Schema research · 45 engines

Which search engines does the world use?

A search engine finds pages on the web and returns a list of links for a query. An AI answer engine writes an answer to a question in its own words. This research covers 45 of them, 32 listed as search engines and 13 AI answer engines, and records for each where its results come from, where StatCounter measures its share, and what its own pages say about structured data, with the sources behind them numbered on each page.

It matters because each engine documents its own rules: a rich result one engine documents for a schema.org type may not be documented at all by the engine with the highest share in another country.

Last checked November 10, 2026 · 544 sources: 465 read in full, 23 partly read, 56 could not be fetched

The top search engine in every country

In StatCounter's October 2026 figures, Google Search has the highest share in 157 of the 159 places of 1 million people or more where StatCounter lists at least three engines (243 countries and territories have data; the map shows all of them). The exceptions: China, where Baidu has 49.08% and Russian Federation, where Yandex Search has 70.15%. StatCounter Global Stats

What the figures measure: share of search engine referrals: visits that sites running StatCounter's code receive from a search results page (it does not count searches), all platforms, October 2026. Source: StatCounter Global Stats, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0.

The search engine with the highest StatCounter share in each country, October 2026Google Search in 157 of 159 ranked places; Baidu in China and Yandex Search in Russian Federation. Each country opens its figures on a click; the list on the page has every figure.United Arab Emirates: Google Search, 95.45%Afghanistan: Google Search, 98.81%Albania: Google Search, 94.4%Armenia: Google Search, 87.47%Angola: Google Search, 93.27%Argentina: Google Search, 93.86%Austria: Google Search, 80.6%Australia: Google Search, 87.69%Azerbaijan: Google Search, 96.63%Bosnia and Herzegovina: Google Search, 94.82%Bangladesh: Google Search, 98.46%Belgium: Google Search, 88.57%Burkina Faso: Google Search, 95.49%Bulgaria: Google Search, 95.44%Burundi: Google Search, 96.54%Benin: Google Search, 95.46%Brunei Darussalam: Google Search, 80.69%Bolivia (Plurinational State of): Google Search, 92.33%Brazil: Google Search, 92.01%Bahamas: Google Search, 85.63%Bhutan: Google Search, 93.64%Botswana: Google Search, 93.29%Belarus: Google Search, 58.21%Belize: Google Search, 76.69%Canada: Google Search, 85.04%Democratic Republic of the Congo: Google Search, 97.79%Central African Republic: Google Search, 96.32%Congo: Google Search, 96.12%Switzerland: Google Search, 81.26%Côte d’Ivoire: Google Search, 96.23%Chile: Google Search, 89.78%Cameroon: Google Search, 96.97%Colombia: Google Search, 92.52%Costa Rica: Google Search, 89.07%Cuba: Google Search, 96.52%Cyprus: Google Search, 93.11%Czechia: Google Search, 80.07%Germany: Google Search, 88.46%Djibouti: Google Search, 95.55%Denmark: Google Search, 84.92%Dominican Republic: Google Search, 85.79%Algeria: Google Search, 97.68%Ecuador: Google Search, 91.34%Estonia: Google Search, 84.87%Egypt: Google Search, 96.15%Eritrea: Google Search, 71.75%Spain: Google Search, 93.3%Ethiopia: Google Search, 94.89%Finland: Google Search, 87.26%Fiji: Google Search, 90.12%Falkland Islands (Malvinas): Google Search, 80.48%France: Google Search, 89.31%Gabon: Google Search, 94.33%United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Google Search, 90.62%Georgia: Google Search, 95.14%Ghana: Google Search, 97.52%Greenland: Google Search, 86.89%Gambia: Google Search, 96.52%Guinea: Google Search, 97.15%Equatorial Guinea: Google Search, 91.13%Greece: Google