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title: "HelloTalk: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide"
description: "HelloTalk is a language exchange app. 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/hellotalk"
publisher: "Brandwave"
---

# HelloTalk: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide

HelloTalk is a language exchange app. 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**: HelloTalk
- **Market**: Global
- **Measured month**: Aug 2026
- **Share of Search among language exchange platforms**: 48.2%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Language exchange platforms | 1 | 48.2% | 301K |

- [Language exchange platforms](/demand/global-en/categories/language-exchange-platforms)

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

- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for HelloTalk worldwide rose from 246K to 301K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, HelloTalk’s estimated Share of Search among language exchange platforms worldwide increased from 40.7% to 48.2%.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, HelloTalk’s estimated Share of Search among language exchange platforms worldwide peaked at 48.2% in August 2026 and was lowest at 40% in July 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, HelloTalk rose from 2nd to 1st among language exchange platforms worldwide.

## How did search popularity change for language exchange platforms worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, HelloTalk gained estimated Share of Search among language exchange platforms worldwide, from 40% to 48.2%.
- In August 2026, Tandem lost estimated Share of Search among language exchange platforms worldwide, from 12% to 4.3%.
- In August 2026, Speaky lost estimated Share of Search among language exchange platforms worldwide, from 3.6% to 2.9%.
- In August 2026, ConversationExchange rose from 4th to 3rd among language exchange platforms worldwide.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Busuu worldwide fell 13.4% over 11 measured months, from 264K to 229K in August 2026.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | Language exchange platforms | 246K | 40.7% | 2 |
| Nov 2025 | Language exchange platforms | 246K | 40.8% | 2 |
| Dec 2025 | Language exchange platforms | 301K | 46.3% | 1 |
| Jan 2026 | Language exchange platforms | 301K | 45.6% | 1 |
| Feb 2026 | Language exchange platforms | 246K | 44.5% | 1 |
| Mar 2026 | Language exchange platforms | 301K | 44% | 1 |
| Apr 2026 | Language exchange platforms | 246K | 44.7% | 1 |
| May 2026 | Language exchange platforms | 246K | 44.4% | 1 |
| Jun 2026 | Language exchange platforms | 301K | 47.3% | 1 |
| Jul 2026 | Language exchange platforms | 246K | 40% | 1 |
| Aug 2026 | Language exchange platforms | 301K | 48.2% | 1 |
| Sep 2026 | Language exchange platforms | — | — | — |

## How is HelloTalk measured?

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

- “hellotalk”

## Which language exchange platforms compete with HelloTalk?

- [Busuu](/demand/global-en/brands/busuu): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/busuu-vs-hellotalk
- [ConversationExchange](/demand/global-en/brands/conversationexchange): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/conversationexchange-vs-hellotalk
- [Tandem](/demand/global-en/brands/tandem): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/hellotalk-vs-tandem
- [Speaky](/demand/global-en/brands/speaky): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/hellotalk-vs-speaky

## 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. "HelloTalk: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/brands/hellotalk

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