[Purpose/significance] This paper aims to examine the impact of the websites of open government data and evaluate the activity of open government data under the background of continuous development of open government data activities. [Method/process] Using the theories and methods of webometrics,the study examines the impact of open government data websites in representative nations with the indicators of links and traffic characteristics. [Result/conclusion] The result shows that apart from few countries,most of the national open data websites’ impact is at low levels,and there is a significant difference between developed and developing countries. [Limitations]The study focuses on the impact of website itself,which lacks the attention to the influencing factors of language,culture,and so on.