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1.39%
1.39% -- search engine market share for Yahoo (2026)
Yahoo holds a 1.39% global search engine market share in 2026.
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1.39%
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Data Vintage
2026
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95
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StatCounter
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https://abedintech.com/top-search-engines-list/ ↗
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Top Search Engines in the World (2026 Market Share List)
Google is the world’s most-used search engine, holding about 90% of the global market in 2026, followed by Microsoft Bing (~5%), Yahoo, Yandex, DuckDuckGo, and Baidu. But dozens of engines matter depending on where you are and what you need — Baidu leads in China, Yandex in Russia, Naver in South Ko…
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StatCounter Global Stats, 2026
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Trend Over Time
| Period | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004-03 | 30% | |
| 2006 | 23.8% | -20.7% |
| 2008 | 11.58% | -51.3% |
| 2009 | 11.1% | -4.1% |
| 2009-06 | 11.46% | +3.2% |
| 2010-08 | 17.1% | +49.2% |
| 2011-05 | 15.9% | -7.0% |
| 2011-07 | 3% | -81.1% |
| 2011-08 | 16.3% | +443.3% |
| 2011-10 | 6.8% | -58.3% |
| 2012 | 4% | -41.2% |
| 2012 | 5% | +25.0% |
| 2012-11 | 2.27% | -54.6% |
| 2013 | 12.8% | +463.9% |
| 2013 | 2.4% | -81.2% |
| 2013-01 | 12% | +400.0% |
| 2013-01 | 12.1% | +0.8% |
| 2014-03 | 10.1% | -16.5% |
| 2020 | 1.61% | -84.1% |
| 2023 | 2.55% | +58.4% |
| 2023-01 | 2.59% | +1.6% |
| 2024 | 5.06% | +95.4% |
| 2025 | 1% | -80.2% |
| 2026 (current) | 1.39% | +39.0% |
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Yahoo: 1.39% search engine market share. Source: StatCounter (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/yahoo-global-search-market-share-2026
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