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Top U.S. Search Engines June 2008 – Nielsen Online

Nielsen Online released data for the top U.S. search engine share rankings for June 2008 on July 18, 2008. The colossal search engine, Google, garnered an estimated 4.7 billion or 59.0% for the month of June 2008 for U.S. search inquiries according to Nielsen Online, a service provided by The Nielsen Company. Google gained a 19.0% increase year over year (YOY) growth.

Top 5 U.S. Search Share According to Nielsen Online
June 2008

Provider Share Growth YOY
Google 59.0% +19.0%
Yahoo! 16.6% -12.4%
MSN/Windows Live 14.1% +12.5%
AOL 4.3% -17.0%
Ask.com 2.0% +4.9%

Depicted below is pie chart of the top five U.S. search engines with search share percentages according to Nielsen Online for June 2008.

U.S. Search Share – June 2008 - Nielsen Online

* Other – 1.9% is a compilation of search share for: Comcast Search, My Web Search, MapQuest Search, NexTag Search and AT&T Worldnet Search.

About The Nielsen Company

The Nielsen Company is headquartered in New York, USA with an inception in 1964. The privately owned company is a foremost global media and information company providing top market position information. Nielsen Online is a principal Web analytics provider of online audiences under the Nielsen//NetRatings and Nielsen BuzzMetrics brands.

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