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title: "Melnor vs Rain Bird: Which is searched more?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Melnor or Rain Bird? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Sprinklers 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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# Melnor vs Rain Bird: Which is searched more?

Which is more popular in search, Melnor or Rain Bird? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Sprinklers 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**: Melnor and Rain Bird
- **Competitive set**: Sprinklers
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Melnor Share of Search**: 1.5%
- **Rain Bird Share of Search**: 13.7%

## Which is more popular in search, Melnor or Rain Bird?

- In August 2026, Rain Bird had more branded searches than Melnor among sprinklers worldwide. Rain Bird was estimated to have 49.5K branded searches compared to Melnor’s 5.4K, and held a 13.7% Share of Search versus Melnor’s 1.5%.
- Rain Bird was ahead of Melnor in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Melnor’s estimated Share of Search among sprinklers worldwide moved from 1.2% to 1.5%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 2.9K to 5.4K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Rain Bird’s estimated Share of Search among sprinklers worldwide moved from 13.6% to 13.7%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 33.1K to 49.5K.

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

- In August 2026, Rain Bird overtook Hozelock to rank 2nd among sprinklers worldwide, at 13.7%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Melnor worldwide rose 86.2% over 11 measured months, from 2.9K to 5.4K in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Melnor estimated searches | Melnor Share of Search | Melnor rank | Rain Bird estimated searches | Rain Bird Share of Search | Rain Bird rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 2.9K | 1.2% | 5 | 33.1K | 13.6% | 2 |
| Nov 2025 | 880 | 0.38% | 5 | 27.1K | 11.7% | 3 |
| Dec 2025 | 590 | 0.3% | 5 | 22.2K | 11.2% | 3 |
| Jan 2026 | 590 | 0.29% | 5 | 22.2K | 10.8% | 3 |
| Feb 2026 | 720 | 0.31% | 5 | 22.2K | 9.6% | 3 |
| Mar 2026 | 2.4K | 0.58% | 5 | 40.5K | 9.9% | 2 |
| Apr 2026 | 5.4K | 1% | 5 | 60.5K | 11.7% | 2 |
| May 2026 | 8.1K | 1.3% | 5 | 74K | 11.8% | 2 |
| Jun 2026 | 8.1K | 1.6% | 5 | 60.5K | 11.7% | 2 |
| Jul 2026 | 8.1K | 1.8% | 5 | 49.5K | 11% | 3 |
| Aug 2026 | 5.4K | 1.5% | 5 | 49.5K | 13.7% | 2 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Melnor’s and Rain Bird’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.

- **Melnor**: Measured on the search term “melnor sprinkler”.
- **Rain Bird**: Measured on the search term “rain bird”.

- [Melnor profile](/demand/global-en/brands/melnor)
- [Rain Bird profile](/demand/global-en/brands/rain-bird)
- [All sprinklers worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/sprinklers): 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, Melnor or Rain Bird?

In August 2026, Rain Bird had more branded searches than Melnor among sprinklers worldwide. Rain Bird was estimated to have 49.5K branded searches compared to Melnor’s 5.4K, and held a 13.7% Share of Search versus Melnor’s 1.5%.

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