In January 2024, the United States accounted for 54.5 percent of traffic to the online search website Yahoo.com. Taiwan and the Canada ranked second and third, accounting for 4.5 percent and 4.01 percent of web visits to the platform. The specific domain search.yahoo.com also received a similar distribution of its traffic from the United States, although with different composing the rest of its ranking.

In January 2024, the United States accounted for over 41 percent of traffic to the online search website search.yahoo.com. Brazil and India ranked second and third, accounting for 6.43 percent and 4.78 percent of web visits to the platform each. Meanwhile, the domain Yahoo.com also received a similar distribution of its traffic from the United States, although with different composing the rest of its ranking.

Google is the leading search engine in South Africa. As of January 2023, almost 96 percent of the searches on the web were conducted through this search engine. Its closest contender was Bing, with a share of 3.5 percent. Yahoo! ranked third with a share of only 0.2 percent.

Google referrals made up nearly 97 percent of the web traffic in Tunisia as of January 2024, representing the most popular search engine in the country. Despite accounting for a significantly lower share of page referrals, Bing was the second-main search engine, representing under three percent of the web traffic. Yahoo! followed with a share smaller than one percent.

In December 2023, Google was the search engine with the majority of web traffic referrals in Nigeria. It accounted for over 99 percent of the web traffic in the country. Following this were Bing and Yahoo!, with 0.4 percent and 0.04 percent of the traffic, respectively.

As of January 2025, online search engine Bing accounted for 12.23 percent of the global desktop search market, while market leader Google had a share of around 78.83 percent. Meanwhile, Yahoo's market share was 3.07 percent. Google in the global market Ever since the introduction of Google Search in 1997, the company has dominated the search engine market, while the shares of all other tools has been rather lopsided. The majority of Google revenues are generated through advertising. Its parent corporation, Alphabet, was one of the biggest internet companies worldwide as of 2023, with a market capitalization of 1,6 trillion U.S. dollars. The company has also expanded its services to mail, productivity tools, enterprise products, mobile devices, and other ventures. As a result, Google earned one of the highest tech company revenues in 2023 with roughly 305.6 billion U.S. dollars. Search engine usage in different countries Google is the most frequently used search engine worldwide. But in some countries, its’ alternatives are leading or competing with it to some extent. As of the last quarter of 2023, more than 63 percent of internet users in Russia used Yandex, whereas Google users were nearly 36 percent. Meanwhile, Baidu was the most used search engine in China, despite a strong percentage decrease of internet users in the country accessing it. In other countries, like Japan and Mexico, people tend to use Yahoo along with Google. In the first quarter of 2022 nearly 56 percent of the respondents in Japan said that they had used Yahoo in the past four weeks. In the same year, over 27 percent of users in Mexico said they used Yahoo. Another search engine, Bing, operated by Microsoft, was the second most popular search engine in the United Kingdom after Google.

Google accounted for 98 percent of the web traffic in Algeria in November 2023, representing the most popular search engine in the country. Despite accounting for a significantly lower share of page views, Bing was the second-main search engine, making up 1.4 percent of the web traffic. Yahoo! followed with a share of 0.3 percent.

In January 2025, the online search engine Bing accounted for 4.04 percent of the global search market across all devices, while market leader Google held a search traffic share of around 89.62 percent. Meanwhile, Yandex's market share was 2.62 percent, while Yahoo! represented around 1.34 percent.

As of February 2025, Google was the search engine with the most referrals to webpages in Ghana. It accounted for over 97 percent of the web traffic in the country. This was followed by Bing and Yahoo!, with 2.4 percent and 0.1 percent of the traffic, respectively.

Between September and November 2024, google.com was the most visited website in Hong Kong with 338 million average monthly visits. In terms of monthly traffic and pages per visit, international news website Yahoo.com ranked higher than the local news website hk01.com.

Google is not only popular in its home country but is also the dominant internet search provider in many major online markets, frequently generating almost 80 percent of desktop search traffic. The search engine giant has a market share of over 90 percent in India and accounted for the majority of the global search engine market, ahead of other competitors such as Yahoo, Bing, Yandex, and Baidu. Google’s online dominance All roads lead to Rome, or if you are browsing the internet, all roads lead to Google. It is hard to imagine an online experience without the online behemoth, as the company offers a wide range of online products and services that all seamlessly integrate with each other. Google search and advertising are the core products of the company, accounting for the vast majority of the company revenues. When adding this up with the Chrome browser, Gmail, Google Maps, YouTube, Google’s ownership of the Android mobile operating system, and various other consumer and enterprise services, Google is basically a one-stop shop for online needs. Google anti-trust rulings However, Google’s dominance of the search market is not always welcome and is keenly watched by authorities and industry watchdogs – since 2017, the EU commission has fined Google over 8 billion euros in antitrust fines for abusing its monopoly in online advertising. In March 2019, European Commission found that Google violated antitrust regulations by imposing contractual restrictions on third-party websites in order to make them less competitive and fined the company 1.7 billion euros.

In November 2024, Google.com was the most popular website worldwide with 136 billion average monthly visits. The online platform has held the top spot as the most popular website since June 2010, when it pulled ahead of Yahoo into first place. Second-ranked YouTube generated more than 72.8 billion monthly visits in the measured period. The internet leaders: search, social, and e-commerce Social networks, search engines, and e-commerce websites shape the online experience as we know it. While Google leads the global online search market by far, YouTube and Facebook have become the world’s most popular websites for user generated content, solidifying Alphabet’s and Meta’s leadership over the online landscape. Meanwhile, websites such as Amazon and eBay generate millions in profits from the sale and distribution of goods, making the e-market sector an integral part of the global retail scene. What is next for online content? Powering social media and websites like Reddit and Wikipedia, user-generated content keeps moving the internet’s engines. However, the rise of generative artificial intelligence will bring significant changes to how online content is produced and handled. ChatGPT is already transforming how online search is performed, and news of Google's 2024 deal for licensing Reddit content to train large language models (LLMs) signal that the internet is likely to go through a new revolution. While AI's impact on the online market might bring both opportunities and challenges, effective content management will remain crucial for profitability on the web.

As of March 2024, Google accounted for 96.32 percent of the search engine web traffic in Spain, being the most popular tool of this kind in the country across all devices. Bing was the second-main search engine, with 2.48 percent of the web traffic, while Yahoo! followed with 0.76 percent.

In March 2024, the online search engine Bing accounted for 3.65 percent of the European search market across all devices, while market leader Google held a search traffic share of around 91.38 percent. Meanwhile, Yandex's market share was 2.98 percent, while Yahoo! represented around 0.89 percent.

In March 2024, Google was the leading mobile search engine by market share in France, representing 96.75 of the traffic to search tools in the country. Meanwhile, Ecosia and Yahoo! followed, both with shares of 0.64 percent each.

In January 2025, Google accounted for 93.82 percent of the global mobile search engine market worldwide. Yandex had 2.5 percent of the global mobile search, while, competitors like Baidu and Yahoo! accounted for less than one percent each on a global scale.