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title: "Epiphone vs Ibanez: Which is searched more?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Epiphone or Ibanez? 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 Ibanez: Which is searched more?

Which is more popular in search, Epiphone or Ibanez? 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 Ibanez
- **Competitive set**: Mandolin brands
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Sep 2026
- **Epiphone Share of Search**: 9.1%
- **Ibanez Share of Search**: 16.6%

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

- In September 2026, Ibanez had more branded searches than Epiphone among mandolin brands worldwide. Ibanez was estimated to have 201K branded searches compared to Epiphone’s 110K, and held a 16.6% Share of Search versus Epiphone’s 9.1%.
- Ibanez 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, Ibanez’s estimated Share of Search among mandolin brands worldwide moved from 14% to 16.6%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 201K.

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

- Ibanez’s estimated Share of Search among mandolin brands worldwide has lost ground for 3 months in a row, from 23.8% to 16.6% in September 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Epiphone worldwide fell 18.5% over 12 measured months, from 135K to 110K in September 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Epiphone estimated searches | Epiphone Share of Search | Epiphone rank | Ibanez estimated searches | Ibanez Share of Search | Ibanez rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 135K | 9.4% | 3 | 201K | 14% | 2 |
| Nov 2025 | 135K | 9% | 3 | 246K | 16.5% | 2 |
| Dec 2025 | 135K | 9% | 3 | 246K | 16.4% | 2 |
| Jan 2026 | 165K | 10.5% | 3 | 301K | 19.1% | 2 |
| Feb 2026 | 135K | 10.7% | 3 | 201K | 15.9% | 2 |
| Mar 2026 | 135K | 8.9% | 3 | 301K | 19.8% | 2 |
| Apr 2026 | 135K | 10.7% | 3 | 201K | 15.9% | 2 |
| May 2026 | 135K | 9% | 3 | 301K | 20% | 2 |
| Jun 2026 | 110K | 7.1% | 3 | 368K | 23.8% | 2 |
| Jul 2026 | 110K | 9.2% | 3 | 201K | 16.8% | 2 |
| Aug 2026 | 110K | 9.1% | 3 | 201K | 16.7% | 2 |
| Sep 2026 | 110K | 9.1% | 3 | 201K | 16.6% | 2 |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Epiphone’s and Ibanez’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”.
- **Ibanez**: Measured on the search term “ibanez”.

- [Epiphone profile](/demand/global-en/brands/epiphone)
- [Ibanez profile](/demand/global-en/brands/ibanez)
- [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 Ibanez?

In September 2026, Ibanez had more branded searches than Epiphone among mandolin brands worldwide. Ibanez was estimated to have 201K branded searches compared to Epiphone’s 110K, and held a 16.6% Share of Search versus Epiphone’s 9.1%.

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