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title: "NuGet: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide"
description: "NuGet is a package manager for .NET. 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/nuget"
publisher: "Brandwave"
---

# NuGet: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide

NuGet is a package manager for .NET. 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**: NuGet
- **Market**: Global
- **Measured month**: Aug 2026
- **Share of Search among package managers**: 12.4%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Package managers | 3 | 12.4% | 49.5K |

- [Package managers](/demand/global-en/categories/package-manager-platforms)

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

- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for NuGet worldwide fell from 60.5K to 49.5K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, NuGet’s estimated Share of Search among package managers worldwide decreased from 13.2% to 12.4%.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, NuGet’s estimated Share of Search among package managers worldwide peaked at 13.2% in October 2025 and was lowest at 10% in May 2026.

## How did search popularity change for package managers worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Homebrew gained estimated Share of Search among package managers worldwide, from 5.7% to 6.8%.
- In August 2026, npm lost estimated Share of Search among package managers worldwide, from 62.6% to 61.8%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Yarn worldwide fell 18.8% over 11 measured months, from 1.6K to 1.3K in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for NuGet worldwide fell 18.2% over 11 measured months, from 60.5K to 49.5K in August 2026.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | Package managers | 60.5K | 13.2% | 3 |
| Nov 2025 | Package managers | 60.5K | 13.2% | 3 |
| Dec 2025 | Package managers | 60.5K | 13.2% | 3 |
| Jan 2026 | Package managers | 60.5K | 13% | 3 |
| Feb 2026 | Package managers | 60.5K | 13% | 3 |
| Mar 2026 | Package managers | 60.5K | 10.9% | 3 |
| Apr 2026 | Package managers | 60.5K | 11.1% | 3 |
| May 2026 | Package managers | 49.5K | 10% | 3 |
| Jun 2026 | Package managers | 49.5K | 12.4% | 3 |
| Jul 2026 | Package managers | 49.5K | 12.6% | 3 |
| Aug 2026 | Package managers | 49.5K | 12.4% | 3 |
| Sep 2026 | Package managers | — | — | — |

## How is NuGet measured?

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

- “nuget”

## Which package managers compete with NuGet?

- [npm](/demand/global-en/brands/npm): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/npm-vs-nuget
- [pnpm](/demand/global-en/brands/pnpm): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/nuget-vs-pnpm
- [Homebrew](/demand/global-en/brands/homebrew): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/homebrew-vs-nuget
- [Yarn](/demand/global-en/brands/yarn): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/nuget-vs-yarn

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

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