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title: "Box vs Confluence: Which is searched more?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Box or Confluence? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Document management systems 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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# Box vs Confluence: Which is searched more?

Which is more popular in search, Box or Confluence? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Document management systems 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**: Box and Confluence
- **Competitive set**: Document management systems
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Box Share of Search**: 0.69%
- **Confluence Share of Search**: 19.8%

## Which is more popular in search, Box or Confluence?

- In August 2026, Confluence had more branded searches than Box among document management systems worldwide. Confluence was estimated to have 694K branded searches compared to Box’s 24.1K, and held a 19.8% Share of Search versus Box’s 0.69%.
- Confluence was ahead of Box in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Box’s estimated Share of Search among document management systems worldwide moved from 0.65% to 0.69%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 24.1K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Confluence’s estimated Share of Search among document management systems worldwide moved from 23.1% to 19.8%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 849K to 694K.

## How did search popularity change for document management systems worldwide in August 2026?

- Estimated monthly branded searches for Confluence worldwide fell 18.2% over 11 measured months, from 849K to 694K in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Box estimated searches | Box Share of Search | Box rank | Confluence estimated searches | Confluence Share of Search | Confluence rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 24.1K | 0.65% | 4 | 849K | 23.1% | 2 |
| Nov 2025 | 23.8K | 0.68% | 4 | 694K | 19.7% | 2 |
| Dec 2025 | 23.8K | 0.79% | 4 | 694K | 23.1% | 2 |
| Jan 2026 | 24.1K | 0.65% | 4 | 850K | 23.1% | 2 |
| Feb 2026 | 24.1K | 0.68% | 4 | 695K | 19.7% | 2 |
| Mar 2026 | 24.6K | 0.67% | 4 | 849K | 23.1% | 2 |
| Apr 2026 | 24.1K | 0.68% | 4 | 694K | 19.7% | 2 |
| May 2026 | 24.1K | 0.69% | 4 | 694K | 19.8% | 2 |
| Jun 2026 | 24.1K | 0.66% | 4 | 850K | 23.2% | 2 |
| Jul 2026 | 24.1K | 0.69% | 4 | 695K | 19.8% | 2 |
| Aug 2026 | 24.1K | 0.69% | 4 | 694K | 19.8% | 2 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Box’s and Confluence’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.

- **Box**: Measured on the search terms “box com” and “box file sharing”, summed into one figure.
- **Confluence**: Measured on the search terms “confluence”, “confluence app”, “confluence knowledge base” and “confluence software”, summed into one figure.

- [Box profile](/demand/global-en/brands/box)
- [Confluence profile](/demand/global-en/brands/confluence)
- [All document management systems worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/document-management-systems): 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, Box or Confluence?

In August 2026, Confluence had more branded searches than Box among document management systems worldwide. Confluence was estimated to have 694K branded searches compared to Box’s 24.1K, and held a 19.8% Share of Search versus Box’s 0.69%.

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