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title: "Affinity vs PaintShop Pro: Which is more popular by branded search?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Affinity or PaintShop Pro? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Image editing 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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# Affinity vs PaintShop Pro: Which is more popular by branded search?

Which is more popular in search, Affinity or PaintShop Pro? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Image editing 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**: Affinity and PaintShop Pro
- **Competitive set**: Image editing software
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Affinity Share of Search**: 2.4%
- **PaintShop Pro Share of Search**: 0.17%

## Which is more popular in search, Affinity or PaintShop Pro?

- In August 2026, Affinity had more branded searches than PaintShop Pro among image editing software worldwide. Affinity was estimated to have 289K branded searches compared to PaintShop Pro’s 20.5K, and held a 2.4% Share of Search versus PaintShop Pro’s 0.17%.
- Affinity was ahead of PaintShop Pro in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Affinity’s estimated Share of Search among image editing software worldwide moved from 4.1% to 2.4%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 640K to 289K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, PaintShop Pro’s estimated Share of Search among image editing software worldwide moved from 0.21% to 0.17%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 33.2K to 20.5K.

## How did search popularity change for image editing software worldwide in August 2026?

- Estimated monthly branded searches for Affinity worldwide fell 54.8% over 11 measured months, from 640K to 289K in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for PaintShop Pro worldwide fell 38.2% over 11 measured months, from 33.2K to 20.5K in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Affinity estimated searches | Affinity Share of Search | Affinity rank | PaintShop Pro estimated searches | PaintShop Pro Share of Search | PaintShop Pro rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 640K | 4.1% | 7 | 33.2K | 0.21% | 11 |
| Nov 2025 | 1.5M | 9.2% | 5 | 36.6K | 0.23% | 11 |
| Dec 2025 | 502K | 3.6% | 7 | 32.1K | 0.23% | 11 |
| Jan 2026 | 469K | 3.5% | 7 | 29.9K | 0.22% | 11 |
| Feb 2026 | 369K | 2.9% | 7 | 25.8K | 0.2% | 11 |
| Mar 2026 | 367K | 2.7% | 7 | 27.6K | 0.2% | 11 |
| Apr 2026 | 336K | 2.4% | 7 | 24.7K | 0.17% | 11 |
| May 2026 | 294K | 2.1% | 7 | 20.4K | 0.15% | 11 |
| Jun 2026 | 319K | 2.5% | 7 | 20.3K | 0.16% | 11 |
| Jul 2026 | 294K | 2.2% | 7 | 18.4K | 0.14% | 11 |
| Aug 2026 | 289K | 2.4% | 7 | 20.5K | 0.17% | 11 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Affinity’s and PaintShop Pro’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.

