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title: "Cloudinary vs Fastly: Which is more popular by branded search?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Cloudinary or Fastly? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Image CDN platforms 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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# Cloudinary vs Fastly: Which is more popular by branded search?

Which is more popular in search, Cloudinary or Fastly? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Image CDN platforms 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**: Cloudinary and Fastly
- **Competitive set**: Image CDN platforms
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Cloudinary Share of Search**: 62.2%
- **Fastly Share of Search**: 20.8%

## Which is more popular in search, Cloudinary or Fastly?

- In August 2026, Cloudinary had more branded searches than Fastly among image CDN platforms worldwide. Cloudinary was estimated to have 201K branded searches compared to Fastly’s 67.2K, and held a 62.2% Share of Search versus Fastly’s 20.8%.
- Cloudinary was ahead of Fastly in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Cloudinary’s estimated Share of Search among image CDN platforms worldwide moved from 57.2% to 62.2%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 165K to 201K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Fastly’s estimated Share of Search among image CDN platforms worldwide moved from 25.6% to 20.8%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 73.8K to 67.2K.

## How did search popularity change for image CDN platforms worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Fastly gained estimated Share of Search among image CDN platforms worldwide, from 17.2% to 20.8%.
- In August 2026, Cloudinary lost estimated Share of Search among image CDN platforms worldwide, from 68.2% to 62.2%.

## Month by month

| Month | Cloudinary estimated searches | Cloudinary Share of Search | Cloudinary rank | Fastly estimated searches | Fastly Share of Search | Fastly rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 165K | 57.2% | 1 | 73.8K | 25.6% | 2 |
| Nov 2025 | 201K | 60.8% | 1 | 73.9K | 22.4% | 2 |
| Dec 2025 | 201K | 64.5% | 1 | 61.9K | 19.9% | 2 |
| Jan 2026 | 201K | 61.1% | 1 | 76K | 23.1% | 2 |
| Feb 2026 | 201K | 58.2% | 1 | 89.1K | 25.8% | 2 |
| Mar 2026 | 246K | 63.6% | 1 | 78.5K | 20.3% | 2 |
| Apr 2026 | 246K | 63.4% | 1 | 78.4K | 20.2% | 2 |
| May 2026 | 246K | 64% | 1 | 78.4K | 20.4% | 2 |
| Jun 2026 | 246K | 66.5% | 1 | 67.7K | 18.3% | 2 |
| Jul 2026 | 246K | 68.2% | 1 | 61.9K | 17.2% | 2 |
| Aug 2026 | 201K | 62.2% | 1 | 67.2K | 20.8% | 2 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Cloudinary’s and Fastly’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.

- **Cloudinary**: Measured on the search term “cloudinary”.
- **Fastly**: Measured on the search terms “fastly”, “fastly app”, “fastly cdn”, “fastly com”, “fastly content delivery network” and “fastly software”, summed into one figure.

- [Cloudinary profile](/demand/global-en/brands/cloudinary)
- [Fastly profile](/demand/global-en/brands/fastly)
- [All image CDN platforms worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/image-cdn-platforms): The set both shares are measured inside, 5 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, Cloudinary or Fastly?

In August 2026, Cloudinary had more branded searches than Fastly among image CDN platforms worldwide. Cloudinary was estimated to have 201K branded searches compared to Fastly’s 67.2K, and held a 62.2% Share of Search versus Fastly’s 20.8%.

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