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title: "Akamai vs Fastly: Which is more popular by branded search?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Akamai or Fastly? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the CDN providers 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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# Akamai vs Fastly: Which is more popular by branded search?

Which is more popular in search, Akamai or Fastly? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the CDN providers 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**: Akamai and Fastly
- **Competitive set**: CDN providers
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Akamai Share of Search**: 2%
- **Fastly Share of Search**: 1.5%

## Which is more popular in search, Akamai or Fastly?

- In August 2026, Akamai had more branded searches than Fastly among CDN providers worldwide. Akamai was estimated to have 90.5K branded searches compared to Fastly’s 67.2K, and held a 2% Share of Search versus Fastly’s 1.5%.
- Akamai was ahead of Fastly in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Akamai’s estimated Share of Search among CDN providers worldwide moved from 5.2% to 2%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 135K to 90.5K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Fastly’s estimated Share of Search among CDN providers worldwide moved from 2.8% to 1.5%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 73.8K to 67.2K.

## How did search popularity change for CDN providers worldwide in August 2026?

- Akamai’s estimated Share of Search among CDN providers worldwide has lost ground for 3 months in a row, from 3.5% to 2% in August 2026.
- Fastly’s estimated Share of Search among CDN providers worldwide has lost ground for 3 months in a row, from 2% to 1.5% in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Akamai estimated searches | Akamai Share of Search | Akamai rank | Fastly estimated searches | Fastly Share of Search | Fastly rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 135K | 5.2% | 2 | 73.8K | 2.8% | 4 |
| Nov 2025 | 135K | 1.4% | 2 | 73.9K | 0.77% | 4 |
| Dec 2025 | 110K | 2.5% | 2 | 61.9K | 1.4% | 4 |
| Jan 2026 | 110K | 3.5% | 2 | 76K | 2.4% | 3 |
| Feb 2026 | 110K | 3.5% | 2 | 89.1K | 2.8% | 3 |
| Mar 2026 | 110K | 3.5% | 2 | 78.5K | 2.5% | 3 |
| Apr 2026 | 135K | 3.5% | 2 | 78.4K | 2.1% | 3 |
| May 2026 | 135K | 3.5% | 2 | 78.4K | 2% | 3 |
| Jun 2026 | 110K | 2.9% | 2 | 67.7K | 1.8% | 3 |
| Jul 2026 | 90.5K | 2.4% | 2 | 61.9K | 1.6% | 4 |
| Aug 2026 | 90.5K | 2% | 2 | 67.2K | 1.5% | 3 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Akamai’s and Fastly’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.

- **Akamai**: Measured on the search term “akamai”.
- **Fastly**: Measured on the search terms “fastly”, “fastly app”, “fastly cdn”, “fastly com”, “fastly content delivery network” and “fastly software”, summed into one figure.

- [Akamai profile](/demand/global-en/brands/akamai)
- [Fastly profile](/demand/global-en/brands/fastly)
- [All CDN providers worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/cdn-providers): The set both shares are measured inside, 5 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, Akamai or Fastly?

In August 2026, Akamai had more branded searches than Fastly among CDN providers worldwide. Akamai was estimated to have 90.5K branded searches compared to Fastly’s 67.2K, and held a 2% Share of Search versus Fastly’s 1.5%.

## Cite this page

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