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4.03%
4.03% -- search market share for Bing (2026)
Bing is the second-largest search engine worldwide with a 4.03% market share according to StatCounter.
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4.03%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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B
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75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
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StatCounter
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https://bloggerspassion.com/bing-seo/ ↗
Source Article
How to Do Bing SEO? (2026) Boost Rankings And More Traffic
When people think of search engines, they usually think of Google. It’s so popular that “Google it” has become a verb.
But Google isn’t the only place people search anymore.
Search engines like Bing, DuckDuckGo, and Baidu are growing fast and sending REAL traffic.
As you can see in the image, our bl…
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Cited from StatCounter data on worldwide search engine market share
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Trend Over Time
| Period | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 6.5% | |
| 2009 | 10% | +53.8% |
| 2009-09 | 3.25% | -67.5% |
| 2010 | 11% | +238.5% |
| 2010-07 | 13.6% | +23.6% |
| 2010-09 | 11.2% | -17.6% |
| 2011 | 27% | +141.1% |
| 2011-03 | 17.5% | -35.2% |
| 2012 | 18% | +2.9% |
| 2012-04 | 14% | -22.2% |
| 2012-10 | 4.71% | -66.4% |
| 2013 | 25% | +430.8% |
| 2013-07 | 17.9% | -28.4% |
| 2015 | 19% | +6.1% |
| 2017 | 30% | +57.9% |
| 2020-09 | 2.83% | -90.6% |
| 2021 | 20% | +606.7% |
| 2021-12 | 20.2% | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 6.5% | -67.8% |
| 2023 | 3.4% | -47.7% |
| 2023-01 | 8.85% | +160.3% |
| 2023-03 | 6% | -32.2% |
| 2024-06 | 4.2% | -30.0% |
| 2024-10 | 1.97% | -53.1% |
| 2024-11 | 30.29% | +1437.6% |
| 2025 | 3.8% | -87.5% |
| 2025-04 | 8.24% | +116.8% |
| 2026 (current) | 7% | -15.0% |
| 2026 (current) | 4.03% | -42.4% |
| 2026 (current) | 4% | -0.7% |
| Q1 FY2012 | 27% | +575.0% |
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