---
title: "Noun Project: search popularity worldwide"
description: "Noun Project is an icon library. 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/noun-project"
publisher: "Brandwave"
---

# Noun Project: search popularity worldwide

Noun Project is an icon library. 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**: Noun Project
- **Market**: Global
- **Measured month**: Sep 2026
- **Share of Search among icon libraries**: 14.2%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Icon libraries | 3 | 14.2% | 246K |

- [Icon libraries](/demand/global-en/categories/icon-libraries)

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

- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for Noun Project worldwide fell from 301K to 246K.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Noun Project’s share of searches among icon libraries worldwide increased from 11.9% to 14.2%.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Noun Project’s share of searches among icon libraries worldwide peaked at 14.2% in September 2026 and was lowest at 9.8% in December 2025.

## How did search popularity change for icon libraries worldwide in September 2026?

- In September 2026, Noun Project gained share of searches among icon libraries worldwide, from 11.7% to 14.2%.
- In September 2026, Lucide lost share of searches among icon libraries worldwide, from 6.4% to 5.2%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Phosphor Icons worldwide rose 49.4% over 12 measured months, from 27.1K to 40.5K in September 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Heroicons worldwide fell 55.2% over 12 measured months, from 49.5K to 22.2K in September 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Font Awesome worldwide fell 45.3% over 12 measured months, from 450K to 246K in September 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Flaticon worldwide fell 33.3% over 12 measured months, from 1.5M to 1M in September 2026.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | Icon libraries | 301K | 11.9% | 3 |
| Nov 2025 | Icon libraries | 301K | 12% | 3 |
| Dec 2025 | Icon libraries | 201K | 9.8% | 3 |
| Jan 2026 | Icon libraries | 246K | 11.6% | 3 |
| Feb 2026 | Icon libraries | 246K | 11.7% | 3 |
| Mar 2026 | Icon libraries | 301K | 13.7% | 3 |
| Apr 2026 | Icon libraries | 246K | 11.5% | 3 |
| May 2026 | Icon libraries | 246K | 12% | 3 |
| Jun 2026 | Icon libraries | 246K | 12% | 3 |
| Jul 2026 | Icon libraries | 201K | 11.2% | 3 |
| Aug 2026 | Icon libraries | 201K | 11.7% | 3 |
| Sep 2026 | Icon libraries | 246K | 14.2% | 3 |

## How are Noun Project’s branded searches counted?

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

- “noun project”

## Which icon libraries compete with Noun Project?

- [Flaticon](/demand/global-en/brands/flaticon): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/flaticon-vs-noun-project
- [Font Awesome](/demand/global-en/brands/font-awesome): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/font-awesome-vs-noun-project
- [Lucide](/demand/global-en/brands/lucide): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/lucide-vs-noun-project
- [Iconify](/demand/global-en/brands/iconify): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/iconify-vs-noun-project
- [Phosphor Icons](/demand/global-en/brands/phosphor-icons): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/noun-project-vs-phosphor-icons
- [Tabler Icons](/demand/global-en/brands/tabler-icons)
- [Heroicons](/demand/global-en/brands/heroicons)
- [Material Symbols](/demand/global-en/brands/material-symbols)
- [Iconoir](/demand/global-en/brands/iconoir)

## Methodology

- [How is the Brand Demand Index measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused.

## Cite this page

Brandwave. "Noun Project: search popularity worldwide". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/brands/noun-project

This page is also available as HTML at https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/brands/noun-project. Brandwave publishes an index of its Markdown pages at https://gobrandwave.com/llms.txt.