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title: "Hal Leonard: search popularity worldwide"
description: "Hal Leonard is music publisher. 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/hal-leonard"
publisher: "Brandwave"
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# Hal Leonard: search popularity worldwide

Hal Leonard is music publisher. 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**: Hal Leonard
- **Market**: Global
- **Measured month**: Aug 2026
- **Share of Search among sheet music publishers**: 17.1%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sheet music publishers | 3 | 17.1% | 68.1K |

- [Sheet music publishers](/demand/global-en/categories/sheet-music-publishers)

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

- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for Hal Leonard worldwide fell from 83.4K to 68.1K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Hal Leonard’s estimated Share of Search among sheet music publishers worldwide decreased from 18.9% to 17.1%.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Hal Leonard’s estimated Share of Search among sheet music publishers worldwide peaked at 23.4% in January 2026 and was lowest at 16% in July 2026.

## How did search popularity change for sheet music publishers worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Alfred gained estimated Share of Search among sheet music publishers worldwide, from 47.3% to 50.5%.
- In August 2026, Hal Leonard gained estimated Share of Search among sheet music publishers worldwide, from 16% to 17.1%.
- In August 2026, Faber lost estimated Share of Search among sheet music publishers worldwide, from 31.6% to 27.7%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Peters Edition worldwide fell 31.6% over 11 measured months, from 1.9K to 1.3K in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Schirmer worldwide fell 18.5% over 11 measured months, from 8.1K to 6.6K in August 2026.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | Sheet music publishers | 83.4K | 18.9% | 3 |
| Nov 2025 | Sheet music publishers | 83.4K | 20% | 3 |
| Dec 2025 | Sheet music publishers | 83.4K | 20.2% | 3 |
| Jan 2026 | Sheet music publishers | 102K | 23.4% | 3 |
| Feb 2026 | Sheet music publishers | 83.4K | 20.2% | 3 |
| Mar 2026 | Sheet music publishers | 82.9K | 19.9% | 3 |
| Apr 2026 | Sheet music publishers | 68.1K | 17% | 3 |
| May 2026 | Sheet music publishers | 68.1K | 17.1% | 3 |
| Jun 2026 | Sheet music publishers | 68.1K | 17.2% | 3 |
| Jul 2026 | Sheet music publishers | 55.8K | 16% | 3 |
| Aug 2026 | Sheet music publishers | 68.1K | 17.1% | 3 |
| Sep 2026 | Sheet music publishers | — | — | — |

## How is Hal Leonard measured?

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

- “hal leonard”
- “hal leonard music”
- “halleonard”

## Which sheet music publishers compete with Hal Leonard?

- [Alfred](/demand/global-en/brands/alfred): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/alfred-vs-hal-leonard
- [Faber](/demand/global-en/brands/faber): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/faber-vs-hal-leonard
- [Boosey & Hawkes](/demand/global-en/brands/boosey-hawkes): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/boosey-hawkes-vs-hal-leonard
- [Schirmer](/demand/global-en/brands/schirmer): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/hal-leonard-vs-schirmer
- [Peters Edition](/demand/global-en/brands/peters-edition): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/hal-leonard-vs-peters-edition

## 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

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