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title: "Lotus vs Mazda: Which is searched more?"
description: "Is Lotus or Mazda more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Car brands 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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# Lotus vs Mazda: Which is searched more?

Is Lotus or Mazda more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Car brands 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**: Lotus and Mazda
- **Competitive set**: Car brands
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Sep 2026
- **Lotus Share of Search**: 0.13%
- **Mazda Share of Search**: 1.8%

## Is Lotus or Mazda more popular in search?

- In September 2026, Mazda had more branded searches than Lotus among car brands worldwide. Mazda had about 3.4 million branded searches, while Lotus had 246,000. Mazda made up 1.8% of all car brand searches we track, and Lotus accounted for 0.13%.
- Mazda was ahead of Lotus in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Lotus’ share of searches among car brands worldwide moved from 0.15% to 0.13%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 301K to 246K.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Mazda’s share of searches among car brands worldwide moved from 1.6% to 1.8%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 3.4M.

## Top car brands in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews

In three ChatGPT questions and two Google AI Overviews, Mazda was mentioned in four out of five: in all three ChatGPT answers and in one of the two Google AI Overviews. Lotus was mentioned in one out of five: not in any of the three ChatGPT answers, but in one of the two Google AI Overviews. Mazda was listed before Lotus in four out of 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Toyota | 1st | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 |
| Honda | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 |
| Mazda | 3rd | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 |
| Lexus | 4th | 2 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 4 of 5 |
| Subaru | 5th | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 |
| Hyundai | 6th | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 |
| BMW | 7th | 1 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 2 of 5 |
| Tesla | 8th | 1 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 3 of 5 |
| Ford | 9th | 0 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 1 of 5 |
| Porsche | 10th | 1 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 2 of 5 |
| Volkswagen | 11th | 0 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 1 of 5 |
| Geely | 12th | 0 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 1 of 5 |
| Nissan | 13th | 0 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 1 of 5 |
| Kia | 14th | 1 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 2 of 5 |
| Ferrari | 15th | 0 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 1 of 5 |
| Lamborghini | 16th | 0 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 1 of 5 |
| Aston Martin | 17th | 0 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 1 of 5 |
| Mclaren | 18th | 0 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 1 of 5 |
| Chevrolet | 19th | 0 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 1 of 5 |
| Cadillac | 20th | 0 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 1 of 5 |
| GMC | 21st | 0 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 1 of 5 |
| Jeep | 22nd | 0 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 2 of 5 |
| Lincoln | 23rd | 0 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 1 of 5 |
| Audi | 24th | 0 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 1 of 5 |
| Bentley | 25th | 0 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 1 of 5 |
| Genesis | 26th | 0 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 1 of 5 |
| MINI | 27th | 0 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 1 of 5 |
| Land Rover | 28th | 0 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 2 of 5 |
| Rolls-Royce | 29th | 0 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 1 of 5 |
| Alfa Romeo | 30th | 0 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 1 of 5 |
| Chrysler | 31st | 0 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 1 of 5 |
| Dodge | 32nd | 0 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 1 of 5 |
| Mercedes-Benz | 33rd | 1 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 1 of 5 |
| Fiat | 34th | 0 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 1 of 5 |
| Rover | 35th | 0 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 2 of 5 |
| Maserati | 36th | 0 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 1 of 5 |
| Volvo | 37th | 1 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 2 of 5 |
| Jaguar | 38th | 0 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 1 of 5 |
| Lotus | 39th | 0 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 1 of 5 |
| Polestar | 40th | 0 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 1 of 5 |
| BYD | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Renault | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Suzuki | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Peugeot | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Skoda | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Cupra | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| MG | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Mitsubishi | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Citroen | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Jaecoo | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Smart | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Leapmotor | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| XPENG | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Seat | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Zeekr | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Opel | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Chery | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| DS | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| GWM | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Tank | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Alpine | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Austin | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Mahindra | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Morgan | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Ora | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Haval | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Isuzu | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| KGM | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Plymouth | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Denza | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Dongfeng | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Jac | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Hummer | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Infiniti | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Lada | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Pontiac | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Saab | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Abarth | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Daihatsu | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Datsun | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Ineos | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Caterham | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| TVR | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Proton | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| RAM | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |

## Every AI answer about car brands

- Asked ChatGPT "Which car brand should I buy?": 1. Toyota, 2. Honda, 3. Mazda, 4. Hyundai, 5. Subaru
- Asked ChatGPT "What are the best car brands?": 1. Toyota, 2. Honda, 3. Lexus, 4. Mazda, 5. BMW, 6. Hyundai, 7. Porsche, 8. Subaru, 9. Kia, 10. Mercedes-Benz, 11. Tesla, 12. Volvo
- Asked ChatGPT "What's the best car brand for an everyday car?": 1. Toyota, 2. Honda, 3. Mazda, 4. Hyundai, 5. Subaru, 6. Lexus
- Searched Google, AI Overview "car brands": 1. Toyota, 2. Ford, 3. Volkswagen, 4. Hyundai, 5. BMW, 6. Honda, 7. Geely, 8. Tesla, 9. Subaru, 10. Nissan, 11. Ferrari, 12. Lamborghini, 13. Aston Martin, 14. Mclaren, 15. Lexus, 16. Chevrolet, 17. Cadillac, 18. GMC, 19. Lincoln, 20. Audi, 21. Bentley, 22. Porsche, 23. Kia, 24. Genesis, 25. MINI, 26. Rolls-Royce, 27. Alfa Romeo, 28. Chrysler, 29. Dodge, 30. Fiat, 31. Jeep, 32. Maserati, 33. Jaguar, 34. Land Rover, 35. Rover, 36. Volvo, 37. Lotus, 38. Polestar
- Searched Google, AI Overview "reliable car brand": 1. Lexus, 2. Toyota, 3. Subaru, 4. Mazda, 5. Honda, 6. Tesla, 7. Jeep, 8. Land Rover, 9. Rover

Not named in any answer: BYD, Renault, Suzuki, Peugeot, Skoda, Cupra, MG, Mitsubishi, Citroen, Jaecoo, Smart, Leapmotor, XPENG, Seat, Zeekr, Opel, Chery, DS, GWM, Tank, Alpine, Austin, Mahindra, Morgan, Ora, Haval, Isuzu, KGM, Plymouth, Denza, Dongfeng, Jac, Hummer, Infiniti, Lada, Pontiac, Saab, Abarth, Daihatsu, Datsun, Ineos, Caterham, TVR, Proton and RAM.

Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in the United States on October 19, 2026.

## How did search popularity change for car brands worldwide in September 2026?

- In September 2026, Mazda rose from 17th to 15th among car brands worldwide.
- In September 2026, Lotus fell from 77th to 78th among car brands worldwide.

## Month by month

| Month | Lotus estimated searches | Lotus Share of Search | Lotus rank | Mazda estimated searches | Mazda Share of Search | Mazda rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 301K | 0.15% | 76 | 3.4M | 1.6% | 21 |
| Nov 2025 | 246K | 0.13% | 77 | 3.4M | 1.7% | 19 |
| Dec 2025 | 246K | 0.13% | 77 | 3.4M | 1.8% | 19 |
| Jan 2026 | 246K | 0.12% | 78 | 4.1M | 2% | 15 |
| Feb 2026 | 201K | 0.11% | 79 | 3.4M | 1.8% | 15 |
| Mar 2026 | 246K | 0.12% | 78 | 3.4M | 1.6% | 20 |
| Apr 2026 | 301K | 0.15% | 77 | 3.4M | 1.7% | 18 |
| May 2026 | 368K | 0.19% | 74 | 3.4M | 1.7% | 17 |
| Jun 2026 | 301K | 0.17% | 74 | 3.4M | 1.9% | 15 |
| Jul 2026 | 246K | 0.14% | 78 | 3.4M | 1.9% | 14 |
| Aug 2026 | 301K | 0.16% | 77 | 3.4M | 1.8% | 17 |
| Sep 2026 | 246K | 0.13% | 78 | 3.4M | 1.8% | 15 |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Lotus’ and Mazda’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.

- **Lotus**: Measured on the search term “lotus cars”.
- **Mazda**: Measured on the search term “mazda”.

- [Lotus profile](/demand/global-en/brands/lotus)
- [Mazda profile](/demand/global-en/brands/mazda)
- [All car brands worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/car-brands): The set both shares are measured inside, 85 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 Lotus or Mazda more popular in search?

In September 2026, Mazda had more branded searches than Lotus among car brands worldwide. Mazda had about 3.4 million branded searches, while Lotus had 246,000. Mazda made up 1.8% of all car brand searches we track, and Lotus accounted for 0.13%.

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