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title: "MAC vs Rare Beauty: Which is searched more?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, MAC or Rare Beauty? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Makeup and cosmetics 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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# MAC vs Rare Beauty: Which is searched more?

Which is more popular in search, MAC or Rare Beauty? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Makeup and cosmetics 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**: MAC and Rare Beauty
- **Competitive set**: Makeup and cosmetics brands
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Sep 2026
- **MAC Share of Search**: 0.88%
- **Rare Beauty Share of Search**: 6.6%

## Which is more popular in search, MAC or Rare Beauty?

- In September 2026, Rare Beauty had more branded searches than MAC among makeup and cosmetics brands worldwide. Rare Beauty was estimated to have 550K branded searches compared to MAC’s 74K, and held a 6.6% Share of Search versus MAC’s 0.88%.
- Rare Beauty was ahead of MAC in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, MAC’s estimated Share of Search among makeup and cosmetics brands worldwide moved from 0.72% to 0.88%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 74K.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Rare Beauty’s estimated Share of Search among makeup and cosmetics brands worldwide moved from 8% to 6.6%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 823K to 550K.

## How did search popularity change for makeup and cosmetics brands worldwide in September 2026?

- Estimated monthly branded searches for Rare Beauty worldwide fell 33.2% over 12 measured months, from 823K to 550K in September 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | MAC estimated searches | MAC Share of Search | MAC rank | Rare Beauty estimated searches | Rare Beauty Share of Search | Rare Beauty rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 74K | 0.72% | 21 | 823K | 8% | 5 |
| Nov 2025 | 110K | 0.63% | 20 | 1.2M | 6.9% | 4 |
| Dec 2025 | 110K | 0.9% | 19 | 1M | 8.2% | 5 |
| Jan 2026 | 74K | 0.72% | 21 | 823K | 8% | 5 |
| Feb 2026 | 74K | 0.87% | 21 | 673K | 7.9% | 5 |
| Mar 2026 | 74K | 0.81% | 21 | 673K | 7.4% | 5 |
| Apr 2026 | 74K | 0.91% | 21 | 673K | 8.3% | 5 |
| May 2026 | 74K | 0.86% | 21 | 550K | 6.4% | 6 |
| Jun 2026 | 60.5K | 0.81% | 21 | 450K | 6% | 5 |
| Jul 2026 | 74K | 0.91% | 21 | 673K | 8.3% | 5 |
| Aug 2026 | 74K | 0.9% | 21 | 550K | 6.7% | 5 |
| Sep 2026 | 74K | 0.88% | 21 | 550K | 6.6% | 5 |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using MAC’s and Rare Beauty’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.

- **MAC**: Measured on the search term “mac makeup”.
- **Rare Beauty**: Measured on the search term “rare beauty”.

- [MAC profile](/demand/global-en/brands/mac-cosmetics)
- [Rare Beauty profile](/demand/global-en/brands/rare-beauty)
- [All makeup and cosmetics brands worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/makeup-brands): The set both shares are measured inside, 27 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, MAC or Rare Beauty?

In September 2026, Rare Beauty had more branded searches than MAC among makeup and cosmetics brands worldwide. Rare Beauty was estimated to have 550K branded searches compared to MAC’s 74K, and held a 6.6% Share of Search versus MAC’s 0.88%.

## Cite this page

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