SEARCH ENGINE · OWN INDEX · FRANCE

What is Qwant?

Qwant is a search engine run by Qwant. It runs its own index. Also on record: Staan (one of several sources) and Bing (covers one part only). No structured data support is documented in the pages read. The research records France as its main market.

Last checked November 10, 2026 · 6 sources, 2 of them could not be fetched

Type
Search engine
Run by
Qwant
Results come from
Its own indexAlso on record: Staan (one of several sources)Also on record: Bing (covers one part only)
Recorded markets
France
Where its share is highest
France, 0.76% StatCounter Global StatsAmong ranked places: 1 million people or more, at least three entries listed
Share, worldwide
0.03% StatCounter Global Stats
Structured data formats
None documented
Rich result types
None on record

Who runs it

Run by Qwant.

www.qwant.com

Where does Qwant get its results?

Mixed sources: Qwant says it has run its own index and ranking since launch, with about 20 billion indexed pages and over a billion crawled daily, and that Bing supplements results where its own relevance is insufficient and for images (source 1, dated 2023-09-18). Qwant co-owns EUSP with Ecosia[5]; the EUSP index API Staan says it runs on the same search stack as Qwant Search[4].

Engines and providers it names

  • BingCovers one part only

    Bing supplements Qwant's own results and image search (2023 statement)[1]

    Conditions recorded: Only where Qwant's own relevance is insufficient, and for image search (statement dated 2023-09-18)

    Words on the source page: “Qwant uses Bing to supplement search results”

  • StaanOne of several sources

    Staan says it powers Qwant; it may be the same index[6]

    Conditions recorded: Staan says it powers Qwant and runs on Qwant's stack, so this may be the same index rather than syndication

    Words on the source page: “powering leading alternative search engines like Ecosia, Lilo, and Qwant.”

Engines that use results from Qwant

The research records no engine that takes its general results from Qwant or is built on it by the same company.

Which countries use Qwant?

Share, worldwide

0.03%

#13 worldwide, October 2026 · StatCounter Global Stats

#1 by share in

None

of the 64 places ranked here (1 million people or more, at least three entries listed) · 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 15 ranked places where Qwant has its highest shareShare in each, October 2026, with its rank there. Bars run from 0 to 1%. StatCounter Global StatsRanked: places of 1 million people or more where StatCounter lists at least three entries. In smaller places, or where it lists only one or two, a single figure can swing widely (a lone entry shows as 100%). Population: World Bank; Taiwan, which the World Bank does not list, from Wikidata, citing its household registration office. Smaller places stay on the map and in the full list.
  1. France0.76% #5
  2. Denmark0.18% #7
  3. Switzerland0.17% #7
  4. Dominican Republic0.14% #6
  5. Belgium0.12% #7
  6. Finland0.12% #7
  7. Austria0.1% #7
  8. Portugal0.09% #7
  9. Guinea-Bissau0.08% #5
  10. Italy0.08% #7
  11. Madagascar0.08% #7
  12. Norway0.08% #7
  13. Sweden0.08% #7
  14. Ireland0.07% #8
  15. Mozambique0.07% #6

