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title: "Cloudflare: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide"
description: "Cloudflare provides tools to deliver website content through a distributed network. 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."
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publisher: "Brandwave"
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# Cloudflare: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide

Cloudflare provides tools to deliver website content through a distributed network. 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**: Cloudflare
- **Market**: Global
- **Measured month**: Aug 2026
- **Share of Search among cloud object storage providers**: 62.9%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cloud object storage providers | 1 | 62.9% | 4.3M |
| Content delivery networks | 1 | 97.7% | 4.3M |

- [Cloud object storage providers](/demand/global-en/categories/cloud-object-storage-providers)
- [Content delivery networks](/demand/global-en/categories/content-delivery-networks)

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

- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for Cloudflare worldwide rose from 2.3M to 4.3M.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Cloudflare’s estimated Share of Search among cloud object storage providers worldwide increased from 25.1% to 62.9%.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Cloudflare’s estimated Share of Search among cloud object storage providers worldwide peaked at 76% in November 2025 and was lowest at 25.1% in October 2025.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Cloudflare rose from 2nd to 1st among cloud object storage providers worldwide.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Cloudflare’s estimated Share of Search among content delivery networks worldwide increased from 95.4% to 97.7%.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Cloudflare’s estimated Share of Search among content delivery networks worldwide peaked at 98.8% in November 2025 and was lowest at 95.4% in October 2025.

## How did search popularity change for cloud object storage providers worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Cloudflare gained estimated Share of Search among cloud object storage providers worldwide, from 58.5% to 62.9%.
- In August 2026, Amazon Web Services lost estimated Share of Search among cloud object storage providers worldwide, from 31.8% to 28.2%.
- In August 2026, DigitalOcean lost estimated Share of Search among cloud object storage providers worldwide, from 7.6% to 6.8%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Backblaze worldwide rose 16.9% over 11 measured months, from 115K to 135K in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Wasabi worldwide fell 24.9% over 11 measured months, from 13.9K to 10.4K in August 2026.

## How did search popularity change for content delivery networks worldwide in August 2026?

- Cloudflare’s estimated Share of Search among content delivery networks worldwide has gained ground for 3 months in a row, from 96.6% to 97.7% in August 2026.
- Fastly’s estimated Share of Search among content delivery networks worldwide has lost ground for 3 months in a row, from 2.2% to 1.5% in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Bunny.net worldwide rose 10.1% over 11 measured months, from 26.4K to 29K in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for KeyCDN worldwide fell 56.5% over 11 measured months, from 4.4K to 1.9K in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for CDN77 worldwide fell 33.2% over 11 measured months, from 5.8K to 3.8K in August 2026.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | Cloud object storage providers | 2.3M | 25.1% | 2 |
| Nov 2025 | Cloud object storage providers | 9.3M | 76% | 1 |
| Dec 2025 | Cloud object storage providers | 4.2M | 62.4% | 1 |
| Jan 2026 | Cloud object storage providers | 2.8M | 52.8% | 1 |
| Feb 2026 | Cloud object storage providers | 2.8M | 53.3% | 1 |
| Mar 2026 | Cloud object storage providers | 2.9M | 48.6% | 1 |
| Apr 2026 | Cloud object storage providers | 3.5M | 58.3% | 1 |
| May 2026 | Cloud object storage providers | 3.5M | 57.6% | 1 |
| Jun 2026 | Cloud object storage providers | 3.5M | 58.4% | 1 |
| Jul 2026 | Cloud object storage providers | 3.5M | 58.5% | 1 |
| Aug 2026 | Cloud object storage providers | 4.3M | 62.9% | 1 |
| Sep 2026 | Cloud object storage providers | — | — | — |
| Oct 2025 | Content delivery networks | 2.3M | 95.4% | 1 |
| Nov 2025 | Content delivery networks | 9.3M | 98.8% | 1 |
| Dec 2025 | Content delivery networks | 4.2M | 97.7% | 1 |
| Jan 2026 | Content delivery networks | 2.8M | 96.1% | 1 |
| Feb 2026 | Content delivery networks | 2.8M | 95.8% | 1 |
| Mar 2026 | Content delivery networks | 2.9M | 95.9% | 1 |
| Apr 2026 | Content delivery networks | 3.5M | 96.6% | 1 |
| May 2026 | Content delivery networks | 3.5M | 96.6% | 1 |
| Jun 2026 | Content delivery networks | 3.5M | 97.1% | 1 |
| Jul 2026 | Content delivery networks | 3.5M | 97.4% | 1 |
| Aug 2026 | Content delivery networks | 4.3M | 97.7% | 1 |
| Sep 2026 | Content delivery networks | — | — | — |

## How is Cloudflare measured?

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

- “cloud storage cloudflare”
- “cloudflare”
- “cloudflare app”
- “cloudflare cdn”
- “cloudflare cloud storage”
- “cloudflare com”
- “cloudflare content delivery network”
- “cloudflare object storage”
- “cloudflare r2”
- “cloudflare software”
- “object storage cloudflare”

## Which cloud object storage providers compete with Cloudflare?

- [Amazon Web Services](/demand/global-en/brands/amazon-web-services): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/amazon-web-services-vs-cloudflare
- [DigitalOcean](/demand/global-en/brands/digitalocean): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/cloudflare-vs-digitalocean
- [Backblaze](/demand/global-en/brands/backblaze): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/backblaze-vs-cloudflare
- [Wasabi](/demand/global-en/brands/wasabi-storage): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/cloudflare-vs-wasabi-storage

## Methodology

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

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