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title: "Deputy vs When I Work: Which is more popular by branded search?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Deputy or When I Work? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Employee scheduling software 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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# Deputy vs When I Work: Which is more popular by branded search?

Which is more popular in search, Deputy or When I Work? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Employee scheduling software 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**: Deputy and When I Work
- **Competitive set**: Employee scheduling software
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Deputy Share of Search**: 0.19%
- **When I Work Share of Search**: 41.4%

## Which is more popular in search, Deputy or When I Work?

- In August 2026, When I Work had more branded searches than Deputy among employee scheduling software worldwide. When I Work was estimated to have 139K branded searches compared to Deputy’s 620, and held a 41.4% Share of Search versus Deputy’s 0.19%.
- When I Work was ahead of Deputy in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Deputy’s estimated Share of Search among employee scheduling software worldwide moved from 0.22% to 0.19%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 790 to 620.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, When I Work’s estimated Share of Search among employee scheduling software worldwide moved from 39% to 41.4%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 139K.

## How did search popularity change for employee scheduling software worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, When I Work lost estimated Share of Search among employee scheduling software worldwide, from 44.8% to 41.4%.
- Deputy’s estimated Share of Search among employee scheduling software worldwide has lost ground for 3 months in a row, from 7.4% to 0.19% in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Deputy estimated searches | Deputy Share of Search | Deputy rank | When I Work estimated searches | When I Work Share of Search | When I Work rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 790 | 0.22% | 6 | 139K | 39% | 1 |
| Nov 2025 | 750 | 0.22% | 6 | 138K | 41.4% | 1 |
| Dec 2025 | 640 | 0.2% | 6 | 138K | 42.3% | 1 |
| Jan 2026 | 790 | 0.22% | 6 | 139K | 38.4% | 2 |
| Feb 2026 | 640 | 0.2% | 6 | 125K | 39.8% | 1 |
| Mar 2026 | 990 | 0.29% | 6 | 139K | 41% | 1 |
| Apr 2026 | 790 | 0.23% | 6 | 139K | 41.2% | 1 |
| May 2026 | 27.7K | 7.4% | 5 | 139K | 37.3% | 1 |
| Jun 2026 | 27.7K | 6.6% | 5 | 188K | 44.7% | 1 |
| Jul 2026 | 640 | 0.19% | 6 | 153K | 44.8% | 1 |
| Aug 2026 | 620 | 0.19% | 6 | 139K | 41.4% | 1 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Deputy’s and When I Work’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.

- **Deputy**: Measured on the search terms “deputy com” and “deputy employee scheduling”, summed into one figure.
- **When I Work**: Measured on the search terms “when i work”, “when i work app”, “when i work employee scheduling”, “when i work software”, “wheniwork” and “wheniwork com”, summed into one figure.

- [Deputy profile](/demand/global-en/brands/deputy)
- [When I Work profile](/demand/global-en/brands/when-i-work)
- [All employee scheduling software worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/employee-scheduling-software): The set both shares are measured inside, 6 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, Deputy or When I Work?

In August 2026, When I Work had more branded searches than Deputy among employee scheduling software worldwide. When I Work was estimated to have 139K branded searches compared to Deputy’s 620, and held a 41.4% Share of Search versus Deputy’s 0.19%.

## Cite this page

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