--- title: "Murf AI vs Play.ht: Which is searched more?" description: "Is Murf AI or Play.ht more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Text to speech APIs 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/text-to-speech-apis/compare/murf-ai-vs-play-ht" publisher: "Brandwave" --- # Murf AI vs Play.ht: Which is searched more? Is Murf AI or Play.ht more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Text to speech APIs 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**: Murf AI and Play.ht - **Competitive set**: Text to speech APIs - **Market**: Global - **Month measured**: Sep 2026 - **Murf AI Share of Search**: 0.96% - **Play.ht Share of Search**: 0.45% ## Is Murf AI or Play.ht more popular in search? - In September 2026, Murf AI had more branded searches than Play.ht among text to speech APIs worldwide. Murf AI had about 70,500 branded searches, while Play.ht had 32,900. Murf AI made up 0.96% of all text to speech API searches we track, and Play.ht accounted for 0.45%. - The lead changed hands 2 times in the 12 months ending September 2026: Play.ht took it in January 2026, Murf AI took it in May 2026. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Murf AI’s share of searches among text to speech APIs worldwide moved from 2.4% to 0.96%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 148K to 70.5K. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Play.ht’s share of searches among text to speech APIs worldwide moved from 1.8% to 0.45%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 110K to 32.9K. ## Top text to speech APIs in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews In three ChatGPT questions and two Google AI Overviews, neither Murf AI nor Play.ht showed up in any of the five answers. 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 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | ElevenLabs | 1st | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 | | Cartesia | 2nd | 2 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 3 of 5 | | Amazon Polly | 3rd | 2 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 2 of 5 | | Murf AI | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 | | Play.ht | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 | | Resemble AI | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 | ## Every AI answer about text to speech APIs - Asked ChatGPT "Which text to speech API should I use?": 1. ElevenLabs, 2. Cartesia, 3. Amazon Polly - Asked ChatGPT "What are the best text to speech APIs?": 1. ElevenLabs, 2. Cartesia, 3. Amazon Polly - Asked ChatGPT "What's the best text to speech API for app voice features?": 1. ElevenLabs - Searched Google, AI Overview "text to speech api": 1. ElevenLabs, 2. Cartesia - Searched Google, AI Overview "tts api": 1. ElevenLabs Not named in any answer: Murf AI, Play.ht and Resemble AI. Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in the United States on October 19, 2026. ## How did search popularity change for text to speech APIs worldwide in September 2026? - In September 2026, Cartesia overtook Murf AI to rank 2nd among text to speech APIs worldwide, with 2.7% of the searches. - Estimated monthly branded searches for Play.ht worldwide fell 70.1% over 12 measured months, from 110K to 32.9K in September 2026. - Estimated monthly branded searches for Murf AI worldwide fell 52.4% over 12 measured months, from 148K to 70.5K in September 2026. ## Month by month | Month | Murf AI estimated searches | Murf AI Share of Search | Murf AI rank | Play.ht estimated searches | Play.ht Share of Search | Play.ht rank | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Oct 2025 | 148K | 2.4% | 2 | 110K | 1.8% | 3 | | Nov 2025 | 141K | 2.3% | 2 | 90K | 1.5% | 3 | | Dec 2025 | 124K | 1.7% | 2 | 124K | 1.7% | 3 | | Jan 2026 | 148K | 1.7% | 3 | 165K | 1.9% | 2 | | Feb 2026 | 121K | 1.6% | 3 | 148K | 2% | 2 | | Mar 2026 | 123K | 1.4% | 3 | 171K | 1.9% | 2 | | Apr 2026 | 121K | 1.6% | 3 | 140K | 1.9% | 2 | | May 2026 | 104K | 1.4% | 2 | 101K | 1.4% | 3 | | Jun 2026 | 85.1K | 0.97% | 2 | 67.6K | 0.77% | 3 | | Jul 2026 | 84.8K | 0.97% | 2 | 67.6K | 0.77% | 3 | | Aug 2026 | 85.3K | 1% | 2 | 49.3K | 0.58% | 4 | | Sep 2026 | 70.5K | 0.96% | 3 | 32.9K | 0.45% | 4 | ## How each brand is measured Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Murf AI’s and Play.ht’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. - **Murf AI**: Measured on the search terms “murf”, “Murf AI”, “murf ai studio”, “murf ai voice”, “murf ai voiceover”, “murf studio”, “murf voice changer”, “murf.ai” and “murfai”, summed into one figure. - **Play.ht**: Measured on the search terms “play.ht” and “playht”, summed into one figure. - [Murf AI profile](/demand/global-en/brands/murf-ai) - [Play.ht profile](/demand/global-en/brands/play-ht) - [All text to speech APIs worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/text-to-speech-apis): The set both shares are measured inside, 6 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 Murf AI or Play.ht more popular in search? In September 2026, Murf AI had more branded searches than Play.ht among text to speech APIs worldwide. Murf AI had about 70,500 branded searches, while Play.ht had 32,900. Murf AI made up 0.96% of all text to speech API searches we track, and Play.ht accounted for 0.45%. ## Cite this page Brandwave. "Murf AI vs Play.ht: Which is searched more?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/categories/text-to-speech-apis/compare/murf-ai-vs-play-ht This page is also available as HTML at https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/categories/text-to-speech-apis/compare/murf-ai-vs-play-ht. Brandwave publishes an index of its Markdown pages at https://gobrandwave.com/llms.txt.