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title: "Pilot vs uni-ball: Which is more popular by branded search?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Pilot or uni-ball? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Pens 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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publisher: "Brandwave"
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# Pilot vs uni-ball: Which is more popular by branded search?

Which is more popular in search, Pilot or uni-ball? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Pens 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**: Pilot and uni-ball
- **Competitive set**: Pens
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Pilot Share of Search**: 68.3%
- **uni-ball Share of Search**: 3.7%

## Which is more popular in search, Pilot or uni-ball?

- In August 2026, Pilot had more branded searches than uni-ball among pens worldwide. Pilot was estimated to have 270K branded searches compared to uni-ball’s 14.8K, and held a 68.3% Share of Search versus uni-ball’s 3.7%.
- Pilot was ahead of uni-ball in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Pilot’s estimated Share of Search among pens worldwide moved from 65.8% to 68.3%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 220K to 270K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, uni-ball’s estimated Share of Search among pens worldwide moved from 4.4% to 3.7%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 14.8K.

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

- uni-ball’s estimated Share of Search among pens worldwide has lost ground for 3 months in a row, from 4.5% to 3.7% in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Pilot worldwide rose 22.7% over 11 measured months, from 220K to 270K in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Pilot estimated searches | Pilot Share of Search | Pilot rank | uni-ball estimated searches | uni-ball Share of Search | uni-ball rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 220K | 65.8% | 1 | 14.8K | 4.4% | 4 |
| Nov 2025 | 220K | 63.7% | 1 | 14.8K | 4.3% | 4 |
| Dec 2025 | 220K | 59.5% | 1 | 14.8K | 4% | 4 |
| Jan 2026 | 220K | 65.8% | 1 | 14.8K | 4.4% | 4 |
| Feb 2026 | 220K | 65.2% | 1 | 18.1K | 5.4% | 4 |
| Mar 2026 | 220K | 65.1% | 1 | 18.1K | 5.4% | 4 |
| Apr 2026 | 220K | 67.6% | 1 | 14.8K | 4.5% | 4 |
| May 2026 | 220K | 67.6% | 1 | 14.8K | 4.5% | 4 |
| Jun 2026 | 220K | 68.2% | 1 | 12.1K | 3.8% | 4 |
| Jul 2026 | 270K | 68.3% | 1 | 14.8K | 3.7% | 4 |
| Aug 2026 | 270K | 68.3% | 1 | 14.8K | 3.7% | 4 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Pilot’s and uni-ball’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.

- **Pilot**: Measured on the search terms “pilot pen” and “pilot pens”, summed into one figure.
- **uni-ball**: Measured on the search term “uni ball”.

- [Pilot profile](/demand/global-en/brands/pilot-pens)
- [uni-ball profile](/demand/global-en/brands/uni-ball)
- [All pens worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/pens): 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, Pilot or uni-ball?

In August 2026, Pilot had more branded searches than uni-ball among pens worldwide. Pilot was estimated to have 270K branded searches compared to uni-ball’s 14.8K, and held a 68.3% Share of Search versus uni-ball’s 3.7%.

## Cite this page

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