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Yandex was the leading search engine in Russia in the second quarter of 2025, having accounted for roughly 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 give their preference to homegrown Yandex and Mail.ru. Furthermore, Yandex is the most popular search engine for news reading, as well as the most-visited online resource in the country, with a reach of over ** percent. Besides the search engine, Yandex offers 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 *** million U.S. dollars in 2025. 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.