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title: "Fathom vs Otter: Which is searched more?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Fathom or Otter? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Meeting transcription tools 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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# Fathom vs Otter: Which is searched more?

Which is more popular in search, Fathom or Otter? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Meeting transcription tools 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 Otter
- **Competitive set**: Meeting transcription tools
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Sep 2026
- **Fathom Share of Search**: 9.2%
- **Otter Share of Search**: 58.1%

## Which is more popular in search, Fathom or Otter?

- In September 2026, Otter had more branded searches than Fathom among meeting transcription tools worldwide. Otter was estimated to have 382K branded searches compared to Fathom’s 60.6K, and held a 58.1% Share of Search versus Fathom’s 9.2%.
- Otter was ahead of Fathom in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Fathom’s estimated Share of Search among meeting transcription tools worldwide moved from 7% to 9.2%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 64.6K to 60.6K.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Otter’s estimated Share of Search among meeting transcription tools worldwide moved from 61.9% to 58.1%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 569K to 382K.

## How did search popularity change for meeting transcription tools worldwide in September 2026?

- In September 2026, Otter lost estimated Share of Search among meeting transcription tools worldwide, from 58.7% to 58.1%.
- Fathom’s estimated Share of Search among meeting transcription tools worldwide has lost ground for 3 months in a row, from 10.4% to 9.2% in September 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Fathom estimated searches | Fathom Share of Search | Fathom rank | Otter estimated searches | Otter Share of Search | Otter rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 64.6K | 7% | 4 | 569K | 61.9% | 1 |
| Nov 2025 | 64.5K | 8.3% | 4 | 467K | 59.8% | 1 |
| Dec 2025 | 44K | 6.9% | 4 | 383K | 60.2% | 1 |
| Jan 2026 | 66.8K | 8.5% | 4 | 471K | 60.2% | 1 |
| Feb 2026 | 65K | 8.5% | 4 | 477K | 62.3% | 1 |
| Mar 2026 | 72.7K | 7.9% | 4 | 578K | 62.9% | 1 |
| Apr 2026 | 72.2K | 8% | 4 | 574K | 63.5% | 1 |
| May 2026 | 71.5K | 9% | 4 | 473K | 59.4% | 1 |
| Jun 2026 | 71.8K | 10.4% | 4 | 387K | 56.1% | 1 |
| Jul 2026 | 63.4K | 9.6% | 4 | 385K | 58.5% | 1 |
| Aug 2026 | 61.3K | 9.4% | 4 | 383K | 58.7% | 1 |
| Sep 2026 | 60.6K | 9.2% | 4 | 382K | 58.1% | 1 |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Fathom’s and Otter’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.
- **Otter**: Measured on the search terms “otter ai”, “otter ai app”, “otter ai notetaker”, “otter ai transcription”, “otter app”, “otter meeting notes”, “otter transcribe”, “otter transcription”, “otter.ai” and “otterai”, summed into one figure.

- [Fathom profile](/demand/global-en/brands/fathom)
- [Otter profile](/demand/global-en/brands/otter-ai)
- [All meeting transcription tools worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/meeting-transcription-tools): 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, Fathom or Otter?

In September 2026, Otter had more branded searches than Fathom among meeting transcription tools worldwide. Otter was estimated to have 382K branded searches compared to Fathom’s 60.6K, and held a 58.1% Share of Search versus Fathom’s 9.2%.

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