Google had 89.94% of worldwide search engine market share in September 2026 (StatCounter)
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Primary source found; it says the same thing, the scope matches, and it is reasonably current.
- Commonly cited as
- "What is Google's search market share?" / "Google has 90% of search"
- True origin
- StatCounter Global Stats — Search Engine Market Share Worldwide (September 2026)
- Type
- Reference fact: A frequently needed number or rule taken directly from a primary source (e.g. Pew, Census, IAB/PwC, FTC), with its as-of date.
- Year
- 2026
- Data as of
- September 2026 (monthly data)
- Last checked
- What the source says
Search Engine Market Share Worldwide - September 2026 Google 89.94 % bing 5.29 % Yahoo! 1.36 % YANDEX 1.3 % DuckDuckGo 0.74 % Baidu 0.44 %
- Method & sample
- StatCounter tracking code on a large network of websites; measures search referrals to those sites, not searches performed.
- Drift between quote and source
- Metric: share of referral traffic seen by StatCounter's network, not query volume
- Scope: excludes AI chatbots, which StatCounter tracks separately
- Interest
- StatCounter sells web analytics.
Safe rephrasing
StatCounter data for September 2026 put Google at 89.94% of worldwide search engine referrals, ahead of Bing at 5.29%.
Sources we opened
Machine-readable: /api/claims/statcounter-google-89-94-percent-search-share-sept-2026.json · Last checked 2026-10-16