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title: "Cateye vs Polar: Which is more popular by branded search?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Cateye or Polar? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Bike computers 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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# Cateye vs Polar: Which is more popular by branded search?

Which is more popular in search, Cateye or Polar? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Bike computers 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**: Cateye and Polar
- **Competitive set**: Bike computers
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Cateye Share of Search**: 6.2%
- **Polar Share of Search**: 0.43%

## Which is more popular in search, Cateye or Polar?

- In August 2026, Cateye had more branded searches than Polar among bike computers worldwide. Cateye was estimated to have 368K branded searches compared to Polar’s 25.5K, and held a 6.2% Share of Search versus Polar’s 0.43%.
- Cateye was ahead of Polar in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Cateye’s estimated Share of Search among bike computers worldwide moved from 10.5% to 6.2%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 450K to 368K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Polar’s estimated Share of Search among bike computers worldwide moved from 0.74% to 0.43%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 31.6K to 25.5K.

## How did search popularity change for bike computers worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Polar fell from 5th to 6th among bike computers worldwide.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Cateye worldwide fell 18.2% over 11 measured months, from 450K to 368K in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Cateye estimated searches | Cateye Share of Search | Cateye rank | Polar estimated searches | Polar Share of Search | Polar rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 450K | 10.5% | 2 | 31.6K | 0.74% | 4 |
| Nov 2025 | 368K | 7.2% | 2 | 38.1K | 0.74% | 4 |
| Dec 2025 | 368K | 7.5% | 2 | 32.2K | 0.65% | 4 |
| Jan 2026 | 368K | 7.5% | 2 | 35.9K | 0.73% | 4 |
| Feb 2026 | 368K | 9% | 2 | 29.1K | 0.71% | 4 |
| Mar 2026 | 368K | 7.6% | 2 | 32.7K | 0.67% | 4 |
| Apr 2026 | 368K | 7.6% | 2 | 27K | 0.55% | 5 |
| May 2026 | 368K | 7.3% | 2 | 27.3K | 0.54% | 5 |
| Jun 2026 | 301K | 6.2% | 2 | 24.1K | 0.5% | 5 |
| Jul 2026 | 301K | 6.3% | 2 | 24.8K | 0.52% | 5 |
| Aug 2026 | 368K | 6.2% | 2 | 25.5K | 0.43% | 6 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Cateye’s and Polar’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.

- **Cateye**: Measured on the search term “cateye”.
- **Polar**: Measured on the search terms “fitness watch polar”, “polar com”, “polar ignite”, “polar smartwatch”, “polar vantage” and “smartwatch polar”, summed into one figure.

- [Cateye profile](/demand/global-en/brands/cateye)
- [Polar profile](/demand/global-en/brands/polar)
- [All bike computers worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/bike-computers): 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, Cateye or Polar?

In August 2026, Cateye had more branded searches than Polar among bike computers worldwide. Cateye was estimated to have 368K branded searches compared to Polar’s 25.5K, and held a 6.2% Share of Search versus Polar’s 0.43%.

## Cite this page

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