The Top 10 Cambodian Websites

With the increasing number of internet users year by year especially on mobile phones, Cambodian presently are willing to know more about the world through online medias beside relying on the traditional ways, televisions, and radios. So, the website is playing more important role in delivering this kind of news to them.

You will ask for what are the top 10 websites in Cambodia?

If you want to find the 10 most popular websites in Cambodia, the top 4 go to foreign sites (#1 Facebook, #2 Youtube, #3 Google, #4 Google.com.kh - domain name in Khmer). Here, I would like to share only the list consists of top 10 websites that belong to Cambodian companies, collected data from Alexa (rank), SimilarWeb (traffic overview), Google PageSpeed (page speed for website), and Facebook (number of fans).

Note: All the websites are available in Khmer language and in news portal (8 sites mostly focus on entertainment,  1 site converts from the paper-based news, and another one specifies on health news).

The Top 10 Most Viewed Cambodian Websites

1. Sabay.com.kh

Sabay Digital Corporation is a leading digital media and entertainment group in Cambodia which formerly known as CIDC Information Technology was formed in 2007. Of course, young Cambodian will know this company by brand name 'Sabay' on its entertainment contents (Sabay News and Sabay Leng or Sabay Games, I could say that). Most traffic sources come from sharing on social medias, I think this reason why recently Sabay News portal has extended the channel to spread news on different categories using Facebook pages (Sabay News Entertainment, Sabay News Technology, Sabay News Social, and Sabay News Sport).

Here is a brief statistics:

• Total visits: 2 million on desktop & mobile web in April 2016
• Traffic by countries (top 5): Cambodia 75.92%, Vietnam 17.64%, USA 1.99%, Thailand 0.93%, and South Korea 0.70% on desktop in the last 3 months (Feb - Apr, 2016)
• Traffic sources (top 5): Social 41.82%, Direct 35.82%, Referrals 12.79%, and Search 9.06%
• Page speed: 40/100 on mobile and 57/100 on desktop (tested on Sabay News, May 2016)
• Facebook fan: 698K (# of likes, May 2016)

2. Khmerload.com

Khmerload was established in late 2011 by  a group of young Cambodians who believe in the role of Information Technology in advancing the society. For me, I think this website firstly gained popularity through spreading the hot sexy news, so-called 'Bekthlay' in Khmer language, on social media, Facebook. Since the visitors and popularity had gained enough, it gets the stand for business oriented such today.

Here is a brief statistics:

• Total visits: 3.8 million on desktop & mobile web in April 2016
• Traffic by countries (top 5): Cambodia 75.20%, Vietnam 20.02%, Hong Kong 1.12%, Canada 0.85%, and USA 0.82% on desktop in the last 3 months (Feb - Apr, 2016)
• Traffic sources (top 5): Social 43.77%, Direct 35.69%, Referrals 13.84%, and Search 5.06%
• Page speed: 55/100 on mobile and 63/100 on desktop (May 2016)
• Facebook fan: 886K (# of likes, May 2016, the page was verified by Facebook)

SEE: Mobile Phones and Internet in Cambodia 2015 [INFOGRAPHIC]

3. Freshnewsasia.com

Fresh News was founded in May 2012 by a group of the expert from news and IT sectors. The initial idea was to send the most breaking news to people by the smart devices, and then the company introduced the first version of Android app in May 2014, and later they have been launched web version in early of 2015. Most of the contents focus on social issues.

Here is a brief statistics:

• Total visits: 400.80K on desktop & mobile web in April 2016
• Traffic by countries (top 5): Cambodia 72.06%, Vietnam 20.43%, USA 2.62%, French 1.00%, and South Korea 0.93% on desktop in the last 3 months (Feb - Apr, 2016)
• Traffic sources (top 5): Social 60.75%, Direct 31.77%, Referrals 4.46%, and Search 2.71%
• Page speed: 63/100 on mobile and 51/100 on desktop (May 2016)
• Facebook fan: 551K (# of likes, May 2016)

4. Kohsantepheapdaily.com.kh

Koh Santepheap Daily is an online news portal of Koh Santepheap Newspaper which is one of the popular Cambodian newspapers for a decade ago. The contents focus on breaking, national, world, sport and business updates featured from its newspaper.

Here is a brief statistics:

• Total visits: 761.90K on desktop & mobile web in April 2016
• Traffic by countries (top 5): Cambodia 70.65%, Vietnam 18.87%, Australia 2.68%, French 2.46%, and USA 2.20% on desktop in the last 3 months (Feb - Apr, 2016)
• Traffic sources (top 5): Social 63.90%, Direct 19.78%, Referrals 11.70%, and Search 3.93%)
• Page speed: 56/100 on mobile, and 70/100 on desktop (May 2016)
• Facebook fan: 1,241K (# of likes, May 2016 , the page was verified by Facebook)

SEE: Inflation rate in Cambodia 2020

5. Khmeread.com

Khmeread is a website that created by a youth team who has experienced in IT, reporter,  and translation fields with the aim to disseminate general knowledge. The contents focus on society, sport,  entertainment, lifestyle, health, and technology. For me, I think most of the news quoting from foreign websites.

