SEARCH ENGINE · OWN INDEX · FRANCE AND GERMANY

What is Staan?

Listed in this research as “Staan (European Search Perspective index and API)”.

Staan is a search engine run by European Search Perspective. It runs its own index. No structured data support is documented in the pages read. The research records France and Germany as its main markets. Two claims about it could not be verified.

Last checked November 10, 2026 · 5 sources, 1 of them could not be fetched

Type
Search engine
Run by
European Search Perspective
Results come from
Its own index
Recorded markets
France, Germany
Where its share is highest
StatCounter does not track Staan.
Share, worldwide
StatCounter does not track Staan.
Structured data formats
None documented
Rich result types
None on record

Who runs it

Run by European Search Perspective. The research records the operator as: European Search Perspective (joint venture of Ecosia and Qwant)

staan.ai

Where does Staan get its results?

Staan is the European web index and search API built by European Search Perspective; it runs on the same search stack as Qwant Search[2] and powers Ecosia, Lilo and Qwant[5]. EUSP describes a partial web index that starts with France and Germany[3]; Staan lists markets fr-fr, en-us, de-de and en-uk[2] and focuses on French, German and English[5]. Index size is not stated. Results carry a publication date[2].

Engines that use results from Staan

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

Named by other engines in a narrower role: Ecosia (one of several sources)[1] and Qwant (one of several sources)[5].

Which countries use Staan?

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

Recorded markets

The research records France and Germany as the main markets for Staan.

Does Staan use structured data?

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

Structured data formats for Staan
FormatDocumented supportWhat the research records
JSON-LDNot documentedNot documented on the first-party pages fetched.[5]
MicrodataNot documentedNot documented on the first-party pages fetched.[5]
RDFaNot documentedNot documented on the first-party pages fetched.[5]
Open GraphNot documentedNot documented on the first-party pages fetched.[5]
MicroformatsNot documentedNot documented on the first-party pages fetched.[5]
Twitter CardsNot documentedNot documented on the first-party pages fetched.[5]

“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 Staan.

How it crawlsThe research records no crawler token for Staan.

How do I test my markup for Staan?

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

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

What could not be verified?

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

  • Crawler token for the Staan index and how site owners can block it.

    Why it is open: No fetched page names a crawler.

    How it was checked

    Sources 2, 3 and 5 read in full; source 4 https://docs.staan.ai returned empty content.

  • Staan API response fields and any structured data handling.

    Why it is open: The API documentation could not be read.

    How it was checked

    Source 4 https://docs.staan.ai (empty content returned); sources 2 and 5.

Sources

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

  1. 1.EUSP search results are now live in Germany · Ecosia · updated July 30, 2026
  2. 2.Staan · European Search Perspective
  3. 3.European Search Perspective · European Search Perspective
  4. 4.docs.staan.ai · European Search PerspectiveCould not be fetched
  5. 5.FAQ · European Search Perspective

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