- **Affinity**: Measured on the search terms “affinity app”, “affinity app android”, “affinity app cost”, “affinity app download”, “affinity app for android”, “affinity app for ipad”, “affinity app free”, “affinity app ipad”, “affinity app linux”, “affinity app review”, “affinity app reviews”, “affinity app windows”, “affinity by canva”, “affinity canva”, “affinity design”, “affinity designer”, “affinity designer 2”, “affinity designer 2 download”, “affinity designer 2 for ipad”, “affinity designer ai”, “affinity designer android”, “affinity designer app”, “affinity designer cost”, “affinity designer desktop publishing”, “affinity designer download”, “affinity designer for android”, “affinity designer for iphone”, “affinity designer for linux”, “affinity designer free”, “affinity designer free download”, “affinity designer free trial”, “affinity designer graphic design”, “affinity designer graphic design software”, “affinity designer ipad”, “affinity designer iphone”, “affinity designer linux”, “affinity designer mac”, “affinity designer online”, “affinity designer photo editing”, “affinity designer price”, “affinity designer program”, “affinity designer review”, “affinity designer subscription”, “affinity designer trial”, “affinity designer vector graphics”, “affinity designer website”, “affinity designer windows”, “affinity photo”, “affinity photo 2”, “affinity photo 2 download”, “affinity photo ai”, “affinity photo android”, “affinity photo app”, “affinity photo cost”, “affinity photo download”, “affinity photo editing software”, “affinity photo editor”, “affinity photo for android”, “affinity photo for linux”, “affinity photo free”, “affinity photo free download”, “affinity photo free trial”, “affinity photo graphic design”, “affinity photo ipad”, “affinity photo iphone”, “affinity photo linux”, “affinity photo mac”, “affinity photo online”, “affinity photo pro”, “affinity photo review”, “affinity photo software”, “affinity photo trial”, “affinity photo windows”, “affinity publisher”, “affinity publisher 2”, “affinity publisher android”, “affinity publisher app”, “affinity publisher cost”, “affinity publisher download”, “affinity publisher for ipad”, “affinity publisher free”, “affinity publisher free download”, “affinity publisher free trial”, “affinity publisher ipad”, “affinity publisher linux”, “affinity publisher mac”, “affinity publisher online”, “affinity publisher price”, “affinity publisher review”, “affinity publisher software”, “affinity publisher trial”, “affinity publisher website”, “affinity publisher windows”, “affinity software”, “affinity software cost”, “affinity software download”, “affinity software free”, “affinity software free download”, “affinity software free trial”, “affinity software ipad”, “affinity software linux”, “affinity software mac”, “affinity software review”, “affinity software trial”, “affinity studio”, “affinity studio 2”, “affinity studio ai”, “affinity studio android”, “affinity studio by canva”, “affinity studio for linux”, “affinity studio free”, “affinity studio ipad”, “affinity studio linux”, “affinity studio price”, “affinity studio review”, “affinity.studio”, “canva affinity”, “serif affinity”, “serif affinity designer download”, “serif affinity designer for windows”, “serif affinity designer free download”, “serif affinity designer review”, “serif affinity designer software”, “serif affinity photo download”, “serif affinity photo review”, “serif affinity photo software” and “serif affinity photo windows”, summed into one figure.
- **PaintShop Pro**: Measured on the search terms “corel paintshop photo pro”, “corel paintshop pro”, “corel paintshop pro 2023”, “corel paintshop pro 2024”, “corel paintshop pro 2025”, “corel paintshop pro ai”, “corel paintshop pro download”, “corel paintshop pro for ipad”, “corel paintshop pro free”, “corel paintshop pro free download”, “corel paintshop pro free trial”, “corel paintshop pro linux”, “corel paintshop pro mac”, “corel paintshop pro online”, “corel paintshop pro price”, “corel paintshop pro review”, “corel paintshop pro trial”, “corel paintshop pro ultimate”, “download paintshop pro”, “free paintshop pro”, “jasc paintshop pro download”, “jasc paintshop pro free download”, “paint shop photo pro”, “paint shop photo pro download”, “paint shop pro”, “paint shop pro 2”, “paint shop pro 2025”, “paint shop pro 2026”, “paint shop pro ai”, “paint shop pro app”, “paint shop pro cost”, “paint shop pro free”, “paint shop pro free trial”, “paint shop pro online”, “paint shop pro price”, “paint shop pro software”, “paintshop photo pro”, “paintshop photo pro download”, “paintshop photo pro for mac”, “paintshop pro”, “paintshop pro 2”, “paintshop pro 2022”, “paintshop pro 2023”, “paintshop pro 2023 ultimate”, “paintshop pro 2024”, “paintshop pro 2025”, “paintshop pro 2026”, “paintshop pro 8”, “paintshop pro 9”, “paintshop pro ai”, “paintshop pro android”, “paintshop pro app”, “paintshop pro cost”, “paintshop pro for linux”, “paintshop pro free”, “paintshop pro free download”, “paintshop pro free trial”, “paintshop pro graphic design”, “paintshop pro linux”, “paintshop pro mac”, “paintshop pro online”, “paintshop pro photo editing”, “paintshop pro photo editor”, “paintshop pro price”, “paintshop pro review”, “paintshop pro software”, “paintshop pro trial”, “paintshop pro ultimate”, “paintshop pro x7”, “paintshop pro x8” and “paintshop pro x9”, summed into one figure.

- [Affinity profile](/demand/global-en/brands/affinity)
- [PaintShop Pro profile](/demand/global-en/brands/paintshop-pro)
- [All image editing software worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/image-editing-software): The set both shares are measured inside, 13 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, Affinity or PaintShop Pro?

In August 2026, Affinity had more branded searches than PaintShop Pro among image editing software worldwide. Affinity was estimated to have 289K branded searches compared to PaintShop Pro’s 20.5K, and held a 2.4% Share of Search versus PaintShop Pro’s 0.17%.

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