--- title: "Hover vs NameSilo: Which is searched more?" description: "Is Hover or NameSilo more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Domain registrars 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." canonical: "https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/hover-vs-namesilo" publisher: "Brandwave" --- # Hover vs NameSilo: Which is searched more? Is Hover or NameSilo more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Domain registrars 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**: Hover and NameSilo - **Competitive set**: Domain registrars - **Market**: Global - **Month measured**: Sep 2026 - **Hover Share of Search**: 2.4% - **NameSilo Share of Search**: 0.39% ## Is Hover or NameSilo more popular in search? - In September 2026, Hover had more branded searches than NameSilo among domain registrars worldwide. Hover had about 246,000 branded searches, while NameSilo had 40,800. Hover made up 2.4% of all domain registrar searches we track, and NameSilo accounted for 0.39%. - Hover was ahead of NameSilo in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Hover’s share of searches among domain registrars worldwide moved from 2.2% to 2.4%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 165K to 246K. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, NameSilo’s share of searches among domain registrars worldwide moved from 0.54% to 0.39%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 40.8K. ## Top domain registrars in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews In three ChatGPT questions and two Google AI Overviews, neither Hover nor NameSilo showed up in any of the five answers. Brands get a higher AI rank if they are mentioned earlier in the answers that list options. | Brand | AI rank | ChatGPT answers that named it | Google AI Overviews that named it | All answers that named it | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Cloudflare | 1st | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 | | Porkbun | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 | | Namecheap | 3rd | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 | | Spaceship | 4th | 1 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 3 of 5 | | GoDaddy | 5th | 0 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 2 of 5 | | Dynadot | 6th | 1 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 1 of 5 | | Hover | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 | | Bluehost | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 | | NameSilo | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 | | Name.com | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 | ## Every AI answer about domain registrars - Asked ChatGPT "Which domain registrar should I use?": 1. Porkbun, 2. Cloudflare, 3. Namecheap - Asked ChatGPT "What are the best domain registrars?": 1. Porkbun, 2. Cloudflare, 3. Spaceship, 4. Namecheap, 5. Dynadot - Asked ChatGPT "What's the best domain registrar for a website address?": 1. Cloudflare, 2. Porkbun, 3. Namecheap - Searched Google, AI Overview "domain registrar": 1. Cloudflare, 2. Porkbun, 3. Namecheap, 4. GoDaddy, 5. Spaceship - Searched Google, AI Overview "buy a domain": 1. Namecheap, 2. Cloudflare, 3. GoDaddy, 4. Spaceship Not named in any answer: Hover, Bluehost, NameSilo and Name.com. Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in the United States on October 20, 2026. ## How did search popularity change for domain registrars worldwide in September 2026? - In September 2026, Hover overtook Bluehost to rank 5th among domain registrars worldwide, with 2.4% of the searches. ## Month by month | Month | Hover estimated searches | Hover Share of Search | Hover rank | NameSilo estimated searches | NameSilo Share of Search | NameSilo rank | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Oct 2025 | 165K | 2.2% | 5 | 40.8K | 0.54% | 8 | | Nov 2025 | 165K | 1.1% | 5 | 40.8K | 0.28% | 8 | | Dec 2025 | 165K | 1.8% | 5 | 40.8K | 0.44% | 8 | | Jan 2026 | 246K | 2.7% | 4 | 40.9K | 0.45% | 8 | | Feb 2026 | 165K | 2% | 6 | 33.5K | 0.4% | 8 | | Mar 2026 | 165K | 1.7% | 6 | 40.9K | 0.42% | 8 | | Apr 2026 | 165K | 1.8% | 6 | 40.9K | 0.44% | 8 | | May 2026 | 165K | 1.9% | 6 | 40.9K | 0.46% | 8 | | Jun 2026 | 135K | 1.5% | 6 | 40.9K | 0.46% | 8 | | Jul 2026 | 135K | 1.5% | 6 | 40.8K | 0.46% | 8 | | Aug 2026 | 165K | 1.7% | 6 | 40.8K | 0.41% | 8 | | Sep 2026 | 246K | 2.4% | 5 | 40.8K | 0.39% | 8 | ## How each brand is measured Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Hover’s and NameSilo’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. - **Hover**: Measured on the search term “hover”. - **NameSilo**: Measured on the search terms “domain namesilo”, “namesilo”, “namesilo domains” and “namesilo registrar”, summed into one figure. - [Hover profile](/demand/global-en/brands/hover) - [NameSilo profile](/demand/global-en/brands/namesilo) - [All domain registrars worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/domain-registrars): The set both shares are measured inside, 10 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 Hover or NameSilo more popular in search? In September 2026, Hover had more branded searches than NameSilo among domain registrars worldwide. Hover had about 246,000 branded searches, while NameSilo had 40,800. Hover made up 2.4% of all domain registrar searches we track, and NameSilo accounted for 0.39%. ## Cite this page Brandwave. "Hover vs NameSilo: Which is searched more?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/hover-vs-namesilo This page is also available as HTML at https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/hover-vs-namesilo. Brandwave publishes an index of its Markdown pages at https://gobrandwave.com/llms.txt.