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title: "Mimecast vs Proofpoint: Which is more popular by branded search?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Mimecast or Proofpoint? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Email archiving platforms set worldwide. 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."
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# Mimecast vs Proofpoint: Which is more popular by branded search?

Which is more popular in search, Mimecast or Proofpoint? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Email archiving platforms set worldwide. 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

- **Compared**: Mimecast and Proofpoint
- **Competitive set**: Email archiving platforms
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Mimecast Share of Search**: 48.1%
- **Proofpoint Share of Search**: 32.4%

## Which is more popular in search, Mimecast or Proofpoint?

- In August 2026, Mimecast had more branded searches than Proofpoint among email archiving platforms worldwide. Mimecast was estimated to have 90.5K branded searches compared to Proofpoint’s 61K, and held a 48.1% Share of Search versus Proofpoint’s 32.4%.
- Mimecast was ahead of Proofpoint in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Mimecast’s estimated Share of Search among email archiving platforms worldwide moved from 50.9% to 48.1%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 110K to 90.5K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Proofpoint’s estimated Share of Search among email archiving platforms worldwide moved from 28.3% to 32.4%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 61.1K to 61K.

## How did search popularity change for email archiving platforms worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Proofpoint gained estimated Share of Search among email archiving platforms worldwide, from 27.4% to 32.4%.
- In August 2026, Mimecast lost estimated Share of Search among email archiving platforms worldwide, from 49.3% to 48.1%.

## Month by month

| Month | Mimecast estimated searches | Mimecast Share of Search | Mimecast rank | Proofpoint estimated searches | Proofpoint Share of Search | Proofpoint rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 110K | 50.9% | 1 | 61.1K | 28.3% | 2 |
| Nov 2025 | 90.5K | 48.1% | 1 | 61K | 32.4% | 2 |
| Dec 2025 | 90.5K | 51% | 1 | 50K | 28.2% | 2 |
| Jan 2026 | 110K | 51.4% | 1 | 61.1K | 28.6% | 2 |
| Feb 2026 | 90.5K | 48% | 1 | 61.2K | 32.5% | 2 |
| Mar 2026 | 110K | 47.9% | 1 | 74.7K | 32.5% | 2 |
| Apr 2026 | 90.5K | 46.6% | 1 | 61.1K | 31.4% | 2 |
| May 2026 | 90.5K | 47.4% | 1 | 61K | 31.9% | 2 |
| Jun 2026 | 110K | 50.9% | 1 | 61.3K | 28.3% | 2 |
| Jul 2026 | 90.5K | 49.3% | 1 | 50.3K | 27.4% | 2 |
| Aug 2026 | 90.5K | 48.1% | 1 | 61K | 32.4% | 2 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Mimecast’s and Proofpoint’s names. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brands is growing, holding steady, or fading.

- **Mimecast**: Measured on the search term “mimecast”.
- **Proofpoint**: Measured on the search terms “proofpoint”, “proofpoint app”, “proofpoint com”, “proofpoint security awareness”, “proofpoint security training”, “proofpoint software” and “security awareness proofpoint”, summed into one figure.

- [Mimecast profile](/demand/global-en/brands/mimecast)
- [Proofpoint profile](/demand/global-en/brands/proofpoint)
- [All email archiving platforms worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/email-archiving-platforms): The set both shares are measured inside, 5 brands.

## Methodology

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

## Frequently asked questions

### Which is more popular in search, Mimecast or Proofpoint?

In August 2026, Mimecast had more branded searches than Proofpoint among email archiving platforms worldwide. Mimecast was estimated to have 90.5K branded searches compared to Proofpoint’s 61K, and held a 48.1% Share of Search versus Proofpoint’s 32.4%.

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