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title: "Apple Notes vs Notion: Which is searched more?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Apple Notes or Notion? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Note 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."
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publisher: "Brandwave"
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# Apple Notes vs Notion: Which is searched more?

Which is more popular in search, Apple Notes or Notion? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Note 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**: Apple Notes and Notion
- **Competitive set**: Note apps
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Apple Notes Share of Search**: 8.6%
- **Notion Share of Search**: 49.6%

## Which is more popular in search, Apple Notes or Notion?

- In August 2026, Notion had more branded searches than Apple Notes among note apps worldwide. Notion was estimated to have 428K branded searches compared to Apple Notes’ 74K, and held a 49.6% Share of Search versus Apple Notes’ 8.6%.
- Notion was ahead of Apple Notes in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Apple Notes’ estimated Share of Search among note apps worldwide moved from 7.4% to 8.6%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 74K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Notion’s estimated Share of Search among note apps worldwide moved from 47% to 49.6%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 472K to 428K.

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

- In August 2026, Obsidian overtook Apple Notes to rank 3rd among note apps worldwide, at 10.5%.
- In August 2026, Apple Notes gained estimated Share of Search among note apps worldwide, from 7.9% to 8.6%.
- In August 2026, Notion lost estimated Share of Search among note apps worldwide, from 50.9% to 49.6%.

## Month by month

| Month | Apple Notes estimated searches | Apple Notes Share of Search | Apple Notes rank | Notion estimated searches | Notion Share of Search | Notion rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 74K | 7.4% | 3 | 472K | 47% | 1 |
| Nov 2025 | 74K | 8% | 3 | 407K | 44% | 1 |
| Dec 2025 | 74K | 9% | 3 | 370K | 45% | 1 |
| Jan 2026 | 74K | 7.1% | 4 | 498K | 47.5% | 1 |
| Feb 2026 | 74K | 8.2% | 3 | 453K | 50% | 1 |
| Mar 2026 | 74K | 7.6% | 3 | 528K | 54.1% | 1 |
| Apr 2026 | 74K | 7.7% | 3 | 508K | 53.1% | 1 |
| May 2026 | 74K | 8.3% | 3 | 453K | 51% | 1 |
| Jun 2026 | 60.5K | 7.4% | 4 | 418K | 50.9% | 1 |
| Jul 2026 | 60.5K | 7.9% | 3 | 392K | 50.9% | 1 |
| Aug 2026 | 74K | 8.6% | 4 | 428K | 49.6% | 1 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Apple Notes’ and Notion’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 Notes**: Measured on the search term “apple notes”.
- **Notion**: Measured on the search terms “knowledge base notion”, “notion ai”, “notion app”, “notion calendar”, “notion com” and “notion knowledge base”, summed into one figure.

- [Apple Notes profile](/demand/global-en/brands/apple-notes)
- [Notion profile](/demand/global-en/brands/notion)
- [All note apps worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/note-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, Apple Notes or Notion?

In August 2026, Notion had more branded searches than Apple Notes among note apps worldwide. Notion was estimated to have 428K branded searches compared to Apple Notes’ 74K, and held a 49.6% Share of Search versus Apple Notes’ 8.6%.

## Cite this page

Brandwave. "Apple Notes vs Notion: Which is searched more?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/apple-notes-vs-notion

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