The Nielsen Company today reported December 2009 data for the top U.S. Search Providers.
| Top 10 Search Providers for December 2009, Ranked by Searches (U.S.) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Provider | Searches (000) | Share of Searches |
| All Search | 9,945,576 | 100.0% | |
| 1 | Google Search | 6,697,223 | 67.3% |
| 2 | Yahoo! Search | 1,434,866 | 14.4% |
| 3 | MSN/Windows Live/Bing Search | 986,247 | 9.9% |
| 4 | AOL Search | 247,421 | 2.5% |
| 5 | Ask.com Search | 168,674 | 1.7% |
| 6 | My Web Search | 99,474 | 1.0% |
| 7 | Comcast Search | 50,325 | 0.5% |
| 8 | NexTag Search | 41,393 | 0.4% |
| 9 | BizRate Search | 31,612 | 0.3% |
| 10 | Yellow Pages Search | 27,914 | 0.3% |
| Source: The Nielsen Company | |||
Searches represent the total number of queries conducted at the provider. Example: An estimated 6.7 billion search queries were conducted at Google Search, representing 67.3 percent of all search queries conducted during the given time period.
*November and December U.S. search figures reflect dictionary changes
