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title: "Plivo: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide"
description: "Plivo is a communications API. 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/plivo"
publisher: "Brandwave"
---

# Plivo: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide

Plivo is a communications API. 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**: Plivo
- **Market**: Global
- **Measured month**: Aug 2026
- **Share of Search among SMS API platforms**: 3.3%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SMS API platforms | 4 | 3.3% | 27.1K |

- [SMS API platforms](/demand/global-en/categories/sms-api-platforms)

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

- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for Plivo worldwide rose from 22.2K to 27.1K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Plivo’s estimated Share of Search among SMS API platforms worldwide increased from 2.6% to 3.3%.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Plivo rose from 5th to 4th among SMS API platforms worldwide.

## How did search popularity change for SMS API platforms worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Plivo gained estimated Share of Search among SMS API platforms worldwide, from 2.7% to 3.3%.
- MessageBird’s estimated Share of Search among SMS API platforms worldwide has lost ground for 3 months in a row, from 2.2% to 1.5% in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Vonage worldwide fell 17.9% over 11 measured months, from 92.6K to 76.1K in August 2026.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | SMS API platforms | 22.2K | 2.6% | 5 |
| Nov 2025 | SMS API platforms | 22.2K | 3.1% | 5 |
| Dec 2025 | SMS API platforms | 18.1K | 3% | 5 |
| Jan 2026 | SMS API platforms | 22.2K | 3% | 5 |
| Feb 2026 | SMS API platforms | 22.2K | 3.1% | 5 |
| Mar 2026 | SMS API platforms | 22.2K | 2.6% | 5 |
| Apr 2026 | SMS API platforms | 27.1K | 3.2% | 4 |
| May 2026 | SMS API platforms | 22.2K | 2.7% | 4 |
| Jun 2026 | SMS API platforms | 22.2K | 2.7% | 4 |
| Jul 2026 | SMS API platforms | 22.2K | 2.7% | 4 |
| Aug 2026 | SMS API platforms | 27.1K | 3.3% | 4 |
| Sep 2026 | SMS API platforms | — | — | — |

## How is Plivo measured?

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

- “plivo”

## Which SMS API platforms compete with Plivo?

- [Twilio](/demand/global-en/brands/twilio): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/plivo-vs-twilio
- [Vonage](/demand/global-en/brands/vonage): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/plivo-vs-vonage
- [Sinch](/demand/global-en/brands/sinch): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/plivo-vs-sinch
- [MessageBird](/demand/global-en/brands/messagebird): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/messagebird-vs-plivo

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

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