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title: "Neutrogena vs Sun Bum: Which is searched more?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Neutrogena or Sun Bum? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Sunscreen 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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# Neutrogena vs Sun Bum: Which is searched more?

Which is more popular in search, Neutrogena or Sun Bum? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Sunscreen 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**: Neutrogena and Sun Bum
- **Competitive set**: Sunscreen brands
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Sep 2026
- **Neutrogena Share of Search**: 20.3%
- **Sun Bum Share of Search**: 1.7%

## Which is more popular in search, Neutrogena or Sun Bum?

- In September 2026, Neutrogena had more branded searches than Sun Bum among sunscreen brands worldwide. Neutrogena was estimated to have 861K branded searches compared to Sun Bum’s 72.6K, and held a 20.3% Share of Search versus Sun Bum’s 1.7%.
- Neutrogena was ahead of Sun Bum in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Neutrogena’s estimated Share of Search among sunscreen brands worldwide moved from 22.7% to 20.3%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 942K to 861K.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Sun Bum’s estimated Share of Search among sunscreen brands worldwide moved from 1.5% to 1.7%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 63.6K to 72.6K.

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

- In September 2026, Neutrogena lost estimated Share of Search among sunscreen brands worldwide, from 21.7% to 20.3%.
- Sun Bum’s estimated Share of Search among sunscreen brands worldwide has lost ground for 3 months in a row, from 3.9% to 1.7% in September 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Neutrogena estimated searches | Neutrogena Share of Search | Neutrogena rank | Sun Bum estimated searches | Sun Bum Share of Search | Sun Bum rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 942K | 22.7% | 2 | 63.6K | 1.5% | 8 |
| Nov 2025 | 942K | 20.2% | 2 | 68.5K | 1.5% | 8 |
| Dec 2025 | 1M | 21.9% | 2 | 77.6K | 1.7% | 8 |
| Jan 2026 | 1M | 21.1% | 2 | 88.6K | 1.9% | 8 |
| Feb 2026 | 961K | 21.2% | 2 | 77.5K | 1.7% | 8 |
| Mar 2026 | 1.1M | 19.7% | 2 | 136K | 2.5% | 7 |
| Apr 2026 | 1.1M | 19.3% | 2 | 136K | 2.4% | 8 |
| May 2026 | 1.1M | 18.7% | 2 | 172K | 3% | 7 |
| Jun 2026 | 916K | 17.8% | 2 | 202K | 3.9% | 7 |
| Jul 2026 | 886K | 17.2% | 3 | 166K | 3.2% | 7 |
| Aug 2026 | 1.1M | 21.7% | 2 | 94.9K | 1.9% | 7 |
| Sep 2026 | 861K | 20.3% | 2 | 72.6K | 1.7% | 8 |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Neutrogena’s and Sun Bum’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.

- **Neutrogena**: Measured on the search terms “neutrogena”, “neutrogena hydro boost” and “neutrogena suntan lotion”, summed into one figure.
- **Sun Bum**: Measured on the search terms “sun bum”, “sun bum hair”, “sun bum spf”, “sun bum sunscreen” and “sunbum”, summed into one figure.

- [Neutrogena profile](/demand/global-en/brands/neutrogena)
- [Sun Bum profile](/demand/global-en/brands/sun-bum)
- [All sunscreen brands worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/sunscreen-brands): The set both shares are measured inside, 11 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, Neutrogena or Sun Bum?

In September 2026, Neutrogena had more branded searches than Sun Bum among sunscreen brands worldwide. Neutrogena was estimated to have 861K branded searches compared to Sun Bum’s 72.6K, and held a 20.3% Share of Search versus Sun Bum’s 1.7%.

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