# Yandex Wordstat review (2026): is it any good? > Free search query statistics for the Yandex search engine Checked Oct 23, 2026 ยท graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA. Yandex Wordstat shows how often people search Yandex for a word or phrase, counting every grammatical form of it. Its three tabs chart a query's volume over time, split it by region and city, and list the top queries that contain the phrase alongside similar searches. It is free to use with a Yandex account. - **Category:** Keyword Research Tools - **Made by:** Yandex LLC - **Website:** https://wordstat.yandex.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if your readers search on Google, as it counts Yandex searches only. - **Facts last checked:** Oct 23, 2026 ## Pricing As of Oct 23, 2026, Yandex Wordstat is free to use. - **Pricing model:** Free - **Free plan:** Free with a Yandex account: query counts by month, week or day, breakdowns by region and device, top related queries and CSV downloads. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 | The Dynamics, Regions and Top queries reports, filters by region and device, search operators and CSV export. | Read from https://wordstat.yandex.com/ on Oct 23, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Yandex Wordstat before buying. ## Key features - **Dynamics:** Charts the number of searches containing a phrase and its share of all Yandex searches, by month, week or day, back to January 2018. - **Regions:** Splits the last 30 days of searches by region or city, with each place's share of queries and an interest index against the national average. - **Top queries:** Lists last month's most frequent searches that contain the phrase, plus queries Yandex treats as similar to it. - **Search operators:** Operators such as -, !, +, quotes, square brackets and grouping fix word forms, word order or word count, or exclude words from the count. - **Device filters and CSV export:** Every report can be narrowed to desktops, smartphones or tablets, and each one downloads as a CSV file. - **Wordstat API:** Wordstat data can also be pulled as JSON through an API, with daily and per-second request quotas tied to each OAuth token. ## Good for - Sites and advertisers targeting searchers in Russia and nearby countries - Checking demand for a phrase on Yandex before buying Yandex Direct ads - Seeing which regions or cities search for a topic most ## Worth knowing - Counts only searches made on Yandex, so it says nothing about Google or other engines. - You must be signed in with a Yandex account to use it. - Yandex's FAQ says a CAPTCHA may appear if you query too often or are outside the Commonwealth of Independent States. - Daily figures cover only the last 60 days; weekly and monthly views reach back to January 2018, five years at a time. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 3.0 out of 4**, graded Oct 23, 2026. Yandex Wordstat is Yandex's own free tool for seeing how often people search Yandex for a phrase, by month, week or day, split by region and city, with the top related queries and CSV downloads. But it counts Yandex searches only, so it tells you nothing about Google. You need a Yandex account, and a CAPTCHA may appear if you query a lot or sit outside the CIS. - **Value for money: A.** Free, from Yandex itself, with no paid plan: Dynamics, Regions, Top queries, device filters, CSV export and an API all cost $0. What it asks for is a Yandex account. - **Free plan and trial: A.** Everything is free with a Yandex account, and there's no cap on record a normal person would reach. The API has daily and per-second quotas on each token, and querying too often can bring up a CAPTCHA. - **Features: C.** Volume by month, week or day back to January 2018, regions and cities, top and similar queries, and operators that fix word forms and order. It does Yandex demand fully, but it's Yandex only, daily figures cover just 60 days, and there's no difficulty score or CPC on record. - **Ease of use: C.** No rating on record. You type a phrase and get a chart, but you sign in with a Yandex account first, a CAPTCHA may appear outside the CIS, and exact counts mean learning operators like !, + and square brackets. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web only, with no desktop or phone app. The same data comes out as JSON through the Wordstat API, with quotas tied to each OAuth token. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Yandex's own pages on 23 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among keyword research tools - Yandex Wordstat's GPA of 3.0 is higher than 48 of the 51 other keyword research tools we grade, and level with 3. - It stands best on free plan and trial (A, above 45 of 51) and worst on ease of use (C, above 0). - Yandex Wordstat has no paid plan. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4, and no tool on the category's chart scores higher without costing more. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/keyword-research ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** Yandex Wordstat is free, so making your own would save you nothing. And it is not the kind of software a weekend replaces. It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 3.0 is higher than 48 of the 51 other keyword research tools we grade. - You could not: Search volumes for millions of keywords, gathered and kept up to date. - You could not: An API that other software can build on. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** Keyword research, Public API ## Alternatives - [Google Keyword Planner](https://toolgpa.com/tools/google-keyword-planner): Free keyword ideas, search volumes and bid estimates inside Google Ads. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/google-keyword-planner-vs-yandex-wordstat) - [Google Trends](https://toolgpa.com/tools/google-trends): Free charts of relative Google search interest by time and place. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/google-trends-vs-yandex-wordstat) - [KeywordTool.io](https://toolgpa.com/tools/keywordtool-io): Autocomplete keyword ideas from Google and 16 other search platforms. 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