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title: "NextDNS: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide"
description: "NextDNS is dns provider. 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/nextdns"
publisher: "Brandwave"
---

# NextDNS: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide

NextDNS is dns provider. 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**: NextDNS
- **Market**: Global
- **Measured month**: Aug 2026
- **Share of Search among DNS providers**: 5.3%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DNS providers | 2 | 5.3% | 246K |

- [DNS providers](/demand/global-en/categories/dns-providers)

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

- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for NextDNS worldwide rose from 201K to 246K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, NextDNS’s estimated Share of Search among DNS providers worldwide decreased from 7.6% to 5.3%.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, NextDNS’s estimated Share of Search among DNS providers worldwide peaked at 7.7% in February 2026 and was lowest at 2.1% in November 2025.

## How did search popularity change for DNS providers worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Cloudflare gained estimated Share of Search among DNS providers worldwide, from 89.8% to 91.5%.
- In August 2026, NextDNS lost estimated Share of Search among DNS providers worldwide, from 6.3% to 5.3%.
- In August 2026, Google Public DNS lost estimated Share of Search among DNS providers worldwide, from 1.5% to 0.58%.
- In August 2026, Quad9 rose from 5th to 3rd among DNS providers worldwide.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for OpenDNS worldwide fell 45.3% over 11 measured months, from 60.5K to 33.1K in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Route 53 worldwide fell 33.1% over 11 measured months, from 40.5K to 27.1K in August 2026.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | DNS providers | 201K | 7.6% | 2 |
| Nov 2025 | DNS providers | 201K | 2.1% | 2 |
| Dec 2025 | DNS providers | 246K | 5.4% | 2 |
| Jan 2026 | DNS providers | 246K | 7.7% | 2 |
| Feb 2026 | DNS providers | 246K | 7.7% | 2 |
| Mar 2026 | DNS providers | 246K | 7.5% | 2 |
| Apr 2026 | DNS providers | 246K | 6.3% | 2 |
| May 2026 | DNS providers | 246K | 6.3% | 2 |
| Jun 2026 | DNS providers | 246K | 6.3% | 2 |
| Jul 2026 | DNS providers | 246K | 6.3% | 2 |
| Aug 2026 | DNS providers | 246K | 5.3% | 2 |
| Sep 2026 | DNS providers | — | — | — |

## How is NextDNS measured?

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

- “nextdns”

## Which DNS providers compete with NextDNS?

- [Cloudflare](/demand/global-en/brands/cloudflare): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/cloudflare-vs-nextdns
- [Quad9](/demand/global-en/brands/quad9): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/nextdns-vs-quad9
- [OpenDNS](/demand/global-en/brands/opendns): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/nextdns-vs-opendns
- [Google Public DNS](/demand/global-en/brands/google-public-dns): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/google-public-dns-vs-nextdns
- [Route 53](/demand/global-en/brands/route-53): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/nextdns-vs-route-53

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

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