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title: "Audio-Technica vs Sennheiser: Which is more popular by branded search?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Audio-Technica or Sennheiser? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Microphone 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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# Audio-Technica vs Sennheiser: Which is more popular by branded search?

Which is more popular in search, Audio-Technica or Sennheiser? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Microphone 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**: Audio-Technica and Sennheiser
- **Competitive set**: Microphone brands
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Audio-Technica Share of Search**: 40.7%
- **Sennheiser Share of Search**: 14.5%

## Which is more popular in search, Audio-Technica or Sennheiser?

- In August 2026, Audio-Technica had more branded searches than Sennheiser among microphone brands worldwide. Audio-Technica was estimated to have 282K branded searches compared to Sennheiser’s 100K, and held a 40.7% Share of Search versus Sennheiser’s 14.5%.
- Audio-Technica was ahead of Sennheiser in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Audio-Technica’s estimated Share of Search among microphone brands worldwide moved from 42.4% to 40.7%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 337K to 282K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Sennheiser’s estimated Share of Search among microphone brands worldwide moved from 15.4% to 14.5%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 123K to 100K.

## How did search popularity change for microphone brands worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Audio-Technica lost estimated Share of Search among microphone brands worldwide, from 41.6% to 40.7%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Sennheiser worldwide fell 18.2% over 11 measured months, from 123K to 100K in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Audio-Technica estimated searches | Audio-Technica Share of Search | Audio-Technica rank | Sennheiser estimated searches | Sennheiser Share of Search | Sennheiser rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 337K | 42.4% | 1 | 123K | 15.4% | 3 |
| Nov 2025 | 412K | 44.1% | 1 | 148K | 15.9% | 2 |
| Dec 2025 | 405K | 44.7% | 1 | 123K | 13.6% | 4 |
| Jan 2026 | 404K | 45% | 1 | 117K | 13% | 4 |
| Feb 2026 | 298K | 40.7% | 1 | 100K | 13.7% | 4 |
| Mar 2026 | 282K | 38.4% | 1 | 117K | 15.9% | 3 |
| Apr 2026 | 271K | 39.5% | 1 | 96.3K | 14% | 3 |
| May 2026 | 275K | 38.7% | 1 | 105K | 14.8% | 4 |
| Jun 2026 | 282K | 41.9% | 1 | 100K | 14.9% | 3 |
| Jul 2026 | 289K | 41.6% | 1 | 100K | 14.4% | 4 |
| Aug 2026 | 282K | 40.7% | 1 | 100K | 14.5% | 4 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Audio-Technica’s and Sennheiser’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.

- **Audio-Technica**: Measured on the search terms “audio technica”, “audio technica headphones”, “audio-technica”, “audio-technica com”, “audio-technica headphone” and “headphone audio-technica”, summed into one figure.
- **Sennheiser**: Measured on the search terms “headphone sennheiser”, “sennheiser com”, “sennheiser headphones” and “sennheiser momentum”, summed into one figure.

- [Audio-Technica profile](/demand/global-en/brands/audio-technica)
- [Sennheiser profile](/demand/global-en/brands/sennheiser)
- [All microphone brands worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/microphone-brands): The set both shares are measured inside, 6 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, Audio-Technica or Sennheiser?

In August 2026, Audio-Technica had more branded searches than Sennheiser among microphone brands worldwide. Audio-Technica was estimated to have 282K branded searches compared to Sennheiser’s 100K, and held a 40.7% Share of Search versus Sennheiser’s 14.5%.

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