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title: "Dropbox: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide"
description: "Dropbox provides tools and services to store and share files across business teams. 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/dropbox"
publisher: "Brandwave"
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# Dropbox: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide

Dropbox provides tools and services to store and share files across business teams. 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**: Dropbox
- **Owned by**: Dropbox
- **Market**: Global
- **Measured month**: Aug 2026
- **Share of Search among cloud file collaboration platforms**: 96.6%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cloud file collaboration platforms | 1 | 96.6% | 4.1M |

- [Cloud file collaboration platforms](/demand/global-en/categories/cloud-file-collaboration-platforms)

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

- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for Dropbox worldwide fell from 5.1M to 4.1M.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Dropbox’s estimated Share of Search among cloud file collaboration platforms worldwide held steady, from 96.3% to 96.6%.

## How did search popularity change for cloud file collaboration platforms worldwide in August 2026?

- Estimated monthly branded searches for ShareFile worldwide fell 32.1% over 11 measured months, from 112K to 76.1K in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Sync.com worldwide fell 18.5% over 11 measured months, from 6.4K to 5.2K in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Dropbox worldwide fell 18.1% over 11 measured months, from 5.1M to 4.1M in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Egnyte worldwide fell 18% over 11 measured months, from 50.5K to 41.4K in August 2026.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | Cloud file collaboration platforms | 5.1M | 96.3% | 1 |
| Nov 2025 | Cloud file collaboration platforms | 5M | 97.1% | 1 |
| Dec 2025 | Cloud file collaboration platforms | 5M | 97.1% | 1 |
| Jan 2026 | Cloud file collaboration platforms | 5.1M | 96.7% | 1 |
| Feb 2026 | Cloud file collaboration platforms | 5M | 96.8% | 1 |
| Mar 2026 | Cloud file collaboration platforms | 5.1M | 96.3% | 1 |
| Apr 2026 | Cloud file collaboration platforms | 5M | 96.8% | 1 |
| May 2026 | Cloud file collaboration platforms | 5M | 97.2% | 1 |
| Jun 2026 | Cloud file collaboration platforms | 5M | 96.9% | 1 |
| Jul 2026 | Cloud file collaboration platforms | 4.1M | 96.2% | 1 |
| Aug 2026 | Cloud file collaboration platforms | 4.1M | 96.6% | 1 |
| Sep 2026 | Cloud file collaboration platforms | — | — | — |

## How is Dropbox measured?

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

- “dropbox”
- “dropbox app”
- “dropbox com”
- “dropbox file sharing”
- “dropbox software”

## Which cloud file collaboration platforms compete with Dropbox?

- [ShareFile](/demand/global-en/brands/sharefile): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/dropbox-vs-sharefile
- [Egnyte](/demand/global-en/brands/egnyte): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/dropbox-vs-egnyte
- [Box](/demand/global-en/brands/box): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/box-vs-dropbox
- [Sync.com](/demand/global-en/brands/sync-com): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/dropbox-vs-sync-com

## Who owns Dropbox?

Dropbox is owned by Dropbox. Brandwave also tracks Dropbox Sign, owned by the same company, worldwide.

- [Dropbox](/demand/global-en/companies/dropbox): Owns 2 tracked 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

### Who owns Dropbox?

Dropbox is owned by Dropbox. Brandwave also tracks Dropbox Sign, owned by the same company, worldwide.

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