Case Study: LeKiosk achieves 3× more search queries, 2× faster search and 10% more subscriptions with Algolia

LeKiosk - Customer Case Study

LeKiosk is a Paris-based digital catalog of print news and media offering over 1,600 titles and 150 new issues/articles daily, so search is mission-critical for readers to find articles, topics, or whole magazines. Their prior open-source search was slow, unreliable, and inflexible—indexing lagged, punctuation-sensitive queries returned poor results, and engineers had to spend scarce resources just maintaining search.

After switching to Algolia in a matter of months, LeKiosk gained a faster, more customizable search: indexing and results are more than 2x faster, search usage tripled, and subscriptions rose by 10%. The improved keyword and topic discovery across platforms helped users find content they didn’t know existed and drove measurable engagement and revenue growth.

LeKiosk

Marine Saffar

Chief Technology Officer