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title: "Hygraph vs Sanity: Which is more popular by branded search?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Hygraph or Sanity? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Headless CMS 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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# Hygraph vs Sanity: Which is more popular by branded search?

Which is more popular in search, Hygraph or Sanity? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Headless CMS 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**: Hygraph and Sanity
- **Competitive set**: Headless CMS platforms
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Hygraph Share of Search**: 1.1%
- **Sanity Share of Search**: 8.6%

## Which is more popular in search, Hygraph or Sanity?

- In August 2026, Sanity had more branded searches than Hygraph among headless CMS platforms worldwide. Sanity was estimated to have 23.5K branded searches compared to Hygraph’s 3.1K, and held an 8.6% Share of Search versus Hygraph’s 1.1%.
- Sanity was ahead of Hygraph in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Hygraph’s estimated Share of Search among headless CMS platforms worldwide moved from 2% to 1.1%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 6.9K to 3.1K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Sanity’s estimated Share of Search among headless CMS platforms worldwide moved from 5.5% to 8.6%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 19K to 23.5K.

## How did search popularity change for headless CMS platforms worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Sanity lost estimated Share of Search among headless CMS platforms worldwide, from 9.1% to 8.6%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Hygraph worldwide fell 55.6% over 11 measured months, from 6.9K to 3.1K in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Hygraph estimated searches | Hygraph Share of Search | Hygraph rank | Sanity estimated searches | Sanity Share of Search | Sanity rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 6.9K | 2% | 8 | 19K | 5.5% | 7 |
| Nov 2025 | 5.7K | 1.8% | 8 | 16.3K | 5.2% | 7 |
| Dec 2025 | 4.7K | 1.6% | 8 | 16.3K | 5.6% | 7 |
| Jan 2026 | 4.7K | 1.4% | 8 | 20.1K | 6% | 7 |
| Feb 2026 | 4.7K | 1.4% | 8 | 23.8K | 7.1% | 7 |
| Mar 2026 | 4.7K | 1.3% | 8 | 28.9K | 8% | 7 |
| Apr 2026 | 3.8K | 1.2% | 8 | 29.2K | 8.9% | 7 |
| May 2026 | 3.9K | 1.2% | 8 | 29.2K | 9% | 7 |
| Jun 2026 | 3.9K | 1.1% | 8 | 28.6K | 8.1% | 7 |
| Jul 2026 | 3.1K | 1% | 8 | 27.6K | 9.1% | 7 |
| Aug 2026 | 3.1K | 1.1% | 8 | 23.5K | 8.6% | 7 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Hygraph’s and Sanity’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.

- **Hygraph**: Measured on the search terms “hygraph” and “hygraph cms”, summed into one figure.
- **Sanity**: Measured on the search terms “sanity cms”, “sanity headless cms” and “sanity io”, summed into one figure.

- [Hygraph profile](/demand/global-en/brands/hygraph)
- [Sanity profile](/demand/global-en/brands/sanity-cms)
- [All headless CMS platforms worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/headless-cms-platforms): The set both shares are measured inside, 8 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, Hygraph or Sanity?

In August 2026, Sanity had more branded searches than Hygraph among headless CMS platforms worldwide. Sanity was estimated to have 23.5K branded searches compared to Hygraph’s 3.1K, and held an 8.6% Share of Search versus Hygraph’s 1.1%.

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