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title: "Shortwave: search popularity worldwide"
description: "Shortwave is an AI email client. 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/shortwave"
publisher: "Brandwave"
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# Shortwave: search popularity worldwide

Shortwave is an AI email client. 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**: Shortwave
- **Market**: Global
- **Measured month**: Aug 2026
- **Share of Search among AI email assistants**: 10.6%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| AI email assistants | 2 | 10.6% | 14.8K |

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

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

- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for Shortwave worldwide rose from 12.1K to 14.8K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Shortwave’s estimated Share of Search among AI email assistants worldwide peaked at 13.1% in July 2026 and was lowest at 9% in November 2025.

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

- In August 2026, Mailbutler gained estimated Share of Search among AI email assistants worldwide, from 2.1% to 4.7%.
- In August 2026, SaneBox gained estimated Share of Search among AI email assistants worldwide, from 4.8% to 5.8%.
- In August 2026, Shortwave lost estimated Share of Search among AI email assistants worldwide, from 13.1% to 10.6%.
- In August 2026, Superhuman lost estimated Share of Search among AI email assistants worldwide, from 80.1% to 78.9%.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | AI email assistants | 12.1K | 10.6% | 2 |
| Nov 2025 | AI email assistants | 12.1K | 9% | 2 |
| Dec 2025 | AI email assistants | 12.1K | 10.7% | 2 |
| Jan 2026 | AI email assistants | 14.8K | 10.8% | 2 |
| Feb 2026 | AI email assistants | 12.1K | 10.8% | 2 |
| Mar 2026 | AI email assistants | 14.8K | 11% | 2 |
| Apr 2026 | AI email assistants | 14.8K | 12.9% | 2 |
| May 2026 | AI email assistants | 12.1K | 13% | 2 |
| Jun 2026 | AI email assistants | 12.1K | 10.3% | 2 |
| Jul 2026 | AI email assistants | 12.1K | 13.1% | 2 |
| Aug 2026 | AI email assistants | 14.8K | 10.6% | 2 |
| Sep 2026 | AI email assistants | — | — | — |

## How is Shortwave measured?

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

- “shortwave”

## Which AI email assistants compete with Shortwave?

- [Superhuman](/demand/global-en/brands/superhuman): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/shortwave-vs-superhuman
- [SaneBox](/demand/global-en/brands/sanebox): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/sanebox-vs-shortwave
- [Mailbutler](/demand/global-en/brands/mailbutler): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/mailbutler-vs-shortwave

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

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