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title: "Clerk vs Okta: Which is searched more?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Clerk or Okta? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Authentication platforms set worldwide. 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."
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# Clerk vs Okta: Which is searched more?

Which is more popular in search, Clerk or Okta? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Authentication platforms set worldwide. 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

- **Compared**: Clerk and Okta
- **Competitive set**: Authentication platforms
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Sep 2026
- **Clerk Share of Search**: 1.2%
- **Okta Share of Search**: 83.5%

## Which is more popular in search, Clerk or Okta?

- In September 2026, Okta had more branded searches than Clerk among authentication platforms worldwide. Okta was estimated to have 680K branded searches compared to Clerk’s 9.9K, and held an 83.5% Share of Search versus Clerk’s 1.2%.
- Okta was ahead of Clerk in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Clerk’s estimated Share of Search among authentication platforms worldwide moved from 1.5% to 1.2%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 12.1K to 9.9K.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Okta’s estimated Share of Search among authentication platforms worldwide moved from 83.9% to 83.5%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 681K to 680K.

## How did search popularity change for authentication platforms worldwide in September 2026?

- In September 2026, Okta lost estimated Share of Search among authentication platforms worldwide, from 84.2% to 83.5%.
- Clerk’s estimated Share of Search among authentication platforms worldwide has lost ground for 3 months in a row, from 1.8% to 1.2% in September 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Clerk estimated searches | Clerk Share of Search | Clerk rank | Okta estimated searches | Okta Share of Search | Okta rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 12.1K | 1.5% | 4 | 681K | 83.9% | 1 |
| Nov 2025 | 12.2K | 1.5% | 4 | 679K | 83.9% | 1 |
| Dec 2025 | 12.2K | 1.5% | 4 | 679K | 85.6% | 1 |
| Jan 2026 | 14.8K | 1.8% | 4 | 681K | 83% | 1 |
| Feb 2026 | 14.9K | 1.8% | 4 | 681K | 83% | 1 |
| Mar 2026 | 18.1K | 1.8% | 4 | 839K | 84.8% | 1 |
| Apr 2026 | 14.8K | 1.8% | 4 | 682K | 82.3% | 1 |
| May 2026 | 14.8K | 1.8% | 4 | 682K | 84% | 1 |
| Jun 2026 | 14.8K | 1.8% | 4 | 682K | 84% | 1 |
| Jul 2026 | 12.1K | 1.5% | 4 | 681K | 84.2% | 1 |
| Aug 2026 | 12.1K | 1.5% | 4 | 680K | 84.2% | 1 |
| Sep 2026 | 9.9K | 1.2% | 4 | 680K | 83.5% | 1 |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Clerk’s and Okta’s names. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brands is growing, holding steady, or fading.

- **Clerk**: Measured on the search terms “authentication clerk” and “clerk auth”, summed into one figure.
- **Okta**: Measured on the search terms “identity okta”, “okta”, “okta app”, “okta identity” and “okta software”, summed into one figure.

- [Clerk profile](/demand/global-en/brands/clerk-auth)
- [Okta profile](/demand/global-en/brands/okta)
- [All authentication platforms worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/authentication-platforms): The set both shares are measured inside, 4 brands.

## Methodology

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

## Frequently asked questions

### Which is more popular in search, Clerk or Okta?

In September 2026, Okta had more branded searches than Clerk among authentication platforms worldwide. Okta was estimated to have 680K branded searches compared to Clerk’s 9.9K, and held an 83.5% Share of Search versus Clerk’s 1.2%.

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