Highlights. Amazon is the world’s most popular online retailer, counting 4.49 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 506.0 million visits in one month.
  • 86.6% of Amazon.com’s global search traffic comes from the United States.
  • Apple has the most-visited website among consumer brands worldwide with 719.4 million monthly visits.
Most Popular Online Stores Worldwide
Domain Monthly Visits
(in millions)
Monthly Search Traffic
(in millions)
Amazon* 4,487.6 1,265.6
aliexpress.com 623.4 49.7
walmart.com 506.0 106.0
ebay.com 502.4 56.4
etsy.com 332.5 70.7
samsung.com 326.2 73.6
shein.com 260.6 92.6
ozon.ru 255.6 19.6
ikea.com 186.3 105.1
mercadolivre.com.br 183.9 82.7

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

Most Popular Online Retailers

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

  • Amazon.com receives 2.33 billion website visits per month and 609.0 million search visits.
  • With an average of 506.0 million monthly global visits, Walmart has the most popular website among traditional brick-and-mortar retailers. 
  • Walmart gets 106.0 million monthly search visits; 102.5 million, or 96.7% 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 623.4 million average monthly visits.
  • The most popular business-to-business retailer website outside the U.S. is Brazil-based Mercado Libre, which has 183.9 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 1,920.0 545.2
walmart.com 468.0 102.5
ebay.com 371.0 46.4
homedepot.com 181.8 58.2
etsy.com 177.0 37.5
target.com 163.2 48.1
lowes.com 108.8 28.0
cvs.com 97.2 20.5
bestbuy.com 88.6 16.2
samsung.com 88.4 9.39

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 23.3% between 2021 and 2026.
  • Amazon.com monthly web traffic increased 4.86% from 2021 to 2026
  • 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 and Costco increased website traffic compared to 2026
  • The number of visits to Costco.com increased by 1.49%.
  • eBay had the largest decline in web traffic among top retailers between 2021 and 2026, down 43.3%.

*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 419.0 million monthly search visits.
  • 103.2 million or 24.6% 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.
  • 17.1% of the 419.0 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 142.7 million monthly search visits, 19.1% of which are from the United States.
  • Nike’s average monthly search traffic is 62.9 million; 32.4% of nike.com’s search traffic comes from the U.S.
  • Disney’s go.com receives 15.8 million search visits in an average month, 87.3% of which are from the U.S.

Grouped Bar Graph: Top U.S. Retailers Website Traffic Growth, change in monthly visits from 2021 to 2026 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 1.60 domestic monthly search visits per capita.
  • The average consumer in the United Kingdom searches for amazon.co.uk 1.34 times monthly, while the average German searches for amazon.de 1.00 times monthly. 
  • Among Amazon’s many domains outside the United States, amazon.in is the most searched overall, and amazon.de is the highest earner.
  • 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 2,330.0 $716.92
amazon.com (U.S. only) 1,920.0 $489.66
amazon.de 435.4 $45.90
amazon.co.jp 388.1 $30.69
amazon.in 276.1 $32.88†
amazon.co.uk 227.9 $43.21
amazon.it 201.4 $18.22†
amazon.es 172.9 $11.42†
amazon.ca 168.9 $15.02†
amazon.fr 168.0 $15.72†
amazon.com.br 119.0 $14.20†

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 9.10 billion global monthly visits, which is 6.77 billion or 291% 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 6.08 billion monthly search visits, which is 3.02 billion or 33.2% fewer than Facebook
  • 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