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title: "Namecheap: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide"
description: "Namecheap provides tools to register and manage internet domain names. 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/namecheap"
publisher: "Brandwave"
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# Namecheap: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide

Namecheap provides tools to register and manage internet domain names. 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**: Namecheap
- **Market**: Global
- **Measured month**: Aug 2026
- **Share of Search among domain registrars**: 79.2%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Domain registrars | 1 | 79.2% | 1.6M |

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

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

- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for Namecheap worldwide rose from 1M to 1.6M.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Namecheap’s estimated Share of Search among domain registrars worldwide peaked at 81.9% in April 2026 and was lowest at 78.5% in July 2026.

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

- In August 2026, Namecheap gained estimated Share of Search among domain registrars worldwide, from 78.5% to 79.2%.
- In August 2026, Dynadot lost estimated Share of Search among domain registrars worldwide, from 4.5% to 3.8%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Porkbun worldwide rose 85.5% over 11 measured months, from 149K to 277K in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Name.com worldwide rose 50% over 11 measured months, from 14.9K to 22.4K in August 2026.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | Domain registrars | 1M | 79.5% | 1 |
| Nov 2025 | Domain registrars | 1M | 79.5% | 1 |
| Dec 2025 | Domain registrars | 1M | 79.4% | 1 |
| Jan 2026 | Domain registrars | 1.3M | 80.6% | 1 |
| Feb 2026 | Domain registrars | 1.3M | 81.2% | 1 |
| Mar 2026 | Domain registrars | 1.3M | 79.3% | 1 |
| Apr 2026 | Domain registrars | 1.6M | 81.9% | 1 |
| May 2026 | Domain registrars | 1.3M | 79.1% | 1 |
| Jun 2026 | Domain registrars | 1.3M | 78.5% | 1 |
| Jul 2026 | Domain registrars | 1.3M | 78.5% | 1 |
| Aug 2026 | Domain registrars | 1.6M | 79.2% | 1 |
| Sep 2026 | Domain registrars | — | — | — |

## How is Namecheap measured?

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

- “namecheap”
- “namecheap ai”
- “namecheap app”
- “namecheap com”
- “namecheap domain registration”
- “namecheap domains”
- “namecheap registrar”

## Which domain registrars compete with Namecheap?

- [Porkbun](/demand/global-en/brands/porkbun): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/namecheap-vs-porkbun
- [Dynadot](/demand/global-en/brands/dynadot): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/dynadot-vs-namecheap
- [NameSilo](/demand/global-en/brands/namesilo): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/namecheap-vs-namesilo
- [Name.com](/demand/global-en/brands/name-com): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/name-com-vs-namecheap

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

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