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title: "New Relic vs Splunk: Which is searched more?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, New Relic or Splunk? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Observability platforms 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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# New Relic vs Splunk: Which is searched more?

Which is more popular in search, New Relic or Splunk? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Observability platforms 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**: New Relic and Splunk
- **Competitive set**: Observability platforms
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **New Relic Share of Search**: 6.4%
- **Splunk Share of Search**: 13.9%

## Which is more popular in search, New Relic or Splunk?

- In August 2026, Splunk had more branded searches than New Relic among observability platforms worldwide. Splunk was estimated to have 135K branded searches compared to New Relic’s 62.7K, and held a 13.9% Share of Search versus New Relic’s 6.4%.
- Splunk was ahead of New Relic in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, New Relic’s estimated Share of Search among observability platforms worldwide moved from 8% to 6.4%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 93.6K to 62.7K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Splunk’s estimated Share of Search among observability platforms worldwide moved from 17.1% to 13.9%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 201K to 135K.

## How did search popularity change for observability platforms worldwide in August 2026?

- Estimated monthly branded searches for New Relic worldwide fell 33% over 11 measured months, from 93.6K to 62.7K in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Splunk worldwide fell 32.8% over 11 measured months, from 201K to 135K in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | New Relic estimated searches | New Relic Share of Search | New Relic rank | Splunk estimated searches | Splunk Share of Search | Splunk rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 93.6K | 8% | 6 | 201K | 17.1% | 3 |
| Nov 2025 | 93.4K | 8.6% | 5 | 165K | 15.2% | 3 |
| Dec 2025 | 76.7K | 7.7% | 5 | 165K | 16.5% | 3 |
| Jan 2026 | 77K | 7.2% | 6 | 165K | 15.5% | 3 |
| Feb 2026 | 64K | 6% | 6 | 165K | 15.6% | 3 |
| Mar 2026 | 64.2K | 5.6% | 6 | 165K | 14.3% | 3 |
| Apr 2026 | 63.4K | 6.1% | 6 | 165K | 15.8% | 3 |
| May 2026 | 62.9K | 6.3% | 6 | 135K | 13.5% | 3 |
| Jun 2026 | 76.6K | 7.4% | 6 | 165K | 16% | 3 |
| Jul 2026 | 63K | 6.4% | 6 | 135K | 13.7% | 3 |
| Aug 2026 | 62.7K | 6.4% | 6 | 135K | 13.9% | 3 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using New Relic’s and Splunk’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.

- **New Relic**: Measured on the search terms “apm new relic”, “monitoring new relic”, “new relic”, “new relic apm”, “new relic app”, “new relic observability”, “new relic software”, “newrelic”, “newrelic com” and “observability new relic”, summed into one figure.
- **Splunk**: Measured on the search term “splunk”.

- [New Relic profile](/demand/global-en/brands/new-relic)
- [Splunk profile](/demand/global-en/brands/splunk)
- [All observability platforms worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/observability-platforms): The set both shares are measured inside, 6 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, New Relic or Splunk?

In August 2026, Splunk had more branded searches than New Relic among observability platforms worldwide. Splunk was estimated to have 135K branded searches compared to New Relic’s 62.7K, and held a 13.9% Share of Search versus New Relic’s 6.4%.

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