# Yandex Image Search

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/yandex-image-search/

10 people recommended Yandex Image Search in Hacker News comments and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 12 months, in 7 threads. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Recommended for reverse image search and copy-paste image translation, with users finding it less filtered and often better than Google's image search.

Summary written by Claude from 10 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Best image search overall (4 comments in the sample): "Yandex has the best image search, and others are years behind it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46106137)) "the only company with a proper image search right now" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50051905)) "Yandex image search is a lot better now." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49302154))
- Strong reverse image search (3 comments in the sample): "Yandex and TinEye satisfy all my reverse image search needs." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48287891)) "Yandex is just so, so good for reverse image search" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50051956)) "Yandex seems to be better at image reverse search" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48267455))

## Other search engines people recommend

- [Kagi](https://hackerapproved.com/p/kagi/): 589 recommend, 99 mixed, 198 criticize
- [DuckDuckGo](https://hackerapproved.com/p/duckduckgo/): 213 recommend, 52 mixed, 183 criticize
- [Google Search](https://hackerapproved.com/p/google-search/): 185 recommend, 98 mixed, 976 criticize
- [Hister](https://hackerapproved.com/p/hister/): 69 recommend, 8 mixed, 8 criticize

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://yandex.com/images/)

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Yandex Image Search", https://hackerapproved.com/p/yandex-image-search/ (10 recommend, 0 mixed, 1 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.