--- title: "Granola vs Otter: Which is searched more?" description: "Is Granola or Otter more popular in search? 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." canonical: "https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/categories/meeting-transcription-tools/compare/granola-vs-otter-ai" publisher: "Brandwave" --- # Granola vs Otter: Which is searched more? Is Granola or Otter more popular in search? 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**: Granola and Otter - **Competitive set**: Meeting transcription tools - **Market**: Global - **Month measured**: Sep 2026 - **Granola Share of Search**: 21.2% - **Otter Share of Search**: 39.3% ## Is Granola or Otter more popular in search? - In September 2026, Otter had more branded searches than Granola among meeting transcription tools worldwide. Otter had about 382,000 branded searches, while Granola had 206,000. Otter made up 39.3% of all meeting transcription tool searches we track, and Granola accounted for 21.2%. - Otter was ahead of Granola in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Granola’s share of searches among meeting transcription tools worldwide moved from 5.9% to 21.2%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 64.6K to 206K. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Otter’s share of searches among meeting transcription tools worldwide moved from 52.1% to 39.3%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 569K to 382K. ## Top meeting transcription tools in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews In three ChatGPT questions and two Google AI Overviews, both Granola and Otter showed up in all five answers. Otter was listed before Granola in four 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 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Otter | 1st | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 | | Fathom | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 | | Fireflies.ai | 3rd | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 | | Granola | 4th | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 | | Tactiq | 5th | 0 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 2 of 5 | | tl;dv | 6th | 1 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 1 of 5 | | Rev | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 | ## Every AI answer about meeting transcription tools - Asked ChatGPT "Which meeting transcription tool should I use?": 1. Fathom, 2. Otter, 3. Fireflies.ai, 4. Granola - Asked ChatGPT "What are the best meeting transcription tools?": 1. Otter, 2. Fireflies.ai, 3. Fathom, 4. Granola, 5. tl;dv - Asked ChatGPT "What's the best meeting transcription tool for call summaries?": 1. Fathom, 2. Fireflies.ai, 3. Granola, 4. Otter - Searched Google, AI Overview "meeting transcription tools": 1. Otter, 2. Granola, 3. Tactiq, 4. Fathom - Searched Google, AI Overview "ai meeting transcription": 1. Otter, 2. Fireflies.ai, 3. Tactiq, 4. Granola Not named in any answer: Rev. 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 transcription tools worldwide in September 2026? - In September 2026, Granola gained share of searches among meeting transcription tools worldwide, from 19.1% to 21.2%. - In September 2026, Otter lost share of searches among meeting transcription tools worldwide, from 41.8% to 39.3%. ## Month by month | Month | Granola estimated searches | Granola Share of Search | Granola rank | Otter estimated searches | Otter Share of Search | Otter rank | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Oct 2025 | 64.6K | 5.9% | 6 | 569K | 52.1% | 1 | | Nov 2025 | 63.8K | 6.8% | 6 | 467K | 50.1% | 1 | | Dec 2025 | 54.5K | 7.1% | 5 | 383K | 50.2% | 1 | | Jan 2026 | 95.4K | 9.9% | 3 | 471K | 48.8% | 1 | | Feb 2026 | 118K | 12.1% | 3 | 477K | 49.1% | 1 | | Mar 2026 | 173K | 14.4% | 2 | 578K | 48.2% | 1 | | Apr 2026 | 172K | 14.5% | 2 | 574K | 48.5% | 1 | | May 2026 | 173K | 16.4% | 2 | 473K | 44.7% | 1 | | Jun 2026 | 173K | 18.2% | 2 | 387K | 40.7% | 1 | | Jul 2026 | 175K | 19% | 2 | 385K | 41.8% | 1 | | Aug 2026 | 175K | 19.1% | 2 | 383K | 41.8% | 1 | | Sep 2026 | 206K | 21.2% | 2 | 382K | 39.3% | 1 | ## How each brand is measured Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Granola’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. - **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. - **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. - [Granola profile](/demand/global-en/brands/granola) - [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, 7 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 Granola or Otter more popular in search? In September 2026, Otter had more branded searches than Granola among meeting transcription tools worldwide. Otter had about 382,000 branded searches, while Granola had 206,000. Otter made up 39.3% of all meeting transcription tool searches we track, and Granola accounted for 21.2%. ## Cite this page Brandwave. "Granola vs Otter: Which is searched more?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/categories/meeting-transcription-tools/compare/granola-vs-otter-ai This page is also available as HTML at https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/categories/meeting-transcription-tools/compare/granola-vs-otter-ai. Brandwave publishes an index of its Markdown pages at https://gobrandwave.com/llms.txt.