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title: "Valve: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide"
description: "Valve is a games and hardware company. 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/valve"
publisher: "Brandwave"
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# Valve: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide

Valve is a games and hardware company. 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**: Valve
- **Market**: Global
- **Measured month**: Aug 2026
- **Share of Search among gaming console brands**: 3.4%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Gaming console brands | 5 | 3.4% | 550K |

- [Gaming console brands](/demand/global-en/categories/gaming-console-brands)

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

- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for Valve worldwide held steady at 550K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Valve’s estimated Share of Search among gaming console brands worldwide peaked at 5% in November 2025 and was lowest at 2.8% in December 2025.

## How did search popularity change for gaming console brands worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Nintendo Switch gained estimated Share of Search among gaming console brands worldwide, from 18.1% to 20.8%.
- In August 2026, ASUS gained estimated Share of Search among gaming console brands worldwide, from 10.8% to 12.2%.
- In August 2026, Xbox lost estimated Share of Search among gaming console brands worldwide, from 49.4% to 46.5%.
- In August 2026, Sony lost estimated Share of Search among gaming console brands worldwide, from 18.1% to 17%.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | Gaming console brands | 550K | 3.4% | 5 |
| Nov 2025 | Gaming console brands | 1M | 5% | 5 |
| Dec 2025 | Gaming console brands | 550K | 2.8% | 5 |
| Jan 2026 | Gaming console brands | 673K | 4.1% | 5 |
| Feb 2026 | Gaming console brands | 550K | 4% | 5 |
| Mar 2026 | Gaming console brands | 550K | 3.5% | 5 |
| Apr 2026 | Gaming console brands | 550K | 4% | 5 |
| May 2026 | Gaming console brands | 550K | 3.8% | 5 |
| Jun 2026 | Gaming console brands | 550K | 3.5% | 5 |
| Jul 2026 | Gaming console brands | 550K | 3.6% | 5 |
| Aug 2026 | Gaming console brands | 550K | 3.4% | 5 |
| Sep 2026 | Gaming console brands | — | — | — |

## How is Valve measured?

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

- “valve”

## Which gaming console brands compete with Valve?

- [Xbox](/demand/global-en/brands/xbox): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/valve-vs-xbox
- [Nintendo Switch](/demand/global-en/brands/nintendo-switch): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/nintendo-switch-vs-valve
- [Sony](/demand/global-en/brands/sony): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/sony-vs-valve
- [ASUS](/demand/global-en/brands/asus): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/asus-vs-valve

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

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