---
title: "Adobe Lightroom vs Photopea: Which is searched more?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Adobe Lightroom or Photopea? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Photo editing apps 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/compare/adobe-lightroom-vs-photopea"
publisher: "Brandwave"
---

# Adobe Lightroom vs Photopea: Which is searched more?

Which is more popular in search, Adobe Lightroom or Photopea? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Photo editing apps 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 Lightroom and Photopea
- **Competitive set**: Photo editing apps
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Sep 2026
- **Adobe Lightroom Share of Search**: 13.9%
- **Photopea Share of Search**: 40%

## Which is more popular in search, Adobe Lightroom or Photopea?

- In September 2026, Photopea had more branded searches than Adobe Lightroom among photo editing apps worldwide. Photopea was estimated to have 3.4M branded searches compared to Adobe Lightroom’s 1.2M, and held a 40% Share of Search versus Adobe Lightroom’s 13.9%.
- Photopea was ahead of Adobe Lightroom in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Adobe Lightroom’s estimated Share of Search among photo editing apps worldwide moved from 12.1% to 13.9%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 1.2M.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Photopea’s estimated Share of Search among photo editing apps worldwide moved from 39.5% to 40%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 4.1M to 3.4M.

## How did search popularity change for photo editing apps worldwide in September 2026?

- In September 2026, Photopea gained estimated Share of Search among photo editing apps worldwide, from 38.6% to 40%.
- In September 2026, Adobe Lightroom gained estimated Share of Search among photo editing apps worldwide, from 13.3% to 13.9%.

## Month by month

| Month | Adobe Lightroom estimated searches | Adobe Lightroom Share of Search | Adobe Lightroom rank | Photopea estimated searches | Photopea Share of Search | Photopea rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 1.2M | 12.1% | 4 | 4.1M | 39.5% | 1 |
| Nov 2025 | 1.2M | 12.4% | 4 | 3.4M | 34.7% | 1 |
| Dec 2025 | 1.2M | 12.8% | 4 | 3.4M | 36% | 1 |
| Jan 2026 | 1.2M | 13.1% | 4 | 3.4M | 36.1% | 1 |
| Feb 2026 | 1.2M | 13.4% | 3 | 3.4M | 38.1% | 1 |
| Mar 2026 | 1.2M | 13.3% | 4 | 3.4M | 36.1% | 1 |
| Apr 2026 | 1.2M | 13.3% | 3 | 3.4M | 36.1% | 1 |
| May 2026 | 1.2M | 12.7% | 3 | 3.4M | 36.2% | 1 |
| Jun 2026 | 1.2M | 13.1% | 3 | 3.4M | 38.1% | 1 |
| Jul 2026 | 991K | 11.5% | 3 | 3.4M | 38.9% | 1 |
| Aug 2026 | 1.2M | 13.3% | 3 | 3.4M | 38.6% | 1 |
| Sep 2026 | 1.2M | 13.9% | 3 | 3.4M | 40% | 1 |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Adobe Lightroom’s and Photopea’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 Lightroom**: Measured on the search terms “adobe lightroom”, “lightroom”, “lightroom app”, “lightroom classic”, “lightroom mobile” and “lightroom presets”, summed into one figure.
- **Photopea**: Measured on the search term “photopea”.

- [Adobe Lightroom profile](/demand/global-en/brands/adobe-lightroom)
- [Photopea profile](/demand/global-en/brands/photopea)
- [All photo editing apps worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/photo-editing-apps): The set both shares are measured inside, 6 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 Lightroom or Photopea?

In September 2026, Photopea had more branded searches than Adobe Lightroom among photo editing apps worldwide. Photopea was estimated to have 3.4M branded searches compared to Adobe Lightroom’s 1.2M, and held a 40% Share of Search versus Adobe Lightroom’s 13.9%.

## Cite this page

Brandwave. "Adobe Lightroom vs Photopea: Which is searched more?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/adobe-lightroom-vs-photopea

This page is also available as HTML at https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/adobe-lightroom-vs-photopea. Brandwave publishes an index of its Markdown pages at https://gobrandwave.com/llms.txt.