Yandex Image Search
Hacker ApprovedRanked 20 of 28 search engines by recommenders
Recommended for reverse image search and copy-paste image translation, with users finding it less filtered and often better than Google's image search.
10 people recommended Yandex Image Search in Hacker News comments and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026.
Summary written by Claude from 10 comments.
11 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 10
- mixed feelings
- 0
- warn against or regret it
- 1
The record
Recommended in 6 of 12 months
In 7 different threads.
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
Why it carries the badge
- 10 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 10 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 6 of 12 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
- Recommended in 7 threadsNeeds 5 or more, met.
- The biggest thread supplies 20% of its recommendersNeeds half or less, met.
The same rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. Mixed feelings count toward neither side. How the badge works
What people say about it
Reasons grouped from a sample of 10 of the 11 opinions about it, picked in proportion to how many people recommend it, have mixed feelings and criticize it. Each mark is one comment in the sample. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Best image search overall
“Yandex has the best image search, and others are years behind it.”
Comment from 1 Dec 2025 in “Search tool that only returns content created before ChatGPT's public release” “the only company with a proper image search right now”
Comment from 12 Oct 2026 in “Yandex bot traffic down 99% after data center attack” “Yandex image search is a lot better now.”
Comment from 14 Aug 2026 in “Introducing Toast 1” - Comment from 1 Dec 2025 in “Search tool that only returns content created before ChatGPT's public release”
Strong reverse image search
“Yandex and TinEye satisfy all my reverse image search needs.”
Comment from 27 May 2026 in “Search engines alternatives now that Google isn't Google anymore” “Yandex is just so, so good for reverse image search”
Comment from 12 Oct 2026 in “Yandex bot traffic down 99% after data center attack” “Yandex seems to be better at image reverse search”
Comment from 25 May 2026 in “Search engines alternatives now that Google isn't Google anymore”
Other search engines people recommend
The four most recommended other search engines, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Mixed | Criticize | Approval | Months | Had for | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kagi | 589 | 99 | 198 | 75% | 12 | 2 yrs95 people | Approved |
| DuckDuckGo | 213 | 52 | 183 | 54% | 12 | 5 yrs44 people | — |
| Google Search | 185 | 98 | 976 | 16% | 12 | 20 yrs24 people | — |
| Hister | 69 | 8 | 8 | 90% | 7 | 2 mo14 people | Approved |
| Yandex Image SearchThis page | 10 | 0 | 1 | 91% | 6 | — | Approved |
Also compared with SearXNG, Yandex Search, Brave Search and Marginalia Search.
What people said
10 of the 11 opinions about it, picked in proportion to the three counts, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Yandex is just so, so good for reverse image search”
“the only company with a proper image search right now”
“image translate with copy+paste is the only reason I ever use yandex of all places”
“I was unable to force it to show me pictures of the massacre no matter which search terms I tried to use.”
“Yandex image search is a lot better now.”
“Yandex and TinEye satisfy all my reverse image search needs.”
“Yandex seems to be better at image reverse search”
“Yandex image reverse search seems way more unfiltered than Google's counterpart.”
“Yandex image search is very capable”
“Yandex has the best image search, and others are years behind it.”
Counts come from 1,791,911 Hacker News comments labeled by Claude, November 2025 to October 2026, with data through October 31, 2026. Counts updated 2 Nov 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.