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title: "Apify vs Octoparse: Which is searched more?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Apify or Octoparse? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the AI web scraping tools 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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# Apify vs Octoparse: Which is searched more?

Which is more popular in search, Apify or Octoparse? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the AI web scraping tools 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 Octoparse
- **Competitive set**: AI web scraping tools
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Apify Share of Search**: 75.1%
- **Octoparse Share of Search**: 3%

## Which is more popular in search, Apify or Octoparse?

- In August 2026, Apify had more branded searches than Octoparse among AI web scraping tools worldwide. Apify was estimated to have 371K branded searches compared to Octoparse’s 14.8K, and held a 75.1% Share of Search versus Octoparse’s 3%.
- Apify was ahead of Octoparse 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 AI web scraping tools worldwide moved from 46.3% to 75.1%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 167K to 371K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Octoparse’s estimated Share of Search among AI web scraping tools worldwide moved from 9.2% to 3%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 33.1K to 14.8K.

## How did search popularity change for AI web scraping tools worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Apify gained estimated Share of Search among AI web scraping tools worldwide, from 74.6% to 75.1%.
- In August 2026, Octoparse lost estimated Share of Search among AI web scraping tools worldwide, from 3.6% to 3%.

## Month by month

| Month | Apify estimated searches | Apify Share of Search | Apify rank | Octoparse estimated searches | Octoparse Share of Search | Octoparse rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 167K | 46.3% | 1 | 33.1K | 9.2% | 4 |
| Nov 2025 | 167K | 49.6% | 1 | 27.1K | 8% | 4 |
| Dec 2025 | 167K | 54.2% | 1 | 22.2K | 7.2% | 4 |
| Jan 2026 | 203K | 55.7% | 1 | 27.1K | 7.4% | 4 |
| Feb 2026 | 248K | 61.9% | 1 | 27.1K | 6.8% | 4 |
| Mar 2026 | 371K | 66.8% | 1 | 33.1K | 6% | 4 |
| Apr 2026 | 371K | 68.9% | 1 | 27.1K | 5% | 4 |
| May 2026 | 371K | 72.7% | 1 | 22.2K | 4.3% | 4 |
| Jun 2026 | 371K | 73.7% | 1 | 18.1K | 3.6% | 4 |
| Jul 2026 | 371K | 74.6% | 1 | 18.1K | 3.6% | 4 |
| Aug 2026 | 371K | 75.1% | 1 | 14.8K | 3% | 4 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Apify’s and Octoparse’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.
- **Octoparse**: Measured on the search term “octoparse”.

- [Apify profile](/demand/global-en/brands/apify)
- [Octoparse profile](/demand/global-en/brands/octoparse)
- [All AI web scraping tools worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/ai-web-scraping-tools): 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 Octoparse?

In August 2026, Apify had more branded searches than Octoparse among AI web scraping tools worldwide. Apify was estimated to have 371K branded searches compared to Octoparse’s 14.8K, and held a 75.1% Share of Search versus Octoparse’s 3%.

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