Here is a brief statistics:

• Total visits: 415.70K on desktop & mobile web in April 2016
• Traffic by countries (top 5): Cambodia 67.67%, Vietnam 25.35%, USA 1.73%, South Korea 1.01%, and French 0.96% on desktop in the last 3 months (Feb - Apr, 2016)
• Traffic sources (top 5): Social 91.70%, Direct 5.99%, Referrals 1.29%, and Search 0.83%
• Page speed: 66/100 on mobile and 79/100 on desktop (May 2016)
• Facebook fan: 72K (# of likes, May 2016)

6. Khmerscoop.com

Khmerscoop is a new website that focuses on health, successful path, social & lifestyle, and entertainment but some contents get from foreign websites and Sabay News.

Here is a brief statistics:

• Total visits: 81.80K on desktop & mobile web in April 2016
• Traffic by countries (top 5): Cambodia 68.07%, Vietnam 22.42%, USA 3.96%, French 1.92%, and India 1.30% on desktop in the last 3 months (Feb - Apr, 2016)
• Traffic sources (top 5): Social 91.70%, Direct 5.99%, Referrals 1.29%, and Search 0.83%
• Page speed: 50/100 on mobile and 60/100 on desktop (May 2016)
• Facebook fan: 82K (# of likes, May 2016)

SEE: How to Register Your Business Online in Cambodia

7. Health.com.kh

Health is a popular online health website in Cambodia that created and run by a group of from-abroad-educated Cambodian doctors with high commitment to make Cambodian healthier and help medical field better than today. The contents focus on the woman, man and child's health, sexual health, general disease, first aid, health recovery, and medicines.  

Here is a brief statistics:

• Total visits: 221.70K on desktop & mobile web in April 2016
• Traffic by countries (top 5): Cambodia 76.20%, Vietnam 17.26%, USA 1.46%, South Korea 1.09%, and France 0.92% on desktop in the last 3 months (Feb - Apr, 2016)
• Traffic sources (top 5): Social 87.56%, Search 5.51%, Direct 5.07%, and Referrals 1.67% 
• Page speed: 33/100 on mobile and 9/100 on desktop (May 2016)
• Facebook fan: 237K (# of likes, May 2016)

8. Khmer-note.com

Khmer-Note is an online news which was founded on September 9, 2012, focusing on national news, knowledge, entertainment, technology, sport, and social life.

Here is a brief statistics:

• Total visits: 141.40K on desktop & mobile web in April 2016
• Traffic by countries (top 5): Cambodia 70.45%, Vietnam 22.65%, USA 1.98%, Philippines 0.55%, and South Korea 0.52% on desktop in the last 3 months (Feb - Apr, 2016)
• Traffic sources (top 5): Social 88.17%, Direct 9.22%, Referrals 1.37%, and Search 1.05% 
• Page speed: 72/100 on mobile and 54/100 on desktop (May 2016)
• Facebook fan: 697K (# of likes, May 2016)

9. Khmer-press.com

Khmer-press is an online news portal that was founded on August 9, 2014, with the contents focusing on knowledge, social life, health, love, technology, and sport.

Here is a brief statistics:

• Total visits: 156.20K on desktop & mobile web in April 2016
• Traffic by countries (top 5): Cambodia 70.64%, Vietnam 24.37%, USA 0.90%, Thailand 0.55%, and France 0.46% on desktop in the last 3 months (Feb - Apr, 2016)
• Traffic sources (top 5): Social 88.17%, Direct 9.22%, Referrals 1.37%, and Search 1.05% 
• Page speed: 48/100 on mobile and 42/100 on desktop (May 2016)
• Facebook fan: 441K (# of likes, May 2016)

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10. Vow-news.com

Village of Wonder is an online news website providing knowledge about health, technology, education, architecture, and celebrity. The contents, some get from foreign websites and Sabay News.

Here is a brief statistics:

• Total visits: 168.60K on desktop & mobile web in April 2016
• Traffic by countries (top 5): Cambodia 68.66%, Vietnam 21.74%, France 4.03%, USA 2.43%, and Philippines 1.31% on desktop in the last 3 months (Feb - Apr, 2016)
• Traffic sources (top 5): Social 87.16%, Direct 5.64%, Search 3.68%, and Referrals 3.38% 
• Page speed: 54/100 on mobile and 63/100 on desktop (May 2016)
• Facebook fan: 128K (# of likes, May 2016)

If you wish to read these websites in English or other languages, you can use Google Translate for help.

In conclusion, most visitors of all the top 10 websites above come from Cambodia and Vietnam through social media, Facebook is the main source. I hope that the list of websites with some data statistics will be a useful guide for one of your clues on the digital marketing strategy.

Do you know other top websites in Cambodia / top sites in Cambodia? If so, please share it in the comments.