The 80 most important Drupal websites in the world

In the last few years, Drupal has established itself as one of the most used CMS's in the world and is present on the servers of many top level companies and organizations.

Tired of diving into typical outdated showcases, which show small subsites and microsites only due to the fact that they belong to renowned brands, I have decided to create my own selection.

The sites in the list have been selected because they have very high traffic, a highly complex development or because they are the visible face of brands with worldwide relevance.

It has not been easy, but here is my selection of the 80 most relevant websites on the Drupal scene.

Tesla Motors

The world's most cutting-edge and modern electric car maker tops our list of companies and organizations using Drupal.
​http://www.teslamotors.com/

Johnson & Johnson

Manufacturer of medical devices, pharmaceuticals and personal care products with over 230 subsidiaries and presence in 175 countries.
http://www.jnj.com/

Virgin

Main site if the Virgin Group conglomerate.
https://www.virgin.com/

General Electric

The multinational mega corporation founded by the inventor of the light bulb, Thomas Alva Edison.
http://www.ge.com/

Burger King

Ultra well known fast food chain.
http://www.bk.com/

Pfizer

Multinational pharmaceutical.

http://www.pfizer.com/

Mattel

The world's largest toy company.
http://play.mattel.com/

Time Warner

Multinational corporation dedicated to the exploitation of media, cinema, tv and diverse publications.
http://www.timewarner.com/

NBA

One of the most important competitive sports organizations in the world.
http://www.nba.com/

CSV Health

Nora American giant of the sanitary and retail pharmaceutical.
https://cvshealth.com/

Nokia

Finnish telecommunications and technology multinational.
https://nokia.com/

World Fuel Services

Multinational dedicated to services related to fuel transportation and one of the 100 largest companies in the world.
https://www.wfscorp.com/

Qualcomm

Technological company producing hardware and software of various kinds.
https://www.qualcomm.com/

PBF Energy

Giant dedicated to the world of oil and its derivatives. 
http://www.pbfenergy.com/

Guerlain

Multinational for perfumes and other cosmetic products.
http://www.guerlain.com/

Stanley Black & Decker

The mythical tool brand.
http://www.stanleyblackanddecker.com/

Indra Sistemas

Spanish Techonology, Consulting, Defense and Communications Multinational.
http://www.indracompany.com/

Parrot

A world leader in hands-free sales, it now also sells all kinds of "toys" for children and adults.
https://www.parrot.com/

Clinique

American cosmetic products multinational.
http://www.clinique.com/

National Collegiate Athletic Association

Association that handles most of the programs and sports scholarships in the USA. It is made up of more than 1200 institutions and generates huge profits each year.
http://www.ncaa.com/

PGA

The association of professional golfers of America and the most important golf circuit of North America have their website in Drupal.
http://www.pga.com/

The Weather Channel

Meteorological information company with various TV channels and websites.
http://www.weather.com/

Government Organizations, City Halls, and Public Enterprises

United Nations

Supranational organization to promote international cooperation... or so they say they do.
http://www.un.org/en/index.html

The White House

Portal for the United States Presidency.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/

New York State 

Official site for the State of New York.
http://ny.gov/

City of Boston

Portal for Boston City Hall.
https://www.boston.gov/

City of Los Angeles

Portal for Los Angeles City Hall.
https://www.lacity.org/

City of London

London City Council.
http://london.gov.uk/

French Government

French Government Portal.
http://www.gouvernement.fr/

Belgian Government

Belgian Government Portal.
http://www.belgium.be/

New Zealand Parliament

New Zealand Parliament Portal.
https://www.beehive.govt.nz/

National Institutes of Health

Institutions of the Unites States Government dedicated to medical research. 
https://www.nih.gov/

Sydney

Sydney city tourism website.
http://www.sydney.com

SNCF

The French state-owned railway company.
http://www.sncf.com/

The world's top universities

Harvard University

The best university in the world, according to most university classifications.
http://www.harvard.edu/

Oxford University

Probably the most famous university in the world, with more than 1,000 years of history.
http://www.ox.ac.uk/

The George Washington University 

Another great university in the USA.
https://www.gwu.edu/

University of Calgary

University of Calgary, one of the most prestigious in Canada.
http://www.ucalgary.ca/