Search, 95.59%Guatemala: Google Search, 94.03%Guinea-Bissau: Google Search, 97.24%Guyana: Google Search, 89.38%Honduras: Google Search, 86.4%Croatia: Google Search, 94.04%Haiti: Google Search, 96.81%Hungary: Google Search, 95.2%Indonesia: Google Search, 91.43%Ireland: Google Search, 93.02%Israel: Google Search, 98.25%India: Google Search, 98.06%Iraq: Google Search, 99.74%Iran (Islamic Republic of): Google Search, 99.41%Iceland: Google Search, 84.27%Italy: Google Search, 88.1%Jamaica: Google Search, 89.64%Jordan: Google Search, 97.02%Japan: Google Search, 59.58%Kenya: Google Search, 97.2%Kyrgyzstan: Google Search, 83.33%Cambodia: Google Search, 95.17%Democratic People's Republic of Korea: Google Search, 80%Republic of Korea: Google Search, 48.64%Kuwait: Google Search, 95.75%Kazakhstan: Google Search, 68.35%Lao People's Democratic Republic: Google Search, 98.57%Lebanon: Google Search, 94.85%Sri Lanka: Google Search, 93.8%Liberia: Google Search, 97.13%Lesotho: Google Search, 94.23%Lithuania: Google Search, 88.19%Luxembourg: Google Search, 84.34%Latvia: Google Search, 84.12%Libya: Google Search, 96.79%Morocco: Google Search, 96.16%Republic of Moldova: Google Search, 90.2%Montenegro: Google Search, 95.76%Madagascar: Google Search, 96.47%North Macedonia: Google Search, 96.07%Mali: Google Search, 97.22%Myanmar: Google Search, 97.14%Mongolia: Google Search, 90.19%Mauritania: Google Search, 98.77%Malawi: Google Search, 96.63%Mexico: Google Search, 86.59%Malaysia: Google Search, 91.65%Mozambique: Google Search, 90.51%Namibia: Google Search, 92.08%New Caledonia: Google Search, 86.72%Niger: Google Search, 97.8%Nigeria: Google Search, 98.79%Nicaragua: Google Search, 88.66%Netherlands (Kingdom of the): Google Search, 89.64%Norway: Google Search, 90.65%Nepal: Google Search, 96.8%New Zealand: Google Search, 89.05%Oman: Google Search, 94.01%Panama: Google Search, 88.4%Peru: Google Search, 91.37%Papua New Guinea: Google Search, 90.07%Philippines: Google Search, 90.89%Pakistan: Google Search, 94.81%Poland: Google Search, 89.44%Puerto Rico: Google Search, 84.58%State of Palestine: Google Search, 98.72%Portugal: Google Search, 87.5%Paraguay: Google Search, 92.4%Qatar: Google Search, 95.82%Romania: Google Search, 96.21%Serbia: Google Search, 96.06%Rwanda: Google Search, 93.81%Saudi Arabia: Google Search, 96.09%Solomon Islands: Google Search, 83.56%Sudan: Google Search, 99%Sweden: Google Search, 85.86%Slovenia: Google Search, 92.31%Slovakia: Google Search, 94.8%Sierra Leone: Google Search, 97.89%Senegal: Google Search, 96.65%Somalia: Google Search, 97.52%Suriname: Google Search, 92.3%South Sudan: Google Search, 96.39%El Salvador: Google Search, 92.47%Syrian Arab Republic: Google Search, 98.45%Eswatini: Google Search, 96.09%Chad: Google Search, 97.92%Togo: Google Search, 95.1%Thailand: Google Search, 99.34%Tajikistan: Google Search, 86.63%Timor-Leste: Google Search, 92.52%Turkmenistan: Google Search, 90.65%Tunisia: Google Search, 95.42%Türkiye: Google Search, 74.79%Trinidad and Tobago: Google Search, 88.45%Taiwan: Google Search, 80.12%United Republic of Tanzania: Google Search, 98.02%Ukraine: Google Search, 90.35%Uganda: Google Search, 97.69%United States of America: Google Search, 85.45%Uruguay: Google Search, 93.25%Uzbekistan: Google Search, 75.84%Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of): Google Search, 93.14%Viet Nam: Google Search, 93.41%Vanuatu: Google Search, 88.46%Yemen: Google Search, 94.86%South Africa: Google Search, 92.95%Zambia: Google Search, 98.38%Zimbabwe: Google Search, 95.68%China: Baidu, 49.08%Russian Federation: Yandex Search, 70.15%Western Sahara: no dataFrench Southern Territories: no dataKosovo: no dataN. Cyprus: no dataSomaliland: no data
  • Google Search (241)
  • Baidu (1)
  • Yandex Search (1)
  • No data