Share for Qwant by country, October 2026A world map shaded by share in five bands. 95 countries and territories have a figure; each country opens its figures on a click, and the full list is below the map.Albania: 0.03%Angola: 0.01%Austria: 0.1%Belgium: 0.12%Burkina Faso: 0.02%Bulgaria: 0.06%Benin: 0.04%Bolivia (Plurinational State of): 0.02%Canada: 0.04%Democratic Republic of the Congo: 0.01%Central African Republic: 0.01%Congo: 0.02%Switzerland: 0.17%Côte d’Ivoire: 0.04%Cameroon: 0.02%Costa Rica: 0.02%Cyprus: 0.03%Czechia: 0.02%Germany: 0.04%Djibouti: 0.02%Denmark: 0.18%Dominican Republic: 0.14%Algeria: 0.02%Estonia: 0.06%Spain: 0.05%Finland: 0.12%France: 0.76%Gabon: 0.02%Guinea: 0.02%Greece: 0.06%Guinea-Bissau: 0.08%Honduras: 0.01%Croatia: 0.03%Haiti: 0.02%Hungary: 0.03%Ireland: 0.07%Iceland: 0.11%Italy: 0.08%Lithuania: 0.03%Luxembourg: 0.45%Latvia: 0.03%Morocco: 0.03%Madagascar: 0.08%Mali: 0.03%Mozambique: 0.07%New Caledonia: 0.54%Niger: 0.02%Nicaragua: 0.02%Netherlands (Kingdom of the): 0.04%Norway: 0.08%New Zealand: 0.02%Papua New Guinea: 0.01%Poland: 0.06%Puerto Rico: 0.02%Portugal: 0.09%Romania: 0.03%Sweden: 0.08%Slovenia: 0.06%Slovakia: 0.01%Senegal: 0.03%Suriname: 0.01%Chad: 0.02%Togo: 0.03%Tunisia: 0.06%United States of America: 0.01%Uruguay: 0.01%Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of): 0.02%United Arab Emirates: not listedAfghanistan: not listedArmenia: not listedArgentina: not listedAustralia: not listedAzerbaijan: not listedBosnia and Herzegovina: not listedBangladesh: not listedBurundi: not listedBrunei Darussalam: not listedBrazil: not listedBahamas: not listedBhutan: not listedBotswana: not listedBelarus: not listedBelize: not listedChile: not listedChina: not listedColombia: not listedCuba: not listedEcuador: not listedEgypt: not listedEritrea: not listedEthiopia: not listedFiji: not listedFalkland Islands (Malvinas): not listedUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: not listedGeorgia: not listedGhana: not listedGreenland: not listedGambia: not listedEquatorial Guinea: not listedGuatemala: not listedGuyana: not listedIndonesia: not listedIsrael: not listedIndia: not listedIraq: not listedIran (Islamic Republic of): not listedJamaica: not listedJordan: not listedJapan: not listedKenya: not listedKyrgyzstan: not listedCambodia: not listedDemocratic People's Republic of Korea: not listedRepublic of Korea: not listedKuwait: not listedKazakhstan: not listedLao People's Democratic Republic: not listedLebanon: not listedSri Lanka: not listedLiberia: not listedLesotho: not listedLibya: not listedRepublic of Moldova: not listedMontenegro: not listedNorth Macedonia: not listedMyanmar: not listedMongolia: not listedMauritania: not listedMalawi: not listedMexico: not listedMalaysia: not listedNamibia: not listedNigeria: not listedNepal: not listedOman: not listedPanama: not listedPeru: not listedPhilippines: not listedPakistan: not listedState of Palestine: not listedParaguay: not listedQatar: not listedSerbia: not listedRussian Federation: not listedRwanda: not listedSaudi Arabia: not listedSolomon Islands: not listedSudan: not listedSierra Leone: not listedSomalia: not listedSouth Sudan: not listedEl Salvador: not listedSyrian Arab Republic: not listedEswatini: not listedThailand: not listedTajikistan: not listedTimor-Leste: not listedTurkmenistan: not listedTürkiye: not listedTrinidad and Tobago: not listedTaiwan: not listedUnited Republic of Tanzania: not listedUkraine: not listedUganda: not listedUzbekistan: not listedViet Nam: not listedVanuatu: not listedYemen: not listedSouth Africa: not listedZambia: not listedZimbabwe: not listedWestern Sahara: no dataFrench Southern Territories: no dataKosovo: no dataN. Cyprus: no dataSomaliland: no data
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  • 5% to under 20%
  • 20% to under 50%
  • 50% or more
  • Not in StatCounter's list there
  • No data

Equal Earth projection. Antarctica and many small places are too small to draw; every figure is in the list below. “Not in StatCounter's list there” means its table for that place does not include Qwant; “No data” means StatCounter returned no table for it. StatCounter Global Stats

All 95 countries and territories with a figure

Mayotte 1.58% (#4) Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.93% (#6) French Guiana 0.9% (#5) Réunion 0.84% (#5) Wallis and Futuna Islands 0.78% (#5) France 0.76% (#5) Monaco 0.68% (#6) Martinique 0.55% (#6) New Caledonia 0.54% (#6) Guadeloupe 0.51% (#6) Luxembourg 0.45% (#7) French Polynesia 0.39% (#6) Antarctica 0.27% (#7) Denmark 0.18% (#7) Andorra 0.17% (#7) Switzerland 0.17% (#7) Dominican Republic 0.14% (#6) Belgium 0.12% (#7) Finland 0.12% (#7) Saint Martin (French Part) 0.12% (#5) Iceland 0.11% (#7) Liechtenstein 0.11% (#9) Austria 0.1% (#7) Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.1% (#7) Portugal 0.09% (#7) Guinea-Bissau 0.08% (#5) Italy 0.08% (#7) Madagascar 0.08% (#7) Norway 0.08% (#7) Sweden 0.08% (#7) Comoros 0.07% (#5) Ireland 0.07% (#8) Mozambique 0.07% (#6) Bulgaria 0.06% (#7) Estonia 0.06% (#7) Greece 0.06% (#7) Malta 0.06% (#7) Poland 0.06% (#7) Slovenia 0.06% (#7) Tunisia 0.06% (#6) Åland Islands 0.06% (#7) Cabo Verde 0.05% (#8) Gibraltar 0.05% (#7) Spain 0.05% (#7) Aruba 0.04% (#7) Benin 0.04% (#8) Canada 0.04% (#7) Côte d’Ivoire 0.04% (#7) Germany 0.04% (#8) Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0.04% (#8) Sao Tome and Principe 0.04% (#3) Albania 0.03% (#8) Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.03% (#7) Croatia 0.03% (#8) Cyprus 0.03% (#7) Hungary 0.03% (#7) Latvia 0.03% (#7) Lithuania 0.03% (#7) Mali 0.03% (#8) Mauritius 0.03% (#9) Morocco 0.03% (#7) Romania 0.03% (#7) Senegal 0.03% (#7) Togo 0.03% (#7) Algeria 0.02% (#9) Barbados 0.02% (#8) Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.02% (#7) Burkina Faso 0.02% (#7) Cameroon 0.02% (#8) Chad 0.02% (#8) Congo 0.02% (#9) Costa Rica 0.02% (#8) Czechia 0.02% (#8) Djibouti 0.02% (#7) Faroe Islands 0.02% (#8) Gabon 0.02% (#8) Guinea 0.02% (#7) Haiti 0.02% (#5) Isle of Man 0.02% (#7) New Zealand 0.02% (#10) Nicaragua 0.02% (#7) Niger 0.02% (#8) Puerto Rico 0.02% (#7) Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.02% (#7) Angola 0.01% (#11) Bermuda 0.01% (#8) Central African Republic 0.01% (#8) Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.01% (#9) Honduras 0.01% (#9) Papua New Guinea 0.01% (#10) Seychelles 0.01% (#12) Slovakia 0.01% (#10) Suriname 0.01% (#10) United States of America 0.01% (#9) Uruguay 0.01% (#8)

