When China Mobile overtook Vodafone as the biggest mobile phone company in the world last week we started thinking about which companies had the biggest websites. There are a variety of mobile & cell phone sites on the web from handset manufacturers, networks and retailers to news, reviews and forum sites and its often hard to pick out which have the most influence and the largest user base.
In this study we have picked the top 50 websites in terms of visibility for key phrases on various search engines and conducted some research into their traffic figures. If your favourite site is not listed please let us know and the table will be updated. Traffic analysis was conducted using the Alexa rankings. Alexa data is not 100% accurate but for websites with a rank of less than 100,000 it is generally regarded as a very good indication of relative traffic.
The data is very interesting especially for the retailers who no doubt have spotted the rankings of their competitors and are either very pleased or disappointed with how they are placed. China Mobile seems to have cemented its number 1 position ahead of all the usual major players. Orange.co.uk has seen a large traffic jump recently after it merged with Wanadoo and started offering broadband services in the UK.
Phonescoop leads the news sites in 10th place but it’s a surprise to see vodafone.com down in 24th spot – the regional variations are clearly getting most of their traffic.
The traffic ranking figures in the table relate to the position that the site holds in relation to all other sites on the web. You can see the top 500 sites as a guide, Yahoo, MSN and Google are the top 3.
Update: thanks for pointing out a few extra sites. The list now has 69 entries………
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Maybe do the top 100 next time.
The graph looks great. Interesting to see how much Orange has caught up recently.
A submission for your review of top mobile phone sites. Textually.org is the entry point of three weblogs devoted to cell phones and mobile content, focusing on text messaging. Ranks 1,214 in Technorati.
Thanks Emily, we have updated the list.
What about mobile9.com? They rank roughly 1000 in alexa.
Hi Jason, we have not included any ringtone/downloads sites in the rankings this time. However if we do the list again I will try to include them.
You should recheck the ranks. Chinamobile has now 200 and cingular 606.
Wow, great to see some .ca’s in that list!
Kewl! I just happen to be in the market for a new cell phone and I will visit several sites that made this list. I like the Nokia N73. If I don’t go with a Razr, then the N73 will probably be the winner.
Great list of mobile phone websites.
Great list. Some of the sites are surprise entries. I only wish you could update this regularly, maybe, once every 3 months.
Great! The page is very informative and It has many useful links in mobile industry. Good work keep it up.
The information is good. keep the good work.
I am getting my new phone by the summer and the RAZR looks to be what I will choose. With Bluetooth, of course!
Great Idea – Something our site can aspire to lol
Thats for this is good to see who else is in business
Good work! It has many useful links in mobile industry. I am working hard to see my website on this page..
Great! The page is very informative and It has many useful links in mobile industry. Good work keep it up.
here i found a lot of information. Keep it up
Wow now the buyers will have plenty of options to choose from to get a mobile phone……..hurray.
I thought Gsmarena was the biggest, but nice list
I want information about iPhone making waves in the market and latest model launch by Nokia for the same.\r\n\r\nYou have a nice collection .
Interesting and useful post thanks.
I didn’t see one of my favourites, Mobile88 in the list. Mobile88 provides informative news and reviews before buying a new phone.
I want a cellphone.
something like n95,but cheaper!!:-D
would u help me???!!!
This list is great. All the site included in this list are nice and best. But i think some good sites should be in this list like :http://www.mobiles.co.uk/ , http://www.mobilephonesuk.org.uk/
Don’t forget us at Mobile Industry Review (incorporating SMS Text News) at http://www.smstextnews.com. We’re about 90k in Alexa!
I’d also ask why GSM phones aren’t there.
Excellent list to find phone sites
Great article
Thanks for the info !