The number beside each engine counts every country and territory with data where it has the highest share (243 in all, small places included), not only the ranked places counted in the text. Equal Earth projection. Antarctica and many small places are too small to draw; every figure is in the list below. StatCounter Global Stats

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China: Baidu, 49.08%

Russian Federation: Yandex Search, 70.15%

Google Search: 157 ranked places

Afghanistan (98.81%), Albania (94.4%), Algeria (97.68%), Angola (93.27%), Argentina (93.86%), Armenia (87.47%), Australia (87.69%), Austria (80.6%), Azerbaijan (96.63%), Bahrain (97.6%), Bangladesh (98.46%), Belarus (58.21%), Belgium (88.57%), Benin (95.46%), Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (92.33%), Bosnia and Herzegovina (94.82%), Botswana (93.29%), Brazil (92.01%), Bulgaria (95.44%), Burkina Faso (95.49%), Burundi (96.54%), Cambodia (95.17%), Cameroon (96.97%), Canada (85.04%), Central African Republic (96.32%), Chad (97.92%), Chile (89.78%), China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (89.71%), Colombia (92.52%), Congo (96.12%), Costa Rica (89.07%), Côte d’Ivoire (96.23%), Croatia (94.04%), Cuba (96.52%), Cyprus (93.11%), Czechia (80.07%), Democratic Republic of the Congo (97.79%), Denmark (84.92%), Djibouti (95.55%), Dominican Republic (85.79%), Ecuador (91.34%), Egypt (96.15%), El Salvador (92.47%), Equatorial Guinea (91.13%), Eritrea (71.75%), Estonia (84.87%), Eswatini (96.09%), Ethiopia (94.89%), Finland (87.26%), France (89.31%), Gabon (94.33%), Gambia (96.52%), Georgia (95.14%), Germany (88.46%), Ghana (97.52%), Greece (95.59%), Guatemala (94.03%), Guinea (97.15%), Guinea-Bissau (97.24%), Haiti (96.81%), Honduras (86.4%), Hungary (95.2%), India (98.06%), Indonesia (91.43%), Iran (Islamic Republic of) (99.41%), Iraq (99.74%), Ireland (93.02%), Israel (98.25%), Italy (88.1%), Jamaica (89.64%), Japan (59.58%), Jordan (97.02%), Kazakhstan (68.35%), Kenya (97.2%), Kuwait (95.75%), Kyrgyzstan (83.33%), Lao People's Democratic Republic (98.57%), Latvia (84.12%), Lebanon (94.85%), Lesotho (94.23%), Liberia (97.13%), Libya (96.79%), Lithuania (88.19%), Madagascar (96.47%), Malawi (96.63%), Malaysia (91.65%), Mali (97.22%), Mauritania (98.77%), Mauritius (91.21%), Mexico (86.59%), Mongolia (90.19%), Morocco (96.16%), Mozambique (90.51%), Myanmar (97.14%), Namibia (92.08%), Nepal (96.8%), Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (89.64%), New Zealand (89.05%), Nicaragua (88.66%), Niger (97.8%), Nigeria (98.79%), North Macedonia (96.07%), Norway (90.65%), Oman (94.01%), Pakistan (94.81%), Panama (88.4%), Papua New Guinea (90.07%), Paraguay (92.4%), Peru (91.37%), Philippines (90.89%), Poland (89.44%), Portugal (87.5%), Puerto Rico (84.58%), Qatar (95.82%), Republic of Korea (48.64%), Republic of Moldova (90.2%), Romania (96.21%), Rwanda (93.81%), Saudi Arabia (96.09%), Senegal (96.65%), Serbia (96.06%), Sierra Leone (97.89%), Singapore (92.4%), Slovakia (94.8%), Slovenia (92.31%), Somalia (97.52%), South Africa (92.95%), South Sudan (96.39%), Spain (93.3%), Sri Lanka (93.8%), State of Palestine (98.72%), Sudan (99%), Sweden (85.86%), Switzerland (81.26%), Syrian Arab Republic (98.45%), Taiwan (80.12%), Tajikistan (86.63%), Thailand (99.34%), Timor-Leste (92.52%), Togo (95.1%), Trinidad and Tobago (88.45%), Tunisia (95.42%), Türkiye (74.79%), Turkmenistan (90.65%), Uganda (97.69%), Ukraine (90.35%), United Arab Emirates (95.45%), United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (90.62%), United Republic of Tanzania (98.02%), United States of America (85.45%), Uruguay (93.25%), Uzbekistan (75.84%), Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (93.14%), Viet Nam (93.41%), Yemen (94.86%), Zambia (98.38%), Zimbabwe (95.68%). StatCounter Global Stats

