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title: "Apollo vs ZoomInfo: Which is searched more?"
description: "Is Apollo or ZoomInfo more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Sales prospecting platforms 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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# Apollo vs ZoomInfo: Which is searched more?

Is Apollo or ZoomInfo more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Sales prospecting platforms 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**: Apollo and ZoomInfo
- **Competitive set**: Sales prospecting platforms
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Sep 2026
- **Apollo Share of Search**: 30.2%
- **ZoomInfo Share of Search**: 19.3%

## Is Apollo or ZoomInfo more popular in search?

- In September 2026, Apollo had more branded searches than ZoomInfo among sales prospecting platforms worldwide. Apollo had about 315,000 branded searches, while ZoomInfo had 201,000. Apollo made up 30.2% of all sales prospecting platform searches we track, and ZoomInfo accounted for 19.3%.
- The lead changed hands 3 times in the 12 months ending September 2026: Apollo took it in November 2025, ZoomInfo took it in December 2025, Apollo took it in March 2026.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Apollo’s share of searches among sales prospecting platforms worldwide moved from 17.4% to 30.2%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 177K to 315K.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, ZoomInfo’s share of searches among sales prospecting platforms worldwide moved from 24.2% to 19.3%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 246K to 201K.

## Top sales prospecting platforms in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews

In three ChatGPT questions and two Google AI Overviews, both Apollo and ZoomInfo showed up in all five answers. Apollo was listed before ZoomInfo 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Apollo | 1st | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 |
| ZoomInfo | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 |
| LinkedIn Sales Navigator | 3rd | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 |
| Cognism | 4th | 2 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 4 of 5 |
| Clay | 5th | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 |
| Outreach | 6th | 2 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 4 of 5 |
| Lusha | 7th | 2 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 3 of 5 |
| Reply.io | 8th | 0 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 1 of 5 |
| lemlist | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Smartlead | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Instantly | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |

## Every AI answer about sales prospecting platforms

- Asked ChatGPT "Which sales prospecting platform should I use?": 1. Apollo, 2. LinkedIn Sales Navigator, 3. ZoomInfo, 4. Clay
- Asked ChatGPT "What are the best sales prospecting platforms?": 1. Apollo, 2. ZoomInfo, 3. LinkedIn Sales Navigator, 4. Clay, 5. Cognism, 6. Lusha, 7. Outreach
- Asked ChatGPT "What's the best sales prospecting platform for a sales team?": 1. Apollo, 2. ZoomInfo, 3. Cognism, 4. LinkedIn Sales Navigator, 5. Lusha, 6. Clay, 7. Outreach
- Searched Google, AI Overview "sales prospecting platform": 1. ZoomInfo, 2. Apollo, 3. LinkedIn Sales Navigator, 4. Cognism, 5. Clay, 6. Outreach, 7. Reply.io
- Searched Google, AI Overview "prospecting software": 1. Outreach, 2. Apollo, 3. LinkedIn Sales Navigator, 4. Lusha, 5. ZoomInfo, 6. Cognism, 7. Clay

Not named in any answer: lemlist, Smartlead and Instantly.

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 sales prospecting platforms worldwide in September 2026?

- In September 2026, Lusha overtook ZoomInfo to rank 2nd among sales prospecting platforms worldwide, with 19.3% of the searches.
- In September 2026, Apollo gained share of searches among sales prospecting platforms worldwide, from 28% to 30.2%.
- In September 2026, ZoomInfo lost share of searches among sales prospecting platforms worldwide, from 21.7% to 19.3%.

## Month by month

| Month | Apollo estimated searches | Apollo Share of Search | Apollo rank | ZoomInfo estimated searches | ZoomInfo Share of Search | ZoomInfo rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 177K | 17.4% | 3 | 246K | 24.2% | 1 |
| Nov 2025 | 211K | 21.9% | 1 | 201K | 20.9% | 3 |
| Dec 2025 | 174K | 21.1% | 2 | 201K | 24.4% | 1 |
| Jan 2026 | 212K | 20.6% | 2 | 246K | 23.9% | 1 |
| Feb 2026 | 212K | 20.2% | 2 | 246K | 23.4% | 1 |
| Mar 2026 | 314K | 25.6% | 1 | 301K | 24.5% | 2 |
| Apr 2026 | 381K | 29.5% | 1 | 301K | 23.4% | 2 |
| May 2026 | 314K | 27.8% | 1 | 246K | 21.8% | 2 |
| Jun 2026 | 259K | 24% | 1 | 246K | 22.8% | 2 |
| Jul 2026 | 259K | 24.4% | 1 | 246K | 23.2% | 2 |
| Aug 2026 | 259K | 28% | 1 | 201K | 21.7% | 2 |
| Sep 2026 | 315K | 30.2% | 1 | 201K | 19.3% | 3 |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Apollo’s and ZoomInfo’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.

- **Apollo**: Measured on the search terms “apollo extension chrome”, “apollo io app”, “apollo io crm”, “apollo io email”, “apollo io extension”, “Apollo.io”, “app apollo io”, “appapollo io” and “io apollo”, summed into one figure.
- **ZoomInfo**: Measured on the search term “zoominfo”.

- [Apollo profile](/demand/global-en/brands/apollo-io)
- [ZoomInfo profile](/demand/global-en/brands/zoominfo)
- [All sales prospecting platforms worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/sales-prospecting-platforms): The set both shares are measured inside, 11 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 Apollo or ZoomInfo more popular in search?

In September 2026, Apollo had more branded searches than ZoomInfo among sales prospecting platforms worldwide. Apollo had about 315,000 branded searches, while ZoomInfo had 201,000. Apollo made up 30.2% of all sales prospecting platform searches we track, and ZoomInfo accounted for 19.3%.

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