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86%

86% -- search engine market share for Google (UK search engine market) (2021)

Name: Search Engine Market Share Statistics
Creator: Lighthouse Intelligence
Published: 2026-09-06

2021 · Statista

Google held an 86% share of the UK search engine market in 2021 according to Statista.

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86%

Unit

Percentage

Data Vintage

2021

Entity

Google (UK search engine market)

Evidence Quality

Strong, reliable evidence

Sourced from a well-regarded research firm or industry leader with transparent methodology and a reasonably large sample.

66/100 confidence

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Statista Primary Tier C

http://www.limelightdigital.co.uk/2023/11/ ↗

Confidence: 50/100 Vintage: 2021 Channel: Deep Crawl

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Trend Over Time

Period	Value	Change
2021 (current)	86%
2025	93.3%	+8.5%

Segmentation

Industrymarketing

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Google (UK search engine market): 86% search engine market share. Source: Statista (2021). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/google-uk-search-market-share-2021

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