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title: "Cilium: search popularity worldwide"
description: "Cilium is an open source networking and security platform. 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/cilium"
publisher: "Brandwave"
---

# Cilium: search popularity worldwide

Cilium is an open source networking and security platform. 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**: Cilium
- **Market**: Global
- **Measured month**: Aug 2026
- **Share of Search among service mesh platforms**: 38%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Service mesh platforms | 2 | 38% | 18.1K |

- [Service mesh platforms](/demand/global-en/categories/service-mesh-platforms)

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

- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for Cilium worldwide fell from 27.1K to 18.1K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Cilium’s estimated Share of Search among service mesh platforms worldwide peaked at 41.6% in May 2026 and was lowest at 33.5% in November 2025.

## How did search popularity change for service mesh platforms worldwide in August 2026?

- Estimated monthly branded searches for HashiCorp Consul worldwide fell 34.1% over 11 measured months, from 4.4K to 2.9K in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Linkerd worldwide fell 33.3% over 11 measured months, from 6.6K to 4.4K in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Cilium worldwide fell 33.2% over 11 measured months, from 27.1K to 18.1K in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Istio worldwide fell 32.9% over 11 measured months, from 33.1K to 22.2K in August 2026.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | Service mesh platforms | 27.1K | 38.1% | 2 |
| Nov 2025 | Service mesh platforms | 22.2K | 33.5% | 2 |
| Dec 2025 | Service mesh platforms | 22.2K | 38.1% | 2 |
| Jan 2026 | Service mesh platforms | 22.2K | 37.3% | 2 |
| Feb 2026 | Service mesh platforms | 22.2K | 38.1% | 2 |
| Mar 2026 | Service mesh platforms | 22.2K | 33.9% | 2 |
| Apr 2026 | Service mesh platforms | 22.2K | 38.1% | 2 |
| May 2026 | Service mesh platforms | 22.2K | 41.6% | 1 |
| Jun 2026 | Service mesh platforms | 18.1K | 37.2% | 2 |
| Jul 2026 | Service mesh platforms | 18.1K | 38% | 2 |
| Aug 2026 | Service mesh platforms | 18.1K | 38% | 2 |
| Sep 2026 | Service mesh platforms | — | — | — |

## How is Cilium measured?

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

- “cilium”

## Which service mesh platforms compete with Cilium?

- [Istio](/demand/global-en/brands/istio): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/cilium-vs-istio
- [Linkerd](/demand/global-en/brands/linkerd): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/cilium-vs-linkerd
- [HashiCorp Consul](/demand/global-en/brands/hashicorp-consul): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/cilium-vs-hashicorp-consul
- [Kuma](/demand/global-en/brands/kuma)

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

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