Here is my guide to the global Internet.
Note 1: This blog is written in early 2025. Things might change in the future. I don't speak or understand Japanese, Korean, Persian, Czech. I only speak Chinese(native), English(near-native), Russian(intermediate), German(beginner) at the moment, so this table may be limited.
Note 2: Many US services are also (sadly) dominant globally. I am only listing services owned/originated from the country. "/" entries indicate no known local dominant player. The 'Other' column also includes prominent open-source alternatives.
| US | China | Russia | Germany | Japan | Korea | Other | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Search | Google, Bing | 百度,搜狗 | Yandex | / | Yahoo | Naver | Seznam(Czech) |
| Video | YouTube, Twitch | Bilibili | Vk Video, Rutube | / | Niconico | SOOP, Naver TV, Kakao TV | Aparat(Iran), Stream.cz(Czech), PeerTube(Open-source) |
| Shorts | YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels | 抖音, Tiktok,快手, 微信视频号 | Vk Clip, Yappy | / | Line Voom | Naver TV clips | Likee(Singapore) |
| Chat | Whatsapp, Discord, Facebook Messenger, Signal | 微信, QQ | Telegram(in Dubai now), Vk Messenger, Max | / | Line | KakaoTalk | Viber(Cyprus), Matrix(Open-source) |
| Social Media | X, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky, Tumblr | 微博,小红书 | Vk, Ok | / | Mixi | BAND | Mastodon(Open-source), Eitaa (Iran) |
| Jobs | BOSS 直聘 | HeadHunter | Rikunabi | Saramin | Volnamista(Czech) | ||
| Forums/Q&A | Reddit, Quora, Hacker News | 知乎,贴吧 | Pikabu, Ответы Mail | ||||
| Gutefrage | Chiebukuro, 2channel | DCinside | Jeuxvideo(France), Lemmy(Open-source) | ||||
| Movies | IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes | 豆瓣电影 | Kinopoisk | / | Watcha | Naver Movie | AlloCine(France) |
| Blogging | Medium, Substack | 微信公众号, 知乎专栏,CSDN | Dzen, Habr | / | Note.com | Naver Blog, Daum Cafe | Ghost(Open-source), Wordpress(Open-source) |
| Shopping | Amazon, eBay | 京东,淘宝,拼多多 | Ozon, Wildberries | Zalando | Rakuten | Coupang | / |
| Money | Paypal, Google Pay | 微信,支付宝 | SberPay | / | Line Pay | Naver Pay, Kakao Pay | / |
| Maps | Google Maps, Apple Maps | 高德地图, 百度地图 | Yandex Maps, 2gis | Here Maps | Yahoo! Japan Maps | Naver Map | Mapy.cz(Czech), Mappy(France), OpenStreetMap(Open-source) |
| News | ABC, CNN, Fox, MSNBC | 央视, CGTN, SCMP | Первый, Россия 1, RT | DW, ARD, ZDF | NHK World | MBC | BBC(UK), TRT World(Turkey), Sky News(UK), Sky News Australia(Australia), France 24(France), Al Jazeera(Qatar) |
| Sports | ESPN, NBC | CCTV5 | Match TV | Kicker | NHK Sports | Naver Sports, Daum Sports | Sport.cz (Czech), Varzesh3(Iran) |
| Gmail, Outlook, iCloud | 163 | Yandex Mail, Mail.ru | GMX | Yahoo Mail | Naver Mail | Proton(Switzerland), Seznam Mail(Czech) | |
| Mobile | Google Play, Apple Appstore | 应用宝,华为应用市场 | Rustore | / | / | Galaxy Store | Cafe Bazaar(Iran), F-Droid (Open-source) |
| Cloud | AWS, Azure, GCP, Cloudflare | 阿里云,腾讯云,华为云 | Yandex Cloud, Selectel, Timeweb, DDOS Guard | Ionos, Hetzner | NTT, Fujitsu | Naver, Kakao, Samsung | Upcloud(Finland), OVH(France) |
| Mobile Provider | AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile | 中国移动, 中国联通, 中国电信 | МТС, МегаФон, Билайн | Deutsche Telekom | NTT Docomo, SoftBank, KDDI | SK Telecom, KT, LG U+ | Orange(France), MTN Irancell(Iran) |
| Translation | Google Translate, Bing Translate | 百度翻译 | Yandex Translate | ||||
| DeepL | / | Naver Papago | Seznam Slovník(Czech) | ||||
| LLM | Google Gemini, ChatGPT, Grok, Claude | DeepSeek, Qwen | Gigachat, Yandex Alice | / | / | / | Mistral AI(France) |
| Literature | Goodreads | 豆瓣读书 | Livelib, Яндекс книгу | LovelyBooks | Bookmeter | Aladin | / |
| Git | Github | Gitee | Gitflic | / | / | / | Gitlab(Open-source) |
| Wiki | Wikipedia | 百度百科 | Ruwiki | / | / | Namu | EcuRed (Cuba) |
| Archive | Internet Archive | / | / | / | / | / | archive.today(Czech) |