Search engines by country · Asia

Which search engines do people use in China?

In StatCounter's October 2026 figures for China (all platforms), Baidu has 49.08% of search engine referrals, bing 21.66% and YANDEX 11.58%. Referrals are visits that sites running StatCounter's code receive from a results page, not searches. ChatGPT has the highest AI chatbot share, 42%. This site documents 5 engines for China. StatCounter Global Stats

Share figures for October 2026 · data checked November 10, 2026

#1 search engine
BaiduStatCounter's label, October 2026
Its share of search engine referrals
49.08% StatCounter Global StatsVisits from results pages to sites running StatCounter's code, all platforms
Engines documented for China
5: Baidu, 360 Search, Sogou, Shenma and Toutiao Search
Top AI chatbot
ChatGPT, 42% StatCounter Global StatsStatCounter's product name
Population
1,406,585,0002025, World Bank
Rich results that name China
None on record

Which search engines do people use in China?

StatCounter lists 10 search engine rows for China for October 2026, all platforms. Each figure is that row's share of search engine referrals: the visits that sites running StatCounter's code receive from a search engine's results page. It does not count searches. StatCounter Global Stats

Search engine referrals in China, October 2026Every row StatCounter lists, under its labels; a linked label opens the engine page it is matched to. Bars run from 0 to 50%. StatCounter Global Stats
  1. Baidu49.08%
  2. bing21.66%
  3. YANDEX11.58%
  4. Haosou8.68%
  5. Google6.95%
  6. Sogou1.71%
  7. Shenma0.21%
  8. DuckDuckGo0.07%
  9. Other0.02%
  10. Yahoo!0.02%

Matching: StatCounter's one “Yahoo!” row is counted as Yahoo Search here (as Yahoo! JAPAN Search in Japan; its worldwide row covers both). YANDEX is Yandex Search; where StatCounter also lists YANDEX RU, the two rows are added together. Haosou is 360 Search.

Source: StatCounter Global Stats, search engine market share, October 2026, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0. Rankings across countries on this site use only places of 1 million people or more where StatCounter lists at least three search engines; China is one of them.

Which AI chatbots do people use in China?

StatCounter lists 5 AI chatbot rows for China for October 2026, under its own product names. StatCounter does not describe how it measures AI chatbot share on the pages read, so no method is claimed here. Its product names are broader or narrower than the engine profiles on this site, so each linked name opens the engine profile it is matched to. StatCounter Global Stats

AI chatbot share in China, October 2026Every row StatCounter lists, under its product names. Bars run from 0 to 50%. StatCounter Global Stats
  1. ChatGPT42%
  2. Google Gemini32.71%
  3. Deepseek19.49%
  4. Perplexity5.57%
  5. Claude0.23%

Source: StatCounter Global Stats, AI chatbot market share, October 2026, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0.

Which engines are documented for China?

The engine profiles on this site document 5 engines for China: each one's recorded markets include China. Each profile lists its sources.

  • BaiduSearch engine

    Rich result types: 10 on record: 4 active and 6 with an unknown status

    StatCounter figure here: 49.08% for its “Baidu” row, #1 of 10

  • 360 SearchSearch engine

    Rich result types: 15 on record: 4 active, 2 limited and 9 with an unknown status

    StatCounter figure here: 8.68% for its “Haosou” row, #4 of 10

  • SogouSearch engine

    Rich result types: 1 on record: 1 limited

    StatCounter figure here: 1.71% for its “Sogou” row, #6 of 10

  • ShenmaSearch engine

    Rich result types: 4 on record: 1 limited and 3 with an unknown status

    StatCounter figure here: 0.21% for its “Shenma” row, #7 of 10

  • Toutiao SearchSearch engine

    Rich result types: none on record

    StatCounter figure here: none reported

26 more engines are recorded with no country limit: their pages do not limit them to listed countries. They are on the engines page.

Rich resultsThe engine profiles record no rich result whose documentation names China in its list of places. Rich results documented for whole regions, or with no limit, are on each engine's page.

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Sources

Market share

  • StatCounter Global Stats: search engine market share, China, October 2026, all platforms (desktop, mobile, tablet and console), licensed CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • StatCounter Global Stats: AI chatbot market share, China, October 2026, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0.

Population

World Bank, indicator SP.POP.TOTL, CC BY 4.0, 2025. It also decides which places are ranked (1 million people or more).

Names

China is the English name in CLDR 47.0, the Unicode Common Locale Data Repository. The country list used here is UN M49, plus Taiwan from ISO 3166-1. ISO 3166-1 code: CN.