The statistics show Google had less than 90% search market share in Q4 of 2024, but which competitors are benefiting?

  • @Eagle0110
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    217 hours ago

    Then it probably also contributed to it, that if we can assume most users of Baidu are Chinese people in mainland China, then most of them wouldn’t be visit many non-domestic/non-Chinese website where StatCounter could get their tracking traffic reports from, because of a combination of CCP’s internet censorship that practically runs on a whitelist and blocks most nondomest website by default, as well as language barrier since most PRC residents have barely any functional English skill (like the ability to actually understand others in English or express ideas in English, as opposed to merely earn scores on a standardized English exam).

    • MudMan
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      316 hours ago

      Yeah. I don’t know what stats they can aggregate, but I imagine they skew non-Chinese.

      I’m very skeptical of Statcounter stuff in general, although it’s at least apples to apples if you’re tracking something over time. Google is likely dropping in usage. Where that’s going is maybe a bridge too far for what’s being collected.