--- title: "Let's Encrypt vs Namecheap: Which is more popular by branded search?" description: "Which is more popular in search, Let's Encrypt or Namecheap? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the SSL certificate providers 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/let-s-encrypt-vs-namecheap" publisher: "Brandwave" --- # Let's Encrypt vs Namecheap: Which is more popular by branded search? Which is more popular in search, Let's Encrypt or Namecheap? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the SSL certificate providers 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**: Let's Encrypt and Namecheap - **Competitive set**: SSL certificate providers - **Market**: Global - **Month measured**: Aug 2026 - **Let's Encrypt Share of Search**: 1.3% - **Namecheap Share of Search**: 95.4% ## Which is more popular in search, Let's Encrypt or Namecheap? - In August 2026, Namecheap had more branded searches than Let's Encrypt among SSL certificate providers worldwide. Namecheap was estimated to have 1.6M branded searches compared to Let's Encrypt’s 22.2K, and held a 95.4% Share of Search versus Let's Encrypt’s 1.3%. - Namecheap was ahead of Let's Encrypt in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026. - Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Let's Encrypt’s estimated Share of Search among SSL certificate providers worldwide held steady at 1.3%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 14.8K to 22.2K. - Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Namecheap’s estimated Share of Search among SSL certificate providers worldwide moved from 92.7% to 95.4%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 1M to 1.6M. ## How did search popularity change for SSL certificate providers worldwide in August 2026? - In August 2026, Namecheap gained estimated Share of Search among SSL certificate providers worldwide, from 94.6% to 95.4%. - Estimated monthly branded searches for Let's Encrypt worldwide rose 50% over 11 measured months, from 14.8K to 22.2K in August 2026. ## Month by month | Month | Let's Encrypt estimated searches | Let's Encrypt Share of Search | Let's Encrypt rank | Namecheap estimated searches | Namecheap Share of Search | Namecheap rank | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Oct 2025 | 14.8K | 1.3% | 4 | 1M | 92.7% | 1 | | Nov 2025 | 14.8K | 1.3% | 3 | 1M | 92.9% | 1 | | Dec 2025 | 14.8K | 1.3% | 3 | 1M | 93.7% | 1 | | Jan 2026 | 14.8K | 1.1% | 3 | 1.3M | 94.1% | 1 | | Feb 2026 | 18.1K | 1.3% | 3 | 1.3M | 94% | 1 | | Mar 2026 | 27.1K | 1.9% | 3 | 1.3M | 93.3% | 1 | | Apr 2026 | 27.1K | 1.6% | 3 | 1.6M | 94.5% | 1 | | May 2026 | 27.1K | 1.9% | 3 | 1.3M | 93.6% | 1 | | Jun 2026 | 27.1K | 1.9% | 3 | 1.3M | 93.7% | 1 | | Jul 2026 | 22.2K | 1.6% | 3 | 1.3M | 94.6% | 1 | | Aug 2026 | 22.2K | 1.3% | 3 | 1.6M | 95.4% | 1 | | Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ## How each brand is measured Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Let's Encrypt’s and Namecheap’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. - **Let's Encrypt**: Measured on the search term “lets encrypt”. - **Namecheap**: Measured on the search terms “namecheap”, “namecheap ai”, “namecheap app”, “namecheap com”, “namecheap domain registration”, “namecheap domains” and “namecheap registrar”, summed into one figure. - [Let's Encrypt profile](/demand/global-en/brands/let-s-encrypt) - [Namecheap profile](/demand/global-en/brands/namecheap) - [All SSL certificate providers worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/ssl-certificate-providers): 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, Let's Encrypt or Namecheap? In August 2026, Namecheap had more branded searches than Let's Encrypt among SSL certificate providers worldwide. Namecheap was estimated to have 1.6M branded searches compared to Let's Encrypt’s 22.2K, and held a 95.4% Share of Search versus Let's Encrypt’s 1.3%. ## Cite this page Brandwave. "Let's Encrypt vs Namecheap: Which is more popular by branded search?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/let-s-encrypt-vs-namecheap This page is also available as HTML at https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/let-s-encrypt-vs-namecheap. Brandwave publishes an index of its Markdown pages at https://gobrandwave.com/llms.txt.