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title: "W3 Total Cache vs WP Rocket: Which is searched more?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, W3 Total Cache or WP Rocket? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the WordPress performance plugins 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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# W3 Total Cache vs WP Rocket: Which is searched more?

Which is more popular in search, W3 Total Cache or WP Rocket? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the WordPress performance plugins 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**: W3 Total Cache and WP Rocket
- **Competitive set**: WordPress performance plugins
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Sep 2026
- **W3 Total Cache Share of Search**: 3.5%
- **WP Rocket Share of Search**: 72.5%

## Which is more popular in search, W3 Total Cache or WP Rocket?

- In September 2026, WP Rocket had more branded searches than W3 Total Cache among WordPress performance plugins worldwide. WP Rocket was estimated to have 27.1K branded searches compared to W3 Total Cache’s 1.3K, and held a 72.5% Share of Search versus W3 Total Cache’s 3.5%.
- WP Rocket was ahead of W3 Total Cache in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, W3 Total Cache’s estimated Share of Search among WordPress performance plugins worldwide moved from 4.8% to 3.5%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 2.9K to 1.3K.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, WP Rocket’s estimated Share of Search among WordPress performance plugins worldwide moved from 66.9% to 72.5%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 40.5K to 27.1K.

## How did search popularity change for WordPress performance plugins worldwide in September 2026?

- In September 2026, WP Rocket lost estimated Share of Search among WordPress performance plugins worldwide, from 77.1% to 72.5%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for W3 Total Cache worldwide fell 55.2% over 12 measured months, from 2.9K to 1.3K in September 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | W3 Total Cache estimated searches | W3 Total Cache Share of Search | W3 Total Cache rank | WP Rocket estimated searches | WP Rocket Share of Search | WP Rocket rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 2.9K | 4.8% | 4 | 40.5K | 66.9% | 1 |
| Nov 2025 | 3.6K | 5.9% | 4 | 40.5K | 66.2% | 1 |
| Dec 2025 | 2.4K | 4.8% | 4 | 33.1K | 66.3% | 1 |
| Jan 2026 | 2.4K | 4.8% | 4 | 33.1K | 66.3% | 1 |
| Feb 2026 | 2.4K | 4.8% | 4 | 33.1K | 66.3% | 1 |
| Mar 2026 | 2.9K | 5.6% | 4 | 33.1K | 64.1% | 1 |
| Apr 2026 | 1.9K | 3.9% | 4 | 33.1K | 67.7% | 1 |
| May 2026 | 1.6K | 3.9% | 4 | 27.1K | 65.9% | 1 |
| Jun 2026 | 1.6K | 4% | 4 | 27.1K | 68.1% | 1 |
| Jul 2026 | 1.6K | 4.6% | 4 | 22.2K | 64.2% | 1 |
| Aug 2026 | 1.9K | 3.6% | 4 | 40.5K | 77.1% | 1 |
| Sep 2026 | 1.3K | 3.5% | 4 | 27.1K | 72.5% | 1 |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using W3 Total Cache’s and WP Rocket’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.

- **W3 Total Cache**: Measured on the search term “w3 total cache”.
- **WP Rocket**: Measured on the search term “wp rocket”.

- [W3 Total Cache profile](/demand/global-en/brands/w3-total-cache)
- [WP Rocket profile](/demand/global-en/brands/wp-rocket)
- [All WordPress performance plugins worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/wordpress-performance-plugins): 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, W3 Total Cache or WP Rocket?

In September 2026, WP Rocket had more branded searches than W3 Total Cache among WordPress performance plugins worldwide. WP Rocket was estimated to have 27.1K branded searches compared to W3 Total Cache’s 1.3K, and held a 72.5% Share of Search versus W3 Total Cache’s 3.5%.

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