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title: "Lonely Planet: search popularity worldwide"
description: "Lonely Planet is a travel guide 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/lonely-planet"
publisher: "Brandwave"
---

# Lonely Planet: search popularity worldwide

Lonely Planet is a travel guide 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**: Lonely Planet
- **Market**: Global
- **Measured month**: Aug 2026
- **Share of Search among travel guide platforms**: 1.7%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Travel guide platforms | 3 | 1.7% | 90.5K |

- [Travel guide platforms](/demand/global-en/categories/travel-guide-platforms)

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

- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for Lonely Planet worldwide fell from 135K to 90.5K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Lonely Planet’s estimated Share of Search among travel guide platforms worldwide decreased from 3% to 1.7%.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Lonely Planet’s estimated Share of Search among travel guide platforms worldwide peaked at 5.4% in March 2026 and was lowest at 1.7% in June 2026.

## How did search popularity change for travel guide platforms worldwide 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 Culture Trip worldwide fell 34.1% over 11 measured months, from 4.4K to 2.9K in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Lonely Planet worldwide fell 33% over 11 measured months, from 135K to 90.5K in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Wikivoyage worldwide fell 18.2% over 11 measured months, from 14.8K to 12.1K in August 2026.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | Travel guide platforms | 135K | 3% | 3 |
| Nov 2025 | Travel guide platforms | 165K | 3.7% | 3 |
| Dec 2025 | Travel guide platforms | 135K | 3.6% | 3 |
| Jan 2026 | Travel guide platforms | 135K | 3% | 3 |
| Feb 2026 | Travel guide platforms | 135K | 3% | 3 |
| Mar 2026 | Travel guide platforms | 246K | 5.4% | 2 |
| Apr 2026 | Travel guide platforms | 165K | 3.7% | 3 |
| May 2026 | Travel guide platforms | 110K | 2.1% | 3 |
| Jun 2026 | Travel guide platforms | 90.5K | 1.7% | 3 |
| Jul 2026 | Travel guide platforms | 110K | 2.1% | 3 |
| Aug 2026 | Travel guide platforms | 90.5K | 1.7% | 3 |
| Sep 2026 | Travel guide platforms | — | — | — |

## How is Lonely Planet measured?

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

- “lonely planet”

## Which travel guide platforms compete with Lonely Planet?

- [Tripadvisor](/demand/global-en/brands/tripadvisor): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/lonely-planet-vs-tripadvisor
- [Time Out](/demand/global-en/brands/time-out): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/lonely-planet-vs-time-out
- [Wikivoyage](/demand/global-en/brands/wikivoyage): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/lonely-planet-vs-wikivoyage
- [Culture Trip](/demand/global-en/brands/culture-trip): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/culture-trip-vs-lonely-planet

## 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. "Lonely Planet: search popularity worldwide". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/brands/lonely-planet

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