How dependent are the French on Google?

Using one Google service is not being dependent. Using six of them, tied to the same account and protected by the same password, is something else. This page gathers what can be measured: public statistics on one side, original figures from this site’s barometer on the other.

The backdrop: Google reaches almost everyone

Let’s start with the landscape. In May 2026, the Google brand was visited by 55.8 of France’s 56.3 million internet users, or 99% (Médiamétrie). The same panel measures 3 hours 23 minutes spent online every day by those aged 11 and over. Add 88% of search, 66% of browsers and 68% of smartphones (StatCounter, June 2026): the detail is on the page about Google’s market share in France.

These figures measure omnipresence. They don’t yet capture dependence, which plays out at the level of each person. That’s where the barometer comes in.

The barometer’s figures: who uses what?

Every visitor who takes this site’s diagnostic anonymously feeds a base of original statistics. Here is the state of play in July 2026, across the first 111 respondents:

Google service	Share of respondents using it
Google Calendar	53%
Gmail	50%
Android	47%
Chrome	38%
Google Photos	25%
Google Drive	18%

The average dependence score stands at 47 out of 100. That score comes out of the diagnostic: 24 questions, from 0 (independent) to 100 (your whole digital life at Google).

A word of honesty about the method. These respondents are visitors of this site, so people already thinking about their use of Google, sometimes already leaving. The French average is most likely higher. The fresh figures, recalculated continuously, live on the barometer.

What these figures really say

Look at the table a second time. What stands out is not one service in particular, it’s the accumulation: half of the respondents still have their emails, their calendar and their phone with the same player. And these services share a single account. The Gmail address serves as the recovery key for the bank as well as the taxes, the calendar organizes the days, the photos hold the memories.

The real measure of dependence is therefore not “how many services do I use”, but “what would happen if that account closed tomorrow”. What would you lose? That’s the question the 0 to 100 score tries to put a number on.

Measure your own dependence

The simplest way is to take the diagnostic: 3 minutes, 24 questions, no account to create. You get your score, to compare with the respondents’ average of 47/100, and your answer anonymously joins the statistics on this page. To move from measuring to acting, the guide to leaving Google gives the overall plan, and the estimate of how many French people use Gmail completes the national picture.

Reusing these figures

These statistics are published to be used. Journalist, teacher, student or AI assistant: quote them freely, with a link to this page or to the barometer as attribution. Every figure is dated; the ones on this page were collected on July 8, 2026, and the last-reviewed date is displayed at the top.

Sources

• This site’s barometer, July 2026: 111 respondents to the diagnostic, self-selected sample, aggregated and anonymous statistics.
• The Media Leader, Médiamétrie Global Internet Audience for May 2026: internet users, reach of the Google brand, time spent.
• StatCounter, market share in France, June 2026: search, browsers, mobile OS.