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title: "Drift: search popularity worldwide"
description: "Drift is a chatbot builder used in New Zealand. 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/drift"
publisher: "Brandwave"
---

# Drift: search popularity worldwide

Drift is a chatbot builder used in New Zealand. 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**: Drift
- **Market**: Global
- **Measured month**: Aug 2026
- **Share of Search among live chat software**: 0.76%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Live chat software | 5 | 0.76% | 390 |

- [Live chat software](/demand/global-en/categories/live-chat-software)

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

- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for Drift worldwide fell from 880 to 390.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Drift’s estimated Share of Search among live chat software worldwide held steady, from 1.2% to 0.76%.

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

- In August 2026, Crisp overtook Intercom to rank 2nd among live chat software worldwide, at 20.2%.
- In August 2026, Tidio lost estimated Share of Search among live chat software worldwide, from 65.1% to 57.9%.
- In August 2026, Intercom lost estimated Share of Search among live chat software worldwide, from 13.7% to 11.7%.
- In August 2026, Drift lost estimated Share of Search among live chat software worldwide, from 1.3% to 0.76%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for LiveChat worldwide fell 46.7% over 11 measured months, from 9K to 4.8K in August 2026.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | Live chat software | 880 | 1.2% | 5 |
| Nov 2025 | Live chat software | 590 | 0.8% | 5 |
| Dec 2025 | Live chat software | 590 | 0.98% | 5 |
| Jan 2026 | Live chat software | 590 | 0.85% | 5 |
| Feb 2026 | Live chat software | 590 | 0.9% | 5 |
| Mar 2026 | Live chat software | 880 | 1.1% | 5 |
| Apr 2026 | Live chat software | 480 | 0.68% | 5 |
| May 2026 | Live chat software | 480 | 0.76% | 5 |
| Jun 2026 | Live chat software | 390 | 0.61% | 5 |
| Jul 2026 | Live chat software | 590 | 1.3% | 5 |
| Aug 2026 | Live chat software | 390 | 0.76% | 5 |
| Sep 2026 | Live chat software | — | — | — |

## How is Drift measured?

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Drift’s 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.

- “drift chat”

## Which live chat software compete with Drift?

- [Tidio](/demand/global-en/brands/tidio): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/drift-vs-tidio
- [Crisp](/demand/global-en/brands/crisp): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/crisp-vs-drift
- [Intercom](/demand/global-en/brands/intercom): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/drift-vs-intercom
- [LiveChat](/demand/global-en/brands/livechat): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/drift-vs-livechat

## 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. "Drift: search popularity worldwide". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/brands/drift

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