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title: "Nexus: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide"
description: "Nexus is an artifact repository. 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/nexus"
publisher: "Brandwave"
---

# Nexus: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide

Nexus is an artifact repository. 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**: Nexus
- **Market**: Global
- **Measured month**: Aug 2026
- **Share of Search among artifact management platforms**: 7.2%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Artifact management platforms | 4 | 7.2% | 5.4K |

- [Artifact management platforms](/demand/global-en/categories/artifact-management-platforms)

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

- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for Nexus worldwide fell from 8.1K to 5.4K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Nexus’ estimated Share of Search among artifact management platforms worldwide decreased from 14.2% to 7.2%.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Nexus’ estimated Share of Search among artifact management platforms worldwide peaked at 14.4% in December 2025 and was lowest at 7.2% in August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Nexus fell from 3rd to 4th among artifact management platforms worldwide.

## How did search popularity change for artifact management platforms worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Artifactory gained estimated Share of Search among artifact management platforms worldwide, from 50.9% to 66.4%.
- In August 2026, Sonatype lost estimated Share of Search among artifact management platforms worldwide, from 18.6% to 13.3%.
- In August 2026, GitHub Packages lost estimated Share of Search among artifact management platforms worldwide, from 10.2% to 5.9%.
- In August 2026, Cloudsmith lost estimated Share of Search among artifact management platforms worldwide, from 10.2% to 7.2%.
- In August 2026, Nexus lost estimated Share of Search among artifact management platforms worldwide, from 10.2% to 7.2%.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | Artifact management platforms | 8.1K | 14.2% | 3 |
| Nov 2025 | Artifact management platforms | 6.6K | 12.1% | 4 |
| Dec 2025 | Artifact management platforms | 6.6K | 14.4% | 3 |
| Jan 2026 | Artifact management platforms | 6.6K | 12.1% | 4 |
| Feb 2026 | Artifact management platforms | 6.6K | 12.1% | 4 |
| Mar 2026 | Artifact management platforms | 6.6K | 10.7% | 4 |
| Apr 2026 | Artifact management platforms | 6.6K | 11.3% | 5 |
| May 2026 | Artifact management platforms | 5.4K | 10.2% | 5 |
| Jun 2026 | Artifact management platforms | 6.6K | 12.1% | 3 |
| Jul 2026 | Artifact management platforms | 5.4K | 10.2% | 5 |
| Aug 2026 | Artifact management platforms | 5.4K | 7.2% | 4 |
| Sep 2026 | Artifact management platforms | — | — | — |

## How is Nexus measured?

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

- “nexus repository”

## Which artifact management platforms compete with Nexus?

- [Artifactory](/demand/global-en/brands/artifactory): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/artifactory-vs-nexus
- [Sonatype](/demand/global-en/brands/sonatype): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/nexus-vs-sonatype
- [Cloudsmith](/demand/global-en/brands/cloudsmith): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/cloudsmith-vs-nexus
- [GitHub Packages](/demand/global-en/brands/github-packages): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/github-packages-vs-nexus

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

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