--- title: "Apify vs Bright Data: Which is more popular by branded search?" description: "Which is more popular in search, Apify or Bright Data? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Web data extraction 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." canonical: "https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/apify-vs-bright-data" publisher: "Brandwave" --- # Apify vs Bright Data: Which is more popular by branded search? Which is more popular in search, Apify or Bright Data? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Web data extraction 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**: Apify and Bright Data - **Competitive set**: Web data extraction platforms - **Market**: Global - **Month measured**: Aug 2026 - **Apify Share of Search**: 74.1% - **Bright Data Share of Search**: 14.4% ## Which is more popular in search, Apify or Bright Data? - In August 2026, Apify had more branded searches than Bright Data among web data extraction platforms worldwide. Apify was estimated to have 371K branded searches compared to Bright Data’s 72.4K, and held a 74.1% Share of Search versus Bright Data’s 14.4%. - Apify was ahead of Bright Data in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026. - Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Apify’s estimated Share of Search among web data extraction platforms worldwide moved from 57% to 74.1%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 167K to 371K. - Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Bright Data’s estimated Share of Search among web data extraction platforms worldwide moved from 20.3% to 14.4%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 59.4K to 72.4K. ## How did search popularity change for web data extraction platforms worldwide in August 2026? - In August 2026, Apify gained estimated Share of Search among web data extraction platforms worldwide, from 71.5% to 74.1%. - In August 2026, Bright Data gained estimated Share of Search among web data extraction platforms worldwide, from 13.9% to 14.4%. ## Month by month | Month | Apify estimated searches | Apify Share of Search | Apify rank | Bright Data estimated searches | Bright Data Share of Search | Bright Data rank | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Oct 2025 | 167K | 57% | 1 | 59.4K | 20.3% | 2 | | Nov 2025 | 167K | 58.9% | 1 | 59.6K | 21% | 2 | | Dec 2025 | 167K | 59% | 1 | 60.3K | 21.3% | 2 | | Jan 2026 | 203K | 59.1% | 1 | 74.2K | 21.6% | 2 | | Feb 2026 | 248K | 63.9% | 1 | 73.9K | 19% | 2 | | Mar 2026 | 371K | 68.6% | 1 | 90.4K | 16.7% | 2 | | Apr 2026 | 371K | 68.8% | 1 | 88.9K | 16.5% | 2 | | May 2026 | 371K | 72.6% | 1 | 73.5K | 14.4% | 2 | | Jun 2026 | 371K | 73% | 1 | 72.5K | 14.3% | 2 | | Jul 2026 | 371K | 71.5% | 1 | 72.3K | 13.9% | 2 | | Aug 2026 | 371K | 74.1% | 1 | 72.4K | 14.4% | 2 | | Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ## How each brand is measured Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Apify’s and Bright Data’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. - **Apify**: Measured on the search terms “apify”, “apify app”, “apify com”, “apify software”, “apify web scraping” and “web scraping apify”, summed into one figure. - **Bright Data**: Measured on the search terms “bright data”, “bright data app”, “bright data web scraping”, “brightdata”, “brightdata com” and “web scraping bright data”, summed into one figure. - [Apify profile](/demand/global-en/brands/apify) - [Bright Data profile](/demand/global-en/brands/bright-data) - [All web data extraction platforms worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/web-data-extraction-platforms): 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, Apify or Bright Data? In August 2026, Apify had more branded searches than Bright Data among web data extraction platforms worldwide. Apify was estimated to have 371K branded searches compared to Bright Data’s 72.4K, and held a 74.1% Share of Search versus Bright Data’s 14.4%. ## Cite this page Brandwave. "Apify vs Bright Data: Which is more popular by branded search?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/apify-vs-bright-data This page is also available as HTML at https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/apify-vs-bright-data. Brandwave publishes an index of its Markdown pages at https://gobrandwave.com/llms.txt.