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title: "Prolific: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide"
description: "Prolific is a research participant platform. 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/prolific"
publisher: "Brandwave"
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# Prolific: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide

Prolific is a research participant platform. 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**: Prolific
- **Market**: Global
- **Measured month**: Aug 2026
- **Share of Search among panel research platforms**: 0.18%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Panel research platforms | 5 | 0.18% | 590 |

- [Panel research platforms](/demand/global-en/categories/panel-research-platforms)

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

- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for Prolific worldwide held steady at 590.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Prolific’s estimated Share of Search among panel research platforms worldwide held steady, from 0.11% to 0.18%.

## How did search popularity change for panel research platforms worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Qualtrics gained estimated Share of Search among panel research platforms worldwide, from 68.9% to 76%.
- In August 2026, Amazon Mechanical Turk lost estimated Share of Search among panel research platforms worldwide, from 25.2% to 18.6%.
- In August 2026, UserTesting lost estimated Share of Search among panel research platforms worldwide, from 5.3% to 4.7%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Respondent worldwide fell 44.8% over 11 measured months, from 2.9K to 1.6K in August 2026.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | Panel research platforms | 590 | 0.11% | 5 |
| Nov 2025 | Panel research platforms | 590 | 0.11% | 5 |
| Dec 2025 | Panel research platforms | 590 | 0.15% | 5 |
| Jan 2026 | Panel research platforms | 480 | 0.1% | 5 |
| Feb 2026 | Panel research platforms | 590 | 0.13% | 5 |
| Mar 2026 | Panel research platforms | 720 | 0.13% | 5 |
| Apr 2026 | Panel research platforms | 590 | 0.11% | 5 |
| May 2026 | Panel research platforms | 720 | 0.17% | 4 |
| Jun 2026 | Panel research platforms | 590 | 0.16% | 5 |
| Jul 2026 | Panel research platforms | 590 | 0.16% | 5 |
| Aug 2026 | Panel research platforms | 590 | 0.18% | 5 |
| Sep 2026 | Panel research platforms | — | — | — |

## How is Prolific measured?

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

- “prolific research”

## Which panel research platforms compete with Prolific?

- [Qualtrics](/demand/global-en/brands/qualtrics): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/prolific-vs-qualtrics
- [Amazon Mechanical Turk](/demand/global-en/brands/mturk): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/mturk-vs-prolific
- [UserTesting](/demand/global-en/brands/usertesting): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/prolific-vs-usertesting
- [Respondent](/demand/global-en/brands/respondent): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/prolific-vs-respondent

## Methodology

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

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