Highlights. Amazon is the world’s most popular online retailer, counting 4.81 billion website visits in one month.

  • Amazon is the world’s highest-grossing online marketplace retailer with $716.9 billion in global revenue in 2025.
  • Walmart has the most-visited website among traditional retailers with 503.9 million visits in one month.
  • 86.2% of Amazon.com’s global search traffic comes from the United States.
  • Apple has the most-visited website among consumer brands worldwide with 735.8 million monthly visits.
Most Popular Online Stores Worldwide
Domain Monthly Visits
(in millions)
Monthly Search Traffic
(in millions)
Amazon* 4,814.9 989.0
aliexpress.com 705.9 52.3
ebay.com 532.4 53.5
walmart.com 503.9 63.5
etsy.com 395.0 46.1
samsung.com 381.4 76.8
shein.com 315.3 67.0
ikea.com 247.6 112.2
ozon.ru 221.9 32.9
trendyyol.com 197.2 86.3

*Total Amazon visits and search traffic among the Top 10 Amazon domains.

Most Popular Online Retailers

Amazon’s online traffic and online-only revenue exceeds every other retailer in the U.S. and worldwide.

  • Amazon.com receives 2.47 billion website visits per month and 417.9 million search visits.
  • With an average of 503.9 million monthly global visits, Walmart has the most popular website among traditional brick-and-mortar retailers. 
  • Walmart gets 63.5 million monthly search visits; 61.4 million, or 96.8% of monthly search visits, come from the United States.
  • Amazon’s 2025 fiscal year revenue exceeded Walmart’s by $42.4 billion or 6.28%.
  • Outside of U.S. marketplaces, China’s Aliexpress is the most popular online store worldwide with 705.9 million average monthly visits.
  • The most popular business-to-business retailer website outside the U.S. is Brazil-based Mercado Libre, which has 195.1 million average monthly search visits.
Most Popular Online Retailers in the United States by Search Visits
Domain U.S. Monthly Search Visits
(in millions)
U.S. Monthly Search Traffic
(in millions)
amazon.com 2,053.2 360.0
walmart.com 477.4 61.4
ebay.com 393.7 45.5
etsy.com 205.9 22.3
target.com 168.7 37.8
homedepot.com 163.1 43.1
cvs.com 118.4 14.0
bestbuy.com 100.0 18.0
samsung.com 94.3 9.5
lowes.com 91.9 21.2

Among the most popular U.S. online retailers, Walmart has seen the highest percentage of web traffic growth.

  • Global monthly web traffic for Walmart.com increased 22.8% between 2021 and 2025.
  • Amazon.com monthly web traffic increased 0.88% from 2021 to 2025. 
  • From 2024 to 2025, Amazon’s corporate revenue increased by 12.4%. 
  • Walmart’s corporate revenue increased 4.96% year-over year. 
  • Of the Top 10 U.S. online retailers in 2021, only Walmart, Amazon, Costco, and Etsy increased website traffic compared to 2025. 
  • The number of visits to Costco.com increased 1.30%, and Etsy increased visits by 0.77%.
  • eBay had the largest decline in web traffic among top retailers between 2021 and 2025, down 39.9%.

*Corporate revenue figures include offline sales as applicable.

Grouped Bar Graph: Retailers with Most-Visited Websites by Global & U.S. monthly visits in millions according to Semrush

Most Popular Online Consumer Brands

Brands like Microsoft, Disney, Apple, and Nike host online stores to sell directly to consumers.

  • Apple is the most-searched online consumer brand with 420.6 million monthly search visits.
  • 94.9 million or 22.6% of Apple’s monthly search traffic comes from the United States.
  • Apple’s revenue for its latest complete fiscal year (FY 2025) is $416.2 billion.
  • $151.8 billion or 36.5% of Apple’s revenue comes from the United States.
  • 15.0% of the 298.1 million global monthly search visits to Microsoft.com come from the United States.
  • In FY 2025, Microsoft’s total revenue was $281.7 billion.
  • $144.5 billion or 51.3% of Microsoft’s revenue came from the United States.
  • Adobe’s website receives 128.2 million monthly search visits, 22.1% of which are from the United States.
  • Nike’s average monthly search traffic is 57.2 million; 30.2% of nike.com’s search traffic comes from the U.S.
  • Disney’s go.com receives 21.5 million search visits in an average month, 86.1% of which are from the U.S.

Grouped Bar Graph: Top U.S. Retailers Website Traffic Growth, change in monthly visits from 2021 to 2025 according to Semrush & Statista

Most Popular Amazon Stores

A majority of Amazon’s web traffic and revenue comes from the United States.

  • Amazon is most-searched among consumers in the U.S.; amazon.com averages 1.06 domestic monthly search visits per capita.
  • The average consumer in the United Kingdom searches for amazon.co.uk 1.07 times monthly, while the average German searches for amazon.de 1.01 times monthly. 
  • Among Amazon’s many domains, the most-searched for and highest-earning outside the United States is amazon.de.
  • Among domestic populations, Amazon is least-searched for in India; amazon.in receives an average of 0.08 monthly search visits per capita.
Most Popular Amazon Domains Worldwide
Domain Monthly Visits
(in millions)
Annual Revenue
(in billions)
amazon.com 2,470.5 $716.9
amazon.com (U.S. only) 2,053.2 $489.7
amazon.co.jp 494.6 $30.7
amazon.de 415.2 $45.9
amazon.co.uk 316.7 $43.2
amazon.in 241.2 $32.9†
amazon.it 216.3 $18.2†
amazon.fr 186.6 $15.7†
amazon.es 173.2 $11.4†
amazon.ca 169.4 $15.0†
amazon.com.br 131.3 $14.2†

Estimates based on SEC Filings and Semrush Visitor Counts

Most Popular Online Social Marketplaces

Facebook and Instagram host online marketplaces for third-party sellers to connect directly with consumers.

  • Facebook.com receives 9.49 billion global monthly visits, which is 7.02 billion or 284% more than Amazon.com.
  • 39% of Facebook users make purchases through the platform.
  • Facebook has 3.07 billion active users; 197.6 million live in the United States.
  • The largest share of Facebook users (13.1%) live in India; 6.44% live in the U.S.
  • Instagram.com receives 6.10 billion monthly search visits, which is 3.38 billion or 35.6% fewer than Instagram. 
  • 29% of Instagram users make purchases through the platform.
  • Instagram has 3.0 billion active users; 181.8 million are in the United States.
  • The largest share of Instagram users (16.0%) live in India; 6.06% live in the U.S.

These data and insights were compiled by the Capital One Shopping team based on publicly available data.

Sources

  1. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Corporate Filings
  2. Ahrefs
  3. Semrush, Top Websites
  4. The World Bank, Data: Population
  5. Sprout Social, Instagram Statistics
  6. Statista, Internet