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title: "Lokalise vs Smartling: Which is searched more?"
description: "Is Lokalise or Smartling more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Website localization 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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# Lokalise vs Smartling: Which is searched more?

Is Lokalise or Smartling more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Website localization 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**: Lokalise and Smartling
- **Competitive set**: Website localization platforms
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Sep 2026
- **Lokalise Share of Search**: 13.9%
- **Smartling Share of Search**: 13.9%

## Is Lokalise or Smartling more popular in search?

- In September 2026, Lokalise and Smartling were level in searches among website localization platforms worldwide, with an estimated 8.1K branded searches each, at 13.9% of the total each.
- Lokalise was ahead of Smartling in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Lokalise’s share of searches among website localization platforms worldwide moved from 15.2% to 13.9%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 12.1K to 8.1K.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Smartling’s share of searches among website localization platforms worldwide moved from 12.5% to 13.9%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 9.9K to 8.1K.

## How did search popularity change for website localization platforms worldwide in September 2026?

- In September 2026, Smartling gained share of searches among website localization platforms worldwide, from 11.8% to 13.9%.
- In September 2026, Lokalise lost share of searches among website localization platforms worldwide, from 14.5% to 13.9%.

## Month by month

| Month | Lokalise estimated searches | Lokalise Share of Search | Lokalise rank | Smartling estimated searches | Smartling Share of Search | Smartling rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 12.1K | 15.2% | 3 | 9.9K | 12.5% | 4 |
| Nov 2025 | 12.1K | 17% | 3 | 8.1K | 11.4% | 4 |
| Dec 2025 | 9.9K | 15.2% | 3 | 8.1K | 12.4% | 4 |
| Jan 2026 | 12.1K | 15.7% | 3 | 9.9K | 12.8% | 4 |
| Feb 2026 | 12.1K | 17% | 3 | 8.1K | 11.4% | 4 |
| Mar 2026 | 14.8K | 19.3% | 3 | 9.9K | 12.9% | 4 |
| Apr 2026 | 12.1K | 17.1% | 3 | 8.1K | 11.4% | 4 |
| May 2026 | 9.9K | 15.6% | 3 | 8.1K | 12.8% | 4 |
| Jun 2026 | 9.9K | 16.5% | 3 | 8.1K | 13.5% | 4 |
| Jul 2026 | 8.1K | 14.1% | 3 | 8.1K | 14.1% | 4 |
| Aug 2026 | 8.1K | 14.5% | 3 | 6.6K | 11.8% | 4 |
| Sep 2026 | 8.1K | 13.9% | 3 | 8.1K | 13.9% | 4 |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Lokalise’s and Smartling’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.

- **Lokalise**: Measured on the search term “lokalise”.
- **Smartling**: Measured on the search term “smartling”.

- [Lokalise profile](/demand/global-en/brands/lokalise)
- [Smartling profile](/demand/global-en/brands/smartling)
- [All website localization platforms worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/website-localization-platforms): 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 Lokalise or Smartling more popular in search?

In September 2026, Lokalise and Smartling were level in searches among website localization platforms worldwide, with an estimated 8.1K branded searches each, at 13.9% of the total each.

## Cite this page

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