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title: "First Alert vs Ring: Which is searched more?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, First Alert or Ring? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Smoke alarm 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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# First Alert vs Ring: Which is searched more?

Which is more popular in search, First Alert or Ring? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Smoke alarm 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**: First Alert and Ring
- **Competitive set**: Smoke alarm brands
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Sep 2026
- **First Alert Share of Search**: 6.6%
- **Ring Share of Search**: 0.21%

## Which is more popular in search, First Alert or Ring?

- In September 2026, First Alert had more branded searches than Ring among smoke alarm brands worldwide. First Alert was estimated to have 27.1K branded searches compared to Ring’s 880, and held a 6.6% Share of Search versus Ring’s 0.21%.
- First Alert was ahead of Ring in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, First Alert’s estimated Share of Search among smoke alarm brands worldwide moved from 4.2% to 6.6%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 22.2K to 27.1K.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Ring’s estimated Share of Search among smoke alarm brands worldwide moved from 0.24% to 0.21%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 1.3K to 880.

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

- In September 2026, Kidde overtook First Alert to rank 3rd among smoke alarm brands worldwide, with 8% estimated Share of Search.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for First Alert worldwide rose 22.1% over 12 measured months, from 22.2K to 27.1K in September 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Ring worldwide fell 32.3% over 12 measured months, from 1.3K to 880 in September 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | First Alert estimated searches | First Alert Share of Search | First Alert rank | Ring estimated searches | Ring Share of Search | Ring rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 22.2K | 4.2% | 4 | 1.3K | 0.24% | 6 |
| Nov 2025 | 22.2K | 3.6% | 4 | 1.3K | 0.21% | 6 |
| Dec 2025 | 22.2K | 3.6% | 4 | 1.3K | 0.21% | 6 |
| Jan 2026 | 27.1K | 4.8% | 4 | 1.3K | 0.23% | 6 |
| Feb 2026 | 18.1K | 4% | 4 | 1K | 0.22% | 6 |
| Mar 2026 | 22.2K | 5.4% | 4 | 1K | 0.25% | 6 |
| Apr 2026 | 22.2K | 5.4% | 4 | 880 | 0.22% | 6 |
| May 2026 | 18.1K | 4.1% | 4 | 880 | 0.2% | 6 |
| Jun 2026 | 22.2K | 3% | 4 | 880 | 0.12% | 6 |
| Jul 2026 | 22.2K | 5.8% | 4 | 880 | 0.23% | 6 |
| Aug 2026 | 27.1K | 6.9% | 3 | 1K | 0.26% | 6 |
| Sep 2026 | 27.1K | 6.6% | 4 | 880 | 0.21% | 6 |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using First Alert’s and Ring’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.

- **First Alert**: Measured on the search term “first alert”.
- **Ring**: Measured on the search term “ring smoke alarm”.

- [First Alert profile](/demand/global-en/brands/first-alert)
- [Ring profile](/demand/global-en/brands/ring-security)
- [All smoke alarm brands worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/smoke-alarm-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, First Alert or Ring?

In September 2026, First Alert had more branded searches than Ring among smoke alarm brands worldwide. First Alert was estimated to have 27.1K branded searches compared to Ring’s 880, and held a 6.6% Share of Search versus Ring’s 0.21%.

## Cite this page

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