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title: "Align vs Yakult: Which is more popular by branded search?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Align or Yakult? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Probiotics 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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# Align vs Yakult: Which is more popular by branded search?

Which is more popular in search, Align or Yakult? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Probiotics 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**: Align and Yakult
- **Competitive set**: Probiotics
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Align Share of Search**: 8.4%
- **Yakult Share of Search**: 75.9%

## Which is more popular in search, Align or Yakult?

- In August 2026, Yakult had more branded searches than Align among probiotics worldwide. Yakult was estimated to have 550K branded searches compared to Align’s 60.5K, and held a 75.9% Share of Search versus Align’s 8.4%.
- Yakult was ahead of Align in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Align’s estimated Share of Search among probiotics worldwide moved from 6.8% to 8.4%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 60.5K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Yakult’s estimated Share of Search among probiotics worldwide moved from 76.2% to 75.9%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 673K to 550K.

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

- In August 2026, Yakult gained estimated Share of Search among probiotics worldwide, from 75% to 75.9%.

## Month by month

| Month | Align estimated searches | Align Share of Search | Align rank | Yakult estimated searches | Yakult Share of Search | Yakult rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 60.5K | 6.8% | 2 | 673K | 76.2% | 1 |
| Nov 2025 | 60.5K | 8% | 2 | 550K | 72.9% | 1 |
| Dec 2025 | 60.5K | 9.4% | 2 | 450K | 69.7% | 1 |
| Jan 2026 | 74K | 9.2% | 2 | 550K | 68.1% | 1 |
| Feb 2026 | 74K | 9.6% | 2 | 550K | 71% | 1 |
| Mar 2026 | 74K | 8% | 2 | 673K | 72.7% | 1 |
| Apr 2026 | 60.5K | 6.8% | 2 | 673K | 76.1% | 1 |
| May 2026 | 60.5K | 6.9% | 2 | 673K | 76.5% | 1 |
| Jun 2026 | 60.5K | 8.2% | 2 | 550K | 75% | 1 |
| Jul 2026 | 60.5K | 8.2% | 2 | 550K | 75% | 1 |
| Aug 2026 | 60.5K | 8.4% | 2 | 550K | 75.9% | 1 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Align’s and Yakult’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.

- **Align**: Measured on the search term “align probiotic”.
- **Yakult**: Measured on the search term “yakult”.

- [Align profile](/demand/global-en/brands/align)
- [Yakult profile](/demand/global-en/brands/yakult)
- [All probiotics worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/probiotics): 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, Align or Yakult?

In August 2026, Yakult had more branded searches than Align among probiotics worldwide. Yakult was estimated to have 550K branded searches compared to Align’s 60.5K, and held a 75.9% Share of Search versus Align’s 8.4%.

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