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title: "Google Patents: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide"
description: "Google Patents is a patent search tool. 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/google-patents"
publisher: "Brandwave"
---

# Google Patents: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide

Google Patents is a patent search tool. 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**: Google Patents
- **Market**: Global
- **Measured month**: Aug 2026
- **Share of Search among patent search platforms**: 92.6%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Patent search platforms | 1 | 92.6% | 368K |

- [Patent search platforms](/demand/global-en/categories/patent-search-platforms)

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

- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for Google Patents worldwide fell from 450K to 368K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Google Patents’ estimated Share of Search among patent search platforms worldwide decreased from 93.6% to 92.6%.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Google Patents’ estimated Share of Search among patent search platforms worldwide peaked at 94% in February 2026 and was lowest at 92.6% in August 2026.

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

- In August 2026, Anaqua gained estimated Share of Search among patent search platforms worldwide, from 1.1% to 1.7%.
- In August 2026, Google Patents lost estimated Share of Search among patent search platforms worldwide, from 93.6% to 92.6%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Lens.org worldwide fell 18.2% over 11 measured months, from 6.6K to 5.4K in August 2026.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | Patent search platforms | 450K | 93.6% | 1 |
| Nov 2025 | Patent search platforms | 450K | 93.8% | 1 |
| Dec 2025 | Patent search platforms | 368K | 93.9% | 1 |
| Jan 2026 | Patent search platforms | 450K | 93.8% | 1 |
| Feb 2026 | Patent search platforms | 450K | 94% | 1 |
| Mar 2026 | Patent search platforms | 450K | 92.8% | 1 |
| Apr 2026 | Patent search platforms | 450K | 93.4% | 1 |
| May 2026 | Patent search platforms | 450K | 93.1% | 1 |
| Jun 2026 | Patent search platforms | 450K | 93.1% | 1 |
| Jul 2026 | Patent search platforms | 450K | 93.6% | 1 |
| Aug 2026 | Patent search platforms | 368K | 92.6% | 1 |
| Sep 2026 | Patent search platforms | — | — | — |

## How is Google Patents measured?

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

- “google patents”

## Which patent search platforms compete with Google Patents?

- [PatSnap](/demand/global-en/brands/patsnap): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/google-patents-vs-patsnap
- [Anaqua](/demand/global-en/brands/anaqua): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/anaqua-vs-google-patents
- [Lens.org](/demand/global-en/brands/lens-org): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/google-patents-vs-lens-org
- [Questel](/demand/global-en/brands/questel): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/google-patents-vs-questel

## 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. "Google Patents: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/brands/google-patents

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