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title: "Aputure vs Elgato: Which is more popular by branded search?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Aputure or Elgato? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Ring lights 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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# Aputure vs Elgato: Which is more popular by branded search?

Which is more popular in search, Aputure or Elgato? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Ring lights 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**: Aputure and Elgato
- **Competitive set**: Ring lights
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Aputure Share of Search**: 1.8%
- **Elgato Share of Search**: 86.9%

## Which is more popular in search, Aputure or Elgato?

- In August 2026, Elgato had more branded searches than Aputure among ring lights worldwide. Elgato was estimated to have 322K branded searches compared to Aputure’s 6.6K, and held an 86.9% Share of Search versus Aputure’s 1.8%.
- Elgato was ahead of Aputure in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Aputure’s estimated Share of Search among ring lights worldwide moved from 2.2% to 1.8%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 9.9K to 6.6K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Elgato’s estimated Share of Search among ring lights worldwide moved from 89% to 86.9%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 398K to 322K.

## How did search popularity change for ring lights worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Elgato lost estimated Share of Search among ring lights worldwide, from 88% to 86.9%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Aputure worldwide fell 33.3% over 11 measured months, from 9.9K to 6.6K in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Aputure estimated searches | Aputure Share of Search | Aputure rank | Elgato estimated searches | Elgato Share of Search | Elgato rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 9.9K | 2.2% | 4 | 398K | 89% | 1 |
| Nov 2025 | 9.9K | 2.2% | 5 | 397K | 88% | 1 |
| Dec 2025 | 8.1K | 1.8% | 5 | 397K | 88.8% | 1 |
| Jan 2026 | 8.1K | 1.8% | 5 | 398K | 88.9% | 1 |
| Feb 2026 | 8.1K | 2.2% | 5 | 326K | 87.2% | 1 |
| Mar 2026 | 8.1K | 1.8% | 5 | 395K | 88.8% | 1 |
| Apr 2026 | 8.1K | 2.2% | 5 | 323K | 86.6% | 1 |
| May 2026 | 6.6K | 1.5% | 5 | 389K | 89% | 1 |
| Jun 2026 | 6.6K | 1.8% | 5 | 320K | 87.9% | 1 |
| Jul 2026 | 6.6K | 1.8% | 5 | 322K | 88% | 1 |
| Aug 2026 | 6.6K | 1.8% | 5 | 322K | 86.9% | 1 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Aputure’s and Elgato’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.

- **Aputure**: Measured on the search term “aputure light”.
- **Elgato**: Measured on the search terms “elgato”, “elgato com”, “elgato facecam”, “elgato game capture”, “elgato webcam” and “webcam elgato”, summed into one figure.

- [Aputure profile](/demand/global-en/brands/aputure)
- [Elgato profile](/demand/global-en/brands/elgato)
- [All ring lights worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/ring-lights): 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, Aputure or Elgato?

In August 2026, Elgato had more branded searches than Aputure among ring lights worldwide. Elgato was estimated to have 322K branded searches compared to Aputure’s 6.6K, and held an 86.9% Share of Search versus Aputure’s 1.8%.

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