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title: "Grab vs Lyft: Which is more popular by branded search?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Grab or Lyft? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Ride hailing apps 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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# Grab vs Lyft: Which is more popular by branded search?

Which is more popular in search, Grab or Lyft? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Ride hailing apps 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**: Grab and Lyft
- **Competitive set**: Ride hailing apps
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Grab Share of Search**: 2.7%
- **Lyft Share of Search**: 54.6%

## Which is more popular in search, Grab or Lyft?

- In August 2026, Lyft had more branded searches than Grab among ride hailing apps worldwide. Lyft was estimated to have 1M branded searches compared to Grab’s 49.5K, and held a 54.6% Share of Search versus Grab’s 2.7%.
- Lyft was ahead of Grab in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Grab’s estimated Share of Search among ride hailing apps worldwide moved from 2.2% to 2.7%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 40.5K to 49.5K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Lyft’s estimated Share of Search among ride hailing apps worldwide moved from 44.4% to 54.6%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 823K to 1M.

## How did search popularity change for ride hailing apps worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Lyft gained estimated Share of Search among ride hailing apps worldwide, from 49.4% to 54.6%.
- In August 2026, Grab lost estimated Share of Search among ride hailing apps worldwide, from 3.6% to 2.7%.

## Month by month

| Month | Grab estimated searches | Grab Share of Search | Grab rank | Lyft estimated searches | Lyft Share of Search | Lyft rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 40.5K | 2.2% | 4 | 823K | 44.4% | 2 |
| Nov 2025 | 110K | 6.1% | 4 | 823K | 45.5% | 1 |
| Dec 2025 | 60.5K | 3.8% | 4 | 673K | 41.8% | 2 |
| Jan 2026 | 74K | 4.7% | 4 | 673K | 42.4% | 2 |
| Feb 2026 | 60.5K | 3.6% | 4 | 823K | 48.6% | 1 |
| Mar 2026 | 60.5K | 3.2% | 4 | 1M | 53.5% | 1 |
| Apr 2026 | 60.5K | 3.2% | 4 | 1M | 53.5% | 1 |
| May 2026 | 60.5K | 2.4% | 4 | 1.5M | 58.8% | 1 |
| Jun 2026 | 74K | 4% | 4 | 1M | 53.8% | 1 |
| Jul 2026 | 60.5K | 3.6% | 4 | 823K | 49.4% | 1 |
| Aug 2026 | 49.5K | 2.7% | 4 | 1M | 54.6% | 1 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Grab’s and Lyft’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.

- **Grab**: Measured on the search term “grab app”.
- **Lyft**: Measured on the search term “lyft”.

- [Grab profile](/demand/global-en/brands/grab)
- [Lyft profile](/demand/global-en/brands/lyft)
- [All ride hailing apps worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/ride-hailing-apps): 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, Grab or Lyft?

In August 2026, Lyft had more branded searches than Grab among ride hailing apps worldwide. Lyft was estimated to have 1M branded searches compared to Grab’s 49.5K, and held a 54.6% Share of Search versus Grab’s 2.7%.

## Cite this page

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