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title: "OpenWeather: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide"
description: "OpenWeather is a weather API. 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/openweather"
publisher: "Brandwave"
---

# OpenWeather: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide

OpenWeather is a weather API. 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**: OpenWeather
- **Market**: Global
- **Measured month**: Aug 2026
- **Share of Search among weather APIs**: 0.36%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Weather APIs | 2 | 0.36% | 27.1K |

- [Weather APIs](/demand/global-en/categories/weather-apis)

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

- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for OpenWeather worldwide held steady at 27.1K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, OpenWeather rose from 3rd to 2nd among weather APIs worldwide.

## How did search popularity change for weather APIs worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, OpenWeather rose from 3rd to 2nd among weather APIs worldwide.
- In August 2026, WeatherAPI fell from 2nd to 3rd among weather APIs worldwide.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for AccuWeather worldwide rose 22.2% over 11 measured months, from 6.1M to 7.5M in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Visual Crossing 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 | Weather APIs | 27.1K | 0.44% | 3 |
| Nov 2025 | Weather APIs | 27.1K | 0.53% | 3 |
| Dec 2025 | Weather APIs | 27.1K | 0.44% | 3 |
| Jan 2026 | Weather APIs | 27.1K | 0.29% | 3 |
| Feb 2026 | Weather APIs | 27.1K | 0.53% | 3 |
| Mar 2026 | Weather APIs | 33.1K | 0.53% | 3 |
| Apr 2026 | Weather APIs | 33.1K | 0.53% | 2 |
| May 2026 | Weather APIs | 33.1K | 0.44% | 2 |
| Jun 2026 | Weather APIs | 27.1K | 0.36% | 3 |
| Jul 2026 | Weather APIs | 27.1K | 0.36% | 3 |
| Aug 2026 | Weather APIs | 27.1K | 0.36% | 2 |
| Sep 2026 | Weather APIs | — | — | — |

## How is OpenWeather measured?

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

- “openweather”

## Which weather APIs compete with OpenWeather?

- [AccuWeather](/demand/global-en/brands/accuweather): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/accuweather-vs-openweather
- [WeatherAPI](/demand/global-en/brands/weatherapi): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/openweather-vs-weatherapi
- [Tomorrow.io](/demand/global-en/brands/tomorrow-io): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/openweather-vs-tomorrow-io
- [Visual Crossing](/demand/global-en/brands/visual-crossing): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/openweather-vs-visual-crossing

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

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