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title: "AccuWeather: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide"
description: "AccuWeather is a weather service. 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/global-en/brands/accuweather"
publisher: "Brandwave"
---

# AccuWeather: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide

AccuWeather is a weather service. 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**: AccuWeather
- **Market**: Global
- **Measured month**: Aug 2026
- **Share of Search among weather apps**: 9.8%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Weather apps | 2 | 9.8% | 7.5M |
| Weather APIs | 1 | 99.2% | 7.5M |

- [Weather apps](/demand/global-en/categories/weather-apps)
- [Weather APIs](/demand/global-en/categories/weather-apis)

## How has branded search demand for AccuWeather changed worldwide over the last 12 months?

- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for AccuWeather worldwide rose from 6.1M to 7.5M.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, AccuWeather’s estimated Share of Search among weather apps worldwide decreased from 88% to 9.8%.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, AccuWeather’s estimated Share of Search among weather apps worldwide peaked at 88.2% in January 2026 and was lowest at 9.8% in August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, AccuWeather fell from 1st to 2nd among weather apps worldwide.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, AccuWeather’s estimated Share of Search among weather APIs worldwide held steady, from 98.8% to 99.2%.

## How did search popularity change for weather apps worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Weather.com gained estimated Share of Search among weather apps worldwide, from 82.1% to 89.4%.
- In August 2026, AccuWeather lost estimated Share of Search among weather apps worldwide, from 16.5% to 9.8%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for WeatherBug worldwide rose 82.9% over 11 measured months, from 246K to 450K in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Windy worldwide rose 22.2% over 11 measured months, from 135K to 165K in August 2026.

## How did search popularity change for weather APIs worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, OpenWeather rose from 3rd to 2nd among weather APIs worldwide.
- In August 2026, WeatherAPI fell from 2nd to 3rd among weather APIs worldwide.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for AccuWeather worldwide rose 22.2% over 11 measured months, from 6.1M to 7.5M in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Visual Crossing worldwide fell 20.8% over 11 measured months, from 2.4K to 1.9K in August 2026.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | Weather apps | 6.1M | 88% | 1 |
| Nov 2025 | Weather apps | 5M | 83.2% | 1 |
| Dec 2025 | Weather apps | 6.1M | 86.3% | 1 |
| Jan 2026 | Weather apps | 9.1M | 88.2% | 1 |
| Feb 2026 | Weather apps | 5M | 86.5% | 1 |
| Mar 2026 | Weather apps | 6.1M | 86% | 1 |
| Apr 2026 | Weather apps | 6.1M | 80.6% | 1 |
| May 2026 | Weather apps | 7.5M | 26.4% | 2 |
| Jun 2026 | Weather apps | 7.5M | 22.7% | 2 |
| Jul 2026 | Weather apps | 7.5M | 16.5% | 2 |
| Aug 2026 | Weather apps | 7.5M | 9.8% | 2 |
| Sep 2026 | Weather apps | — | — | — |
| Oct 2025 | Weather APIs | 6.1M | 98.8% | 1 |
| Nov 2025 | Weather APIs | 5M | 98.5% | 1 |
| Dec 2025 | Weather APIs | 6.1M | 98.9% | 1 |
| Jan 2026 | Weather APIs | 9.1M | 99.2% | 1 |
| Feb 2026 | Weather APIs | 5M | 98.7% | 1 |
| Mar 2026 | Weather APIs | 6.1M | 98.7% | 1 |
| Apr 2026 | Weather APIs | 6.1M | 98.8% | 1 |
| May 2026 | Weather APIs | 7.5M | 99% | 1 |
| Jun 2026 | Weather APIs | 7.5M | 99.1% | 1 |
| Jul 2026 | Weather APIs | 7.5M | 99.1% | 1 |
| Aug 2026 | Weather APIs | 7.5M | 99.2% | 1 |
| Sep 2026 | Weather APIs | — | — | — |

## How is AccuWeather measured?

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

- “accuweather”

## Which weather apps compete with AccuWeather?

- [Weather.com](/demand/global-en/brands/weather-com): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/accuweather-vs-weather-com
- [WeatherBug](/demand/global-en/brands/weatherbug): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/accuweather-vs-weatherbug
- [Windy](/demand/global-en/brands/windy): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/accuweather-vs-windy
- [Carrot Weather](/demand/global-en/brands/carrot-weather): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/accuweather-vs-carrot-weather

## 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. "AccuWeather: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/brands/accuweather

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