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title: "Best Buy vs JB Hi-Fi: Which is searched more?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Best Buy or JB Hi-Fi? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Electronics retailers 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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# Best Buy vs JB Hi-Fi: Which is searched more?

Which is more popular in search, Best Buy or JB Hi-Fi? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Electronics retailers 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**: Best Buy and JB Hi-Fi
- **Competitive set**: Electronics retailers
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Best Buy Share of Search**: 64.1%
- **JB Hi-Fi Share of Search**: 8.8%

## Which is more popular in search, Best Buy or JB Hi-Fi?

- In August 2026, Best Buy had more branded searches than JB Hi-Fi among electronics retailers worldwide. Best Buy was estimated to have 20.4M branded searches compared to JB Hi-Fi’s 2.8M, and held a 64.1% Share of Search versus JB Hi-Fi’s 8.8%.
- Best Buy was ahead of JB Hi-Fi in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Best Buy’s estimated Share of Search among electronics retailers worldwide moved from 62.3% to 64.1%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 20.4M.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, JB Hi-Fi’s estimated Share of Search among electronics retailers worldwide moved from 10.3% to 8.8%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 3.4M to 2.8M.

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

- In August 2026, Best Buy lost estimated Share of Search among electronics retailers worldwide, from 66.8% to 64.1%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for JB Hi-Fi worldwide fell 17.5% over 11 measured months, from 3.4M to 2.8M in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Best Buy estimated searches | Best Buy Share of Search | Best Buy rank | JB Hi-Fi estimated searches | JB Hi-Fi Share of Search | JB Hi-Fi rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 20.4M | 62.3% | 1 | 3.4M | 10.3% | 3 |
| Nov 2025 | 30.4M | 62.3% | 1 | 5M | 10.3% | 3 |
| Dec 2025 | 30.4M | 64.8% | 1 | 5.1M | 10.8% | 3 |
| Jan 2026 | 20.4M | 62.3% | 1 | 3.4M | 10.4% | 3 |
| Feb 2026 | 16.6M | 62.2% | 1 | 2.8M | 10.4% | 3 |
| Mar 2026 | 20.4M | 66.5% | 1 | 2.8M | 9.1% | 3 |
| Apr 2026 | 20.4M | 66.9% | 1 | 2.8M | 9.1% | 3 |
| May 2026 | 20.4M | 66.1% | 1 | 2.8M | 9% | 3 |
| Jun 2026 | 20.4M | 66.5% | 1 | 2.8M | 9.1% | 3 |
| Jul 2026 | 20.4M | 66.8% | 1 | 2.8M | 9.2% | 3 |
| Aug 2026 | 20.4M | 64.1% | 1 | 2.8M | 8.8% | 3 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Best Buy’s and JB Hi-Fi’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.

- **Best Buy**: Measured on the search term “best buy”.
- **JB Hi-Fi**: Measured on the search terms “jb hi fi” and “jbhifi nz”, summed into one figure.

- [Best Buy profile](/demand/global-en/brands/best-buy)
- [JB Hi-Fi profile](/demand/global-en/brands/jb-hi-fi)
- [All electronics retailers worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/electronics-retailers): The set both shares are measured inside, 5 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, Best Buy or JB Hi-Fi?

In August 2026, Best Buy had more branded searches than JB Hi-Fi among electronics retailers worldwide. Best Buy was estimated to have 20.4M branded searches compared to JB Hi-Fi’s 2.8M, and held a 64.1% Share of Search versus JB Hi-Fi’s 8.8%.

## Cite this page

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