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title: "CircleCI: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide"
description: "CircleCI provides tools and services to automate software build and deployment pipelines. 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/circleci"
publisher: "Brandwave"
---

# CircleCI: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide

CircleCI provides tools and services to automate software build and deployment pipelines. 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**: CircleCI
- **Market**: Global
- **Measured month**: Aug 2026
- **Share of Search among continuous integration platforms**: 1.8%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Continuous integration platforms | 3 | 1.8% | 15.1K |

- [Continuous integration platforms](/demand/global-en/categories/continuous-integration-platforms)

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

- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for CircleCI worldwide fell from 18.6K to 15.1K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, CircleCI’s estimated Share of Search among continuous integration platforms worldwide held steady, from 1.9% to 1.8%.

## How did search popularity change for continuous integration platforms worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, GitHub Actions gained estimated Share of Search among continuous integration platforms worldwide, from 14.3% to 16.1%.
- In August 2026, GitLab lost estimated Share of Search among continuous integration platforms worldwide, from 82.6% to 80.6%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Buildkite worldwide rose 84.3% over 11 measured months, from 6.6K to 12.2K in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Semaphore worldwide rose 13% over 11 measured months, from 690 to 780 in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for CircleCI worldwide fell 18.9% over 11 measured months, from 18.6K to 15.1K in August 2026.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | Continuous integration platforms | 18.6K | 1.9% | 3 |
| Nov 2025 | Continuous integration platforms | 18.4K | 2.3% | 3 |
| Dec 2025 | Continuous integration platforms | 18.4K | 2.3% | 3 |
| Jan 2026 | Continuous integration platforms | 18.5K | 2.3% | 3 |
| Feb 2026 | Continuous integration platforms | 18.5K | 2.3% | 3 |
| Mar 2026 | Continuous integration platforms | 18.5K | 1.8% | 3 |
| Apr 2026 | Continuous integration platforms | 18.5K | 1.9% | 3 |
| May 2026 | Continuous integration platforms | 18.4K | 1.9% | 3 |
| Jun 2026 | Continuous integration platforms | 18.5K | 1.9% | 3 |
| Jul 2026 | Continuous integration platforms | 15.1K | 1.8% | 3 |
| Aug 2026 | Continuous integration platforms | 15.1K | 1.8% | 3 |
| Sep 2026 | Continuous integration platforms | — | — | — |

## How is CircleCI measured?

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

- “ci cd circleci”
- “circleci”
- “circleci app”
- “circleci ci cd”
- “circleci com”
- “circleci continuous integration”
- “circleci software”

## Which continuous integration platforms compete with CircleCI?

- [GitLab](/demand/global-en/brands/gitlab): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/circleci-vs-gitlab
- [GitHub Actions](/demand/global-en/brands/github-actions): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/circleci-vs-github-actions
- [Buildkite](/demand/global-en/brands/buildkite): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/buildkite-vs-circleci
- [Semaphore](/demand/global-en/brands/semaphore-ci): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/circleci-vs-semaphore-ci

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

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