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title: "Bose vs Sonos: Which is searched more?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Bose or Sonos? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Smart speaker 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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# Bose vs Sonos: Which is searched more?

Which is more popular in search, Bose or Sonos? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Smart speaker 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**: Bose and Sonos
- **Competitive set**: Smart speaker brands
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Sep 2026
- **Bose Share of Search**: 2.2%
- **Sonos Share of Search**: 42.2%

## Which is more popular in search, Bose or Sonos?

- In September 2026, Sonos had more branded searches than Bose among smart speaker brands worldwide. Sonos was estimated to have 673K branded searches compared to Bose’s 35K, and held a 42.2% Share of Search versus Bose’s 2.2%.
- Sonos was ahead of Bose in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Bose’s estimated Share of Search among smart speaker brands worldwide moved from 2.4% to 2.2%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 42.9K to 35K.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Sonos’ estimated Share of Search among smart speaker brands worldwide moved from 36.9% to 42.2%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 673K.

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

- In September 2026, Sonos lost estimated Share of Search among smart speaker brands worldwide, from 43.8% to 42.2%.
- In September 2026, Bose lost estimated Share of Search among smart speaker brands worldwide, from 2.8% to 2.2%.

## Month by month

| Month | Bose estimated searches | Bose Share of Search | Bose rank | Sonos estimated searches | Sonos Share of Search | Sonos rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 42.9K | 2.4% | 5 | 673K | 36.9% | 1 |
| Nov 2025 | 52.4K | 2.2% | 5 | 1M | 41.6% | 1 |
| Dec 2025 | 52.4K | 2.2% | 5 | 823K | 35.1% | 1 |
| Jan 2026 | 35K | 2% | 5 | 673K | 37.9% | 1 |
| Feb 2026 | 28.7K | 2% | 5 | 550K | 37.8% | 1 |
| Mar 2026 | 34.7K | 2.2% | 5 | 673K | 43% | 1 |
| Apr 2026 | 35K | 2.6% | 5 | 550K | 41.3% | 1 |
| May 2026 | 42.4K | 2.7% | 5 | 673K | 43.1% | 1 |
| Jun 2026 | 35K | 2.4% | 5 | 550K | 37% | 1 |
| Jul 2026 | 42.1K | 3.1% | 5 | 550K | 40.3% | 1 |
| Aug 2026 | 42.4K | 2.8% | 5 | 673K | 43.8% | 1 |
| Sep 2026 | 35K | 2.2% | 5 | 673K | 42.2% | 1 |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Bose’s and Sonos’ 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.

- **Bose**: Measured on the search terms “bluetooth speaker bose” and “bose bluetooth speaker”, summed into one figure.
- **Sonos**: Measured on the search term “sonos”.

- [Bose profile](/demand/global-en/brands/bose)
- [Sonos profile](/demand/global-en/brands/sonos)
- [All smart speaker brands worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/smart-speaker-brands): 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, Bose or Sonos?

In September 2026, Sonos had more branded searches than Bose among smart speaker brands worldwide. Sonos was estimated to have 673K branded searches compared to Bose’s 35K, and held a 42.2% Share of Search versus Bose’s 2.2%.

## Cite this page

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