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title: "Google Reviews: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide"
description: "Google Reviews is a review service. 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-reviews"
publisher: "Brandwave"
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# Google Reviews: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide

Google Reviews is a review service. 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 Reviews
- **Market**: Global
- **Measured month**: Aug 2026
- **Share of Search among review platforms**: 8.1%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Review platforms | 4 | 8.1% | 823K |

- [Review platforms](/demand/global-en/categories/review-platforms)

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

- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for Google Reviews worldwide rose from 673K to 823K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Google Reviews’ estimated Share of Search among review platforms worldwide increased from 7.4% to 8.1%.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Google Reviews’ estimated Share of Search among review platforms worldwide peaked at 8.4% in December 2025 and was lowest at 6.3% in May 2026.

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

- Estimated monthly branded searches for Google Reviews worldwide rose 22.3% over 11 measured months, from 673K to 823K in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Tripadvisor worldwide rose 22.2% over 11 measured months, from 4.1M to 5M in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Foursquare worldwide fell 18.2% over 11 measured months, from 60.5K to 49.5K in August 2026.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | Review platforms | 673K | 7.4% | 4 |
| Nov 2025 | Review platforms | 673K | 7% | 4 |
| Dec 2025 | Review platforms | 673K | 8.4% | 4 |
| Jan 2026 | Review platforms | 673K | 7% | 4 |
| Feb 2026 | Review platforms | 673K | 7.4% | 4 |
| Mar 2026 | Review platforms | 673K | 7.1% | 4 |
| Apr 2026 | Review platforms | 673K | 7.2% | 4 |
| May 2026 | Review platforms | 673K | 6.3% | 4 |
| Jun 2026 | Review platforms | 673K | 6.7% | 4 |
| Jul 2026 | Review platforms | 823K | 8.1% | 4 |
| Aug 2026 | Review platforms | 823K | 8.1% | 4 |
| Sep 2026 | Review platforms | — | — | — |

## How is Google Reviews measured?

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Google Reviews’ 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 reviews”

## Which review platforms compete with Google Reviews?

- [Tripadvisor](/demand/global-en/brands/tripadvisor): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/google-reviews-vs-tripadvisor
- [Trustpilot](/demand/global-en/brands/trustpilot): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/google-reviews-vs-trustpilot
- [Yelp](/demand/global-en/brands/yelp): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/google-reviews-vs-yelp
- [Foursquare](/demand/global-en/brands/foursquare): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/foursquare-vs-google-reviews

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

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