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title: "Factory: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide"
description: "A software development platform whose Droid agents plan, write, test, and review code. 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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# Factory: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide

A software development platform whose Droid agents plan, write, test, and review code. 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**: Factory
- **Market**: Global
- **Measured month**: Aug 2026
- **Share of Search among AI coding tools**: 0.2%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| AI coding tools | 7 | 0.2% | 25.1K |

- [AI coding tools](/demand/global-en/categories/ai-coding-tools)

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

- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for Factory worldwide fell from 35.6K to 25.1K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Factory’s estimated Share of Search among AI coding tools worldwide held steady, from 0.47% to 0.2%.

## How did search popularity change for AI coding tools worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Cursor gained estimated Share of Search among AI coding tools worldwide, from 20.7% to 23.7%.
- In August 2026, GitHub Copilot gained estimated Share of Search among AI coding tools worldwide, from 4.8% to 5.4%.
- In August 2026, OpenAI Codex lost estimated Share of Search among AI coding tools worldwide, from 38.3% to 35.9%.
- In August 2026, Claude Code lost estimated Share of Search among AI coding tools worldwide, from 30.8% to 29.5%.
- Cline’s estimated Share of Search among AI coding tools worldwide has gained ground for 3 months in a row, from 0.88% to 1.6% in August 2026.
- Windsurf’s estimated Share of Search among AI coding tools worldwide has lost ground for 3 months in a row, from 4.5% to 3.7% in August 2026.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | AI coding tools | 35.6K | 0.47% | 7 |
| Nov 2025 | AI coding tools | 28.1K | 0.4% | 7 |
| Dec 2025 | AI coding tools | 24.5K | 0.36% | 7 |
| Jan 2026 | AI coding tools | 27.6K | 0.26% | 7 |
| Feb 2026 | AI coding tools | 21.1K | 0.16% | 7 |
| Mar 2026 | AI coding tools | 35.7K | 0.2% | 7 |
| Apr 2026 | AI coding tools | 35.8K | 0.19% | 7 |
| May 2026 | AI coding tools | 28.8K | 0.16% | 7 |
| Jun 2026 | AI coding tools | 32.7K | 0.2% | 7 |
| Jul 2026 | AI coding tools | 26.8K | 0.19% | 7 |
| Aug 2026 | AI coding tools | 25.1K | 0.2% | 7 |
| Sep 2026 | AI coding tools | — | — | — |

## How is Factory measured?

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

- “droid factory ai”
- “Factory AI”
- “factory ai agent”
- “factory ai agents”
- “factory ai cli”
- “factory ai coding”
- “factory ai droid”
- “factory ai droids”
- “factory ai pricing”
- “factory droid”
- “factory droid cli”
- “factory droids”
- “factory.ai”
- “what is factory ai”

## Which AI coding tools compete with Factory?

- [OpenAI Codex](/demand/global-en/brands/openai-codex)
- [Claude Code](/demand/global-en/brands/claude-code): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/claude-code-vs-factory-ai
- [Cursor](/demand/global-en/brands/cursor): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/cursor-vs-factory-ai
- [GitHub Copilot](/demand/global-en/brands/github-copilot): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/factory-ai-vs-github-copilot
- [Windsurf](/demand/global-en/brands/windsurf): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/factory-ai-vs-windsurf
- [Cline](/demand/global-en/brands/cline): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/cline-vs-factory-ai

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

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