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How popular isNew Relic in search?

In August 2026, there were an estimated 62.7K branded searches for New Relic worldwide which is down 33% over the last 11 months. New Relic holds 14.7% estimated Share of Search among application dependency monitoring worldwide and is ranked 3rd of 5 competitors for search popularity. These are worldwide searches for English-language branded terms.

Share of Search, August 2026
  1. Datadog59.6%
  2. Dynatrace21.6%
  3. New Relic14.7%
  4. Instana2.3%
  5. AppDynamics1.9%
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Which application dependency monitoring compete with New Relic?

New Relic against application dependency monitoring worldwide, by month

Share of Search by month for Datadog, Dynatrace, New Relic, Instana. The figures are in the table below the chart.

View monthly share of search table
MonthDatadogDynatraceNew RelicInstanaAppDynamics
Oct 202549.3%21.5%17.9%7.8%3.5%
Nov 202555.3%20.1%20.3%1.8%2.6%
Dec 202554.8%19.8%20.1%2.1%3.2%
Jan 202657.3%20.8%17.3%1.8%2.7%
Feb 202659.5%21.5%14.8%1.9%2.3%
Mar 202656.7%24.7%14.1%1.8%2.7%
Apr 202659.6%21.5%14.7%1.9%2.3%
May 202659.5%21.5%14.6%1.5%2.8%
Jun 202658.2%20.6%17.1%1.8%2.2%
Jul 202660.1%21.6%14.8%1.5%1.9%
Aug 202659.6%21.6%14.7%2.3%1.9%
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  1. 1.Datadog

    59.6%

    Held 1st. 254K estimated branded searches, -0.84% vs prior month. Share -0.6 points.

  2. 2.Dynatrace

    21.6%

    Held 2nd. 92.1K estimated branded searches, -0.26% vs prior month. Share -0.1 points.

  3. 3.New Relic

    14.7%

    Held 3rd. 62.7K estimated branded searches, -0.51% vs prior month. Share -0.1 points.

  4. 4.Instana

    2.3%

    Moved from 5th to 4th. 9.9K estimated branded searches, +50% vs prior month. Share +0.8 points.

  5. 5.AppDynamics

    1.9%

    Moved from 4th to 5th. 8.1K estimated branded searches, 0% vs prior month. Share 0 points.

Compare search popularity between New Relic and its closest rivals

How has branded search demand for New Relic changed worldwide over the last 12 months?

  • Across the 11 months ending August 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for New Relic worldwide fell from 93.6K to 62.7K.
  • Across the 11 months ending August 2026, New Relic’s estimated Share of Search among application dependency monitoring worldwide decreased from 17.9% to 14.7%.
  • Across the 11 months ending August 2026, New Relic’s estimated Share of Search among application dependency monitoring worldwide peaked at 20.3% in November 2025 and was lowest at 14.1% in March 2026.

How did search popularity change for application dependency monitoring worldwide in August 2026?

  1. In August 2026, Instana overtook AppDynamics to rank 4th among application dependency monitoring worldwide, at 2.3%.

  2. In August 2026, Datadog lost estimated Share of Search among application dependency monitoring worldwide, from 60.1% to 59.6%.

  3. AppDynamics’ estimated Share of Search among application dependency monitoring worldwide has lost ground for 3 months in a row, from 2.8% to 1.9% in August 2026.

  4. Estimated monthly branded searches for New Relic worldwide fell 33% over 11 measured months, from 93.6K to 62.7K in August 2026.

  5. Estimated monthly branded searches for Dynatrace worldwide fell 18% over 11 measured months, from 112K to 92.1K in August 2026.

Where does New Relic compete?

New Relic is ranked in seven competitor sets. Each share is worked out among that set's brands, so it differs from set to set.
Competitor setRankShare of SearchRanking
Observability platforms6th of 66.4%Show ranking
Infrastructure monitoring platforms4th of 57.7%Show ranking
Cloud observability platforms4th of 58.4%Show ranking
Distributed tracing platforms4th of 58.4%Show ranking
Remote monitoring software3rd of 614.3%Show ranking
Application dependency monitoring3rd of 514.7%Shown above
Application performance monitoring3rd of 514.9%Show ranking

How is New Relic measured?

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

10 branded search terms

  • apm new relic
  • monitoring new relic
  • new relic
  • new relic apm
  • new relic app
  • new relic observability
  • new relic software
  • newrelic
  • newrelic com
  • observability new relic

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