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title: "Hyper-V vs VMware: Which is more popular by branded search?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Hyper-V or VMware? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Virtual machine software 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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# Hyper-V vs VMware: Which is more popular by branded search?

Which is more popular in search, Hyper-V or VMware? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Virtual machine software 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**: Hyper-V and VMware
- **Competitive set**: Virtual machine software
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Hyper-V Share of Search**: 4%
- **VMware Share of Search**: 19.9%

## Which is more popular in search, Hyper-V or VMware?

- In August 2026, VMware had more branded searches than Hyper-V among virtual machine software worldwide. VMware was estimated to have 368K branded searches compared to Hyper-V’s 74K, and held a 19.9% Share of Search versus Hyper-V’s 4%.
- VMware was ahead of Hyper-V in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Hyper-V’s estimated Share of Search among virtual machine software worldwide moved from 4.3% to 4%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 110K to 74K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, VMware’s estimated Share of Search among virtual machine software worldwide moved from 21.5% to 19.9%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 550K to 368K.

## How did search popularity change for virtual machine software worldwide in August 2026?

- Estimated monthly branded searches for VMware worldwide fell 33.1% over 11 measured months, from 550K to 368K in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Hyper-V worldwide fell 32.7% over 11 measured months, from 110K to 74K in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Hyper-V estimated searches | Hyper-V Share of Search | Hyper-V rank | VMware estimated searches | VMware Share of Search | VMware rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 110K | 4.3% | 4 | 550K | 21.5% | 3 |
| Nov 2025 | 110K | 4.3% | 4 | 550K | 21.5% | 3 |
| Dec 2025 | 90.5K | 4.1% | 4 | 550K | 24.9% | 3 |
| Jan 2026 | 110K | 4.6% | 4 | 550K | 23.1% | 3 |
| Feb 2026 | 90.5K | 4.3% | 4 | 450K | 21.3% | 3 |
| Mar 2026 | 90.5K | 4% | 4 | 450K | 19.9% | 3 |
| Apr 2026 | 90.5K | 4% | 4 | 450K | 20% | 3 |
| May 2026 | 74K | 3.7% | 4 | 368K | 18.4% | 3 |
| Jun 2026 | 74K | 4% | 4 | 368K | 19.9% | 3 |
| Jul 2026 | 74K | 4% | 4 | 368K | 20% | 3 |
| Aug 2026 | 74K | 4% | 4 | 368K | 19.9% | 3 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Hyper-V’s and VMware’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.

- **Hyper-V**: Measured on the search term “hyper-v”.
- **VMware**: Measured on the search term “vmware”.

- [Hyper-V profile](/demand/global-en/brands/hyper-v)
- [VMware profile](/demand/global-en/brands/vmware)
- [All virtual machine software worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/virtual-machine-software): The set both shares are measured inside, 5 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, Hyper-V or VMware?

In August 2026, VMware had more branded searches than Hyper-V among virtual machine software worldwide. VMware was estimated to have 368K branded searches compared to Hyper-V’s 74K, and held a 19.9% Share of Search versus Hyper-V’s 4%.

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