StatCounter Global Stats, October 2026, CC BY-SA 3.0. The number in brackets is its rank in that place.

Recorded markets

The research records France as the main market for Qwant.

Does Qwant use structured data?

The research records no documented support for any structured data format for Qwant.

Structured data formats for Qwant
FormatDocumented supportWhat the research records
JSON-LDNot documentedNot documented on the first-party page fetched[1]; the Qwant help center could not be fetched (HTTP 403).[1]
MicrodataNot documentedNot documented on the first-party page fetched[1]; the Qwant help center could not be fetched (HTTP 403).[1]
RDFaNot documentedNot documented on the first-party page fetched[1]; the Qwant help center could not be fetched (HTTP 403).[1]
Open GraphNot documentedNot documented on the first-party page fetched[1]; the Qwant help center could not be fetched (HTTP 403).[1]
MicroformatsNot documentedNot documented on the first-party page fetched[1]; the Qwant help center could not be fetched (HTTP 403).[1]
Twitter CardsNot documentedNot documented on the first-party page fetched[1]; the Qwant help center could not be fetched (HTTP 403).[1]

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

Rich resultsThe research records no rich result type for Qwant.

How it crawlsThe research records no crawler token for Qwant.

How do I test my markup for Qwant?

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

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Test a page for Qwant

See what the research records for Qwant against the structured data on your page (market: France).

Test a page

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

What could not be verified?

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

  • Qwant crawler tokens: user agent contains Qwantify (with suffixes such as junior, news, official, wikidata, dev); main indexing bot QwantBot can be blocked in robots.txt; reverse DNS hostnames under qwant.com start with qwantbot.

    Why it is open: Seen only in search result snippets of the blocked help pages, never in a fetched first-party page.

    How it was checked

    Source 2 https://help.qwant.com/bot/ (HTTP 403); source 3 (HTTP 403); https://help.qwant.com/bot (403); https://help.qwant.com/ (403); https://help.qwant.com/en/bot/ (404); https://help.qwant.com/en/docs/overview/how-does-qwant-index-the-web/ (404); a web.archive.org copy (host refused by the fetch tool).

  • Any Qwant statement on structured data or rich results.

    Why it is open: The only fetched Qwant page does not mention structured data; the webmaster help center is blocked.

    How it was checked

    Source 1 read in full; help center category https://help.qwant.com/hc/en-us/categories/47118724903057-Publishers-Webmasters and article https://help.qwant.com/hc/en-us/articles/48074360425361-Qwant-and-AI-Training-Data were seen in search results but not fetched (help.qwant.com returns HTTP 403).

  • Countries served: FR is recorded as the home market only.

    Why it is open: No first-party country list was fetched. Staan, which shares Qwant's stack, lists markets fr-fr, en-us, de-de and en-uk[4].

    How it was checked

    Sources 1, 4 and 5.

Sources

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

  1. 1.Web indexing: where is Qwant's independence? · Qwant · updated September 18, 2023
  2. 2.Qwant Web crawler - Qwant Help Center - Centre d'aide · QwantCould not be fetched
  3. 3.How Qwant Indexes the Web · QwantCould not be fetched
  4. 4.Staan · European Search Perspective
  5. 5.European Search Perspective · European Search Perspective
  6. 6.FAQ · European Search Perspective

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