Google market share in China dropped slightly

Chinese e-commerce research company, CIC (China IntelliConsulting), just released their report on China search engine market share:

1. Baidu: 69.9%
2. Google: 19.8%
3. Sogou (part of Sohu): 3.5%
4. Soso (part of Tencent): 3.3%
5. Others: 3.5%

The report shows, Google’s market share dropped slightly by 0.4%; and, its market share in tier-1 cities (Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou) and Shenzhen has dropped by 0.9% to 25.4%. However, Google’s market share in central provincial capital cities and western central cities has increased by 2% and 0.9% respectively.

CIC (Chinese)

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