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title: "pnpm vs Yarn: Which is searched more?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, pnpm or Yarn? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Package managers 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."
canonical: "https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/pnpm-vs-yarn"
publisher: "Brandwave"
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# pnpm vs Yarn: Which is searched more?

Which is more popular in search, pnpm or Yarn? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Package managers 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**: pnpm and Yarn
- **Competitive set**: Package managers
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **pnpm Share of Search**: 18.6%
- **Yarn Share of Search**: 0.33%

## Which is more popular in search, pnpm or Yarn?

- In August 2026, pnpm had more branded searches than Yarn among package managers worldwide. pnpm was estimated to have 74K branded searches compared to Yarn’s 1.3K, and held an 18.6% Share of Search versus Yarn’s 0.33%.
- pnpm was ahead of Yarn in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, pnpm’s estimated Share of Search among package managers worldwide moved from 16.1% to 18.6%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 74K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Yarn’s estimated Share of Search among package managers worldwide moved from 0.35% to 0.33%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 1.6K to 1.3K.

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

- Estimated monthly branded searches for Yarn worldwide fell 18.8% over 11 measured months, from 1.6K to 1.3K in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | pnpm estimated searches | pnpm Share of Search | pnpm rank | Yarn estimated searches | Yarn Share of Search | Yarn rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 74K | 16.1% | 2 | 1.6K | 0.35% | 5 |
| Nov 2025 | 74K | 16.1% | 2 | 1.6K | 0.35% | 5 |
| Dec 2025 | 74K | 16.1% | 2 | 1.6K | 0.35% | 5 |
| Jan 2026 | 74K | 15.9% | 2 | 1.6K | 0.34% | 5 |
| Feb 2026 | 74K | 16% | 2 | 1.3K | 0.28% | 5 |
| Mar 2026 | 90.5K | 16.4% | 2 | 1.3K | 0.23% | 5 |
| Apr 2026 | 90.5K | 16.5% | 2 | 1.3K | 0.24% | 5 |
| May 2026 | 110K | 22.2% | 2 | 1.3K | 0.26% | 5 |
| Jun 2026 | 74K | 18.6% | 2 | 1K | 0.25% | 5 |
| Jul 2026 | 74K | 18.8% | 2 | 1K | 0.25% | 5 |
| Aug 2026 | 74K | 18.6% | 2 | 1.3K | 0.33% | 5 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using pnpm’s and Yarn’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.

- **pnpm**: Measured on the search term “pnpm”.
- **Yarn**: Measured on the search term “yarn package manager”.

- [pnpm profile](/demand/global-en/brands/pnpm)
- [Yarn profile](/demand/global-en/brands/yarn)
- [All package managers worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/package-manager-platforms): The set both shares are measured inside, 5 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, pnpm or Yarn?

In August 2026, pnpm had more branded searches than Yarn among package managers worldwide. pnpm was estimated to have 74K branded searches compared to Yarn’s 1.3K, and held an 18.6% Share of Search versus Yarn’s 0.33%.

## Cite this page

Brandwave. "pnpm vs Yarn: Which is searched more?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/pnpm-vs-yarn

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