--- title: "Quay: search popularity worldwide" description: "Quay is a container image registry from Red Hat. 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/red-hat-quay" publisher: "Brandwave" --- # Quay: search popularity worldwide Quay is a container image registry from Red Hat. 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**: Quay - **Owned by**: Red Hat - **Market**: Global - **Measured month**: Sep 2026 - **Share of Search among container registries**: 0.9% ## Where the brand sits | Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Container registries | 4 | 0.9% | 3.9K | - [Container registries](/demand/global-en/categories/container-registries) ## Top container registries in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews In three ChatGPT questions and two Google AI Overviews, Quay was mentioned in one out of five: not in any of the three ChatGPT answers, but in one of the two Google AI Overviews. Quay is the sixth most recommended of the seven. Brands get a higher AI rank if they are mentioned earlier in the answers that list options. | Brand | AI rank | ChatGPT answers that named it | Google AI Overviews that named it | All answers that named it | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Amazon ECR | 1st | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 | | Google Artifact Registry | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 | | Docker Hub | 3rd | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 | | Azure Container Registry | 4th | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 | | Harbor | 5th | 3 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 3 of 5 | | Quay | 6th | 0 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 1 of 5 | | Artifactory | 7th | 1 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 2 of 5 | ## Every AI answer about container registries - Asked ChatGPT "Which container registry should I use?": 1. Amazon ECR, 2. Google Artifact Registry, 3. Azure Container Registry, 4. Docker Hub, 5. Harbor - Asked ChatGPT "What are the best container registries?": 1. Amazon ECR, 2. Google Artifact Registry, 3. Azure Container Registry, 4. Docker Hub, 5. Harbor, 6. Artifactory - Asked ChatGPT "What's the best container registry for image storage?": 1. Amazon ECR, 2. Google Artifact Registry, 3. Azure Container Registry, 4. Harbor, 5. Docker Hub - Searched Google, AI Overview "container registry": 1. Docker Hub, 2. Azure Container Registry, 3. Google Artifact Registry, 4. Artifactory - Searched Google, AI Overview "docker image registry": 1. Docker Hub, 2. Quay, 3. Amazon ECR, 4. Google Artifact Registry, 5. Azure Container Registry Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in the United States on October 20, 2026. ## How has branded search demand for Quay changed worldwide over the last 12 months? - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for Quay worldwide fell from 5.9K to 3.9K. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Quay’s share of searches among container registries worldwide held steady, from 0.81% to 0.9%. ## How did search popularity change for container registries worldwide in September 2026? - Docker Hub’s share of searches among container registries worldwide has lost ground for 3 months in a row, from 91.1% to 84.8% in September 2026. - In September 2026, Quay rose from 6th to 4th among container registries worldwide. - In September 2026, Azure Container Registry fell from 4th to 5th among container registries worldwide. - In September 2026, Harbor fell from 5th to 6th among container registries worldwide. - Estimated monthly branded searches for Artifactory worldwide rose 82.7% over 12 measured months, from 27.1K to 49.5K in September 2026. - Estimated monthly branded searches for Google Artifact Registry worldwide fell 31.6% over 12 measured months, from 1.9K to 1.3K in September 2026. ## Historical estimated branded-search demand | Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Oct 2025 | Container registries | 5.9K | 0.81% | 4 | | Nov 2025 | Container registries | 3.3K | 0.55% | 5 | | Dec 2025 | Container registries | 2.7K | 0.46% | 5 | | Jan 2026 | Container registries | 3.2K | 0.54% | 5 | | Feb 2026 | Container registries | 3.3K | 0.55% | 5 | | Mar 2026 | Container registries | 3.3K | 0.55% | 5 | | Apr 2026 | Container registries | 2.8K | 0.56% | 6 | | May 2026 | Container registries | 2.8K | 0.57% | 5 | | Jun 2026 | Container registries | 3.2K | 0.65% | 5 | | Jul 2026 | Container registries | 2.2K | 0.53% | 6 | | Aug 2026 | Container registries | 2.2K | 0.5% | 6 | | Sep 2026 | Container registries | 3.9K | 0.9% | 4 | ## How are Quay’s branded searches counted? Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Quay’s name. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brand is growing, holding steady, or fading. - “quay registry” - “quay.io” ## Which container registries compete with Quay? - [Docker Hub](/demand/global-en/brands/docker-hub): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/docker-hub-vs-red-hat-quay - [Artifactory](/demand/global-en/brands/artifactory): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/artifactory-vs-red-hat-quay - [Amazon ECR](/demand/global-en/brands/amazon-ecr): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/amazon-ecr-vs-red-hat-quay - [Azure Container Registry](/demand/global-en/brands/azure-container-registry): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/azure-container-registry-vs-red-hat-quay - [Harbor](/demand/global-en/brands/harbor): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/harbor-vs-red-hat-quay - [Google Artifact Registry](/demand/global-en/brands/google-artifact-registry) ## Who owns Quay? Quay is owned by Red Hat. Brandwave also tracks Ansible and OpenShift, owned by the same company, worldwide. - [Red Hat](/demand/global-en/companies/red-hat): Owns 3 tracked brands. ## Methodology - [How is the Brand Demand Index measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused. ## Frequently asked questions ### Who owns Quay? Quay is owned by Red Hat. Brandwave also tracks Ansible and OpenShift, owned by the same company, worldwide. ## Cite this page Brandwave. "Quay: search popularity worldwide". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/brands/red-hat-quay This page is also available as HTML at https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/brands/red-hat-quay. Brandwave publishes an index of its Markdown pages at https://gobrandwave.com/llms.txt.