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title: "Deque vs WAVE: Which is searched more?"
description: "Is Deque or WAVE more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Accessibility compliance 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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# Deque vs WAVE: Which is searched more?

Is Deque or WAVE more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Accessibility compliance 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**: Deque and WAVE
- **Competitive set**: Accessibility compliance platforms
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Sep 2026
- **Deque Share of Search**: 2.1%
- **WAVE Share of Search**: 8.3%

## Is Deque or WAVE more popular in search?

- In September 2026, WAVE had more branded searches than Deque among accessibility compliance platforms worldwide. WAVE had about 3,490 branded searches, while Deque had 880. WAVE made up 8.3% of all accessibility compliance platform searches we track, and Deque accounted for 2.1%.
- WAVE was ahead of Deque in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Deque’s share of searches among accessibility compliance platforms worldwide moved from 2.5% to 2.1%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 1.3K to 880.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, WAVE’s share of searches among accessibility compliance platforms worldwide moved from 10% to 8.3%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 5.3K to 3.5K.

## How did search popularity change for accessibility compliance platforms worldwide in September 2026?

- In September 2026, Silktide overtook WAVE to rank 4th among accessibility compliance platforms worldwide, with 10.5% of the searches.
- In September 2026, WAVE lost share of searches among accessibility compliance platforms worldwide, from 10% to 8.3%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Deque worldwide fell 32.3% over 12 measured months, from 1.3K to 880 in September 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Deque estimated searches | Deque Share of Search | Deque rank | WAVE estimated searches | WAVE Share of Search | WAVE rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 1.3K | 2.5% | 8 | 5.3K | 10% | 5 |
| Nov 2025 | 1K | 2.2% | 8 | 4.8K | 10.7% | 4 |
| Dec 2025 | 880 | 2.2% | 8 | 4.3K | 10.8% | 4 |
| Jan 2026 | 1K | 1.9% | 8 | 6.2K | 11.6% | 4 |
| Feb 2026 | 1K | 1.9% | 8 | 6.2K | 11.6% | 4 |
| Mar 2026 | 1K | 1.7% | 8 | 7.6K | 12.9% | 4 |
| Apr 2026 | 1K | 1.7% | 8 | 7K | 12% | 4 |
| May 2026 | 880 | 2% | 8 | 5.2K | 11.7% | 4 |
| Jun 2026 | 880 | 2.1% | 8 | 4.3K | 10.1% | 4 |
| Jul 2026 | 720 | 1.8% | 8 | 4K | 10% | 4 |
| Aug 2026 | 720 | 1.9% | 8 | 3.7K | 10% | 4 |
| Sep 2026 | 880 | 2.1% | 8 | 3.5K | 8.3% | 5 |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Deque’s and WAVE’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.

- **Deque**: Measured on the search term “axe accessibility”.
- **WAVE**: Measured on the search terms “wave accessibility”, “wave accessibility checker” and “webaim wave”, summed into one figure.

- [Deque profile](/demand/global-en/brands/deque)
- [WAVE profile](/demand/global-en/brands/wave-webaim)
- [All accessibility compliance platforms worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/accessibility-compliance-platforms): The set both shares are measured inside, 8 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 Deque or WAVE more popular in search?

In September 2026, WAVE had more branded searches than Deque among accessibility compliance platforms worldwide. WAVE had about 3,490 branded searches, while Deque had 880. WAVE made up 8.3% of all accessibility compliance platform searches we track, and Deque accounted for 2.1%.

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