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title: "Apple iPad vs Microsoft Surface: Which is more popular by branded search?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Apple iPad or Microsoft Surface? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Tablet brands 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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publisher: "Brandwave"
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# Apple iPad vs Microsoft Surface: Which is more popular by branded search?

Which is more popular in search, Apple iPad or Microsoft Surface? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Tablet brands 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**: Apple iPad and Microsoft Surface
- **Competitive set**: Tablet brands
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Apple iPad Share of Search**: 2%
- **Microsoft Surface Share of Search**: 0.07%

## Which is more popular in search, Apple iPad or Microsoft Surface?

- In August 2026, Apple iPad had more branded searches than Microsoft Surface among tablet brands worldwide. Apple iPad was estimated to have 8.3M branded searches compared to Microsoft Surface’s 301K, and held a 2% Share of Search versus Microsoft Surface’s 0.07%.
- Apple iPad was ahead of Microsoft Surface in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Apple iPad’s estimated Share of Search among tablet brands worldwide moved from 1.9% to 2%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 8.3M.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Microsoft Surface’s estimated Share of Search among tablet brands worldwide moved from 0.09% to 0.07%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 368K to 301K.

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

- Estimated monthly branded searches for Microsoft Surface worldwide fell 18.2% over 11 measured months, from 368K to 301K in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Apple iPad estimated searches | Apple iPad Share of Search | Apple iPad rank | Microsoft Surface estimated searches | Microsoft Surface Share of Search | Microsoft Surface rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 8.3M | 1.9% | 2 | 368K | 0.09% | 5 |
| Nov 2025 | 12.3M | 2.4% | 2 | 368K | 0.07% | 5 |
| Dec 2025 | 12.1M | 2.3% | 2 | 301K | 0.06% | 5 |
| Jan 2026 | 10M | 2.3% | 2 | 301K | 0.07% | 5 |
| Feb 2026 | 8.2M | 2.3% | 2 | 301K | 0.09% | 5 |
| Mar 2026 | 8.2M | 1.9% | 2 | 368K | 0.09% | 5 |
| Apr 2026 | 6.7M | 1.9% | 2 | 301K | 0.09% | 5 |
| May 2026 | 6.8M | 1.6% | 2 | 246K | 0.06% | 5 |
| Jun 2026 | 6.8M | 1.6% | 2 | 368K | 0.09% | 4 |
| Jul 2026 | 8.3M | 2% | 2 | 301K | 0.07% | 5 |
| Aug 2026 | 8.3M | 2% | 2 | 301K | 0.07% | 5 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Apple iPad’s and Microsoft Surface’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.

- **Apple iPad**: Measured on the search terms “apple ipad” and “ipad”, summed into one figure.
- **Microsoft Surface**: Measured on the search term “microsoftsurface”.

- [Apple iPad profile](/demand/global-en/brands/apple-ipad)
- [Microsoft Surface profile](/demand/global-en/brands/microsoft-surface)
- [All tablet brands worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/tablet-brands): 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, Apple iPad or Microsoft Surface?

In August 2026, Apple iPad had more branded searches than Microsoft Surface among tablet brands worldwide. Apple iPad was estimated to have 8.3M branded searches compared to Microsoft Surface’s 301K, and held a 2% Share of Search versus Microsoft Surface’s 0.07%.

## Cite this page

Brandwave. "Apple iPad vs Microsoft Surface: Which is more popular by branded search?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/apple-ipad-vs-microsoft-surface

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