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title: "GE Lighting vs Philips: Which is searched more?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, GE Lighting or Philips? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Light bulb brands 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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# GE Lighting vs Philips: Which is searched more?

Which is more popular in search, GE Lighting or Philips? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Light bulb brands 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**: GE Lighting and Philips
- **Competitive set**: Light bulb brands
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **GE Lighting Share of Search**: 0.55%
- **Philips Share of Search**: 80.7%

## Which is more popular in search, GE Lighting or Philips?

- In August 2026, Philips had more branded searches than GE Lighting among light bulb brands worldwide. Philips was estimated to have 1.1M branded searches compared to GE Lighting’s 7.5K, and held an 80.7% Share of Search versus GE Lighting’s 0.55%.
- Philips was ahead of GE Lighting in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, GE Lighting’s estimated Share of Search among light bulb brands worldwide moved from 0.71% to 0.55%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 10.1K to 7.5K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Philips’ estimated Share of Search among light bulb brands worldwide moved from 75.4% to 80.7%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 1.1M.

## How did search popularity change for light bulb brands worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Philips gained estimated Share of Search among light bulb brands worldwide, from 80.2% to 80.7%.
- In August 2026, GE Lighting fell from 5th to 6th among light bulb brands worldwide.

## Month by month

| Month | GE Lighting estimated searches | GE Lighting Share of Search | GE Lighting rank | Philips estimated searches | Philips Share of Search | Philips rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 10.1K | 0.71% | 5 | 1.1M | 75.4% | 1 |
| Nov 2025 | 10.1K | 0.59% | 5 | 1.3M | 75% | 1 |
| Dec 2025 | 10.1K | 0.56% | 5 | 1.4M | 76.4% | 1 |
| Jan 2026 | 11.1K | 0.77% | 5 | 1.1M | 75.5% | 1 |
| Feb 2026 | 8.3K | 0.64% | 5 | 975K | 76% | 1 |
| Mar 2026 | 9.1K | 0.71% | 5 | 957K | 75.3% | 1 |
| Apr 2026 | 7.5K | 0.61% | 5 | 939K | 76.9% | 1 |
| May 2026 | 7.5K | 0.64% | 5 | 909K | 77.6% | 1 |
| Jun 2026 | 6.7K | 0.57% | 5 | 911K | 77.7% | 1 |
| Jul 2026 | 6.8K | 0.51% | 5 | 1.1M | 80.2% | 1 |
| Aug 2026 | 7.5K | 0.55% | 6 | 1.1M | 80.7% | 1 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using GE Lighting’s and Philips’ 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.

- **GE Lighting**: Measured on the search terms “ge light bulbs”, “ge lighting” and “gelighting”, summed into one figure.
- **Philips**: Measured on the search terms “air fryer philips”, “philips air fryer”, “philips airfryer”, “philips com”, “philips oneblade”, “philips shaver” and “shaver philips”, summed into one figure.

- [GE Lighting profile](/demand/global-en/brands/ge-lighting)
- [Philips profile](/demand/global-en/brands/philips)
- [All light bulb brands worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/light-bulb-brands): 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, GE Lighting or Philips?

In August 2026, Philips had more branded searches than GE Lighting among light bulb brands worldwide. Philips was estimated to have 1.1M branded searches compared to GE Lighting’s 7.5K, and held an 80.7% Share of Search versus GE Lighting’s 0.55%.

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