Top Reference Websites in China

Key Insights on Top Reference Websites in China on January 2026

As of January 2026, linkedin.cn leads Reference in China with 700.06K monthly visits. Its audience skews desktop-first (99.99% desktop / 99.99% mobile), and traffic is down month over month -10.55% and down year over year -0.11%. apollo.io holds second with 232.62K visits and a desktop-leaning mix (100% desktop / 0% mobile), while fobshanghai.com ranks third with 117.2K visits.

Across the leaders, saby.ru is the most mobile-first (0.64% of visits), whereas apollo.io is the most desktop-reliant (100%). Momentum favors companiesintheuk.co.uk in the latest month (902.75%), while dnbhoovers.com shows the steepest pullback. On a yearly view, antsoo.com posts the strongest expansion (5,309.97%), contrasted with lianhetech.com (-95.04%).

Acquisition patterns also differ: linkedin.cn is driven primarily by search, linkedin.cn by direct, and linkedin.cn by referral; overall, 46 of the top 100 sites are direct-led, 46 are search-led, and 3 lean on social.

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