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How popular isGrafana in search?

In August 2026, there were an estimated 335K branded searches for Grafana worldwide which held steady over the last 11 months. Grafana holds 34.4% estimated Share of Search among observability platforms worldwide and is ranked 1st of 6 competitors for search popularity. These are worldwide searches for English-language branded terms.

Share of Search, August 2026
  1. Grafana34.4%
  2. Datadog26.1%
  3. Splunk13.9%
  4. Elastic9.8%
  5. Dynatrace9.5%
  6. New Relic6.4%
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Which observability platforms compete with Grafana?

Grafana against observability platforms worldwide, by month

Share of Search by month for Grafana, Datadog, Splunk, Elastic, Dynatrace, New Relic. The figures are in the table below the chart.

View monthly share of search table
MonthGrafanaDatadogSplunkElasticDynatraceNew Relic
Oct 202528.8%21.9%17.1%14.6%9.6%8%
Nov 202530.9%23.6%15.2%13.1%8.5%8.6%
Dec 202533.2%21%16.5%14.1%7.6%7.7%
Jan 202631.4%23.9%15.5%13.2%8.7%7.2%
Feb 202631.9%24.2%15.6%13.5%8.8%6%
Mar 202635.5%22.4%14.3%12.4%9.8%5.6%
Apr 202632.7%24.6%15.8%12%8.9%6.1%
May 202633.8%25.6%13.5%11.6%9.2%6.3%
Jun 202632.4%25.2%16%10%9%7.4%
Jul 202634.1%26.1%13.7%10.3%9.4%6.4%
Aug 202634.4%26.1%13.9%9.8%9.5%6.4%
Sep 2026——————

  1. 1.Grafana

    34.4%

    Held 1st. 335K estimated branded searches, +0.04% vs prior month. Share +0.3 points.

  2. 2.Datadog

    26.1%

    Held 2nd. 254K estimated branded searches, -0.84% vs prior month. Share 0 points.

  3. 3.Splunk

    13.9%

    Held 3rd. 135K estimated branded searches, 0% vs prior month. Share +0.1 points.

  4. 4.Elastic

    9.8%

    Held 4th. 95K estimated branded searches, -6% vs prior month. Share -0.5 points.

  5. 5.Dynatrace

    9.5%

    Held 5th. 92.1K estimated branded searches, -0.26% vs prior month. Share +0.1 points.

  6. 6.New Relic

    6.4%

    Held 6th. 62.7K estimated branded searches, -0.51% vs prior month. Share 0 points.

Compare search popularity between Grafana and its closest rivals

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

  • Across the 11 months ending August 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for Grafana worldwide held steady, from 338K to 335K.
  • Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Grafana’s estimated Share of Search among observability platforms worldwide increased from 28.8% to 34.4%.
  • Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Grafana’s estimated Share of Search among observability platforms worldwide peaked at 35.5% in March 2026 and was lowest at 28.8% in October 2025.

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

  1. In August 2026, Elastic lost estimated Share of Search among observability platforms worldwide, from 10.3% to 9.8%.

  2. Estimated monthly branded searches for New Relic worldwide fell 33% over 11 measured months, from 93.6K to 62.7K in August 2026.

  3. Estimated monthly branded searches for Splunk worldwide fell 32.8% over 11 measured months, from 201K to 135K in August 2026.

  4. Estimated monthly branded searches for Dynatrace worldwide fell 18% over 11 measured months, from 112K to 92.1K in August 2026.

Where does Grafana compete?

Grafana is ranked in four competitor sets. Each share is worked out among that set's brands, so it differs from set to set.
Competitor setRankShare of SearchRanking
Observability platforms1st of 634.4%Shown above
Infrastructure monitoring platforms1st of 541.4%Show ranking
Cloud observability platforms1st of 544.9%Show ranking
Distributed tracing platforms1st of 544.9%Show ranking

How is Grafana measured?

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

11 branded search terms

  • apm grafana
  • grafana
  • grafana apm
  • grafana app
  • grafana cloud
  • grafana com
  • grafana loki
  • grafana monitoring
  • grafana observability
  • grafana software
  • observability grafana

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