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title: "Penzu: search popularity worldwide"
description: "Penzu is an online journal. 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/penzu"
publisher: "Brandwave"
---

# Penzu: search popularity worldwide

Penzu is an online journal. 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**: Penzu
- **Market**: Global
- **Measured month**: Aug 2026
- **Share of Search among journaling apps**: 15.1%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Journaling apps | 2 | 15.1% | 33.1K |

- [Journaling apps](/demand/global-en/categories/journaling-apps)

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

- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for Penzu worldwide held steady at 33.1K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Penzu’s estimated Share of Search among journaling apps worldwide decreased from 20% to 15.1%.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Penzu’s estimated Share of Search among journaling apps worldwide peaked at 20.5% in February 2026 and was lowest at 7.9% in May 2026.

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

- In August 2026, Day One gained estimated Share of Search among journaling apps worldwide, from 77.2% to 78.2%.
- In August 2026, Diarium lost estimated Share of Search among journaling apps worldwide, from 4.4% to 3.7%.
- In August 2026, Reflectly lost estimated Share of Search among journaling apps worldwide, from 3.6% to 3%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Journey worldwide fell 50% over 11 measured months, from 120 to 60 in August 2026.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | Journaling apps | 33.1K | 20% | 2 |
| Nov 2025 | Journaling apps | 40.5K | 17.9% | 2 |
| Dec 2025 | Journaling apps | 33.1K | 17.3% | 2 |
| Jan 2026 | Journaling apps | 40.5K | 20% | 2 |
| Feb 2026 | Journaling apps | 33.1K | 20.5% | 2 |
| Mar 2026 | Journaling apps | 33.1K | 15% | 2 |
| Apr 2026 | Journaling apps | 33.1K | 17.3% | 2 |
| May 2026 | Journaling apps | 33.1K | 7.9% | 2 |
| Jun 2026 | Journaling apps | 33.1K | 14.9% | 2 |
| Jul 2026 | Journaling apps | 27.1K | 14.8% | 2 |
| Aug 2026 | Journaling apps | 33.1K | 15.1% | 2 |
| Sep 2026 | Journaling apps | — | — | — |

## How is Penzu measured?

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

- “penzu”

## Which journaling apps compete with Penzu?

- [Day One](/demand/global-en/brands/day-one): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/day-one-vs-penzu
- [Diarium](/demand/global-en/brands/diarium): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/diarium-vs-penzu
- [Reflectly](/demand/global-en/brands/reflectly): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/penzu-vs-reflectly
- [Journey](/demand/global-en/brands/journey): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/journey-vs-penzu

## 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. "Penzu: search popularity worldwide". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/brands/penzu

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