Yale University

One of the most prestigious educational institutions in the world.
http://www.yale.edu/

Columbia University

Another of the great universities of the USA.
http://www.columbia.edu/

MIT Media Lab

MIT Lab dedicated to technology, design and multimedia projects.
http://www.media.mit.edu/

Media, music and entertaiment

The Economist

Economic newspaper of worldwide circulation.
http://www.economist.com/

Le Figaro

The oldest newspaper in France and one of the 3 largest in the country.
http://www.lefigaro.fr/

Independent

Independent newspaper from the UK (recently, only a digital edition).
http://www.independent.co.uk/

NBC

Radio and TV Giant.
http://www.nbc.com/

MSNBC

One of the most important news channels in the world .
http://www.msnbc.com/

MTV UK

Site of the musical chain in the United Kingdom.
http://www.mtv.co.uk/

Popular Science

A classic among science geeks.
http://www.popsci.com/

Patch

Independent news portal.
http://patch.com/

El Espectador

Mythical Colombian newspaper.
http://www.elespectador.com/

Elmogaz

Egyptian news portal.
http://www.elmogaz.com/

Warner Bros

Giant of the world of cinema, music and television.
http://www.warnerbros.com/

 
Turner Broadcasting System 

Company that manages the channels and television groups that are property of Time Warner. 
Some of its brands are CNN, TBS, TNT, Cartoon Network, Boomerang and TCM.
http://www.turner.com/

Entertaiment

Online magazine about cinema, series, music and tv.
http://www.ew.com/

Health

Health magazine that occupies a prominent position in the ranking world traffic.
http://www.health.com/

Windows Central

Magazine about the Windows operating system.
http://www.windowscentral.com/

Linux Journal

And now its namesake for Linux, although its glorious times have long passed.
https://www.linuxjournal.com

The Grammy’s

The Grammy Awards of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
http://www.grammy.com/

The Beatles Official Website

 The Beatles use Drupal, Yoko Ono uses wordpress.
 http://www.thebeatles.com/

Non-governmental organizations

Oxfam

Main site of the set of organizations to combat poverty on the world.
https://www.oxfam.org/

Médicos sin fronteras

One of the largest NGOs in the world.
http://www.msf.org/

World Food Programme

Website of the United Nations program to combat hunger un the world.
http://www.wfp.org/

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Fundation for human rights in the digital world.
https://www.eff.org/

The main museums of the world

Louvre

The most important museum in the world.
http://www.louvre.fr/

Reina Sofia

Museum of contemporary art in Madrid.
http://www.museoreinasofia.es/

Tate Gallery

British National Museum of Modern Art.
http://www.tate.org.uk/

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Subsite of the Metropolitan Museum of New York.
http://82nd-and-fifth.metmuseum.org/

Sities about religion and spirituality

Bible.org

Drupal paths are inscrutable.
https://bible.org/

Al Islam

Leading platform for studying Islam online.
https://www.al-islam.org/

and to finish, a few organizations, startups and companies of diverse nature

Icann Whois

ICANN's whois tool uses Drupal for such tasks.
http://whois.icann.org/en

Real Academia de la Lengua Española

The Royal Academy of the Spanish Language also relies on Drupal to defend Spanish. 
http://www.rae.es/

Zoho

Hindy multinational that provides a number of tools for companies in the cloud.
https://www.zoho.com/

Typepad

Blogging platform in the doldrums for several years, but still with a great deal of traffico.
http://www.typepad.com/

Bodeboca

The biggest online club and wine shop in Spain.
http://www.bodeboca.com/

Mint

Personal finance management platform.
https://www.mint.com/

Box

Box is a toolkit for working on the cloud.
https://www.box.com/

Taboola

Content marketing platform that has become one of the most trafficked Drupal sites in the world.
https://www.taboola.com/

Legacy.com

The biggest digital obituary site in the world. It has brutal traffic and Alexa attributes to it position of 1363 in the world.
http://www.legacy.com/

Rackspace

One of the biggest hosting companies in the world.
https://www.rackspace.com/

Magento

One of the most powerful e-commerce sites in the world uses Drupal for its commercial web.
https://magento.com/

Main photo: Sebastian Gabriel