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title: "Cloudflare vs Quad9: Which is more popular by branded search?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Cloudflare or Quad9? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the DNS providers 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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# Cloudflare vs Quad9: Which is more popular by branded search?

Which is more popular in search, Cloudflare or Quad9? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the DNS providers 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 Quad9
- **Competitive set**: DNS providers
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Cloudflare Share of Search**: 91.5%
- **Quad9 Share of Search**: 1.3%

## Which is more popular in search, Cloudflare or Quad9?

- In August 2026, Cloudflare had more branded searches than Quad9 among DNS providers worldwide. Cloudflare was estimated to have 4.3M branded searches compared to Quad9’s 60.5K, and held a 91.5% Share of Search versus Quad9’s 1.3%.
- Cloudflare was ahead of Quad9 in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Cloudflare’s estimated Share of Search among DNS providers worldwide moved from 86.2% to 91.5%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 2.3M to 4.3M.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Quad9’s estimated Share of Search among DNS providers worldwide moved from 1.2% to 1.3%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 33.1K to 60.5K.

## How did search popularity change for DNS providers worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Cloudflare gained estimated Share of Search among DNS providers worldwide, from 89.8% to 91.5%.
- In August 2026, Quad9 rose from 5th to 3rd among DNS providers worldwide.

## Month by month

| Month | Cloudflare estimated searches | Cloudflare Share of Search | Cloudflare rank | Quad9 estimated searches | Quad9 Share of Search | Quad9 rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 2.3M | 86.2% | 1 | 33.1K | 1.2% | 6 |
| Nov 2025 | 9.3M | 96.4% | 1 | 33.1K | 0.34% | 4 |
| Dec 2025 | 4.2M | 91.4% | 1 | 40.5K | 0.89% | 4 |
| Jan 2026 | 2.8M | 87.9% | 1 | 40.5K | 1.3% | 4 |
| Feb 2026 | 2.8M | 88.3% | 1 | 33.1K | 1% | 4 |
| Mar 2026 | 2.9M | 87.2% | 1 | 40.5K | 1.2% | 5 |
| Apr 2026 | 3.5M | 89.8% | 1 | 40.5K | 1% | 5 |
| May 2026 | 3.5M | 89.7% | 1 | 40.5K | 1% | 5 |
| Jun 2026 | 3.5M | 89.9% | 1 | 33.1K | 0.84% | 5 |
| Jul 2026 | 3.5M | 89.8% | 1 | 33.1K | 0.84% | 5 |
| Aug 2026 | 4.3M | 91.5% | 1 | 60.5K | 1.3% | 3 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Cloudflare’s and Quad9’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 terms “cloud storage cloudflare”, “cloudflare”, “cloudflare app”, “cloudflare cdn”, “cloudflare cloud storage”, “cloudflare com”, “cloudflare content delivery network”, “cloudflare object storage”, “cloudflare r2”, “cloudflare software” and “object storage cloudflare”, summed into one figure.
- **Quad9**: Measured on the search term “quad9”.

- [Cloudflare profile](/demand/global-en/brands/cloudflare)
- [Quad9 profile](/demand/global-en/brands/quad9)
- [All DNS providers worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/dns-providers): 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, Cloudflare or Quad9?

In August 2026, Cloudflare had more branded searches than Quad9 among DNS providers worldwide. Cloudflare was estimated to have 4.3M branded searches compared to Quad9’s 60.5K, and held a 91.5% Share of Search versus Quad9’s 1.3%.

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