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title: "Codacy vs SonarQube: Which is searched more?"
description: "Is Codacy or SonarQube more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Code coverage tools 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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# Codacy vs SonarQube: Which is searched more?

Is Codacy or SonarQube more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Code coverage tools 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**: Codacy and SonarQube
- **Competitive set**: Code coverage tools
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Sep 2026
- **Codacy Share of Search**: 2.8%
- **SonarQube Share of Search**: 86.4%

## Is Codacy or SonarQube more popular in search?

- In September 2026, SonarQube had more branded searches than Codacy among code coverage tools worldwide. SonarQube had about 110,000 branded searches, while Codacy had 3,600. SonarQube made up 86.4% of all code coverage tool searches we track, and Codacy accounted for 2.8%.
- SonarQube was ahead of Codacy in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Codacy’s share of searches among code coverage tools worldwide moved from 3.4% to 2.8%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 6.6K to 3.6K.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, SonarQube’s share of searches among code coverage tools worldwide moved from 84.7% to 86.4%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 165K to 110K.

## How did search popularity change for code coverage tools worldwide in September 2026?

- Estimated monthly branded searches for Codacy worldwide fell 45.5% over 12 measured months, from 6.6K to 3.6K in September 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for SonarQube worldwide fell 33.3% over 12 measured months, from 165K to 110K in September 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Codacy estimated searches | Codacy Share of Search | Codacy rank | SonarQube estimated searches | SonarQube Share of Search | SonarQube rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 6.6K | 3.4% | 4 | 165K | 84.7% | 1 |
| Nov 2025 | 6.6K | 4.1% | 4 | 135K | 83.3% | 1 |
| Dec 2025 | 5.4K | 3.4% | 4 | 135K | 84.9% | 1 |
| Jan 2026 | 5.4K | 3.4% | 4 | 135K | 83.9% | 1 |
| Feb 2026 | 5.4K | 3.3% | 4 | 135K | 83.7% | 1 |
| Mar 2026 | 5.4K | 2.8% | 4 | 165K | 86.4% | 1 |
| Apr 2026 | 5.4K | 3.4% | 4 | 135K | 84.9% | 1 |
| May 2026 | 4.4K | 2.8% | 4 | 135K | 86.6% | 1 |
| Jun 2026 | 4.4K | 2.8% | 4 | 135K | 86.6% | 1 |
| Jul 2026 | 4.4K | 3.4% | 4 | 110K | 85% | 1 |
| Aug 2026 | 3.6K | 2.8% | 4 | 110K | 86.5% | 1 |
| Sep 2026 | 3.6K | 2.8% | 4 | 110K | 86.4% | 1 |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Codacy’s and SonarQube’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.

- **Codacy**: Measured on the search term “codacy”.
- **SonarQube**: Measured on the search term “sonarqube”.

- [Codacy profile](/demand/global-en/brands/codacy)
- [SonarQube profile](/demand/global-en/brands/sonarqube)
- [All code coverage tools worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/code-coverage-tools): The set both shares are measured inside, 6 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

### Is Codacy or SonarQube more popular in search?

In September 2026, SonarQube had more branded searches than Codacy among code coverage tools worldwide. SonarQube had about 110,000 branded searches, while Codacy had 3,600. SonarQube made up 86.4% of all code coverage tool searches we track, and Codacy accounted for 2.8%.

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