Which tech giant’s search engine processes over 8.5 billion searches per day? The answer is Google.
Google Search is the web-search service operated by Google, the technology company founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. The service grew out of their Stanford research project and became publicly available in 1998. Its ranking system helped distinguish Google from many earlier search engines by evaluating relationships between web pages as well as page text.
The often-quoted figure of more than 8.5 billion searches per day is an estimate, and search volume changes over time. Google has also publicized larger annual totals in recent years, so the precise daily number depends on the date and counting method. The statistic does not change the quiz answer: among the listed companies, Google is the search-engine giant associated with that scale.
A common mix-up is Alphabet, Google’s parent company since 2015. Alphabet owns Google, but the search engine itself is branded Google Search.