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title: "Microsoft Purview vs Select Star: Which is searched more?"
description: "Is Microsoft Purview or Select Star more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Data catalogues 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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# Microsoft Purview vs Select Star: Which is searched more?

Is Microsoft Purview or Select Star more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Data catalogues 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**: Microsoft Purview and Select Star
- **Competitive set**: Data catalogues
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Sep 2026
- **Microsoft Purview Share of Search**: 21.6%
- **Select Star Share of Search**: 1.3%

## Is Microsoft Purview or Select Star more popular in search?

- In September 2026, Microsoft Purview had more branded searches than Select Star among data catalogues worldwide. Microsoft Purview had about 60,500 branded searches, while Select Star had 3,600. Microsoft Purview made up 21.6% of all data catalogue searches we track, and Select Star accounted for 1.3%.
- Microsoft Purview was ahead of Select Star in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Microsoft Purview’s share of searches among data catalogues worldwide moved from 16.6% to 21.6%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 49.5K to 60.5K.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Select Star’s share of searches among data catalogues worldwide moved from 1.5% to 1.3%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 4.4K to 3.6K.

## How did search popularity change for data catalogues worldwide in September 2026?

- In September 2026, Microsoft Purview gained share of searches among data catalogues worldwide, from 18.2% to 21.6%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Select Star worldwide fell 18.2% over 12 measured months, from 4.4K to 3.6K in September 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Microsoft Purview estimated searches | Microsoft Purview Share of Search | Microsoft Purview rank | Select Star estimated searches | Select Star Share of Search | Select Star rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 49.5K | 16.6% | 3 | 4.4K | 1.5% | 8 |
| Nov 2025 | 49.5K | 15.9% | 2 | 6.6K | 2.1% | 8 |
| Dec 2025 | 40.5K | 14.3% | 2 | 5.4K | 1.9% | 8 |
| Jan 2026 | 49.5K | 17.1% | 2 | 5.4K | 1.9% | 8 |
| Feb 2026 | 49.5K | 17.2% | 3 | 4.4K | 1.5% | 8 |
| Mar 2026 | 60.5K | 20.6% | 2 | 4.4K | 1.5% | 8 |
| Apr 2026 | 60.5K | 19.6% | 2 | 4.4K | 1.4% | 8 |
| May 2026 | 49.5K | 19.5% | 3 | 3.6K | 1.4% | 8 |
| Jun 2026 | 60.5K | 22.9% | 2 | 3.6K | 1.4% | 8 |
| Jul 2026 | 49.5K | 18.7% | 3 | 2.9K | 1.1% | 8 |
| Aug 2026 | 49.5K | 18.2% | 3 | 3.6K | 1.3% | 8 |
| Sep 2026 | 60.5K | 21.6% | 3 | 3.6K | 1.3% | 8 |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Microsoft Purview’s and Select Star’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.

- **Microsoft Purview**: Measured on the search term “microsoft purview”.
- **Select Star**: Measured on the search term “select star”.

- [Microsoft Purview profile](/demand/global-en/brands/microsoft-purview)
- [Select Star profile](/demand/global-en/brands/select-star)
- [All data catalogues worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/data-catalogues): The set both shares are measured inside, 8 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 Microsoft Purview or Select Star more popular in search?

In September 2026, Microsoft Purview had more branded searches than Select Star among data catalogues worldwide. Microsoft Purview had about 60,500 branded searches, while Select Star had 3,600. Microsoft Purview made up 21.6% of all data catalogue searches we track, and Select Star accounted for 1.3%.

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