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title: "QBD Books: search popularity in Australia"
description: "QBD Books is a bookstore chain. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time."
canonical: "https://gobrandwave.com/demand/au/brands/qbd-books"
publisher: "Brandwave"
---

# QBD Books: search popularity in Australia

QBD Books is a bookstore chain. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time.

## Key facts

- **Brand**: QBD Books
- **Market**: Australia
- **Measured month**: Sep 2026
- **Share of Search among bookstores**: 52.4%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bookstores | 1 | 52.4% | 124K |

- [Bookstores](/demand/au/categories/au-bookstores)

## How has branded search demand for QBD Books changed in Australia over the last 12 months?

- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for QBD Books in Australia held steady at 124K.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, QBD Books’ estimated Share of Search among bookstores in Australia peaked at 56.7% in December 2025 and was lowest at 47.3% in March 2026.

## How did search popularity change for Australia bookstores in September 2026?

- QBD Books’ estimated Share of Search among bookstores in Australia has gained ground for 3 months in a row, from 47.3% to 52.4% in September 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Dymocks in Australia fell 17.2% over 12 measured months, from 2.9K to 2.4K in September 2026.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | Bookstores | 124K | 52.2% | 1 |
| Nov 2025 | Bookstores | 151K | 52.1% | 1 |
| Dec 2025 | Bookstores | 184K | 56.7% | 1 |
| Jan 2026 | Bookstores | 135K | 54.4% | 1 |
| Feb 2026 | Bookstores | 101K | 52.1% | 1 |
| Mar 2026 | Bookstores | 101K | 47.3% | 2 |
| Apr 2026 | Bookstores | 110K | 54.2% | 1 |
| May 2026 | Bookstores | 110K | 49.3% | 2 |
| Jun 2026 | Bookstores | 101K | 47.3% | 2 |
| Jul 2026 | Bookstores | 110K | 49.5% | 2 |
| Aug 2026 | Bookstores | 124K | 52.2% | 1 |
| Sep 2026 | Bookstores | 124K | 52.4% | 1 |

## How is QBD Books measured?

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using QBD Books’ name. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brand is growing, holding steady, or fading.

- “qbd”
- “qbd books”

## Which bookstores compete with QBD Books?

- [Booktopia](/demand/au/brands/booktopia): Head-to-head: /demand/au/compare/booktopia-vs-qbd-books
- [Dymocks](/demand/au/brands/dymocks): Head-to-head: /demand/au/compare/dymocks-vs-qbd-books

## Methodology

- [How is branded search demand measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused.

## Cite this page

Brandwave. "QBD Books: search popularity in Australia". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/au/brands/qbd-books

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