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title: "Penpot: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide"
description: "Penpot is an open source design tool. 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/penpot"
publisher: "Brandwave"
---

# Penpot: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide

Penpot is an open source design tool. 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**: Penpot
- **Market**: Global
- **Measured month**: Aug 2026
- **Share of Search among UI design tools**: 1.9%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UI design tools | 3 | 1.9% | 90.5K |

- [UI design tools](/demand/global-en/categories/ui-design-tools)

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

- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for Penpot worldwide rose from 74K to 90.5K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Penpot’s estimated Share of Search among UI design tools worldwide increased from 1.1% to 1.9%.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Penpot rose from 4th to 3rd among UI design tools worldwide.

## How did search popularity change for UI design tools worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Figma lost estimated Share of Search among UI design tools worldwide, from 85.6% to 84.6%.
- Penpot’s estimated Share of Search among UI design tools worldwide has gained ground for 3 months in a row, from 1.1% to 1.9% in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Adobe XD worldwide fell 45.3% over 11 measured months, from 90.5K to 49.5K in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Sketch worldwide fell 18.1% over 11 measured months, from 33.1K to 27.1K in August 2026.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | UI design tools | 74K | 1.1% | 4 |
| Nov 2025 | UI design tools | 74K | 1.1% | 4 |
| Dec 2025 | UI design tools | 60.5K | 1.1% | 4 |
| Jan 2026 | UI design tools | 60.5K | 1.1% | 4 |
| Feb 2026 | UI design tools | 60.5K | 1.1% | 3 |
| Mar 2026 | UI design tools | 74K | 1.1% | 3 |
| Apr 2026 | UI design tools | 74K | 1.1% | 3 |
| May 2026 | UI design tools | 74K | 1.1% | 3 |
| Jun 2026 | UI design tools | 74K | 1.3% | 3 |
| Jul 2026 | UI design tools | 90.5K | 1.5% | 3 |
| Aug 2026 | UI design tools | 90.5K | 1.9% | 3 |
| Sep 2026 | UI design tools | — | — | — |

## How is Penpot measured?

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

- “penpot”

## Which UI design tools compete with Penpot?

- [Figma](/demand/global-en/brands/figma): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/figma-vs-penpot
- [Framer](/demand/global-en/brands/framer): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/framer-vs-penpot
- [Adobe XD](/demand/global-en/brands/adobe-xd): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/adobe-xd-vs-penpot
- [Sketch](/demand/global-en/brands/sketch): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/penpot-vs-sketch

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

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