--- title: "Fathom vs Granola: Which is searched more?" description: "Is Fathom or Granola more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Meeting notes apps 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." canonical: "https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/categories/meeting-notes-apps/compare/fathom-vs-granola" publisher: "Brandwave" --- # Fathom vs Granola: Which is searched more? Is Fathom or Granola more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Meeting notes apps 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**: Fathom and Granola - **Competitive set**: Meeting notes apps - **Market**: Global - **Month measured**: Sep 2026 - **Fathom Share of Search**: 7% - **Granola Share of Search**: 23.7% ## Is Fathom or Granola more popular in search? - In September 2026, Granola had more branded searches than Fathom among meeting notes apps worldwide. Granola had about 206,000 branded searches, while Fathom had 60,600. Granola made up 23.7% of all meeting notes app searches we track, and Fathom accounted for 7%. - The lead changed hands once in the 12 months ending September 2026: Granola took it in December 2025. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Fathom’s share of searches among meeting notes apps worldwide moved from 6.7% to 7%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 64.6K to 60.6K. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Granola’s share of searches among meeting notes apps worldwide moved from 6.6% to 23.7%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 64.6K to 206K. ## Top meeting notes apps in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews In three ChatGPT questions and two Google AI Overviews, both Fathom and Granola showed up in all five answers. Fathom was listed before Granola in three of them. Brands get a higher AI rank if they are mentioned earlier in the answers that list options. | Brand | AI rank | ChatGPT answers that named it | Google AI Overviews that named it | All answers that named it | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Fathom | 1st | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 | | Granola | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 | | Fireflies.ai | 3rd | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 | | Fellow | 4th | 2 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 4 of 5 | | Otter | 5th | 2 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 4 of 5 | | Notion | 6th | 2 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 2 of 5 | | tl;dv | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 | | MeetGeek | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 | | Grain | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 | ## Every AI answer about meeting notes apps - Asked ChatGPT "Which meeting notes app should I use?": 1. Fathom, 2. Granola, 3. Otter, 4. Fireflies.ai - Asked ChatGPT "What are the best meeting notes apps?": 1. Fathom, 2. Granola, 3. Fireflies.ai, 4. Otter, 5. Fellow, 6. Notion - Asked ChatGPT "What's the best meeting notes app for team notes?": 1. Fathom, 2. Fireflies.ai, 3. Notion, 4. Fellow, 5. Granola - Searched Google, AI Overview "meeting notes apps": 1. Fellow, 2. Otter, 3. Granola, 4. Fathom - Searched Google, AI Overview "ai meeting notes app": 1. Granola, 2. Fireflies.ai, 3. Fathom, 4. Fellow, 5. Otter Not named in any answer: tl;dv, MeetGeek and Grain. Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in the United States on October 21, 2026. ## How did search popularity change for meeting notes apps worldwide in September 2026? - In September 2026, Granola gained share of searches among meeting notes apps worldwide, from 21.2% to 23.7%. - Fathom’s share of searches among meeting notes apps worldwide has lost ground for 3 months in a row, from 8.4% to 7% in September 2026. ## Month by month | Month | Fathom estimated searches | Fathom Share of Search | Fathom rank | Granola estimated searches | Granola Share of Search | Granola rank | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Oct 2025 | 64.6K | 6.7% | 4 | 64.6K | 6.6% | 5 | | Nov 2025 | 64.5K | 7.5% | 4 | 63.8K | 7.5% | 5 | | Dec 2025 | 44K | 6.3% | 5 | 54.5K | 7.8% | 4 | | Jan 2026 | 66.8K | 7.5% | 5 | 95.4K | 10.7% | 3 | | Feb 2026 | 65K | 7.3% | 5 | 118K | 13.2% | 3 | | Mar 2026 | 72.7K | 6.6% | 5 | 173K | 15.8% | 2 | | Apr 2026 | 72.2K | 6.7% | 5 | 172K | 15.9% | 2 | | May 2026 | 71.5K | 7.4% | 5 | 173K | 17.9% | 2 | | Jun 2026 | 71.8K | 8.4% | 5 | 173K | 20.2% | 2 | | Jul 2026 | 63.4K | 7.6% | 5 | 175K | 21% | 2 | | Aug 2026 | 61.3K | 7.4% | 5 | 175K | 21.2% | 2 | | Sep 2026 | 60.6K | 7% | 5 | 206K | 23.7% | 2 | ## How each brand is measured Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Fathom’s and Granola’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. - **Fathom**: Measured on the search terms “Fathom AI”, “fathom ai app”, “fathom app”, “fathom meeting”, “fathom meeting note”, “fathom meeting notes”, “fathom meeting recorder”, “fathom meetings”, “fathom note”, “fathom note taker”, “fathom notetaker”, “fathom recorder”, “fathom video” and “fathom zoom”, summed into one figure. - **Granola**: Measured on the search terms “Granola AI”, “granola ai app”, “granola ai notes”, “granola ai notetaker”, “granola app”, “granola meeting notes”, “granola note taker”, “granola notes”, “granola notetaker” and “granola.ai”, summed into one figure. - [Fathom profile](/demand/global-en/brands/fathom) - [Granola profile](/demand/global-en/brands/granola) - [All meeting notes apps worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/meeting-notes-apps): The set both shares are measured inside, 9 brands. ## Methodology - [How is the Brand Demand Index measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused. ## Frequently asked questions ### Is Fathom or Granola more popular in search? In September 2026, Granola had more branded searches than Fathom among meeting notes apps worldwide. Granola had about 206,000 branded searches, while Fathom had 60,600. Granola made up 23.7% of all meeting notes app searches we track, and Fathom accounted for 7%. ## Cite this page Brandwave. "Fathom vs Granola: Which is searched more?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/categories/meeting-notes-apps/compare/fathom-vs-granola This page is also available as HTML at https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/categories/meeting-notes-apps/compare/fathom-vs-granola. Brandwave publishes an index of its Markdown pages at https://gobrandwave.com/llms.txt.