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title: "Sennheiser vs Sony: Which is more popular by branded search?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Sennheiser or Sony? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Studio headphone 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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# Sennheiser vs Sony: Which is more popular by branded search?

Which is more popular in search, Sennheiser or Sony? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Studio headphone 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**: Sennheiser and Sony
- **Competitive set**: Studio headphone brands
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Sennheiser Share of Search**: 3%
- **Sony Share of Search**: 81.4%

## Which is more popular in search, Sennheiser or Sony?

- In August 2026, Sony had more branded searches than Sennheiser among studio headphone brands worldwide. Sony was estimated to have 2.7M branded searches compared to Sennheiser’s 100K, and held an 81.4% Share of Search versus Sennheiser’s 3%.
- Sony was ahead of Sennheiser in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Sennheiser’s estimated Share of Search among studio headphone brands worldwide moved from 4.1% to 3%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 123K to 100K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Sony’s estimated Share of Search among studio headphone brands worldwide moved from 75.3% to 81.4%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 2.2M to 2.7M.

## How did search popularity change for studio headphone brands worldwide in August 2026?

- Estimated monthly branded searches for Sony worldwide rose 22.3% over 11 measured months, from 2.2M to 2.7M in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Sennheiser worldwide fell 18.2% over 11 measured months, from 123K to 100K in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Sennheiser estimated searches | Sennheiser Share of Search | Sennheiser rank | Sony estimated searches | Sony Share of Search | Sony rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 123K | 4.1% | 4 | 2.2M | 75.3% | 1 |
| Nov 2025 | 148K | 4% | 4 | 2.7M | 74.6% | 1 |
| Dec 2025 | 123K | 3.4% | 4 | 2.7M | 76% | 1 |
| Jan 2026 | 117K | 3.3% | 4 | 2.7M | 76.4% | 1 |
| Feb 2026 | 100K | 3.4% | 4 | 2.2M | 77% | 1 |
| Mar 2026 | 117K | 4% | 4 | 2.2M | 77% | 1 |
| Apr 2026 | 96.3K | 3.4% | 4 | 2.2M | 78.7% | 1 |
| May 2026 | 105K | 3.7% | 4 | 2.2M | 78.2% | 1 |
| Jun 2026 | 100K | 3.5% | 4 | 2.2M | 78.2% | 1 |
| Jul 2026 | 100K | 3% | 4 | 2.7M | 81.2% | 1 |
| Aug 2026 | 100K | 3% | 4 | 2.7M | 81.4% | 1 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Sennheiser’s and Sony’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.

- **Sennheiser**: Measured on the search terms “headphone sennheiser”, “sennheiser com”, “sennheiser headphones” and “sennheiser momentum”, summed into one figure.
- **Sony**: Measured on the search term “sony”.

- [Sennheiser profile](/demand/global-en/brands/sennheiser)
- [Sony profile](/demand/global-en/brands/sony)
- [All studio headphone brands worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/studio-headphone-brands): 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, Sennheiser or Sony?

In August 2026, Sony had more branded searches than Sennheiser among studio headphone brands worldwide. Sony was estimated to have 2.7M branded searches compared to Sennheiser’s 100K, and held an 81.4% Share of Search versus Sennheiser’s 3%.

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