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title: "Adobe After Effects vs Blender: Which is more popular by branded search?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Adobe After Effects or Blender? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Animation software 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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# Adobe After Effects vs Blender: Which is more popular by branded search?

Which is more popular in search, Adobe After Effects or Blender? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Animation software 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**: Adobe After Effects and Blender
- **Competitive set**: Animation software
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Adobe After Effects Share of Search**: 20.8%
- **Blender Share of Search**: 31.2%

## Which is more popular in search, Adobe After Effects or Blender?

- In August 2026, Blender had more branded searches than Adobe After Effects among animation software worldwide. Blender was estimated to have 165K branded searches compared to Adobe After Effects’ 110K, and held a 31.2% Share of Search versus Adobe After Effects’ 20.8%.
- Blender was ahead of Adobe After Effects in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Adobe After Effects’ estimated Share of Search among animation software worldwide moved from 20.5% to 20.8%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 165K to 110K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Blender’s estimated Share of Search among animation software worldwide moved from 20.5% to 31.2%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 165K.

## How did search popularity change for animation software worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Adobe After Effects overtook Vyond to rank 2nd among animation software worldwide, at 20.8%.
- In August 2026, Blender gained estimated Share of Search among animation software worldwide, from 30.2% to 31.2%.

## Month by month

| Month | Adobe After Effects estimated searches | Adobe After Effects Share of Search | Adobe After Effects rank | Blender estimated searches | Blender Share of Search | Blender rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 165K | 20.5% | 2 | 165K | 20.5% | 3 |
| Nov 2025 | 135K | 18% | 3 | 165K | 22% | 2 |
| Dec 2025 | 135K | 19.6% | 3 | 165K | 23.9% | 2 |
| Jan 2026 | 135K | 19.6% | 3 | 201K | 29.2% | 2 |
| Feb 2026 | 135K | 20.1% | 3 | 165K | 24.6% | 2 |
| Mar 2026 | 135K | 20% | 3 | 165K | 24.4% | 2 |
| Apr 2026 | 135K | 21% | 3 | 165K | 25.6% | 2 |
| May 2026 | 110K | 18.9% | 3 | 165K | 28.3% | 2 |
| Jun 2026 | 110K | 20.1% | 4 | 135K | 24.6% | 2 |
| Jul 2026 | 110K | 20.1% | 3 | 165K | 30.2% | 1 |
| Aug 2026 | 110K | 20.8% | 2 | 165K | 31.2% | 1 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Adobe After Effects’ and Blender’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.

- **Adobe After Effects**: Measured on the search term “adobe after effects”.
- **Blender**: Measured on the search term “blender 3d”.

- [Adobe After Effects profile](/demand/global-en/brands/adobe-after-effects)
- [Blender profile](/demand/global-en/brands/blender)
- [All animation software worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/animation-software): 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, Adobe After Effects or Blender?

In August 2026, Blender had more branded searches than Adobe After Effects among animation software worldwide. Blender was estimated to have 165K branded searches compared to Adobe After Effects’ 110K, and held a 31.2% Share of Search versus Adobe After Effects’ 20.8%.

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