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title: "Offensive Security: search popularity worldwide"
description: "Offensive Security is certification body. 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."
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publisher: "Brandwave"
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# Offensive Security: search popularity worldwide

Offensive Security is certification body. 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**: Offensive Security
- **Market**: Global
- **Measured month**: Aug 2026
- **Share of Search among cybersecurity certifications**: 13.8%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cybersecurity certifications | 3 | 13.8% | 8.1K |

- [Cybersecurity certifications](/demand/global-en/categories/cybersecurity-certifications)

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

- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for Offensive Security worldwide fell from 12.1K to 8.1K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Offensive Security’s estimated Share of Search among cybersecurity certifications worldwide peaked at 16.1% in March 2026 and was lowest at 11.5% in July 2026.

## How did search popularity change for cybersecurity certifications worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Offensive Security gained estimated Share of Search among cybersecurity certifications worldwide, from 11.5% to 13.8%.
- In August 2026, EC-Council lost estimated Share of Search among cybersecurity certifications worldwide, from 47.4% to 46.2%.
- In August 2026, CompTIA lost estimated Share of Search among cybersecurity certifications worldwide, from 25.9% to 25.2%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for GIAC worldwide fell 33.3% over 11 measured months, from 6.6K to 4.4K in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for ISC2 worldwide fell 33.3% over 11 measured months, from 3.6K to 2.4K in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for SANS worldwide fell 20.8% over 11 measured months, from 2.4K to 1.9K in August 2026.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | Cybersecurity certifications | 12.1K | 13.8% | 3 |
| Nov 2025 | Cybersecurity certifications | 12.1K | 15% | 3 |
| Dec 2025 | Cybersecurity certifications | 9.9K | 13.9% | 3 |
| Jan 2026 | Cybersecurity certifications | 9.9K | 12.4% | 3 |
| Feb 2026 | Cybersecurity certifications | 9.9K | 12.1% | 3 |
| Mar 2026 | Cybersecurity certifications | 12.1K | 16.1% | 3 |
| Apr 2026 | Cybersecurity certifications | 9.9K | 13.9% | 3 |
| May 2026 | Cybersecurity certifications | 8.1K | 12.8% | 3 |
| Jun 2026 | Cybersecurity certifications | 8.1K | 13.8% | 3 |
| Jul 2026 | Cybersecurity certifications | 6.6K | 11.5% | 3 |
| Aug 2026 | Cybersecurity certifications | 8.1K | 13.8% | 3 |
| Sep 2026 | Cybersecurity certifications | — | — | — |

## How is Offensive Security measured?

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

- “offensive security”

## Which cybersecurity certifications compete with Offensive Security?

- [EC-Council](/demand/global-en/brands/ec-council): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/ec-council-vs-offensive-security
- [CompTIA](/demand/global-en/brands/comptia): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/comptia-vs-offensive-security
- [GIAC](/demand/global-en/brands/giac): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/giac-vs-offensive-security
- [ISC2](/demand/global-en/brands/isc2): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/isc2-vs-offensive-security
- [SANS](/demand/global-en/brands/sans-institute): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/offensive-security-vs-sans-institute

## 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

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