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title: "Audio-Technica vs Sony: Which is searched more?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Audio-Technica or Sony? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Studio headphone 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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# Audio-Technica vs Sony: Which is searched more?

Which is more popular in search, Audio-Technica or Sony? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Studio headphone 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**: Audio-Technica and Sony
- **Competitive set**: Studio headphone brands
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Audio-Technica Share of Search**: 8.4%
- **Sony Share of Search**: 81.4%

## Which is more popular in search, Audio-Technica or Sony?

- In August 2026, Sony had more branded searches than Audio-Technica among studio headphone brands worldwide. Sony was estimated to have 2.7M branded searches compared to Audio-Technica’s 282K, and held an 81.4% Share of Search versus Audio-Technica’s 8.4%.
- Sony was ahead of Audio-Technica in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Audio-Technica’s estimated Share of Search among studio headphone brands worldwide moved from 11.3% to 8.4%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 337K to 282K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Sony’s estimated Share of Search among studio headphone brands worldwide moved from 75.3% to 81.4%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 2.2M to 2.7M.

## How did search popularity change for studio headphone brands worldwide in August 2026?

- Estimated monthly branded searches for Sony worldwide rose 22.3% over 11 measured months, from 2.2M to 2.7M in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Audio-Technica worldwide fell 16.3% over 11 measured months, from 337K to 282K in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Audio-Technica estimated searches | Audio-Technica Share of Search | Audio-Technica rank | Sony estimated searches | Sony Share of Search | Sony rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 337K | 11.3% | 2 | 2.2M | 75.3% | 1 |
| Nov 2025 | 412K | 11.2% | 2 | 2.7M | 74.6% | 1 |
| Dec 2025 | 405K | 11.2% | 2 | 2.7M | 76% | 1 |
| Jan 2026 | 404K | 11.3% | 2 | 2.7M | 76.4% | 1 |
| Feb 2026 | 298K | 10.2% | 2 | 2.2M | 77% | 1 |
| Mar 2026 | 282K | 9.7% | 2 | 2.2M | 77% | 1 |
| Apr 2026 | 271K | 9.5% | 2 | 2.2M | 78.7% | 1 |
| May 2026 | 275K | 9.6% | 2 | 2.2M | 78.2% | 1 |
| Jun 2026 | 282K | 9.8% | 2 | 2.2M | 78.2% | 1 |
| Jul 2026 | 289K | 8.6% | 2 | 2.7M | 81.2% | 1 |
| Aug 2026 | 282K | 8.4% | 2 | 2.7M | 81.4% | 1 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Audio-Technica’s and Sony’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.

- **Audio-Technica**: Measured on the search terms “audio technica”, “audio technica headphones”, “audio-technica”, “audio-technica com”, “audio-technica headphone” and “headphone audio-technica”, summed into one figure.
- **Sony**: Measured on the search term “sony”.

- [Audio-Technica profile](/demand/global-en/brands/audio-technica)
- [Sony profile](/demand/global-en/brands/sony)
- [All studio headphone brands worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/studio-headphone-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, Audio-Technica or Sony?

In August 2026, Sony had more branded searches than Audio-Technica among studio headphone brands worldwide. Sony was estimated to have 2.7M branded searches compared to Audio-Technica’s 282K, and held an 81.4% Share of Search versus Audio-Technica’s 8.4%.

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