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title: "Rapid7 vs Trustwave: Which is more popular by branded search?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Rapid7 or Trustwave? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Penetration testing services 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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# Rapid7 vs Trustwave: Which is more popular by branded search?

Which is more popular in search, Rapid7 or Trustwave? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Penetration testing services 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**: Rapid7 and Trustwave
- **Competitive set**: Penetration testing services
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Rapid7 Share of Search**: 43.7%
- **Trustwave Share of Search**: 2.4%

## Which is more popular in search, Rapid7 or Trustwave?

- In August 2026, Rapid7 had more branded searches than Trustwave among penetration testing services worldwide. Rapid7 was estimated to have 35.2K branded searches compared to Trustwave’s 1.9K, and held a 43.7% Share of Search versus Trustwave’s 2.4%.
- Rapid7 was ahead of Trustwave in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Rapid7’s estimated Share of Search among penetration testing services worldwide moved from 45% to 43.7%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 43.8K to 35.2K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Trustwave’s estimated Share of Search among penetration testing services worldwide moved from 5.5% to 2.4%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 5.4K to 1.9K.

## How did search popularity change for penetration testing services worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Trustwave lost estimated Share of Search among penetration testing services worldwide, from 2.9% to 2.4%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Rapid7 worldwide fell 19.6% over 11 measured months, from 43.8K to 35.2K in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Rapid7 estimated searches | Rapid7 Share of Search | Rapid7 rank | Trustwave estimated searches | Trustwave Share of Search | Trustwave rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 43.8K | 45% | 1 | 5.4K | 5.5% | 5 |
| Nov 2025 | 43.4K | 47.1% | 1 | 4.4K | 4.8% | 5 |
| Dec 2025 | 35.8K | 43.2% | 1 | 3.6K | 4.3% | 5 |
| Jan 2026 | 43.4K | 44% | 1 | 4.4K | 4.5% | 5 |
| Feb 2026 | 43.4K | 49.4% | 1 | 4.4K | 5% | 5 |
| Mar 2026 | 43.3K | 45.6% | 1 | 3.6K | 3.8% | 6 |
| Apr 2026 | 35.8K | 45.4% | 1 | 2.9K | 3.7% | 6 |
| May 2026 | 35.5K | 43.2% | 1 | 2.4K | 2.9% | 6 |
| Jun 2026 | 36K | 46.3% | 1 | 2.4K | 3.1% | 6 |
| Jul 2026 | 35.8K | 43.8% | 1 | 2.4K | 2.9% | 6 |
| Aug 2026 | 35.2K | 43.7% | 1 | 1.9K | 2.4% | 6 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Rapid7’s and Trustwave’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.

- **Rapid7**: Measured on the search terms “rapid7”, “rapid7 com”, “rapid7 insightvm”, “rapid7 nexpose”, “rapid7 software”, “rapid7 vulnerability management”, “rapid7 vulnerability scanner” and “vulnerability scanner rapid7”, summed into one figure.
- **Trustwave**: Measured on the search term “trustwave”.

- [Rapid7 profile](/demand/global-en/brands/rapid7)
- [Trustwave profile](/demand/global-en/brands/trustwave)
- [All penetration testing services worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/penetration-testing-services): 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, Rapid7 or Trustwave?

In August 2026, Rapid7 had more branded searches than Trustwave among penetration testing services worldwide. Rapid7 was estimated to have 35.2K branded searches compared to Trustwave’s 1.9K, and held a 43.7% Share of Search versus Trustwave’s 2.4%.

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