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title: "Box vs Dropbox: Which is more popular by branded search?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Box or Dropbox? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Cloud file collaboration 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."
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# Box vs Dropbox: Which is more popular by branded search?

Which is more popular in search, Box or Dropbox? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Cloud file collaboration 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**: Box and Dropbox
- **Competitive set**: Cloud file collaboration platforms
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Box Share of Search**: 0.56%
- **Dropbox Share of Search**: 96.6%

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

- In August 2026, Dropbox had more branded searches than Box among cloud file collaboration platforms worldwide. Dropbox was estimated to have 4.1M branded searches compared to Box’s 24.1K, and held a 96.6% Share of Search versus Box’s 0.56%.
- Dropbox 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 cloud file collaboration platforms worldwide moved from 0.46% to 0.56%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 24.1K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Dropbox’s estimated Share of Search among cloud file collaboration platforms worldwide moved from 96.3% to 96.6%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 5.1M to 4.1M.

## How did search popularity change for cloud file collaboration platforms worldwide in August 2026?

- Estimated monthly branded searches for Dropbox worldwide fell 18.1% over 11 measured months, from 5.1M to 4.1M in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Box estimated searches | Box Share of Search | Box rank | Dropbox estimated searches | Dropbox Share of Search | Dropbox rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 24.1K | 0.46% | 4 | 5.1M | 96.3% | 1 |
| Nov 2025 | 23.8K | 0.46% | 4 | 5M | 97.1% | 1 |
| Dec 2025 | 23.8K | 0.46% | 4 | 5M | 97.1% | 1 |
| Jan 2026 | 24.1K | 0.46% | 4 | 5.1M | 96.7% | 1 |
| Feb 2026 | 24.1K | 0.46% | 4 | 5M | 96.8% | 1 |
| Mar 2026 | 24.6K | 0.47% | 4 | 5.1M | 96.3% | 1 |
| Apr 2026 | 24.1K | 0.46% | 4 | 5M | 96.8% | 1 |
| May 2026 | 24.1K | 0.46% | 4 | 5M | 97.2% | 1 |
| Jun 2026 | 24.1K | 0.46% | 4 | 5M | 96.9% | 1 |
| Jul 2026 | 24.1K | 0.56% | 4 | 4.1M | 96.2% | 1 |
| Aug 2026 | 24.1K | 0.56% | 4 | 4.1M | 96.6% | 1 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Box’s and Dropbox’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.
- **Dropbox**: Measured on the search terms “dropbox”, “dropbox app”, “dropbox com”, “dropbox file sharing” and “dropbox software”, summed into one figure.

- [Box profile](/demand/global-en/brands/box)
- [Dropbox profile](/demand/global-en/brands/dropbox)
- [All cloud file collaboration platforms worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/cloud-file-collaboration-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, Box or Dropbox?

In August 2026, Dropbox had more branded searches than Box among cloud file collaboration platforms worldwide. Dropbox was estimated to have 4.1M branded searches compared to Box’s 24.1K, and held a 96.6% Share of Search versus Box’s 0.56%.

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