---
title: "OneNote: search popularity worldwide"
description: "OneNote is a note-taking app 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/onenote"
publisher: "Brandwave"
---

# OneNote: search popularity worldwide

OneNote is a note-taking app 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**: OneNote
- **Owned by**: Microsoft
- **Market**: Global
- **Measured month**: Aug 2026
- **Share of Search among note taking apps**: 61.5%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Note taking apps | 1 | 61.5% | 1.2M |

- [Note taking apps](/demand/global-en/categories/note-taking-apps)

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

- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for OneNote worldwide fell from 1.8M to 1.2M.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, OneNote’s estimated Share of Search among note taking apps worldwide decreased from 66.7% to 61.5%.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, OneNote’s estimated Share of Search among note taking apps worldwide peaked at 66.7% in October 2025 and was lowest at 57.7% in December 2025.

## How did search popularity change for note taking apps worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, OneNote gained estimated Share of Search among note taking apps worldwide, from 58.9% to 61.5%.
- In August 2026, Obsidian gained estimated Share of Search among note taking apps worldwide, from 3.6% to 4.6%.
- In August 2026, Evernote lost estimated Share of Search among note taking apps worldwide, from 14.5% to 12.4%.
- In August 2026, Notion lost estimated Share of Search among note taking apps worldwide, from 23.1% to 21.6%.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | Note taking apps | 1.8M | 66.7% | 1 |
| Nov 2025 | Note taking apps | 1.5M | 64.2% | 1 |
| Dec 2025 | Note taking apps | 1M | 57.7% | 1 |
| Jan 2026 | Note taking apps | 1.5M | 61.1% | 1 |
| Feb 2026 | Note taking apps | 1.5M | 64.8% | 1 |
| Mar 2026 | Note taking apps | 1.5M | 62.8% | 1 |
| Apr 2026 | Note taking apps | 1.5M | 63.3% | 1 |
| May 2026 | Note taking apps | 1.2M | 60.3% | 1 |
| Jun 2026 | Note taking apps | 1.2M | 62.3% | 1 |
| Jul 2026 | Note taking apps | 1M | 58.9% | 1 |
| Aug 2026 | Note taking apps | 1.2M | 61.5% | 1 |
| Sep 2026 | Note taking apps | — | — | — |

## How is OneNote measured?

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

- “onenote”

## Which note taking apps compete with OneNote?

- [Notion](/demand/global-en/brands/notion): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/notion-vs-onenote
- [Evernote](/demand/global-en/brands/evernote): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/evernote-vs-onenote
- [Obsidian](/demand/global-en/brands/obsidian): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/obsidian-vs-onenote

## Who owns OneNote?

OneNote is owned by Microsoft. Brandwave also tracks Microsoft Copilot, GitHub Actions, GitHub Copilot, LinkedIn, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Clarity, Microsoft Designer, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, Microsoft Entra, Microsoft Forms, Microsoft Power BI, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Surface, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Translator, Microsoft Visio, OneDrive, Outlook, Power Automate, Power BI, SharePoint and Xbox, owned by the same company, worldwide.

- [Microsoft](/demand/global-en/companies/microsoft): Owns 35 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 OneNote?

OneNote is owned by Microsoft. Brandwave also tracks Microsoft Copilot, GitHub Actions, GitHub Copilot, LinkedIn, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Clarity, Microsoft Designer, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, Microsoft Entra, Microsoft Forms, Microsoft Power BI, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Surface, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Translator, Microsoft Visio, OneDrive, Outlook, Power Automate, Power BI, SharePoint and Xbox, owned by the same company, worldwide.

## Cite this page

Brandwave. "OneNote: search popularity worldwide". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/brands/onenote

This page is also available as HTML at https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/brands/onenote. Brandwave publishes an index of its Markdown pages at https://gobrandwave.com/llms.txt.