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title: "PicMonkey: search popularity worldwide"
description: "PicMonkey is an online photo editor and graphic design tool with templates. 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/picmonkey"
publisher: "Brandwave"
---

# PicMonkey: search popularity worldwide

PicMonkey is an online photo editor and graphic design tool with templates. 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**: PicMonkey
- **Market**: Global
- **Measured month**: Sep 2026
- **Share of Search among social media template platforms**: 0.03%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Social media template platforms | 6 | 0.03% | 60.5K |

- [Social media template platforms](/demand/global-en/categories/social-media-template-platforms)

## Top social media template platforms in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews

In three ChatGPT questions and two Google AI Overviews, PicMonkey did not appear in any of the five answers.

Brands get a higher AI rank if they are mentioned earlier in the answers that list options.

| Brand | AI rank | ChatGPT answers that named it | Google AI Overviews that named it | All answers that named it |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Canva | 1st | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 |
| Adobe Express | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 |
| VistaCreate | 3rd | 2 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 2 of 5 |
| Envato Elements | 4th | 2 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 3 of 5 |
| Kittl | 5th | 1 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 1 of 5 |
| Placeit | 6th | 1 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 1 of 5 |
| Visme | 7th | 1 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 1 of 5 |
| PicMonkey | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Creatopy | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |

## Every AI answer about social media template platforms

- Asked ChatGPT "Which social media template platform should I use?": 1. Canva, 2. Adobe Express
- Asked ChatGPT "What are the best social media template platforms?": 1. Canva, 2. Adobe Express, 3. VistaCreate, 4. Envato Elements, 5. Placeit, 6. Visme
- Asked ChatGPT "What's the best social media template platform for post graphics?": 1. Canva, 2. Adobe Express, 3. VistaCreate, 4. Kittl, 5. Envato Elements
- Searched Google, AI Overview "social media templates": 1. Canva, 2. Adobe Express, 3. Envato Elements
- Searched Google, AI Overview "instagram post templates": 1. Canva, 2. Adobe Express

Not named in any answer: PicMonkey and Creatopy.

Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in the United States on October 19, 2026.

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

- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for PicMonkey worldwide fell from 90.5K to 60.5K.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, PicMonkey rose from 8th to 6th among social media template platforms worldwide.

## How did search popularity change for social media template platforms worldwide in September 2026?

- In September 2026, Visme rose from 7th to 5th among social media template platforms worldwide.
- In September 2026, PicMonkey fell from 5th to 6th among social media template platforms worldwide.
- In September 2026, VistaCreate fell from 6th to 7th among social media template platforms worldwide.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Creatopy worldwide fell 70.3% over 12 measured months, from 14.8K to 4.4K in September 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Placeit worldwide fell 63.2% over 12 measured months, from 110K to 40.5K in September 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Kittl worldwide fell 53.8% over 12 measured months, from 409K to 189K in September 2026.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | Social media template platforms | 90.5K | 0.04% | 8 |
| Nov 2025 | Social media template platforms | 90.5K | 0.05% | 8 |
| Dec 2025 | Social media template platforms | 90.5K | 0.06% | 6 |
| Jan 2026 | Social media template platforms | 90.5K | 0.05% | 7 |
| Feb 2026 | Social media template platforms | 74K | 0.04% | 7 |
| Mar 2026 | Social media template platforms | 550K | 0.29% | 3 |
| Apr 2026 | Social media template platforms | 110K | 0.06% | 5 |
| May 2026 | Social media template platforms | 74K | 0.04% | 5 |
| Jun 2026 | Social media template platforms | 74K | 0.05% | 5 |
| Jul 2026 | Social media template platforms | 90.5K | 0.07% | 5 |
| Aug 2026 | Social media template platforms | 74K | 0.05% | 5 |
| Sep 2026 | Social media template platforms | 60.5K | 0.03% | 6 |

## How are PicMonkey’s branded searches counted?

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

- “picmonkey”

## Which social media template platforms compete with PicMonkey?

- [Canva](/demand/global-en/brands/canva)
- [Adobe Express](/demand/global-en/brands/adobe-express)
- [Envato Elements](/demand/global-en/brands/envato-elements): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/envato-elements-vs-picmonkey
- [Kittl](/demand/global-en/brands/kittl): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/kittl-vs-picmonkey
- [Visme](/demand/global-en/brands/visme): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/picmonkey-vs-visme
- [VistaCreate](/demand/global-en/brands/vistacreate): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/picmonkey-vs-vistacreate
- [Placeit](/demand/global-en/brands/placeit): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/picmonkey-vs-placeit
- [Creatopy](/demand/global-en/brands/creatopy)

## Methodology

- [How is the Brand Demand Index measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused.

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