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title: "Epiphone vs Fender: Which is searched more?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Epiphone or Fender? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Mandolin brands 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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# Epiphone vs Fender: Which is searched more?

Which is more popular in search, Epiphone or Fender? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Mandolin brands 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**: Epiphone and Fender
- **Competitive set**: Mandolin brands
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Sep 2026
- **Epiphone Share of Search**: 9.1%
- **Fender Share of Search**: 68.7%

## Which is more popular in search, Epiphone or Fender?

- In September 2026, Fender had more branded searches than Epiphone among mandolin brands worldwide. Fender was estimated to have 831K branded searches compared to Epiphone’s 110K, and held a 68.7% Share of Search versus Epiphone’s 9.1%.
- Fender was ahead of Epiphone in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Epiphone’s estimated Share of Search among mandolin brands worldwide moved from 9.4% to 9.1%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 135K to 110K.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Fender’s estimated Share of Search among mandolin brands worldwide moved from 70.9% to 68.7%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 1M to 831K.

## How did search popularity change for mandolin brands worldwide in September 2026?

- Estimated monthly branded searches for Epiphone worldwide fell 18.5% over 12 measured months, from 135K to 110K in September 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Fender worldwide fell 18.2% over 12 measured months, from 1M to 831K in September 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Epiphone estimated searches | Epiphone Share of Search | Epiphone rank | Fender estimated searches | Fender Share of Search | Fender rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 135K | 9.4% | 3 | 1M | 70.9% | 1 |
| Nov 2025 | 135K | 9% | 3 | 1M | 69.1% | 1 |
| Dec 2025 | 135K | 9% | 3 | 1M | 69.2% | 1 |
| Jan 2026 | 165K | 10.5% | 3 | 1M | 65.4% | 1 |
| Feb 2026 | 135K | 10.7% | 3 | 861K | 68% | 1 |
| Mar 2026 | 135K | 8.9% | 3 | 1M | 66.8% | 1 |
| Apr 2026 | 135K | 10.7% | 3 | 861K | 68% | 1 |
| May 2026 | 135K | 9% | 3 | 1M | 66.5% | 1 |
| Jun 2026 | 110K | 7.1% | 3 | 1M | 64.8% | 1 |
| Jul 2026 | 110K | 9.2% | 3 | 831K | 69.2% | 1 |
| Aug 2026 | 110K | 9.1% | 3 | 831K | 68.8% | 1 |
| Sep 2026 | 110K | 9.1% | 3 | 831K | 68.7% | 1 |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Epiphone’s and Fender’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.

- **Epiphone**: Measured on the search term “epiphone”.
- **Fender**: Measured on the search terms “fender”, “fender guitar”, “fender mustang” and “fender strat”, summed into one figure.

- [Epiphone profile](/demand/global-en/brands/epiphone)
- [Fender profile](/demand/global-en/brands/fender)
- [All mandolin brands worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/mandolin-brands): The set both shares are measured inside, 7 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, Epiphone or Fender?

In September 2026, Fender had more branded searches than Epiphone among mandolin brands worldwide. Fender was estimated to have 831K branded searches compared to Epiphone’s 110K, and held a 68.7% Share of Search versus Epiphone’s 9.1%.

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