No data for 6: Bouvet Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Christmas Island, Western Sahara, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, French Southern Territories.

The top AI chatbot in every country

This table counts, for StatCounter's AI chatbot market share in October 2026, the countries and territories where each product has the highest share. StatCounter's product labels are broader or narrower than the engines in this research, so each row names StatCounter's label and links the engine page this research maps it to. StatCounter Global Stats

AI chatbot with the highest StatCounter share, by number of countries and territories
StatCounter labelHighest share inEngine page
ChatGPT129ChatGPT search
Google Gemini88Google AI Overviews, AI Mode and Gemini
Microsoft Copilot13Microsoft Copilot and AI answers in Bing
Claude2Claude web search
Perplexity2Perplexity

222 countries and territories have data; in 10 of them two or more products tie for the highest share, and each tied product is counted. No data for 27. What the figures are: StatCounter's AI chatbot market share, October 2026; StatCounter does not describe how it measures it on the pages read, so no method is claimed here. StatCounter Global Stats

All 45 engines

Each card opens the engine's page: who runs it, where its results come from, where it is used, and what it documents for structured data.

Search engines not limited to listed countries 14

The research records no country limit for these: their pages do not limit them to listed countries.

  • Google Search

    Google LLC

    Results come from
    Results: Its own index
    Share
    Share, worldwide: 91.04%; highest in 157 ranked places StatCounter Global Stats
    Rich result types
    Rich result types: 27 active of 48

  • Bing

    Microsoft

    Results come from
    Results: Its own index
    Share
    Share, worldwide: 4.77% StatCounter Global Stats
    Rich result types
    Rich result types: 11 active of 14

  • DuckDuckGo

    DuckDuckGo

    Results come from
    Results: Traditional links and images largely from Bing
    Share
    Share, worldwide: 0.64% StatCounter Global Stats
    Rich result types
    Rich result types: none on record

  • Ecosia

    Ecosia

    Results come from
    Results: Bing, Google or EUSP, depending on location, device and privacy settings
    Share
    Share, worldwide: 0.15% StatCounter Global Stats
    Rich result types
    Rich result types: none on record

  • Apple search

    Apple Inc.

    Results come from
    Results: Its own index
    Share
    Not tracked by StatCounter
    Rich result types
    Rich result types: 1 active of 3

  • Brave Search

    Brave Software, Inc.

    Results come from
    Results: Its own index
    Share
    Not tracked by StatCounter
    Rich result types
    Rich result types: 2 active of 2

  • Kagi

    Kagi Inc.

    Results come from
    Results: Unnamed major providers, through anonymised API calls
    Share
    Not tracked by StatCounter
    Rich result types
    Rich result types: none on record

  • Marginalia Search

    Operator not recorded in the sources read

    Results come from
    Results: Its own index
    Share
    Not tracked by StatCounter
    Rich result types
    Rich result types: none on record

  • Mojeek

    Mojeek Limited

    Results come from
    Results: Its own index
    Share
    Not tracked by StatCounter
    Rich result types
    Rich result types: none on record

  • Petal Search

    Operator not recorded in the sources read

    Results come from
    Results: Not known: its pages could not be fetched
    Share
    Share: not in StatCounter's worldwide list StatCounter Global Stats
    Rich result types
    Rich result types: none on record

