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title: "Hover: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide"
description: "Hover is domain registrar. 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/hover"
publisher: "Brandwave"
---

# Hover: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide

Hover is domain registrar. 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**: Hover
- **Market**: Global
- **Measured month**: Aug 2026
- **Share of Search among domain name registrars**: 1.7%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Domain name registrars | 5 | 1.7% | 165K |

- [Domain name registrars](/demand/global-en/categories/domain-name-registrars)

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

- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for Hover worldwide held steady at 165K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Hover’s estimated Share of Search among domain name registrars worldwide decreased from 2.3% to 1.7%.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Hover’s estimated Share of Search among domain name registrars worldwide peaked at 2.8% in January 2026 and was lowest at 1.2% in November 2025.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Hover rose from 6th to 5th among domain name registrars worldwide.

## How did search popularity change for domain name registrars worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Cloudflare gained estimated Share of Search among domain name registrars worldwide, from 40.7% to 44%.
- In August 2026, Namecheap gained estimated Share of Search among domain name registrars worldwide, from 15.5% to 16.4%.
- In August 2026, GoDaddy lost estimated Share of Search among domain name registrars worldwide, from 38.7% to 34.6%.
- In August 2026, Hover rose from 6th to 5th among domain name registrars worldwide.
- In August 2026, Google Domains fell from 5th to 6th among domain name registrars worldwide.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | Domain name registrars | 165K | 2.3% | 6 |
| Nov 2025 | Domain name registrars | 165K | 1.2% | 6 |
| Dec 2025 | Domain name registrars | 165K | 1.8% | 6 |
| Jan 2026 | Domain name registrars | 246K | 2.8% | 4 |
| Feb 2026 | Domain name registrars | 165K | 2.1% | 6 |
| Mar 2026 | Domain name registrars | 165K | 1.9% | 6 |
| Apr 2026 | Domain name registrars | 165K | 1.8% | 6 |
| May 2026 | Domain name registrars | 165K | 1.9% | 5 |
| Jun 2026 | Domain name registrars | 135K | 1.6% | 6 |
| Jul 2026 | Domain name registrars | 135K | 1.6% | 6 |
| Aug 2026 | Domain name registrars | 165K | 1.7% | 5 |
| Sep 2026 | Domain name registrars | — | — | — |

## How is Hover measured?

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

- “hover”

## Which domain name registrars compete with Hover?

- [Cloudflare](/demand/global-en/brands/cloudflare): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/cloudflare-vs-hover
- [GoDaddy](/demand/global-en/brands/godaddy): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/godaddy-vs-hover
- [Namecheap](/demand/global-en/brands/namecheap): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/hover-vs-namecheap
- [Bluehost](/demand/global-en/brands/bluehost): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/bluehost-vs-hover
- [Google Domains](/demand/global-en/brands/google-domains): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/google-domains-vs-hover

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

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