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title: "Amazon CloudFront vs Fastly: Which is searched more?"
description: "Is Amazon CloudFront or Fastly more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Content delivery networks 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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# Amazon CloudFront vs Fastly: Which is searched more?

Is Amazon CloudFront or Fastly more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Content delivery networks 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**: Amazon CloudFront and Fastly
- **Competitive set**: Content delivery networks
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Sep 2026
- **Amazon CloudFront Share of Search**: 0.49%
- **Fastly Share of Search**: 1.3%

## Is Amazon CloudFront or Fastly more popular in search?

- In September 2026, Fastly had more branded searches than Amazon CloudFront among content delivery networks worldwide. Fastly had about 59,500 branded searches, while Amazon CloudFront had 22,200. Fastly made up 1.3% of all content delivery network searches we track, and Amazon CloudFront accounted for 0.49%.
- Fastly was ahead of Amazon CloudFront in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Amazon CloudFront’s share of searches among content delivery networks worldwide moved from 1.9% to 0.49%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 49.5K to 22.2K.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Fastly’s share of searches among content delivery networks worldwide moved from 2.9% to 1.3%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 73.3K to 59.5K.

## How did search popularity change for content delivery networks worldwide in September 2026?

- Fastly’s share of searches among content delivery networks worldwide has lost ground for 3 months in a row, from 1.8% to 1.3% in September 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Amazon CloudFront worldwide fell 55.2% over 12 measured months, from 49.5K to 22.2K in September 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Amazon CloudFront estimated searches | Amazon CloudFront Share of Search | Amazon CloudFront rank | Fastly estimated searches | Fastly Share of Search | Fastly rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 49.5K | 1.9% | 4 | 73.3K | 2.9% | 3 |
| Nov 2025 | 33.1K | 0.35% | 4 | 73.3K | 0.78% | 3 |
| Dec 2025 | 27.1K | 0.62% | 4 | 61.3K | 1.4% | 3 |
| Jan 2026 | 27.1K | 0.9% | 5 | 75K | 2.5% | 3 |
| Feb 2026 | 27.1K | 0.9% | 5 | 88.5K | 2.9% | 3 |
| Mar 2026 | 33.1K | 0.91% | 5 | 77.7K | 2.1% | 3 |
| Apr 2026 | 33.1K | 0.9% | 5 | 77.7K | 2.1% | 3 |
| May 2026 | 22.2K | 0.6% | 5 | 77.7K | 2.1% | 3 |
| Jun 2026 | 22.2K | 0.61% | 5 | 67.2K | 1.8% | 3 |
| Jul 2026 | 22.2K | 0.61% | 5 | 61.5K | 1.7% | 3 |
| Aug 2026 | 22.2K | 0.51% | 5 | 66.7K | 1.5% | 3 |
| Sep 2026 | 22.2K | 0.49% | 5 | 59.5K | 1.3% | 3 |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Amazon CloudFront’s and Fastly’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.

- **Amazon CloudFront**: Measured on the search term “amazon cloudfront”.
- **Fastly**: Measured on the search terms “fastly”, “fastly app”, “fastly cdn” and “fastly software”, summed into one figure.

- [Amazon CloudFront profile](/demand/global-en/brands/amazon-cloudfront)
- [Fastly profile](/demand/global-en/brands/fastly)
- [All content delivery networks worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/content-delivery-networks): The set both shares are measured inside, 7 brands.

## Methodology

- [How is the Brand Demand Index measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused.

## Frequently asked questions

### Is Amazon CloudFront or Fastly more popular in search?

In September 2026, Fastly had more branded searches than Amazon CloudFront among content delivery networks worldwide. Fastly had about 59,500 branded searches, while Amazon CloudFront had 22,200. Fastly made up 1.3% of all content delivery network searches we track, and Amazon CloudFront accounted for 0.49%.

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