Popular websites started outside the US?

Tomshardware.com started in Germany.

Albinoblacksheep.com is Canadian
Weebl’s Stuff is British

The answer is YouPorn.com, which is based in Germany (allegedly). It ranks #74 on the list of most visited sites from the US. The only foreign-based site higher on the list is bbc.co.uk, which is #68 but disqualified by the OP.

::golf clap::

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.

Cricinfo. Started in the UK.