SEARCH ENGINE · OWN INDEX

What is Brave Search?

Brave Search is a search engine run by Brave Software, Inc. It runs its own index. Also on record: Google only if the user allows it in the Brave browser (off by default). The research records two rich result types for it, two of them active.

Last checked November 10, 2026 · 10 sources, 1 of them could not be fetched

Type
Search engine
Run by
Brave Software, Inc.
Results come from
Its own indexAlso on record: Google only if the user allows it in the Brave browser (off by default)
Recorded markets
Not limited to listed countries in its pages
Where its share is highest
StatCounter does not track Brave Search.
Share, worldwide
StatCounter does not track Brave Search.
Structured data formats
None documented
Rich result types
2 active of 2 on record

Who runs it

Run by Brave Software, Inc.

search.brave.com

Where does Brave Search get its results?

Brave says its results come from its own independent index, built partly from the opt-in Web Discovery Project[1, 2, 7]. Bing API calls were removed in April 2023; before that about 7% of results came from Bing[4]. An opt-in Google fallback mixing setting is still documented, where the browser checks Google anonymously and mixes results[3]. Brave's crawler does not announce a distinct user agent, so there is no token to list; it will not crawl pages that Googlebot is not allowed to crawl; robots.txt does not prevent indexing, noindex does[1].

Engines and providers it names

  • Google SearchCovers one part only

    Google only if the user allows it in the Brave browser (off by default)[3]

    Conditions recorded: Consent: only when the user allows the Brave browser to check Google; off by default per the page's wording

    Words on the source page: “you can allow the Brave browser to anonymously check Google”

Engines that use results from Brave Search

  • Brave Search AI Answers and Ask BraveSame company

    Grounded in Brave's own search index[10]

    As recorded for that engine: Same operator. Brave's answer engine is grounded in results from Brave's own search index. No direct quote taken; paraphrased from the post.

Named by other engines in a narrower role: Swisscows (covers one part only)[9].

Which countries use Brave Search?

StatCounter does not track Brave Search. None of the labels in its search engine figures for October 2026 maps to Brave Search in this research. StatCounter Global Stats

Recorded markets

The research records no country limit for Brave Search: its pages do not limit it to listed countries.

Does Brave Search use structured data?

The research records no documented support for any structured data format for Brave Search. It records 2 rich result types, listed in the next section.

Structured data formats for Brave Search
FormatDocumented supportWhat the research records
JSON-LDNot documentedSyntax not stated. The API reference says structured data extracted from pages follows schema.org but names no markup syntax.[5]
MicrodataNot documentedSyntax not stated. The API reference says structured data extracted from pages follows schema.org but names no markup syntax.[5]
RDFaNot documentedSyntax not stated. The API reference says structured data extracted from pages follows schema.org but names no markup syntax.[5]
Open GraphNot documentedSyntax not stated. The API reference says structured data extracted from pages follows schema.org but names no markup syntax.[5]
MicroformatsNot documentedSyntax not stated. The API reference says structured data extracted from pages follows schema.org but names no markup syntax.[5]
Twitter CardsNot documentedSyntax not stated. The API reference says structured data extracted from pages follows schema.org but names no markup syntax.[5]

“Not documented” means the pages read do not say; it does not mean the format is ignored.

Which rich results can Brave Search show?

The research records 2 rich result types for Brave Search: 2 active. Each entry shows the schema.org types it is documented for, where the research records them. Valid markup can make a page eligible; it does not guarantee the result.

Active 2

  • Rich results via enable_rich_callback (Web Search API) Active

    Documented for: no schema.org type recorded

    Where: not stated

    Engine-computed verticals (calculator, definitions, unit conversion, unix timestamp, package tracker, stock, currency, cryptocurrency, weather, several sports). The doc does not tie them to page markup.

    Documentation[6]

  • schemas field and typed result data (Web Search API) Active

    Documented for: Article (main type), Product, Review, CreativeWork, MusicRecording, Organization, Book, Recipe, Movie and Rating

    Where: not stated

    API response fields, not webmaster guidance. web.results[].schemas is a list of structured data extracted from the page, with models that try to follow schema.org. Type names here are mapped from same-named API fields (article, product, review, creative_work, music_recording, organization, book, recipe, movie, rating). Other typed fields: product_cluster, software, qa, faq, video, location, restaurant (deprecated in favour of location). No required properties and no markup syntax are stated. Marketed as schema-enriched results on the API plan page[7].

    Documentation[5]

How it crawlsThe research records no crawler token for Brave Search.

How do I test my markup for Brave Search?

The research records no markup testing tool of its own for Brave Search.

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Test a page for Brave Search

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Test a page

Site ownersThe research records no guidelines or vocabularies of its own for Brave Search.

What could not be verified?

These claims about Brave Search came up in the research, but no page that could be read confirms them. They are kept apart, and nothing above rests on them.

  • A webmaster-facing statement on which markup syntaxes Brave Search parses for its result pages.

    Why it is open: No first-party help page on structured data was reachable; a quote from Brave on schema.org exists only on a secondary site.

    How it was checked

    Sources 5, 6 and 7 read; source 8 https://search.brave.com/help (HTTP 429, twice); https://search.brave.com/help/partner-integrations (404).

  • Image and video results now come from Brave's own index.

    Why it is open: No later first-party statement fetched.

    How it was checked

    Source 4 (2023) says image and video search were not yet on the own index; sources 1 and 2 do not update this.

Sources

The pages the research used for Brave Search, numbered as cited above. Accessed November 10, 2026 unless shown.

  1. 1.Brave Search Crawler | Brave Search · Brave Software
  2. 2.Search results independence | Brave Search · Brave Software
  3. 3.Google fallback mixing | Brave Search · Brave Software
  4. 4.Brave Search removes last remnant of Bing from search results page, achieving 100% independence and providing real alternative to Big Tech search · Brave Software · updated May 3, 2023
  5. 5.Search (Brave Search API reference) · Brave Software
  6. 6.Web Search · Brave Software
  7. 7.Brave Search API | Brave · Brave Software
  8. 8.search.brave.com/help · Brave SoftwareCould not be fetched
  9. 9.Your private and anonymous search engine Swisscows · Swisscows AG
  10. 10.Brave Unveils New Privacy-Focused AI Answer Engine, Set to Handle Nearly 10 Billion Annual Queries (published 2024-04-17) · Brave Software · updated August 23, 2024

Market share figures: StatCounter Global Stats, search engine market share, October 2026, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0.