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title: "Essilor vs Specsavers: Which is more popular by branded search?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Essilor or Specsavers? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Optical frames 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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# Essilor vs Specsavers: Which is more popular by branded search?

Which is more popular in search, Essilor or Specsavers? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Optical frames 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**: Essilor and Specsavers
- **Competitive set**: Optical frames
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Essilor Share of Search**: 1.3%
- **Specsavers Share of Search**: 39.4%

## Which is more popular in search, Essilor or Specsavers?

- In August 2026, Specsavers had more branded searches than Essilor among optical frames worldwide. Specsavers was estimated to have 1.8M branded searches compared to Essilor’s 60.5K, and held a 39.4% Share of Search versus Essilor’s 1.3%.
- Specsavers was ahead of Essilor in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Essilor’s estimated Share of Search among optical frames worldwide moved from 1.7% to 1.3%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 74K to 60.5K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Specsavers’ estimated Share of Search among optical frames worldwide moved from 41.4% to 39.4%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 1.8M.

## How did search popularity change for optical frames worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Specsavers lost estimated Share of Search among optical frames worldwide, from 42.1% to 39.4%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Essilor worldwide fell 18.2% over 11 measured months, from 74K to 60.5K in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Essilor estimated searches | Essilor Share of Search | Essilor rank | Specsavers estimated searches | Specsavers Share of Search | Specsavers rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 74K | 1.7% | 6 | 1.8M | 41.4% | 1 |
| Nov 2025 | 60.5K | 1.4% | 6 | 1.8M | 42% | 1 |
| Dec 2025 | 60.5K | 1.5% | 6 | 1.5M | 37.2% | 1 |
| Jan 2026 | 74K | 1.4% | 6 | 2.2M | 42.3% | 1 |
| Feb 2026 | 60.5K | 1.4% | 6 | 1.8M | 41.3% | 1 |
| Mar 2026 | 74K | 1.6% | 6 | 1.8M | 39.2% | 1 |
| Apr 2026 | 74K | 1.6% | 6 | 1.8M | 39.8% | 1 |
| May 2026 | 60.5K | 1.4% | 6 | 1.8M | 42.2% | 1 |
| Jun 2026 | 60.5K | 1.4% | 6 | 1.8M | 42.5% | 1 |
| Jul 2026 | 74K | 1.7% | 6 | 1.8M | 42.1% | 1 |
| Aug 2026 | 60.5K | 1.3% | 6 | 1.8M | 39.4% | 1 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Essilor’s and Specsavers’ 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.

- **Essilor**: Measured on the search term “essilor”.
- **Specsavers**: Measured on the search term “specsavers”.

- [Essilor profile](/demand/global-en/brands/essilor)
- [Specsavers profile](/demand/global-en/brands/specsavers)
- [All optical frames worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/optical-frames): 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, Essilor or Specsavers?

In August 2026, Specsavers had more branded searches than Essilor among optical frames worldwide. Specsavers was estimated to have 1.8M branded searches compared to Essilor’s 60.5K, and held a 39.4% Share of Search versus Essilor’s 1.3%.

## Cite this page

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