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title: "MetLife: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide"
description: "MetLife is life insurer. 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/metlife"
publisher: "Brandwave"
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# MetLife: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide

MetLife is life insurer. 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**: MetLife
- **Market**: Global
- **Measured month**: Aug 2026
- **Share of Search among life insurance brands**: 15%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Life insurance brands | 3 | 15% | 49.5K |

- [Life insurance brands](/demand/global-en/categories/life-insurance-brands)

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

- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for MetLife worldwide held steady at 49.5K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, MetLife’s estimated Share of Search among life insurance brands worldwide increased from 13.6% to 15%.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, MetLife’s estimated Share of Search among life insurance brands worldwide peaked at 15.9% in January 2026 and was lowest at 11.4% in May 2026.

## How did search popularity change for life insurance brands worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Aviva overtook MetLife to rank 2nd among life insurance brands worldwide, at 15%.
- In August 2026, New York Life gained estimated Share of Search among life insurance brands worldwide, from 13% to 15%.
- In August 2026, Legal & General lost estimated Share of Search among life insurance brands worldwide, from 53% to 50.1%.
- In August 2026, MetLife lost estimated Share of Search among life insurance brands worldwide, from 15.9% to 15%.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | Life insurance brands | 49.5K | 13.6% | 3 |
| Nov 2025 | Life insurance brands | 49.5K | 15.5% | 2 |
| Dec 2025 | Life insurance brands | 49.5K | 15.9% | 2 |
| Jan 2026 | Life insurance brands | 60.5K | 15.9% | 2 |
| Feb 2026 | Life insurance brands | 49.5K | 13.9% | 2 |
| Mar 2026 | Life insurance brands | 49.5K | 13.4% | 3 |
| Apr 2026 | Life insurance brands | 49.5K | 13.4% | 3 |
| May 2026 | Life insurance brands | 40.5K | 11.4% | 4 |
| Jun 2026 | Life insurance brands | 49.5K | 14.3% | 2 |
| Jul 2026 | Life insurance brands | 49.5K | 15.9% | 2 |
| Aug 2026 | Life insurance brands | 49.5K | 15% | 3 |
| Sep 2026 | Life insurance brands | — | — | — |

## How is MetLife measured?

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

- “metlife insurance”

## Which life insurance brands compete with MetLife?

- [Legal & General](/demand/global-en/brands/legal-general): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/legal-general-vs-metlife
- [Aviva](/demand/global-en/brands/aviva): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/aviva-vs-metlife
- [New York Life](/demand/global-en/brands/new-york-life): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/metlife-vs-new-york-life
- [Prudential](/demand/global-en/brands/prudential): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/metlife-vs-prudential
- [Northwestern Mutual](/demand/global-en/brands/northwestern-mutual): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/metlife-vs-northwestern-mutual

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

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