How many people use Google daily? is it actually as dominant as people say
random thought lol but how many people actually use google on a daily basis? i always assumed basically everyone does but i recently met a few people who switched to duckduckgo and brave search and it made me wonder if it is just me that use google daily and people are switching to something else
i tried switching to duckduckgo for about two weeks and honestly the results were fine for basic stuff but the second i needed something specific like a local restaurant or a niche technical question i was back on google within minutes. the search quality just isn't there yet with the alternatives or i am just not used to it lol
what also got me thinking about this is that my younger cousins (gen z, like 16 to 20) don't even google stuff anymore. they search on tiktok and instagram first. like if they want a restaurant recommendation they go to tiktok not google maps. So from this perspective feels like google's competition isn't other search engines, it's social media that young people use daily
anyone else tried fully switching away from using google? how long did you last before going back? and does anyone actually know the real numbers on how many people still use google vs alternatives in 2026?