--- title: "Web scraping APIs: Which brands are most popular in search?" description: "Compare the APIs used to collect web data at scale. Share of Search among Apify, Bright Data, Zyte, ScrapingBee and ScraperAPI, the web scraping APIs Brandwave compares worldwide, using the same methodology, market, and reporting period. 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." canonical: "https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/categories/web-scraping-apis" publisher: "Brandwave" --- # Web scraping APIs: Which brands are most popular in search? Compare the APIs used to collect web data at scale. Share of Search among Apify, Bright Data, Zyte, ScrapingBee and ScraperAPI, the web scraping APIs Brandwave compares worldwide, using the same methodology, market, and reporting period. 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 - **Competitive set**: Web scraping APIs - **Market**: Global - **Brands compared**: 5 - **Month measured**: Aug 2026 - **Highest Share of Search**: Apify, 79.6% ## Which brand is most popular in search among web scraping APIs worldwide? - In August 2026, Apify was the most searched among web scraping APIs worldwide, with an estimated 371K branded searches and 79.6% estimated Share of Search within this set. - Bright Data is in 2nd place, 64.1 percentage points behind at 15.5% Share of Search. - Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Apify’s estimated Share of Search among web scraping APIs worldwide increased from 66.1% to 79.6%. - Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Bright Data’s estimated Share of Search among web scraping APIs worldwide decreased from 23.5% to 15.5%. - Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Zyte’s estimated Share of Search among web scraping APIs worldwide decreased from 2.7% to 1.8%. - Across the 11 months ending August 2026, ScrapingBee’s estimated Share of Search among web scraping APIs worldwide decreased from 3.9% to 1.7%. - Across the 11 months ending August 2026, ScraperAPI’s estimated Share of Search among web scraping APIs worldwide decreased from 3.9% to 1.4%. - Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Apify’s estimated Share of Search among web scraping APIs worldwide peaked at 79.6% in August 2026 and was lowest at 65.5% in November 2025. - Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Bright Data’s estimated Share of Search among web scraping APIs worldwide peaked at 24.4% in January 2026 and was lowest at 15.4% in July 2026. - Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Zyte’s estimated Share of Search among web scraping APIs worldwide peaked at 3.2% in November 2025 and was lowest at 1.4% in May 2026. - Across the 11 months ending August 2026, ScrapingBee’s estimated Share of Search among web scraping APIs worldwide peaked at 3.9% in October 2025 and was lowest at 1.7% in June 2026. - Across the 11 months ending August 2026, ScraperAPI’s estimated Share of Search among web scraping APIs worldwide peaked at 4.7% in November 2025 and was lowest at 1.4% in August 2026. - Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Zyte rose from 5th to 3rd among web scraping APIs worldwide. - Across the 11 months ending August 2026, ScrapingBee fell from 3rd to 4th among web scraping APIs worldwide. - Across the 11 months ending August 2026, ScraperAPI fell from 4th to 5th among web scraping APIs worldwide. ## Compare search popularity between leading brands - [Apify vs Bright Data: compare search popularity](/demand/global-en/compare/apify-vs-bright-data): 79.6% against 15.5% Share of Search. ## How did search popularity change for web scraping APIs worldwide in August 2026? - In August 2026, ScraperAPI lost estimated Share of Search among web scraping APIs worldwide, from 2.1% to 1.4%. - Apify’s estimated Share of Search among web scraping APIs worldwide has gained ground for 3 months in a row, from 78.4% to 79.6% in August 2026. - In August 2026, Zyte rose from 5th to 3rd among web scraping APIs worldwide. - Estimated monthly branded searches for Bright Data worldwide rose 22% over 11 measured months, from 59.4K to 72.4K in August 2026. - Estimated monthly branded searches for ScrapingBee worldwide fell 18.1% over 11 measured months, from 9.9K to 8.1K in August 2026. ## Share of Search ranking | Rank | Brand | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches | Change vs prior month | Owned by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Apify | 79.6% | 371K | -0.0% | Apify | | 2 | Bright Data | 15.5% | 72.4K | +0.1% | Bright Data | | 3 | Zyte | 1.8% | 8.3K | +22.4% | Zyte | | 4 | ScrapingBee | 1.7% | 8.1K | -0.4% | ScrapingBee | | 5 | ScraperAPI | 1.4% | 6.6K | -33.3% | ScraperAPI | ## Historical estimated branded-search demand | Month | Brand | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Oct 2025 | Apify | 167K | 66.1% | 1 | | Oct 2025 | Bright Data | 59.4K | 23.5% | 2 | | Oct 2025 | ScrapingBee | 9.9K | 3.9% | 3 | | Oct 2025 | ScraperAPI | 9.9K | 3.9% | 4 | | Oct 2025 | Zyte | 6.7K | 2.7% | 5 | | Nov 2025 | Apify | 167K | 65.5% | 1 | | Nov 2025 | Bright Data | 59.6K | 23.4% | 2 | | Nov 2025 | ScraperAPI | 12.1K | 4.7% | 3 | | Nov 2025 | Zyte | 8.2K | 3.2% | 4 | | Nov 2025 | ScrapingBee | 8.1K | 3.2% | 5 | | Dec 2025 | Apify | 167K | 66.2% | 1 | | Dec 2025 | Bright Data | 60.3K | 23.9% | 2 | | Dec 2025 | ScraperAPI | 9.9K | 3.9% | 3 | | Dec 2025 | ScrapingBee | 8.2K | 3.2% | 4 | | Dec 2025 | Zyte | 6.7K | 2.7% | 5 | | Jan 2026 | Apify | 203K | 66.8% | 1 | | Jan 2026 | Bright Data | 74.2K | 24.4% | 2 | | Jan 2026 | ScrapingBee | 10K | 3.3% | 3 | | Jan 2026 | ScraperAPI | 9.9K | 3.3% | 4 | | Jan 2026 | Zyte | 6.7K | 2.2% | 5 | | Feb 2026 | Apify | 248K | 71.2% | 1 | | Feb 2026 | Bright Data | 73.9K | 21.2% | 2 | | Feb 2026 | ScrapingBee | 10K | 2.9% | 3 | | Feb 2026 | ScraperAPI | 9.9K | 2.8% | 4 | | Feb 2026 | Zyte | 6.7K | 1.9% | 5 | | Mar 2026 | Apify | 371K | 75% | 1 | | Mar 2026 | Bright Data | 90.4K | 18.3% | 2 | | Mar 2026 | ScraperAPI | 14.8K | 3% | 3 | | Mar 2026 | ScrapingBee | 10K | 2% | 4 | | Mar 2026 | Zyte | 8.2K | 1.7% | 5 | | Apr 2026 | Apify | 371K | 75.3% | 1 | | Apr 2026 | Bright Data | 88.9K | 18% | 2 | | Apr 2026 | ScraperAPI | 14.8K | 3% | 3 | | Apr 2026 | ScrapingBee | 10K | 2% | 4 | | Apr 2026 | Zyte | 8.2K | 1.7% | 5 | | May 2026 | Apify | 371K | 78.4% | 1 | | May 2026 | Bright Data | 73.5K | 15.5% | 2 | | May 2026 | ScraperAPI | 12.1K | 2.6% | 3 | | May 2026 | ScrapingBee | 10K | 2.1% | 4 | | May 2026 | Zyte | 6.7K | 1.4% | 5 | | Jun 2026 | Apify | 371K | 79.2% | 1 | | Jun 2026 | Bright Data | 72.5K | 15.5% | 2 | | Jun 2026 | ScraperAPI | 9.9K | 2.1% | 3 | | Jun 2026 | ScrapingBee | 8.2K | 1.7% | 4 | | Jun 2026 | Zyte | 6.7K | 1.4% | 5 | | Jul 2026 | Apify | 371K | 79.3% | 1 | | Jul 2026 | Bright Data | 72.3K | 15.4% | 2 | | Jul 2026 | ScraperAPI | 9.9K | 2.1% | 3 | | Jul 2026 | ScrapingBee | 8.2K | 1.7% | 4 | | Jul 2026 | Zyte | 6.8K | 1.4% | 5 | | Aug 2026 | Apify | 371K | 79.6% | 1 | | Aug 2026 | Bright Data | 72.4K | 15.5% | 2 | | Aug 2026 | Zyte | 8.3K | 1.8% | 3 | | Aug 2026 | ScrapingBee | 8.1K | 1.7% | 4 | | Aug 2026 | ScraperAPI | 6.6K | 1.4% | 5 | | Sep 2026 | Apify | — | — | — | | Sep 2026 | Bright Data | — | — | — | | Sep 2026 | ScraperAPI | — | — | — | | Sep 2026 | ScrapingBee | — | — | — | | Sep 2026 | Zyte | — | — | — | ## What is being compared - **Apify**: Measured on the search terms “apify”, “apify app”, “apify com”, “apify software”, “apify web scraping” and “web scraping apify”, summed into one figure. - **Bright Data**: Measured on the search terms “bright data”, “bright data app”, “bright data web scraping”, “brightdata”, “brightdata com” and “web scraping bright data”, summed into one figure. - **ScraperAPI**: Measured on the search term “scraperapi”. - **ScrapingBee**: Measured on the search terms “scrapingbee”, “scrapingbee com” and “scrapingbee web scraping”, summed into one figure. - **Zyte**: Measured on the search terms “zyte”, “zyte app”, “zyte com” and “zyte web scraping”, summed into one figure. - [Apify](/demand/global-en/brands/apify) - [Bright Data](/demand/global-en/brands/bright-data) - [ScraperAPI](/demand/global-en/brands/scraperapi) - [ScrapingBee](/demand/global-en/brands/scrapingbee) - [Zyte](/demand/global-en/brands/zyte) ## 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 brand is most popular in search among web scraping APIs worldwide? In August 2026, Apify was the most searched among web scraping APIs worldwide, with an estimated 371K branded searches and 79.6% estimated Share of Search within this set. These are worldwide searches for English-language branded terms. ## Cite this page Brandwave. "Web scraping APIs: Which brands are most popular in search?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/categories/web-scraping-apis This page is also available as HTML at https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/categories/web-scraping-apis. Brandwave publishes an index of its Markdown pages at https://gobrandwave.com/llms.txt.