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title: "Adobe After Effects: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide"
description: "Adobe After Effects is motion graphics software. 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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# Adobe After Effects: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide

Adobe After Effects is motion graphics software. 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

- **Brand**: Adobe After Effects
- **Market**: Global
- **Measured month**: Aug 2026
- **Share of Search among animation software**: 20.8%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Animation software | 2 | 20.8% | 110K |

- [Animation software](/demand/global-en/categories/animation-software)

## How has branded search demand for Adobe After Effects changed worldwide over the last 12 months?

- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for Adobe After Effects worldwide fell from 165K to 110K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Adobe After Effects’ estimated Share of Search among animation software worldwide peaked at 21% in April 2026 and was lowest at 18% in November 2025.

## How did search popularity change for animation software worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Adobe After Effects overtook Vyond to rank 2nd among animation software worldwide, at 20.8%.
- In August 2026, Animaker overtook Vyond to rank 3rd among animation software worldwide, at 20.8%.
- In August 2026, Toon Boom gained estimated Share of Search among animation software worldwide, from 5% to 6.3%.
- In August 2026, Blender gained estimated Share of Search among animation software worldwide, from 30.2% to 31.2%.
- In August 2026, Vyond lost estimated Share of Search among animation software worldwide, from 24.7% to 20.8%.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | Animation software | 165K | 20.5% | 2 |
| Nov 2025 | Animation software | 135K | 18% | 3 |
| Dec 2025 | Animation software | 135K | 19.6% | 3 |
| Jan 2026 | Animation software | 135K | 19.6% | 3 |
| Feb 2026 | Animation software | 135K | 20.1% | 3 |
| Mar 2026 | Animation software | 135K | 20% | 3 |
| Apr 2026 | Animation software | 135K | 21% | 3 |
| May 2026 | Animation software | 110K | 18.9% | 3 |
| Jun 2026 | Animation software | 110K | 20.1% | 4 |
| Jul 2026 | Animation software | 110K | 20.1% | 3 |
| Aug 2026 | Animation software | 110K | 20.8% | 2 |
| Sep 2026 | Animation software | — | — | — |

## How is Adobe After Effects measured?

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Adobe After Effects’ name. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for this branded term can be used to understand whether interest in the brand is growing, holding steady, or fading.

- “adobe after effects”

## Which animation software compete with Adobe After Effects?

- [Blender](/demand/global-en/brands/blender): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/adobe-after-effects-vs-blender
- [Animaker](/demand/global-en/brands/animaker): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/adobe-after-effects-vs-animaker
- [Vyond](/demand/global-en/brands/vyond): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/adobe-after-effects-vs-vyond
- [Toon Boom](/demand/global-en/brands/toon-boom): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/adobe-after-effects-vs-toon-boom

## Methodology

- [How is branded search demand measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused.

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