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title: "Business Wire: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide"
description: "Business Wire is a press-release distribution service that helps marketing teams distribute company announcements to media outlets. 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."
canonical: "https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/brands/business-wire"
publisher: "Brandwave"
---

# Business Wire: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide

Business Wire is a press-release distribution service that helps marketing teams distribute company announcements to media outlets. 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**: Business Wire
- **Market**: Global
- **Measured month**: Aug 2026
- **Share of Search among press release distribution platforms**: 21.2%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Press release distribution platforms | 2 | 21.2% | 12.6K |

- [Press release distribution platforms](/demand/global-en/categories/press-release-distribution-platforms)

## How has branded search demand for Business Wire changed worldwide over the last 12 months?

- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for Business Wire worldwide fell from 18.8K to 12.6K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Business Wire’s estimated Share of Search among press release distribution platforms worldwide decreased from 23.4% to 21.2%.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Business Wire’s estimated Share of Search among press release distribution platforms worldwide peaked at 48.8% in January 2026 and was lowest at 20.5% in July 2026.

## How did search popularity change for press release distribution platforms worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, EIN Presswire gained estimated Share of Search among press release distribution platforms worldwide, from 19.9% to 21.1%.
- In August 2026, GlobeNewswire gained estimated Share of Search among press release distribution platforms worldwide, from 16.3% to 17.1%.
- In August 2026, Business Wire gained estimated Share of Search among press release distribution platforms worldwide, from 20.5% to 21.2%.
- In August 2026, PR Newswire lost estimated Share of Search among press release distribution platforms worldwide, from 42.9% to 40.4%.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | Press release distribution platforms | 18.8K | 23.4% | 2 |
| Nov 2025 | Press release distribution platforms | 23K | 31.8% | 2 |
| Dec 2025 | Press release distribution platforms | 42.3K | 46.9% | 1 |
| Jan 2026 | Press release distribution platforms | 55.7K | 48.8% | 1 |
| Feb 2026 | Press release distribution platforms | 51.9K | 46.2% | 1 |
| Mar 2026 | Press release distribution platforms | 37.5K | 40% | 1 |
| Apr 2026 | Press release distribution platforms | 37.7K | 41.8% | 1 |
| May 2026 | Press release distribution platforms | 21.3K | 29.1% | 2 |
| Jun 2026 | Press release distribution platforms | 30.6K | 36.5% | 1 |
| Jul 2026 | Press release distribution platforms | 12.9K | 20.5% | 2 |
| Aug 2026 | Press release distribution platforms | 12.6K | 21.2% | 2 |
| Sep 2026 | Press release distribution platforms | — | — | — |

## How is Business Wire measured?

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Business Wire’s name. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brand is growing, holding steady, or fading.

- “business wire”
- “business wire newswire”
- “business wire press release”
- “business wire press release distribution”
- “businesswire.com”

## Which press release distribution platforms compete with Business Wire?

- [PR Newswire](/demand/global-en/brands/pr-newswire): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/business-wire-vs-pr-newswire
- [EIN Presswire](/demand/global-en/brands/ein-presswire): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/business-wire-vs-ein-presswire
- [GlobeNewswire](/demand/global-en/brands/globenewswire): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/business-wire-vs-globenewswire
- [Newswire](/demand/global-en/brands/newswire): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/business-wire-vs-newswire

## Methodology

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

## Cite this page

Brandwave. "Business Wire: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/brands/business-wire

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