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title: "Maybelline vs Rare Beauty: Which is searched more?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Maybelline 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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# Maybelline vs Rare Beauty: Which is searched more?

Which is more popular in search, Maybelline 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**: Maybelline and Rare Beauty
- **Competitive set**: Makeup and cosmetics brands
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Sep 2026
- **Maybelline Share of Search**: 10.3%
- **Rare Beauty Share of Search**: 6.9%

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

- In September 2026, Maybelline had more branded searches than Rare Beauty among makeup and cosmetics brands worldwide. Maybelline was estimated to have 823K branded searches compared to Rare Beauty’s 550K, and held a 10.3% Share of Search versus Rare Beauty’s 6.9%.
- The lead changed hands 2 times in the 12 months ending September 2026: Rare Beauty took it in November 2025, Maybelline took it in February 2026.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Maybelline’s estimated Share of Search among makeup and cosmetics brands worldwide moved from 10% to 10.3%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 1M to 823K.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Rare Beauty’s estimated Share of Search among makeup and cosmetics brands worldwide moved from 8.2% to 6.9%, 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?

- In September 2026, Maybelline rose from 4th to 3rd among makeup and cosmetics brands worldwide.
- 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 | Maybelline estimated searches | Maybelline Share of Search | Maybelline rank | Rare Beauty estimated searches | Rare Beauty Share of Search | Rare Beauty rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 1M | 10% | 4 | 823K | 8.2% | 5 |
| Nov 2025 | 1M | 5.8% | 5 | 1.2M | 7.1% | 4 |
| Dec 2025 | 1M | 8.4% | 4 | 1M | 8.4% | 5 |
| Jan 2026 | 823K | 8.3% | 4 | 823K | 8.3% | 5 |
| Feb 2026 | 823K | 10% | 4 | 673K | 8.2% | 5 |
| Mar 2026 | 823K | 9.3% | 3 | 673K | 7.6% | 5 |
| Apr 2026 | 823K | 10.4% | 3 | 673K | 8.5% | 5 |
| May 2026 | 823K | 9.8% | 3 | 550K | 6.5% | 6 |
| Jun 2026 | 823K | 11.3% | 3 | 450K | 6.2% | 5 |
| Jul 2026 | 823K | 10.4% | 3 | 673K | 8.5% | 5 |
| Aug 2026 | 823K | 10.3% | 4 | 550K | 6.9% | 5 |
| Sep 2026 | 823K | 10.3% | 3 | 550K | 6.9% | 5 |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Maybelline’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.

- **Maybelline**: Measured on the search term “maybelline”.
- **Rare Beauty**: Measured on the search term “rare beauty”.

- [Maybelline profile](/demand/global-en/brands/maybelline)
- [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, Maybelline or Rare Beauty?

In September 2026, Maybelline had more branded searches than Rare Beauty among makeup and cosmetics brands worldwide. Maybelline was estimated to have 823K branded searches compared to Rare Beauty’s 550K, and held a 10.3% Share of Search versus Rare Beauty’s 6.9%.

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