According to a survey on search engine users in China conducted in May 2023, text search was the most popular search method, accounting for more than 90 percent of both PC and mobile searches. Voice search was more common on mobile devices than PC.
Popular input methods of online search in China as of May 2023, by device
Research subjects: active users who had used traditional search engine platforms (excluding vertical content search platforms, such as bytes, Xiaohongshu Search, etc.) of all ports in April 2023, of which the traditional search engine platforms include Baidu Search, 360 Search, Sogou Search, QuarkSearch (mobile only), Sleipnir Search (mobile only) and Wukong Search (mobile only).
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