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title: "Semantic Scholar: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide"
description: "Semantic Scholar is a research search engine. 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/semantic-scholar"
publisher: "Brandwave"
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# Semantic Scholar: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide

Semantic Scholar is a research search engine. 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**: Semantic Scholar
- **Market**: Global
- **Measured month**: Aug 2026
- **Share of Search among AI research assistants**: 1.7%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| AI research assistants | 4 | 1.7% | 201K |

- [AI research assistants](/demand/global-en/categories/ai-research-assistants)

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

- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for Semantic Scholar worldwide fell from 301K to 201K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Semantic Scholar’s estimated Share of Search among AI research assistants worldwide increased from 0.77% to 1.7%.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Semantic Scholar’s estimated Share of Search among AI research assistants worldwide peaked at 1.8% in March 2026 and was lowest at 0.77% in October 2025.

## How did search popularity change for AI research assistants worldwide in August 2026?

- Perplexity’s estimated Share of Search among AI research assistants worldwide has lost ground for 3 months in a row, from 93% to 92% in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Consensus worldwide rose 22.3% over 11 measured months, from 301K to 368K in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Scite worldwide fell 45.3% over 11 measured months, from 60.5K to 33.1K in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Semantic Scholar worldwide fell 33.2% over 11 measured months, from 301K to 201K in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Elicit worldwide fell 33.1% over 11 measured months, from 550K to 368K in August 2026.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | AI research assistants | 301K | 0.77% | 4 |
| Nov 2025 | AI research assistants | 246K | 0.8% | 4 |
| Dec 2025 | AI research assistants | 201K | 0.92% | 4 |
| Jan 2026 | AI research assistants | 201K | 1% | 4 |
| Feb 2026 | AI research assistants | 246K | 1.3% | 4 |
| Mar 2026 | AI research assistants | 368K | 1.8% | 4 |
| Apr 2026 | AI research assistants | 301K | 1.5% | 4 |
| May 2026 | AI research assistants | 246K | 1.5% | 4 |
| Jun 2026 | AI research assistants | 165K | 1.2% | 4 |
| Jul 2026 | AI research assistants | 201K | 1.7% | 4 |
| Aug 2026 | AI research assistants | 201K | 1.7% | 4 |
| Sep 2026 | AI research assistants | — | — | — |

## How is Semantic Scholar measured?

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

- “semantic scholar”

## Which AI research assistants compete with Semantic Scholar?

- [Perplexity](/demand/global-en/brands/perplexity): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/perplexity-vs-semantic-scholar
- [Consensus](/demand/global-en/brands/consensus): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/consensus-vs-semantic-scholar
- [Elicit](/demand/global-en/brands/elicit): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/elicit-vs-semantic-scholar
- [Scite](/demand/global-en/brands/scite): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/scite-vs-semantic-scholar

## 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. "Semantic Scholar: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/brands/semantic-scholar

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