What are the best search engines?
AI Visibility Ranking
Brands ordered by GenRank score for this question.
DirectionalQuestion-level figures rest on at most 6 answers per brand, so treat them as direction, not a verdict; the category ranking is the number to judge by. Scores are for the week of 2026-11-08.
| Rank | Brand | Named by | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Google Search | 5/6 | 89.0 |
| 2 | Bing | 5/6 | 68.5 |
| 3 | DuckDuckGo | 5/6 | 65.2 |
| 4 | Brave Search | 5/6 | 58.6 |
| 5 | StartPage | 4/6 | 42.3 |
| 6 | Perplexity | 3/6 | 36.2 |
| 7 | ChatGPT Search | 3/6 | 35.6 |
| 8 | Kagi | 3/6 | 32.0 |
| 9 | Ecosia | 3/6 | 30.0 |
| 10 | Yahoo! (search engine) | 2/6 | 23.9 |
Sources these answers cited
The sites each surface's answer cited this week. The logos are the surfaces that cited the site.
| Source | Cited by |
|---|---|
| searchenginewatch.com11 best alternative search engines to Google in 2026 |    3 surfaces |
| google.comportaltotal privacy |   2 surfaces |
| mangools.comSearch Engines List: Top 50 Best Search Engines in 2026 - Mangools | 2 surfaces |
| youtube.comsocial17 Popular Search Engines (Beyond Google & Bing) | 2 surfaces |
| bloggingwizard.com17 Best Search Engines For 2026: Alternatives To Google Search | 1 surfaces |
| blogs.bing.comportalIntroducing Copilot Search in Bing | 1 surfaces |
| brave.comWhat is Brave Search? | Brave | 1 surfaces |
| composio.devcomposio.dev | 1 surfaces |
| contentpen.ai15 search engines other than Google to try in 2026 | 1 surfaces |
| crowdo.net15 Best Search Engines in 2026 (Google Alternatives) - Crowdo | 1 surfaces |
| duckduckgo.comDuckDuckGo Search Privacy Protection - DuckDuckGo Help Pages | 1 surfaces |
| gs.statcounter.comSearch Engine Market Share Worldwide | Statcounter Global Stats | 1 surfaces |
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Rank trend
Rank trends are drawn once two weekly editions under the same methodology exist. Only the first edition is in so far.