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92.9%
92.9% -- search market share for Google (2023)
Google reached an all-time peak of 92.90% global search market share in 2023 according to StatCounter.
- Reported as an all-time peak according to StatCounter
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Value
92.9%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2023
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Evidence Quality
B
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Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Sources (3)
StatCounter
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Tier B
https://indexcraft.in/foundations/seo-evolution-guide ↗
Source Article
How SEO Has Evolved: A History
Search engine optimisation (SEO) looks almost nothing like it did when the first websites went live in the mid-1990s. What started as a fairly crude game of keyword repetition and meta tag manipulation has grown into a field that now touches content strategy, natural language processing, user experi…
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Little Green Agency
https://littlegreenagency.co.uk/blog/advertise-google-shopping/
2026-09-22
2026-09-22
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StatCounter
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Methodology
All-time peak per StatCounter
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Trend Over Time
| Period | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 80% | |
| 2004 | 36% | -55.0% |
| 2004-05 | 36.8% | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 59.2% | +60.9% |
| 2006 | 42.3% | -28.5% |
| 2006 | 44.7% | +5.7% |
| 2006-12 | 47.4% | +6.0% |
| 2007 | 56% | +18.1% |
| 2007 | 60% | +7.1% |
| 2007-07 | 49.5% | -17.5% |
| 2007-12 | 58.4% | +18.0% |
| 2008 | 58% | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 63% | +8.6% |
| 2009 | 77% | +22.2% |
| 2009 | 72% | -6.5% |
| 2009 | 74% | +2.8% |
| 2009-06 | 65% | -12.2% |
| 2009-09 | 80.08% | +23.2% |
| 2010 | 31% | -61.3% |
| 2010 | 30% | -3.2% |
| 2010 | 65% | +116.7% |
| 2010-06 | 71.65% | +10.2% |
| 2010-06 | 65% | -9.3% |
| 2010-07 | 65% | 0% |
| 2010-07 | 65.1% | +0.2% |
| 2011-12 | 80% | +22.9% |
| 2012 | 83% | +3.8% |
| 2012 | 78% | -6.0% |
| 2012-01 | 65% | -16.7% |
| 2012-10 | 89.33% | +37.4% |
| 2013 | 65.2% | -27.0% |
| 2013-07 | 67% | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 60% | -10.4% |
| 2020 | 71% | +18.3% |
| 2023 (current) | 92.9% | +30.8% |
| 2023-03 | 90% | -3.1% |
| 2024 | 93.57% | +4.0% |
| 2024-10 | 19% | -79.7% |
| 2024-2025 | 92.54% | +387.1% |
| 2025 | 79% | -14.6% |
| 2026 | 64.4% | -18.5% |
| 2026 | 83% | +28.9% |
| 2026 | 87% | +4.8% |
| 2026 | 92% | +5.7% |
| Q2 2010 | 27.3% | -70.3% |
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Google: 92.9% search market share. Source: StatCounter (2023). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/google-search-share-peak-2023
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