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title: "PDF-XChange: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide"
description: "PDF-XChange provides tools and services to edit and work with PDF documents. 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."
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publisher: "Brandwave"
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# PDF-XChange: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide

PDF-XChange provides tools and services to edit and work with PDF documents. 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**: PDF-XChange
- **Market**: Global
- **Measured month**: Aug 2026
- **Share of Search among PDF editing platforms**: 9.3%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PDF editing platforms | 3 | 9.3% | 226K |

- [PDF editing platforms](/demand/global-en/categories/pdf-editing-platforms)

## How has branded search demand for PDF-XChange changed worldwide over the last 12 months?

- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for PDF-XChange worldwide fell from 300K to 226K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, PDF-XChange’s estimated Share of Search among PDF editing platforms worldwide decreased from 9.9% to 9.3%.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, PDF-XChange’s estimated Share of Search among PDF editing platforms worldwide peaked at 10.2% in March 2026 and was lowest at 8.1% in June 2026.

## How did search popularity change for PDF editing platforms worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Foxit gained estimated Share of Search among PDF editing platforms worldwide, from 17.3% to 18.2%.
- In August 2026, Smallpdf lost estimated Share of Search among PDF editing platforms worldwide, from 64.5% to 63.7%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for pdfFiller worldwide fell 37.1% over 11 measured months, from 148K to 93K in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for PDF-XChange worldwide fell 24.8% over 11 measured months, from 300K to 226K in August 2026.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | PDF editing platforms | 300K | 9.9% | 3 |
| Nov 2025 | PDF editing platforms | 270K | 9.3% | 3 |
| Dec 2025 | PDF editing platforms | 245K | 8.6% | 3 |
| Jan 2026 | PDF editing platforms | 300K | 10.1% | 3 |
| Feb 2026 | PDF editing platforms | 245K | 8.4% | 3 |
| Mar 2026 | PDF editing platforms | 300K | 10.2% | 3 |
| Apr 2026 | PDF editing platforms | 275K | 9.6% | 3 |
| May 2026 | PDF editing platforms | 246K | 8.8% | 3 |
| Jun 2026 | PDF editing platforms | 246K | 8.1% | 3 |
| Jul 2026 | PDF editing platforms | 245K | 9.4% | 3 |
| Aug 2026 | PDF editing platforms | 226K | 9.3% | 3 |
| Sep 2026 | PDF editing platforms | — | — | — |

## How is PDF-XChange measured?

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using PDF-XChange’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.

- “pdf editor pdf-xchange”
- “pdf xchange”
- “pdf xchange editor”
- “pdf-xchange”
- “pdf-xchange app”
- “pdf-xchange com”
- “pdf-xchange pdf editor”
- “pdf-xchange software”

## Which PDF editing platforms compete with PDF-XChange?

- [Smallpdf](/demand/global-en/brands/smallpdf): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/pdf-xchange-vs-smallpdf
- [Foxit](/demand/global-en/brands/foxit): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/foxit-vs-pdf-xchange
- [Nitro](/demand/global-en/brands/nitro-pdf): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/nitro-pdf-vs-pdf-xchange
- [pdfFiller](/demand/global-en/brands/pdffiller): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/pdf-xchange-vs-pdffiller

## 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. "PDF-XChange: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/brands/pdf-xchange

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