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title: "Adobe After Effects vs TVPaint: Which is searched more?"
description: "Is Adobe After Effects or TVPaint more popular in search? 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 TVPaint: Which is searched more?

Is Adobe After Effects or TVPaint more popular in search? 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 TVPaint
- **Competitive set**: Animation software
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Sep 2026
- **Adobe After Effects Share of Search**: 7.9%
- **TVPaint Share of Search**: 1.1%

## Is Adobe After Effects or TVPaint more popular in search?

- In September 2026, Adobe After Effects had more branded searches than TVPaint among animation software worldwide. Adobe After Effects had about 110,000 branded searches, while TVPaint had 14,800. Adobe After Effects made up 7.9% of all animation software searches we track, and TVPaint accounted for 1.1%.
- Adobe After Effects was ahead of TVPaint in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Adobe After Effects’ share of searches among animation software worldwide moved from 10.2% to 7.9%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 165K to 110K.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, TVPaint’s share of searches among animation software worldwide held steady at 1.1%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 18.1K to 14.8K.

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

- In September 2026, Animaker overtook Adobe After Effects and Adobe Animate to rank 2nd among animation software worldwide, with 9.7% of the searches.
- In September 2026, Adobe After Effects lost share of searches among animation software worldwide, from 8.7% to 7.9%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for TVPaint worldwide fell 18.2% over 12 measured months, from 18.1K to 14.8K in September 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Adobe After Effects estimated searches | Adobe After Effects Share of Search | Adobe After Effects rank | TVPaint estimated searches | TVPaint Share of Search | TVPaint rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 165K | 10.2% | 3 | 18.1K | 1.1% | 13 |
| Nov 2025 | 135K | 8.7% | 4 | 22.2K | 1.4% | 13 |
| Dec 2025 | 135K | 9.3% | 3 | 18.1K | 1.2% | 13 |
| Jan 2026 | 135K | 9.4% | 3 | 22.2K | 1.5% | 12 |
| Feb 2026 | 135K | 8.5% | 4 | 22.2K | 1.4% | 12 |
| Mar 2026 | 135K | 9.2% | 3 | 18.1K | 1.2% | 13 |
| Apr 2026 | 135K | 9.7% | 3 | 18.1K | 1.3% | 13 |
| May 2026 | 110K | 9.2% | 3 | 18.1K | 1.5% | 12 |
| Jun 2026 | 110K | 9.2% | 4 | 14.8K | 1.2% | 13 |
| Jul 2026 | 110K | 9.5% | 3 | 14.8K | 1.3% | 13 |
| Aug 2026 | 110K | 8.7% | 2 | 14.8K | 1.2% | 13 |
| Sep 2026 | 110K | 7.9% | 3 | 14.8K | 1.1% | 13 |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Adobe After Effects’ and TVPaint’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”.
- **TVPaint**: Measured on the search term “tvpaint”.

- [Adobe After Effects profile](/demand/global-en/brands/adobe-after-effects)
- [TVPaint profile](/demand/global-en/brands/tvpaint)
- [All animation software worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/animation-software): The set both shares are measured inside, 14 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 Adobe After Effects or TVPaint more popular in search?

In September 2026, Adobe After Effects had more branded searches than TVPaint among animation software worldwide. Adobe After Effects had about 110,000 branded searches, while TVPaint had 14,800. Adobe After Effects made up 7.9% of all animation software searches we track, and TVPaint accounted for 1.1%.

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