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34% -- top 100 newcomer share for G2 Best Global Software Companies Top 100 (2026)
Newcomers accounted for 34% (34 out of 100) of the companies in G2's 2026 Best Global Software Companies Top 100 list.
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34%
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Data Vintage
2026
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100
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20
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30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
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G2
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https://company.g2.com/news/g2s-2026-best-software-awards ↗
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G2’s 2026 Best Software Awards: The Most Trusted Solutions for the Age of AI
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February 18, 2026
Table of Contents
Every day, buyers across the globe look to G2 for an answer to the same question: What software can I actually trust?
In the age of AI, that question is harder than ever. Discovery is faster, software choices a…
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G2 Best Global Software Companies Top 100: 34% top 100 newcomer share. Source: G2 (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/g2-2026-top100-newcomers
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/g2-2026-top100-newcomers" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>34%</strong> -- top 100 newcomer share for G2 Best Global Software Companies Top 100<br><small>Source: G2 (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/g2-2026-top100-newcomers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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