  • Startpage

    Operator not recorded in the sources read

    Results come from
    Results: Not known: its pages could not be fetched
    Share
    Share: not in StatCounter's worldwide list StatCounter Global Stats
    Rich result types
    Rich result types: none on record

  • Swisscows

    Swisscows AG

    Results come from
    Results: Its own index
    Share
    Not tracked by StatCounter
    Rich result types
    Rich result types: none on record

  • Yahoo Search

    Yahoo

    Results come from
    Results: Not stated
    Share
    Share, worldwide: StatCounter's “Yahoo!” figure counts it together with Yahoo! JAPAN Search, so none is shown StatCounter Global Stats
    Rich result types
    Rich result types: none on record

  • Yep

    Ahrefs

    Results come from
    Results: Its own index
    Share
    Share: not in StatCounter's worldwide list StatCounter Global Stats
    Rich result types
    Rich result types: none on record

Search engines by main market 18

Grouped by the main market the research records for each; an engine with several sits under the one where StatCounter shows its highest share.

China

  • Baidu

    Baidu (百度)

    Results come from
    Results: Its own index
    Share
    Share, worldwide: 0.42%; highest in 1 ranked place StatCounter Global Stats
    Rich result types
    Rich result types: 4 active of 10

  • 360 Search

    天津三六零快看科技有限公司

    Results come from
    Results: Its own index
    Share
    Share, worldwide: 0.07% StatCounter Global Stats
    Rich result types
    Rich result types: 4 active of 15

  • Sogou

    搜狗公司 (Sogou)

    Results come from
    Results: Its own index
    Share
    Share, worldwide: 0.01% StatCounter Global Stats
    Rich result types
    Rich result types: 0 active of 1

  • Shenma

    广州神马移动信息科技有限公司

    Results come from
    Results: Its own index
    Share
    Share: not in StatCounter's worldwide list StatCounter Global Stats
    Rich result types
    Rich result types: 0 active of 4

  • Toutiao Search

    Operator not recorded in the sources read

    Results come from
    Results: Not known: its pages could not be fetched
    Share
    Not tracked by StatCounter
    Rich result types
    Rich result types: none on record

Czechia

  • Seznam.cz

    Seznam.cz, a.s.

    Results come from
    Results: Its own index
    Share
    Share, worldwide: 0.05% StatCounter Global Stats
    Rich result types
    Rich result types: 10 active of 10

France

  • Qwant

    Qwant

    Results come from
    Results: Its own index
    Share
    Share, worldwide: 0.03% StatCounter Global Stats
    Rich result types
    Rich result types: none on record

  • Staan

    European Search Perspective

    Results come from
    Results: Its own index
    Share
    Not tracked by StatCounter
    Rich result types
    Rich result types: none on record

Germany

  • MetaGer

    SUMA-EV

    Results come from
    Results: Several unnamed web indexes plus a YaCy integration
    Share
    Not tracked by StatCounter
    Rich result types
    Rich result types: none on record

Japan

  • goo

    Operator not recorded in the sources read

    Results come from
    Results: Not stated
    Share
    Not tracked by StatCounter
    Rich result types
    Rich result types: none on record

  • LINE Search

    LY Corporation

    Results come from
    Results: Web search switched to Yahoo! JAPAN Search from late June 2023
    Share
    Not tracked by StatCounter
    Rich result types
    Rich result types: none on record

  • Yahoo! JAPAN Search

    LY Corporation

    Results come from
    Results: Google, under a search services agreement running to March 2027
    Share
    Share, worldwide: StatCounter's “Yahoo!” figure counts it together with Yahoo Search, so none is shown StatCounter Global Stats
    Rich result types
    Rich result types: 6 active of 8

Republic of Korea

  • Naver

    NAVER Corp.

    Results come from
    Results: Its own index
    Share
    Share, worldwide: 0.23% StatCounter Global Stats
    Rich result types
    Rich result types: none on record

  • Daum

    Daum Corp. (주식회사 다음)

    Results come from
    Results: Its own index
    Share
    Share: not in StatCounter's worldwide list StatCounter Global Stats
    Rich result types
    Rich result types: 2 active of 2

  • Kakao (KakaoTalk link preview)

    Kakao Corp.

