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title: "Citizen vs HP: Which is more popular by branded search?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Citizen or HP? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Photo printer 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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# Citizen vs HP: Which is more popular by branded search?

Which is more popular in search, Citizen or HP? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Photo printer 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**: Citizen and HP
- **Competitive set**: Photo printer brands
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Citizen Share of Search**: 0.12%
- **HP Share of Search**: 12.7%

## Which is more popular in search, Citizen or HP?

- In August 2026, HP had more branded searches than Citizen among photo printer brands worldwide. HP was estimated to have 316K branded searches compared to Citizen’s 2.9K, and held a 12.7% Share of Search versus Citizen’s 0.12%.
- HP was ahead of Citizen in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Citizen’s estimated Share of Search among photo printer brands worldwide moved from 0.15% to 0.12%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 2.9K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, HP’s estimated Share of Search among photo printer brands worldwide moved from 20.1% to 12.7%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 396K to 316K.

## How did search popularity change for photo printer brands worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, DNP overtook HP to rank 2nd among photo printer brands worldwide, at 27%.
- In August 2026, HP lost estimated Share of Search among photo printer brands worldwide, from 16.4% to 12.7%.

## Month by month

| Month | Citizen estimated searches | Citizen Share of Search | Citizen rank | HP estimated searches | HP Share of Search | HP rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 2.9K | 0.15% | 6 | 396K | 20.1% | 2 |
| Nov 2025 | 3.6K | 0.18% | 6 | 379K | 19.2% | 2 |
| Dec 2025 | 2.4K | 0.12% | 6 | 386K | 20% | 2 |
| Jan 2026 | 3.6K | 0.16% | 6 | 391K | 17.7% | 2 |
| Feb 2026 | 2.9K | 0.15% | 6 | 374K | 19.9% | 2 |
| Mar 2026 | 2.9K | 0.15% | 6 | 374K | 19.6% | 2 |
| Apr 2026 | 2.4K | 0.13% | 6 | 371K | 19.8% | 2 |
| May 2026 | 4.4K | 0.24% | 6 | 312K | 17% | 2 |
| Jun 2026 | 2.4K | 0.13% | 6 | 313K | 16.8% | 2 |
| Jul 2026 | 2.4K | 0.13% | 6 | 313K | 16.4% | 3 |
| Aug 2026 | 2.9K | 0.12% | 6 | 316K | 12.7% | 4 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Citizen’s and HP’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.

- **Citizen**: Measured on the search term “citizen nz”.
- **HP**: Measured on the search terms “hp com”, “hp envy printer”, “hp printer” and “printer hp”, summed into one figure.

- [Citizen profile](/demand/global-en/brands/citizen)
- [HP profile](/demand/global-en/brands/hp)
- [All photo printer brands worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/photo-printer-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, Citizen or HP?

In August 2026, HP had more branded searches than Citizen among photo printer brands worldwide. HP was estimated to have 316K branded searches compared to Citizen’s 2.9K, and held a 12.7% Share of Search versus Citizen’s 0.12%.

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