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8.24%
8.24% -- search market share for Bing (2025-04)
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8.24%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2025-04
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B
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75
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60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
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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 (current) | 8.24% | +116.8% |
| 2026 | 7% | -15.0% |
| 2026 | 4.03% | -42.4% |
| 2026 | 4% | -0.7% |
| Q1 FY2012 | 27% | +575.0% |
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Bing: 8.24% search market share. Source: StatCounter (2025-04). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/bing-us-desktop-search-share-apr-2025
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