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title: "Gradle: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide"
description: "Gradle is a build automation 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/gradle"
publisher: "Brandwave"
---

# Gradle: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide

Gradle is a build automation 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**: Gradle
- **Market**: Global
- **Measured month**: Aug 2026
- **Share of Search among build automation platforms**: 9.9%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Build automation platforms | 3 | 9.9% | 40.5K |

- [Build automation platforms](/demand/global-en/categories/build-automation-platforms)

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

- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for Gradle worldwide fell from 49.5K to 40.5K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Gradle’s estimated Share of Search among build automation platforms worldwide decreased from 11.6% to 9.9%.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Gradle’s estimated Share of Search among build automation platforms worldwide peaked at 11.7% in December 2025 and was lowest at 9.2% in May 2026.

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

- In August 2026, GitHub Actions gained estimated Share of Search among build automation platforms worldwide, from 30.6% to 33.4%.
- In August 2026, TeamCity gained estimated Share of Search among build automation platforms worldwide, from 3.1% to 3.6%.
- In August 2026, Jenkins lost estimated Share of Search among build automation platforms worldwide, from 51.9% to 49.3%.
- In August 2026, Gradle lost estimated Share of Search among build automation platforms worldwide, from 10.5% to 9.9%.
- 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 | Build automation platforms | 49.5K | 11.6% | 3 |
| Nov 2025 | Build automation platforms | 49.5K | 11.6% | 3 |
| Dec 2025 | Build automation platforms | 49.5K | 11.7% | 3 |
| Jan 2026 | Build automation platforms | 49.5K | 11.7% | 3 |
| Feb 2026 | Build automation platforms | 49.5K | 11.7% | 3 |
| Mar 2026 | Build automation platforms | 49.5K | 10.5% | 3 |
| Apr 2026 | Build automation platforms | 49.5K | 11.1% | 3 |
| May 2026 | Build automation platforms | 40.5K | 9.2% | 3 |
| Jun 2026 | Build automation platforms | 40.5K | 10.5% | 3 |
| Jul 2026 | Build automation platforms | 40.5K | 10.5% | 3 |
| Aug 2026 | Build automation platforms | 40.5K | 9.9% | 3 |
| Sep 2026 | Build automation platforms | — | — | — |

## How is Gradle measured?

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

- “gradle”

## Which build automation platforms compete with Gradle?

- [Jenkins](/demand/global-en/brands/jenkins): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/gradle-vs-jenkins
- [GitHub Actions](/demand/global-en/brands/github-actions): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/github-actions-vs-gradle
- [CircleCI](/demand/global-en/brands/circleci): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/circleci-vs-gradle
- [TeamCity](/demand/global-en/brands/teamcity): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/gradle-vs-teamcity

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

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