--- title: "Cline vs Cursor: Which is more popular by branded search?" description: "Which is more popular in search, Cline or Cursor? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the AI coding tools 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." canonical: "https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/cline-vs-cursor" publisher: "Brandwave" --- # Cline vs Cursor: Which is more popular by branded search? Which is more popular in search, Cline or Cursor? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the AI coding tools 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**: Cline and Cursor - **Competitive set**: AI coding tools - **Market**: Global - **Month measured**: Aug 2026 - **Cline Share of Search**: 1.6% - **Cursor Share of Search**: 23.7% ## Which is more popular in search, Cline or Cursor? - In August 2026, Cursor had more branded searches than Cline among AI coding tools worldwide. Cursor was estimated to have 2.9M branded searches compared to Cline’s 197K, and held a 23.7% Share of Search versus Cline’s 1.6%. - Cursor was ahead of Cline in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026. - Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Cline’s estimated Share of Search among AI coding tools worldwide moved from 1.8% to 1.6%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 136K to 197K. - Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Cursor’s estimated Share of Search among AI coding tools worldwide moved from 40.6% to 23.7%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 3M to 2.9M. ## How did search popularity change for AI coding tools worldwide in August 2026? - In August 2026, Cursor gained estimated Share of Search among AI coding tools worldwide, from 20.7% to 23.7%. - Cline’s estimated Share of Search among AI coding tools worldwide has gained ground for 3 months in a row, from 0.88% to 1.6% in August 2026. ## Month by month | Month | Cline estimated searches | Cline Share of Search | Cline rank | Cursor estimated searches | Cursor Share of Search | Cursor rank | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Oct 2025 | 136K | 1.8% | 6 | 3M | 40.6% | 1 | | Nov 2025 | 132K | 1.9% | 6 | 3M | 42.9% | 1 | | Dec 2025 | 110K | 1.6% | 6 | 2.8M | 42.2% | 1 | | Jan 2026 | 131K | 1.2% | 6 | 3.5M | 33.1% | 2 | | Feb 2026 | 139K | 1% | 6 | 3.5M | 25.8% | 2 | | Mar 2026 | 164K | 0.92% | 6 | 4.2M | 23.8% | 2 | | Apr 2026 | 164K | 0.85% | 6 | 4.2M | 22% | 3 | | May 2026 | 162K | 0.88% | 6 | 3.6M | 19.6% | 3 | | Jun 2026 | 168K | 1% | 6 | 4.2M | 25.3% | 3 | | Jul 2026 | 160K | 1.1% | 6 | 2.9M | 20.7% | 3 | | Aug 2026 | 197K | 1.6% | 6 | 2.9M | 23.7% | 3 | | Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ## How each brand is measured Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Cline’s and Cursor’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. - **Cline**: Measured on the search terms “Cline”, “cline agent”, “cline ai”, “cline ai agent”, “cline ai coding”, “cline ai vscode”, “cline bot”, “cline bot inc”, “cline cli”, “cline code”, “cline coding”, “cline dev”, “cline extension”, “cline vscode” and “cline.bot”, summed into one figure. - **Cursor**: Measured on the search terms “anysphere cursor”, “Cursor”, “cursor agent”, “cursor ai”, “cursor ai agent”, “cursor ai app”, “cursor ai code editor”, “cursor ai coding”, “cursor ai coding assistant”, “cursor ai coding tool”, “cursor ai download”, “cursor ai editor”, “cursor ai for students”, “cursor ai free”, “cursor ai ide”, “cursor ai pricing”, “cursor ai pro”, “cursor ai student”, “cursor app”, “cursor bugbot”, “cursor cli”, “cursor code”, “cursor code editor”, “cursor coding”, “cursor com”, “cursor composer”, “cursor download”, “cursor editor”, “cursor for students”, “cursor ide”, “cursor price”, “cursor pricing”, “cursor pro”, “cursor sh”, “cursor vscode”, “cursor.com”, “cursor.sh” and “download cursor ai”, summed into one figure. - [Cline profile](/demand/global-en/brands/cline) - [Cursor profile](/demand/global-en/brands/cursor) - [All AI coding tools worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/ai-coding-tools): The set both shares are measured inside, 7 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, Cline or Cursor? In August 2026, Cursor had more branded searches than Cline among AI coding tools worldwide. Cursor was estimated to have 2.9M branded searches compared to Cline’s 197K, and held a 23.7% Share of Search versus Cline’s 1.6%. ## Cite this page Brandwave. "Cline vs Cursor: Which is more popular by branded search?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/cline-vs-cursor This page is also available as HTML at https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/cline-vs-cursor. Brandwave publishes an index of its Markdown pages at https://gobrandwave.com/llms.txt.