Most popular search engines in Russia 2019-2023, by visits share

Yandex was the leading search engine in Russia from October to December 2023, having accounted for around 63.8 percent of total user visits over that period. The second most visited search engine in the country was Google, whose share of visits decreased slightly from the previous quarter.

Yandex search usage in Russia

Despite the global dominance of Google as a primary search engine, Russian consumers gave their preference to homegrown Yandex and Mail.ru. Furthermore, Yandex was the most popular search engine for news reading, as well as the second most visited online resource in the country, with nearly 64 million daily users. Besides the search engine, Yandex offered a wide range of online services, such as food delivery, maps, and a voice assistant.

Mail.ru and Rambler search engines

The third most visited search engine, Mail.ru, belonged to the VK Group, one of the most expensive internet companies operating in Russia, whose value was measured at 1.6 billion U.S. dollars in 2023. Rambler, launched in 1996, saw a decline in usage compared to the 2000s. It was a part of the Rambler Group, which consisted of several media organizations, including the online video service Okko and news services Lenta.ru and Rambler News Service. The corporation Sber acquired the group in 2020.