Alexa Internet Statistics for Taiwan

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From Alexa.com, the top 10 visited websites in Taiwan are:

1. Yahoo!
2. Facebook
3. 無名小站 (wretch.cc)
4. Google.tw
5. Youtube
6. Google
7. 伊莉心情車站 (eyny.com)
8. pixnet
9. Windows Live
10. gamer.com.tw

Looking at these results, the majority of the sites are some form of social networking, with Facebook, wretch.cc, and pixnet (the latter two being Taiwanese photo-sharing sites, like Flickr or Photobucket). The others are major search engines and video sharing sites like Youtube, with the only exception being the 10th spot (as online gaming is a major part of Taiwanese cyber-culture).

The rising dominance of the internet is shifting the entire media landscape. Traditional forms of media like television, print, and radio are either being pushed aside or absorbed into the internet (like livestreaming radio broadcasts or Hulu on-demand). What sets the internet apart from the other traditional medias is its permeation. National and geographic boundaries are rendered obsolete, as the entire world can come together into one massive community on the internet. The free exchange of beliefs, the exponential proliferation of ideas, all of these are shaping the world in a way that unites us. Of course, cultural homogeneity is always a danger, and with these exchange of ideas it is possible that certain aspects of distinct cultures will form a new synthesized culture on the internet.