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title: "QR Code Generator: search popularity worldwide"
description: "QR Code Generator shortens links or creates QR codes. 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/qr-code-generator"
publisher: "Brandwave"
---

# QR Code Generator: search popularity worldwide

QR Code Generator shortens links or creates QR codes. 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**: QR Code Generator
- **Market**: Global
- **Measured month**: Sep 2026
- **Share of Search among link shortener and QR code tools**: 74.6%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Link shortener and QR code tools | 1 | 74.6% | 6.1M |

- [Link shortener and QR code tools](/demand/global-en/categories/link-and-qr-tools)

## How has branded search demand for QR Code Generator changed worldwide over the last 12 months?

- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for QR Code Generator worldwide rose from 4.1M to 6.1M.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, QR Code Generator’s estimated Share of Search among link shortener and QR code tools worldwide increased from 63.1% to 74.6%.

## How did search popularity change for link shortener and QR code tools worldwide in September 2026?

- In September 2026, QR Code Generator gained estimated Share of Search among link shortener and QR code tools worldwide, from 69.9% to 74.6%.
- In September 2026, Bitly lost estimated Share of Search among link shortener and QR code tools worldwide, from 16% to 12.8%.
- In September 2026, TinyURL lost estimated Share of Search among link shortener and QR code tools worldwide, from 9.9% to 9%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Rebrandly worldwide fell 17.7% over 12 measured months, from 110K to 90.8K in September 2026.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | Link shortener and QR code tools | 4.1M | 63.1% | 1 |
| Nov 2025 | Link shortener and QR code tools | 4.1M | 65.5% | 1 |
| Dec 2025 | Link shortener and QR code tools | 3.4M | 65.4% | 1 |
| Jan 2026 | Link shortener and QR code tools | 4.1M | 66.2% | 1 |
| Feb 2026 | Link shortener and QR code tools | 4.1M | 66.3% | 1 |
| Mar 2026 | Link shortener and QR code tools | 4.1M | 64.2% | 1 |
| Apr 2026 | Link shortener and QR code tools | 5M | 69.4% | 1 |
| May 2026 | Link shortener and QR code tools | 5M | 69.3% | 1 |
| Jun 2026 | Link shortener and QR code tools | 4.1M | 63.8% | 1 |
| Jul 2026 | Link shortener and QR code tools | 4.1M | 63.7% | 1 |
| Aug 2026 | Link shortener and QR code tools | 5M | 69.9% | 1 |
| Sep 2026 | Link shortener and QR code tools | 6.1M | 74.6% | 1 |

## How is QR Code Generator measured?

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using QR Code Generator’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.

- “qr code generator”

## Which link shortener and QR code tools compete with QR Code Generator?

- [Bitly](/demand/global-en/brands/bitly): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/bitly-vs-qr-code-generator
- [TinyURL](/demand/global-en/brands/tinyurl): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/qr-code-generator-vs-tinyurl
- [QR Code Monkey](/demand/global-en/brands/qr-code-monkey): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/qr-code-generator-vs-qr-code-monkey
- [Rebrandly](/demand/global-en/brands/rebrandly): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/qr-code-generator-vs-rebrandly
- [Uniqode](/demand/global-en/brands/uniqode): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/qr-code-generator-vs-uniqode

## 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. "QR Code Generator: search popularity worldwide". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/brands/qr-code-generator

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