    Results come from
    Results: Not stated
    Share
    Not tracked by StatCounter
    Rich result types
    Rich result types: 1 active of 1

Russian Federation

  • Yandex Search

    Yandex LLC (ООО «ЯНДЕКС»)

    Results come from
    Results: Its own index
    Share
    Share, worldwide: 1.17%; highest in 1 ranked place StatCounter Global Stats
    Rich result types
    Rich result types: 37 active of 52

  • Mail.ru Search

    Operator not recorded in the sources read

    Results come from
    Results: Not known: its pages could not be fetched
    Share
    Share: not in StatCounter's worldwide list StatCounter Global Stats
    Rich result types
    Rich result types: none on record

Viet Nam

AI answer engines 13

Shares here are StatCounter's AI chatbot figures, shown under StatCounter's own product label.

  • ChatGPT search

    OpenAI

    Results come from
    Results: Not stated
    Share
    AI chatbot share for ChatGPT, worldwide: 51.03%; highest in 86 ranked places StatCounter Global Stats
    Rich result types
    Rich result types: 0 active of 1

  • Google AI Overviews, AI Mode and Gemini

    Google LLC

    Results come from
    Results: Uses the Google Search index
    Share
    AI chatbot share for Google Gemini, worldwide: 29.22%; highest in 64 ranked places StatCounter Global Stats
    Rich result types
    Rich result types: 1 active of 1

  • Perplexity

    Perplexity AI

    Results come from
    Results: Its own index
    Share
    AI chatbot share for Perplexity, worldwide: 15.22%; highest in 2 ranked places StatCounter Global Stats
    Rich result types
    Rich result types: none on record

  • Claude web search

    Anthropic

    Results come from
    Results: Not stated
    Share
    AI chatbot share for Claude, worldwide: 2.32%; highest in 1 ranked place StatCounter Global Stats
    Rich result types
    Rich result types: none on record

  • Microsoft Copilot and AI answers in Bing

    Microsoft

    Results come from
    Results: Uses the Bing search service
    Share
    AI chatbot share for Microsoft Copilot, worldwide: 2.17%; highest in 1 ranked place StatCounter Global Stats
    Rich result types
    Rich result types: 0 active of 1

  • Amazon Alexa and Amazon AI answers

    Amazon

    Results come from
    Results: Not stated
    Share
    Not tracked in StatCounter's AI chatbot figures
    Rich result types
    Rich result types: none on record

  • Apple Siri and Spotlight AI answers

    Apple Inc.

    Results come from
    Results: Built on Apple's own Applebot crawl
    Share
    Not tracked in StatCounter's AI chatbot figures
    Rich result types
    Rich result types: 1 active of 1

  • Brave Search AI Answers and Ask Brave

    Brave Software, Inc.

    Results come from
    Results: Grounded in Brave's own search index
    Share
    Not tracked in StatCounter's AI chatbot figures
    Rich result types
    Rich result types: none on record

  • DuckDuckGo Search Assist

    DuckDuckGo

    Results come from
    Results: The AI answer feature inside DuckDuckGo search
    Share
    Not tracked in StatCounter's AI chatbot figures
    Rich result types
    Rich result types: none on record

  • Grok

    xAI

    Results come from
    Results: Not stated
    Share
    Not tracked in StatCounter's AI chatbot figures
    Rich result types
    Rich result types: none on record

  • Meta AI

    Meta Platforms, Inc.

    Results come from
    Results: Not stated
    Share
    Not tracked in StatCounter's AI chatbot figures
    Rich result types
    Rich result types: none on record

  • Mistral Vibe

    Mistral AI

    Results come from
    Results: Its own index
    Share
    Not tracked in StatCounter's AI chatbot figures
    Rich result types
    Rich result types: none on record

  • You.com

    You.com

    Results come from
    Results: Its own index
    Share
    Not tracked in StatCounter's AI chatbot figures
    Rich result types
    Rich result types: none on record

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