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title: "Bright Data vs ScraperAPI: Which is more popular by branded search?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Bright Data or ScraperAPI? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Web scraping APIs 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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# Bright Data vs ScraperAPI: Which is more popular by branded search?

Which is more popular in search, Bright Data or ScraperAPI? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Web scraping APIs 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**: Bright Data and ScraperAPI
- **Competitive set**: Web scraping APIs
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Bright Data Share of Search**: 15.5%
- **ScraperAPI Share of Search**: 1.4%

## Which is more popular in search, Bright Data or ScraperAPI?

- In August 2026, Bright Data had more branded searches than ScraperAPI among web scraping APIs worldwide. Bright Data was estimated to have 72.4K branded searches compared to ScraperAPI’s 6.6K, and held a 15.5% Share of Search versus ScraperAPI’s 1.4%.
- Bright Data was ahead of ScraperAPI in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Bright Data’s estimated Share of Search among web scraping APIs worldwide moved from 23.5% to 15.5%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 59.4K to 72.4K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, ScraperAPI’s estimated Share of Search among web scraping APIs worldwide moved from 3.9% to 1.4%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 9.9K to 6.6K.

## 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%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Bright Data worldwide rose 22% over 11 measured months, from 59.4K to 72.4K in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Bright Data estimated searches | Bright Data Share of Search | Bright Data rank | ScraperAPI estimated searches | ScraperAPI Share of Search | ScraperAPI rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 59.4K | 23.5% | 2 | 9.9K | 3.9% | 4 |
| Nov 2025 | 59.6K | 23.4% | 2 | 12.1K | 4.7% | 3 |
| Dec 2025 | 60.3K | 23.9% | 2 | 9.9K | 3.9% | 3 |
| Jan 2026 | 74.2K | 24.4% | 2 | 9.9K | 3.3% | 4 |
| Feb 2026 | 73.9K | 21.2% | 2 | 9.9K | 2.8% | 4 |
| Mar 2026 | 90.4K | 18.3% | 2 | 14.8K | 3% | 3 |
| Apr 2026 | 88.9K | 18% | 2 | 14.8K | 3% | 3 |
| May 2026 | 73.5K | 15.5% | 2 | 12.1K | 2.6% | 3 |
| Jun 2026 | 72.5K | 15.5% | 2 | 9.9K | 2.1% | 3 |
| Jul 2026 | 72.3K | 15.4% | 2 | 9.9K | 2.1% | 3 |
| Aug 2026 | 72.4K | 15.5% | 2 | 6.6K | 1.4% | 5 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Bright Data’s and ScraperAPI’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.

- **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”.

- [Bright Data profile](/demand/global-en/brands/bright-data)
- [ScraperAPI profile](/demand/global-en/brands/scraperapi)
- [All web scraping APIs worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/web-scraping-apis): 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, Bright Data or ScraperAPI?

In August 2026, Bright Data had more branded searches than ScraperAPI among web scraping APIs worldwide. Bright Data was estimated to have 72.4K branded searches compared to ScraperAPI’s 6.6K, and held a 15.5% Share of Search versus ScraperAPI’s 1.4%.

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