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title: "Shun vs Smith's: Which is searched more?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Shun or Smith's? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Sharpening stone 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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# Shun vs Smith's: Which is searched more?

Which is more popular in search, Shun or Smith's? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Sharpening stone 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**: Shun and Smith's
- **Competitive set**: Sharpening stone brands
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Sep 2026
- **Shun Share of Search**: 2.8%
- **Smith's Share of Search**: 40.8%

## Which is more popular in search, Shun or Smith's?

- In September 2026, Smith's had more branded searches than Shun among sharpening stone brands worldwide. Smith's was estimated to have 7.1K branded searches compared to Shun’s 480, and held a 40.8% Share of Search versus Shun’s 2.8%.
- Smith's was ahead of Shun in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Shun’s estimated Share of Search among sharpening stone brands worldwide moved from 8% to 2.8%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 2.4K to 480.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Smith's’ estimated Share of Search among sharpening stone brands worldwide moved from 35.2% to 40.8%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 10.6K to 7.1K.

## How did search popularity change for sharpening stone brands worldwide in September 2026?

- In September 2026, Shun overtook Trend to rank 5th among sharpening stone brands worldwide, with 2.8% estimated Share of Search.
- In September 2026, Smith's gained estimated Share of Search among sharpening stone brands worldwide, from 35.7% to 40.8%.

## Month by month

| Month | Shun estimated searches | Shun Share of Search | Shun rank | Smith's estimated searches | Smith's Share of Search | Smith's rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 2.4K | 8% | 4 | 10.6K | 35.2% | 1 |
| Nov 2025 | 2.4K | 7.4% | 4 | 10.8K | 33.4% | 1 |
| Dec 2025 | 5.4K | 12.2% | 4 | 10.8K | 24.4% | 2 |
| Jan 2026 | 2.9K | 8.7% | 4 | 10.8K | 32.5% | 1 |
| Feb 2026 | 1.9K | 6.5% | 4 | 8.7K | 29.7% | 2 |
| Mar 2026 | 6.6K | 17% | 4 | 10.5K | 27% | 2 |
| Apr 2026 | 1.9K | 6% | 4 | 8.7K | 27.5% | 2 |
| May 2026 | 2.4K | 8.8% | 4 | 8.6K | 31.3% | 2 |
| Jun 2026 | 4.4K | 16.8% | 3 | 8.6K | 32.8% | 1 |
| Jul 2026 | 720 | 2.7% | 5 | 10.5K | 39.4% | 1 |
| Aug 2026 | 480 | 2% | 6 | 8.7K | 35.7% | 1 |
| Sep 2026 | 480 | 2.8% | 5 | 7.1K | 40.8% | 1 |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Shun’s and Smith'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.

- **Shun**: Measured on the search term “kitchen knives shun”.
- **Smith's**: Measured on the search terms “smith s” and “smiths sharpener”, summed into one figure.

- [Shun profile](/demand/global-en/brands/shun-knives)
- [Smith's profile](/demand/global-en/brands/smith-s)
- [All sharpening stone brands worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/sharpening-stone-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, Shun or Smith's?

In September 2026, Smith's had more branded searches than Shun among sharpening stone brands worldwide. Smith's was estimated to have 7.1K branded searches compared to Shun’s 480, and held a 40.8% Share of Search versus Shun’s 2.8%.

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