( CNN ) -- The United States government 's hunger for information on Google users is continuing to rise . The tech company had more requests for user information in the first half of this year from the United States than any period before , according to the bi-annual Google transparency report released on Thursday . The United States government continues to make the most requests in the world for user data , with 10,918 requests for 21,683 user accounts during the first six months of 2013 . The United States also has the highest success rate at getting Google to comply with its requests . The search giant turned over user information for 83 % of the U.S. queries . India , Germany and France rounded out the top four , each making between 2,000 and 3,000 requests for user information . In its most recent transparency report , Google has done something different . It now breaks down U.S. criminal legal requests by type , showing what percentage of the orders are subpoenas , wiretap orders , warrants , PEN register orders , or emergency disclosures . The majority of requests were subpoenas , followed by warrants . There were seven wiretap requests . The numbers show how the volume of requests has increased steadily over time . The total amount of requests from all governments has doubled since Google started tracking them in 2009 . This is the company 's eighth transparency report since it started publicly sharing the statistics in 2010 . Google has led the way for tech companies with its transparency reports , which are becoming industry standard . After this year 's National Security Agency revelations , other companies including Facebook , Twitter , Yahoo and most recently Apple joined in and released their own similar reports . The companies have also petitioned the U.S. government to allow them to publish information on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act requests they field . Google continued to express frustration with the United States government for limiting what companies can disclose about national security requests . `` We believe it 's your right to know what kinds of requests and how many each government is making of us and other companies , '' said Google legal director Richard Salgado in a blog post .
Google releases its eighth annual report on Thursday . Number of privacy requests has doubled since company data began in 2009 . The report breaks down law enforcement request by type for the first time . In the first half of 2013 , the U.S. received the most requests for user information .