# Popular websites started outside the US?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-websites-started-outside-the-us/534362>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 30, 2010, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-websites-started-outside-the-us/534362 "2010-03-30T18:48:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![JoelUpchurch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@JoelUpchurch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoelUpchurch)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-websites-started-outside-the-us/534362/21 "2010-03-30T22:33:24Z")

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[Tomshardware.com](http://Tomshardware.com) started in Germany.

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-websites-started-outside-the-us/534362/22 "2010-03-30T22:49:09Z")

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[Albinoblacksheep.com](http://Albinoblacksheep.com) is Canadian  
Weebl’s Stuff is British

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**Author:** ![anson2995](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@anson2995](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anson2995)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-websites-started-outside-the-us/534362/23 "2010-03-31T01:53:53Z")

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The answer is [YouPorn.com](http://YouPorn.com), which is based in Germany (allegedly). It ranks #74 on the list of [most visited sites from the US](http://www.alexa.com/topsites/countries;3/US). The only foreign-based site higher on the list is [bbc.co.uk](http://bbc.co.uk), which is #68 but disqualified by the OP.

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**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-websites-started-outside-the-us/534362/24 "2010-03-31T05:31:46Z")

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> [@anson2995](#):
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> The answer is [YouPorn.com](http://YouPorn.com), which is based in Germany (allegedly). It ranks #74 on the list of [most visited sites from the US](http://www.alexa.com/topsites/countries;3/US). The only foreign-based site higher on the list is [bbc.co.uk](http://bbc.co.uk), which is #68 but disqualified by the OP.

::golf clap::

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**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-websites-started-outside-the-us/534362/25 "2010-03-31T07:36:25Z")

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> [@Bijou\_Drains](#):
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> I’m just curious about sites started outside the US that Americans use because I realized I don’t use any non-US sites (that I know of).

That’s a completely different animal, kindly do not mistake your country for the world.

Farolatino for example gets users from all over the world but they will likely speakee Spanish; at the very least, they will have an interest in music in Spanish.

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**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-websites-started-outside-the-us/534362/26 "2010-03-31T07:44:54Z")

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Cricinfo. Started in the UK.

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