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title: "Brave: search popularity worldwide"
description: "Brave is a web browser. 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/brave"
publisher: "Brandwave"
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# Brave: search popularity worldwide

Brave is a web browser. 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**: Brave
- **Market**: Global
- **Measured month**: Sep 2026
- **Share of Search among web browsers**: 24.4%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Web browsers | 1 | 24.4% | 5M |

- [Web browsers](/demand/global-en/categories/web-browsers)

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

- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for Brave worldwide rose from 4.1M to 5M.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Brave’s estimated Share of Search among web browsers worldwide increased from 20.5% to 24.4%.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Brave’s estimated Share of Search among web browsers worldwide peaked at 25.7% in August 2026 and was lowest at 17.4% in November 2025.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Brave rose from 2nd to 1st among web browsers worldwide.

## How did search popularity change for web browsers worldwide in September 2026?

- In September 2026, Firefox gained estimated Share of Search among web browsers worldwide, from 14.1% to 16.3%.
- In September 2026, Opera gained estimated Share of Search among web browsers worldwide, from 9.4% to 10.9%.
- In September 2026, Brave lost estimated Share of Search among web browsers worldwide, from 25.7% to 24.4%.
- In September 2026, Google Chrome lost estimated Share of Search among web browsers worldwide, from 25.7% to 24.4%.
- In September 2026, Safari lost estimated Share of Search among web browsers worldwide, from 21% to 19.9%.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | Web browsers | 4.1M | 20.5% | 2 |
| Nov 2025 | Web browsers | 3.4M | 17.4% | 2 |
| Dec 2025 | Web browsers | 4.1M | 20.5% | 2 |
| Jan 2026 | Web browsers | 4.1M | 19.7% | 2 |
| Feb 2026 | Web browsers | 4.1M | 22.9% | 2 |
| Mar 2026 | Web browsers | 4.1M | 20.9% | 2 |
| Apr 2026 | Web browsers | 4.1M | 22.9% | 2 |
| May 2026 | Web browsers | 4.1M | 21.5% | 2 |
| Jun 2026 | Web browsers | 4.1M | 22% | 2 |
| Jul 2026 | Web browsers | 4.1M | 22% | 2 |
| Aug 2026 | Web browsers | 5M | 25.7% | 1 |
| Sep 2026 | Web browsers | 5M | 24.4% | 1 |

## How is Brave measured?

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Brave’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.

- “brave”

## Which web browsers compete with Brave?

- [Google Chrome](/demand/global-en/brands/google-chrome): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/brave-vs-google-chrome
- [Safari](/demand/global-en/brands/safari): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/brave-vs-safari
- [Firefox](/demand/global-en/brands/firefox): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/brave-vs-firefox
- [Opera](/demand/global-en/brands/opera): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/brave-vs-opera
- [Microsoft Edge](/demand/global-en/brands/microsoft-edge): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/brave-vs-microsoft-edge

## 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. "Brave: search popularity worldwide". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/brands/brave

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