--- title: "Cloudflare vs Name.com: Which is searched more?" description: "Is Cloudflare or Name.com more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Domain registrars 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/cloudflare-vs-name-com" publisher: "Brandwave" --- # Cloudflare vs Name.com: Which is searched more? Is Cloudflare or Name.com more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Domain registrars 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**: Cloudflare and Name.com - **Competitive set**: Domain registrars - **Market**: Global - **Month measured**: Sep 2026 - **Cloudflare Share of Search**: 39.1% - **Name.com Share of Search**: 0.17% ## Is Cloudflare or Name.com more popular in search? - In September 2026, Cloudflare had more branded searches than Name.com among domain registrars worldwide. Cloudflare had about 4.1 million branded searches, while Name.com had 18,300. Cloudflare made up 39.1% of all domain registrar searches we track, and Name.com accounted for 0.17%. - Cloudflare was ahead of Name.com in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Cloudflare’s share of searches among domain registrars worldwide moved from 29.6% to 39.1%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 2.2M to 4.1M. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Name.com’s share of searches among domain registrars worldwide moved from 0.2% to 0.17%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 14.9K to 18.3K. ## Top domain registrars in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews In three ChatGPT questions and two Google AI Overviews, Cloudflare appeared in all five answers. Name.com did not appear in any of the five answers. Brands get a higher AI rank if they are mentioned earlier in the answers that list options. | Brand | AI rank | ChatGPT answers that named it | Google AI Overviews that named it | All answers that named it | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Cloudflare | 1st | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 | | Porkbun | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 | | Namecheap | 3rd | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 | | Spaceship | 4th | 1 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 3 of 5 | | GoDaddy | 5th | 0 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 2 of 5 | | Dynadot | 6th | 1 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 1 of 5 | | Hover | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 | | Bluehost | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 | | NameSilo | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 | | Name.com | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 | ## Every AI answer about domain registrars - Asked ChatGPT "Which domain registrar should I use?": 1. Porkbun, 2. Cloudflare, 3. Namecheap - Asked ChatGPT "What are the best domain registrars?": 1. Porkbun, 2. Cloudflare, 3. Spaceship, 4. Namecheap, 5. Dynadot - Asked ChatGPT "What's the best domain registrar for a website address?": 1. Cloudflare, 2. Porkbun, 3. Namecheap - Searched Google, AI Overview "domain registrar": 1. Cloudflare, 2. Porkbun, 3. Namecheap, 4. GoDaddy, 5. Spaceship - Searched Google, AI Overview "buy a domain": 1. Namecheap, 2. Cloudflare, 3. GoDaddy, 4. Spaceship Not named in any answer: Hover, Bluehost, NameSilo and Name.com. Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in the United States on October 20, 2026. ## How did search popularity change for domain registrars worldwide in September 2026? - In September 2026, GoDaddy overtook Cloudflare to become the leader among domain registrars worldwide, with 40.4% of the searches. - In September 2026, Cloudflare lost share of searches among domain registrars worldwide, from 41.2% to 39.1%. - Estimated monthly branded searches for Name.com worldwide rose 22.6% over 12 measured months, from 14.9K to 18.3K in September 2026. ## Month by month | Month | Cloudflare estimated searches | Cloudflare Share of Search | Cloudflare rank | Name.com estimated searches | Name.com Share of Search | Name.com rank | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Oct 2025 | 2.2M | 29.6% | 2 | 14.9K | 0.2% | 9 | | Nov 2025 | 9.1M | 63.4% | 1 | 15K | 0.1% | 9 | | Dec 2025 | 4.1M | 43.7% | 1 | 15K | 0.16% | 9 | | Jan 2026 | 2.7M | 30.1% | 2 | 15K | 0.16% | 10 | | Feb 2026 | 2.7M | 33.1% | 2 | 15K | 0.18% | 10 | | Mar 2026 | 3.4M | 34.5% | 2 | 15K | 0.15% | 10 | | Apr 2026 | 3.4M | 36.5% | 2 | 18.4K | 0.2% | 10 | | May 2026 | 3.4M | 37.6% | 2 | 18.4K | 0.21% | 10 | | Jun 2026 | 3.4M | 37.9% | 2 | 22.4K | 0.25% | 10 | | Jul 2026 | 3.4M | 38% | 2 | 18.3K | 0.21% | 10 | | Aug 2026 | 4.1M | 41.2% | 1 | 22.4K | 0.23% | 10 | | Sep 2026 | 4.1M | 39.1% | 2 | 18.3K | 0.17% | 10 | ## How each brand is measured Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Cloudflare’s and Name.com’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. - **Cloudflare**: Measured on the search term “cloudflare”. - **Name.com**: Measured on the search terms “name com”, “name com domains” and “name.com”, summed into one figure. - [Cloudflare profile](/demand/global-en/brands/cloudflare) - [Name.com profile](/demand/global-en/brands/name-com) - [All domain registrars worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/domain-registrars): The set both shares are measured inside, 10 brands. ## Methodology - [How is the Brand Demand Index measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused. ## Frequently asked questions ### Is Cloudflare or Name.com more popular in search? In September 2026, Cloudflare had more branded searches than Name.com among domain registrars worldwide. Cloudflare had about 4.1 million branded searches, while Name.com had 18,300. Cloudflare made up 39.1% of all domain registrar searches we track, and Name.com accounted for 0.17%. ## Cite this page Brandwave. "Cloudflare vs Name.com: Which is searched more?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/cloudflare-vs-name-com This page is also available as HTML at https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/cloudflare-vs-name-com. Brandwave publishes an index of its Markdown pages at https://gobrandwave.com/llms.txt.