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title: "Grafana vs Jaeger: Which is searched more?"
description: "Is Grafana or Jaeger more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Distributed tracing 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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# Grafana vs Jaeger: Which is searched more?

Is Grafana or Jaeger more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Distributed tracing 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**: Grafana and Jaeger
- **Competitive set**: Distributed tracing platforms
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Sep 2026
- **Grafana Share of Search**: 0.02%
- **Jaeger Share of Search**: 0.31%

## Is Grafana or Jaeger more popular in search?

- In September 2026, Jaeger had more branded searches than Grafana among distributed tracing platforms worldwide. Jaeger had about 1,300 branded searches, while Grafana had 70. Jaeger made up 0.31% of all distributed tracing platform searches we track, and Grafana accounted for 0.02%.
- Jaeger was ahead of Grafana in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Grafana’s share of searches among distributed tracing platforms worldwide moved from 0.03% to 0.02%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 140 to 70.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Jaeger’s share of searches among distributed tracing platforms worldwide moved from 0.62% to 0.31%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 2.9K to 1.3K.

## How did search popularity change for distributed tracing platforms worldwide in September 2026?

- In September 2026, Jaeger lost share of searches among distributed tracing platforms worldwide, from 1.6% to 0.31%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Grafana worldwide fell 50% over 12 measured months, from 140 to 70 in September 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Grafana estimated searches | Grafana Share of Search | Grafana rank | Jaeger estimated searches | Jaeger Share of Search | Jaeger rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 140 | 0.03% | 6 | 2.9K | 0.62% | 5 |
| Nov 2025 | 110 | 0.02% | 6 | 2.9K | 0.65% | 5 |
| Dec 2025 | 70 | 0.02% | 6 | 2.9K | 0.78% | 5 |
| Jan 2026 | 110 | 0.03% | 6 | 2.4K | 0.56% | 5 |
| Feb 2026 | 90 | 0.02% | 6 | 1.6K | 0.38% | 5 |
| Mar 2026 | 90 | 0.02% | 6 | 1.9K | 0.43% | 5 |
| Apr 2026 | 110 | 0.03% | 6 | 2.9K | 0.69% | 5 |
| May 2026 | 110 | 0.03% | 6 | 1.6K | 0.38% | 5 |
| Jun 2026 | 110 | 0.03% | 6 | 5.4K | 1.2% | 5 |
| Jul 2026 | 90 | 0.02% | 6 | 1.9K | 0.45% | 5 |
| Aug 2026 | 90 | 0.02% | 6 | 6.6K | 1.6% | 5 |
| Sep 2026 | 70 | 0.02% | 6 | 1.3K | 0.31% | 5 |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Grafana’s and Jaeger’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.

- **Grafana**: Measured on the search term “apm grafana”.
- **Jaeger**: Measured on the search term “jaeger tracing”.

- [Grafana profile](/demand/global-en/brands/grafana)
- [Jaeger profile](/demand/global-en/brands/jaeger-tracing)
- [All distributed tracing platforms worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/distributed-tracing-platforms): The set both shares are measured inside, 7 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 Grafana or Jaeger more popular in search?

In September 2026, Jaeger had more branded searches than Grafana among distributed tracing platforms worldwide. Jaeger had about 1,300 branded searches, while Grafana had 70. Jaeger made up 0.31% of all distributed tracing platform searches we track, and Grafana accounted for 0.02%.

## Cite this page

Brandwave. "Grafana vs Jaeger: Which is searched more?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/grafana-vs-jaeger-tracing

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