⚡ Captchas in Russia

A CAPTCHA (an acronym for Completely Automated Public Turing test To tell Computers and Humans Apart) is a security technology used to verify whether a user is a human or a bot (computer program).

Russia is a Eurasian country with a population of around 144 million people.

According to our research, captcha services are used on 9.4% of websites from Russia.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top captcha services in Russia in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is reCAPTCHA, which dominates the market with an overwhelming 87.3% share.
It is followed by Yandex SmartCaptcha with 12.3% and hCaptcha with 1.9%.

reCAPTCHA 87.3%
Yandex SmartCaptcha 12.3%
hCaptcha 1.9%
Cloudflare Turnstile 1.3%
Altcha 0.05%
GeeTest 0.04%
Friendly Captcha 0.04%

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top services that are more popular in Russia than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

2. Yandex SmartCaptcha ^(-3)
5. Altcha ^(-1)
6. GeeTest ^(-2)

✨ Best Captcha Services

Below is a more detailed list of 7 captcha services used on sites from Russia, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	reCAPTCHA Mountain View, California, United States A Google service that protects websites from spam, fraud, and automated abuse by distinguishing human users from bots. Free tier$8+/month	87.3%
2	Yandex SmartCaptcha Moscow, Russia A captcha service from the Russian company Yandex. Free tier$0.80	12.3%
3	hCaptcha San Francisco, California, United States A security service for detecting and preventing human and automated abuse on websites and applications, often used as a drop-in alternative to reCAPTCHA. Free$99+/month	1.9%
4	Cloudflare Turnstile San Francisco, California, United States A user-friendly CAPTCHA alternative that verifies human visitors without requiring them to solve interactive puzzles or identify objects. Free$$$	1.3%
5	Altcha Brno, Czech Republic An open-source, privacy-first, self-hosted captcha alternative that uses a proof-of-work mechanism to protect websites, APIs and online services from spam and unwanted content. FreeOpen source€24+/month	0.05%
6	GeeTest Wuhan, China A Chinese provider of CAPTCHA and bot management solutions. $$$	0.04%
7	Friendly Captcha Woerthsee, Germany A European captcha service that protects websites from bots and automated abuse while prioritizing user privacy, security, and accessibility. Free€9+/month	0.04%

👉 See Also

🌎 Captchas in other countries

Data is based on the analysis of 90,572 websites from Russia.
Statistics were last calculated on March 30, 2026.
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.