb ranking);
XVideos– an adult website with pornographic and erotic content (25th overall position on SimilarWeb ranking);
Amazon– American-based international electronic commerce company (27th overall position on SimilarWeb ranking);
Kickass.to– a (rather illegal) community to upload and download media content (30th overall position on SimilarWeb ranking).http://www.naij.com/308565-similarwebs-ranking-of-most-visited-nigerian-websites.html