Is Twitter or YouTube bigger?

Twitter has more websites in our catalog: 230,140 are Twitter and 211,986 are YouTube.

Which has higher-authority sites, Twitter or YouTube?

Twitter has the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (Twitter: 38, YouTube: 36).

How many sites are in both Twitter and YouTube?

115,851 websites in our catalog match both.

Where does this data come from?

Counts come from Site Stats Database's own crawl and classification; Domain Rating comes from Ahrefs and traffic from DataForSEO. Figures reflect the sites we track and refresh at least monthly.

Twitter vs YouTube — Site Stats Database

Twitter vs YouTube

A side-by-side comparison of two social platforms, based on the 481,365 sites Site Stats Database tracks in this dimension.

Last updated July 1, 2026

Metric	Twitter	YouTube
Websites	230,140	211,986
Market share	48%	44%
Rank	#3	#4
Median DR	38

Average DR	39	38

Median keywords	1,282	1,190

Median referring domains	694	594

Median domain age	15 yrs	15 yrs

Average domain age	16 yrs	16 yrs

Combined monthly traffic	36,084,769,619	27,379,850,625

Average monthly traffic	156,795	129,159

merriam-webster.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)91
Total Keywords4,579,269
Referring Domains240,838
Domain Age27 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,467,281,883
Traffic Trend
Social platformTwitter
yahoo.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)94
Total Keywords23,561,825
Referring Domains2,118,636
Domain Age31 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)639,658,909
Traffic Trend
Social platformTwitter
weather.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)90
Total Keywords1,156,559
Referring Domains130,903
Domain Age31 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)560,457,254
Traffic Trend
Social platformTwitter
clevelandclinic.org
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)92
Total Keywords5,266,698
Referring Domains262,751
Domain Age28 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)536,244,433
Traffic Trend
Social platform
britannica.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)92
Total Keywords9,553,813
Referring Domains512,902
Domain Age31 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)511,620,010
Traffic Trend
Social platformTwitter
nih.gov
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)95
Total Keywords8,823,555
Referring Domains1,431,267
Domain Age28 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)449,766,532
Traffic Trend
Social platformTwitter
x.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)97
Total Keywords15,888,487
Referring Domains4,249,759
Domain Age33 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)354,173,918
Traffic Trend
Social platformTwitter
genius.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)87
Total Keywords3,824,896
Referring Domains148,123
Domain Age31 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)274,953,050
Traffic Trend
Social platformTwitter
dictionary.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)90
Total Keywords3,387,790
Referring Domains129,246
Domain Age31 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)242,622,664
Traffic Trend
Social platformTwitter
nba.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)90
Total Keywords758,560
Referring Domains186,338
Domain Age31 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)239,244,892
Traffic Trend
Social platformTwitter

Website	Language	DR (Ahrefs)	Total Keywords	Referring Domains	Domain Age	Traffic (Jun 2026)	Traffic Trend	Social platform
merriam-webster.com	English	91	4,579,269	240,838	27 yrs	1,467,281,883		Twitter

merriam-webster.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)91
Total Keywords4,579,269
Referring Domains240,838
Domain Age27 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,467,281,883
Traffic Trend
Social platformYouTube
yahoo.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)94
Total Keywords23,561,825
Referring Domains2,118,636
Domain Age31 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)639,658,909
Traffic Trend
Social platformYouTube
rottentomatoes.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)87
Total Keywords4,123,803
Referring Domains130,919
Domain Age27 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)626,896,769
Traffic Trend
Social platform
weather.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)90
Total Keywords1,156,559
Referring Domains130,903
Domain Age31 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)560,457,254
Traffic Trend
Social platformYouTube
clevelandclinic.org
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)92
Total Keywords5,266,698
Referring Domains262,751
Domain Age28 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)536,244,433
Traffic Trend
Social platform
britannica.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)92
Total Keywords9,553,813
Referring Domains512,902
Domain Age31 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)511,620,010
Traffic Trend
Social platformYouTube
nih.gov
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)95
Total Keywords8,823,555
Referring Domains1,431,267
Domain Age28 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)449,766,532
Traffic Trend
Social platformYouTube
dictionary.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)90
Total Keywords3,387,790
Referring Domains129,246
Domain Age31 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)242,622,664
Traffic Trend
Social platformYouTube
nba.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)90
Total Keywords758,560
Referring Domains186,338
Domain Age31 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)239,244,892
Traffic Trend
Social platformYouTube
healthline.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)92
Total Keywords7,041,614
Referring Domains458,961
Domain Age21 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)220,346,497
Traffic Trend
Social platformYouTube

Website	Language	DR (Ahrefs)	Total Keywords	Referring Domains	Domain Age	Traffic (Jun 2026)	Traffic Trend	Social platform
merriam-webster.com	English	91	4,579,269	240,838	27 yrs	1,467,281,883		YouTube

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