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title: "Retroid: search popularity worldwide"
description: "Retroid makes the Retroid Pocket range of Android handheld gaming consoles. 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/retroid"
publisher: "Brandwave"
---

# Retroid: search popularity worldwide

Retroid makes the Retroid Pocket range of Android handheld gaming consoles. 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**: Retroid
- **Market**: Global
- **Measured month**: Sep 2026
- **Share of Search among retro handheld console brands**: 20.5%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Retro handheld console brands | 2 | 20.5% | 366K |

- [Retro handheld console brands](/demand/global-en/categories/retro-handheld-console-brands)

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

- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for Retroid worldwide rose from 165K to 366K.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Retroid’s share of searches among retro handheld console brands worldwide increased from 17.5% to 20.5%.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Retroid’s share of searches among retro handheld console brands worldwide peaked at 20.5% in September 2026 and was lowest at 8.8% in May 2026.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Retroid rose from 3rd to 2nd among retro handheld console brands worldwide.

## How did search popularity change for retro handheld console brands worldwide in September 2026?

- In September 2026, Retroid overtook Anbernic to rank 2nd among retro handheld console brands worldwide, with 20.5% of the searches.
- In September 2026, AYN lost share of searches among retro handheld console brands worldwide, from 62.7% to 57.6%.
- In September 2026, Analogue lost share of searches among retro handheld console brands worldwide, from 8.7% to 6.3%.
- In September 2026, Anbernic lost share of searches among retro handheld console brands worldwide, from 15% to 13.8%.
- In September 2026, Miyoo lost share of searches among retro handheld console brands worldwide, from 2.5% to 1.8%.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | Retro handheld console brands | 165K | 17.5% | 3 |
| Nov 2025 | Retro handheld console brands | 220K | 12.4% | 4 |
| Dec 2025 | Retro handheld console brands | 201K | 12.8% | 4 |
| Jan 2026 | Retro handheld console brands | 181K | 12.2% | 3 |
| Feb 2026 | Retro handheld console brands | 148K | 9.4% | 4 |
| Mar 2026 | Retro handheld console brands | 165K | 9.1% | 3 |
| Apr 2026 | Retro handheld console brands | 135K | 9% | 3 |
| May 2026 | Retro handheld console brands | 135K | 8.8% | 3 |
| Jun 2026 | Retro handheld console brands | 181K | 13.4% | 3 |
| Jul 2026 | Retro handheld console brands | 181K | 11.8% | 3 |
| Aug 2026 | Retro handheld console brands | 181K | 11.1% | 3 |
| Sep 2026 | Retro handheld console brands | 366K | 20.5% | 2 |

## How are Retroid’s branded searches counted?

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

- “retroid”
- “retroid pocket”

## Which retro handheld console brands compete with Retroid?

- [AYN](/demand/global-en/brands/ayn): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/ayn-vs-retroid
- [Anbernic](/demand/global-en/brands/anbernic): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/anbernic-vs-retroid
- [Analogue](/demand/global-en/brands/analogue): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/analogue-vs-retroid
- [Miyoo](/demand/global-en/brands/miyoo): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/miyoo-vs-retroid

## Methodology

- [How is the Brand Demand Index measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused.

## Cite this page

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