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Weather APIs:Which brands are most popular in search?

In August 2026, AccuWeather was the most searched among weather APIs worldwide, with an estimated 7.5M branded searches and 99.2% estimated Share of Search within this set. These are worldwide searches for English-language branded terms.

Share of Search, August 2026
  1. AccuWeather99.2%
  2. OpenWeather0.36%
  3. WeatherAPI0.36%
  4. Tomorrow.io0.04%
  5. Visual Crossing0.03%

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Share of Search among weather APIs worldwide, by month

Share of Search by month for AccuWeather. The figures are in the table below the chart.

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MonthAccuWeatherOpenWeatherWeatherAPITomorrow.ioVisual Crossing
Oct 202598.8%0.44%0.65%0.05%0.04%
Nov 202598.5%0.53%0.8%0.07%0.06%
Dec 202598.9%0.44%0.54%0.06%0.04%
Jan 202699.2%0.29%0.44%0.04%0.03%
Feb 202698.7%0.53%0.65%0.11%0.05%
Mar 202698.7%0.53%0.65%0.07%0.05%
Apr 202698.8%0.53%0.53%0.06%0.05%
May 202699%0.44%0.44%0.06%0.03%
Jun 202699.1%0.36%0.44%0.05%0.03%
Jul 202699.1%0.36%0.44%0.04%0.03%
Aug 202699.2%0.36%0.36%0.04%0.03%
Sep 2026—————

This month’s ranking, August 2026

  1. 1.AccuWeather

    99.2%

    Held 1st. 7.5M estimated branded searches, 0% vs prior month. Share +0.1 points.

  2. 2.OpenWeather

    0.36%

    Moved from 3rd to 2nd. 27.1K estimated branded searches, 0% vs prior month. Share 0 points.

  3. 3.WeatherAPI

    0.36%

    Moved from 2nd to 3rd. 27.1K estimated branded searches, -18.1% vs prior month. Share -0.1 points.

  4. 4.Tomorrow.io

    0.04%

    Held 4th. 2.9K estimated branded searches, 0% vs prior month. Share 0 points.

  5. 5.Visual Crossing

    0.03%

    Held 5th. 1.9K estimated branded searches, 0% vs prior month. Share 0 points.

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Which brand is most popular in search among weather APIs worldwide?

In August 2026, AccuWeather was the most searched among weather APIs worldwide, with an estimated 7.5M branded searches and 99.2% estimated Share of Search within this set. OpenWeather is in 2nd place, 98.9 percentage points behind at 0.36% Share of Search.

Global weather APIs, last 12 months ending September 2026
BrandShare of SearchPeakLowRank
AccuWeather98.8% → 99.2%99.2%Aug 202698.5%Nov 20251st
OpenWeather0.44% → 0.36%0.53%Feb 20260.29%Jan 20263rd → 2nd
WeatherAPI0.65% → 0.36%0.8%Nov 20250.36%Aug 20262nd → 3rd
Tomorrow.io0.05% → 0.04%0.11%Feb 20260.04%Jul 20264th
Visual Crossing0.04% → 0.03%0.06%Nov 20250.03%Jun 20265th

Each finding as a sentence

  • Across the 11 months ending August 2026, OpenWeather rose from 3rd to 2nd among weather APIs worldwide.
  • Across the 11 months ending August 2026, WeatherAPI fell from 2nd to 3rd among weather APIs worldwide.
  • Across the 11 months ending August 2026, AccuWeather, Tomorrow.io and Visual Crossing held steady: their estimated Share of Search among weather APIs worldwide each moved less than 0.5 percentage points.

How did search popularity change for weather APIs worldwide in August 2026?

  1. In August 2026, OpenWeather rose from 3rd to 2nd among weather APIs worldwide.

  2. In August 2026, WeatherAPI fell from 2nd to 3rd among weather APIs worldwide.

  3. Estimated monthly branded searches for AccuWeather worldwide rose 22.2% over 11 measured months, from 6.1M to 7.5M in August 2026.

  4. Estimated monthly branded searches for Visual Crossing worldwide fell 20.8% over 11 measured months, from 2.4K to 1.9K in August 2026.

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