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title: "Brandwatch vs Cision: Which is searched more?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Brandwatch or Cision? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Media monitoring 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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# Brandwatch vs Cision: Which is searched more?

Which is more popular in search, Brandwatch or Cision? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Media monitoring 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**: Brandwatch and Cision
- **Competitive set**: Media monitoring platforms
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Brandwatch Share of Search**: 31.2%
- **Cision Share of Search**: 1.3%

## Which is more popular in search, Brandwatch or Cision?

- In August 2026, Brandwatch had more branded searches than Cision among media monitoring platforms worldwide. Brandwatch was estimated to have 40.9K branded searches compared to Cision’s 1.8K, and held a 31.2% Share of Search versus Cision’s 1.3%.
- Brandwatch was ahead of Cision in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Brandwatch’s estimated Share of Search among media monitoring platforms worldwide moved from 32.4% to 31.2%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 61.2K to 40.9K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Cision’s estimated Share of Search among media monitoring platforms worldwide moved from 1.4% to 1.3%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 2.7K to 1.8K.

## How did search popularity change for media monitoring platforms worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Brandwatch gained estimated Share of Search among media monitoring platforms worldwide, from 30.5% to 31.2%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Cision worldwide fell 34.9% over 11 measured months, from 2.7K to 1.8K in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Brandwatch estimated searches | Brandwatch Share of Search | Brandwatch rank | Cision estimated searches | Cision Share of Search | Cision rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 61.2K | 32.4% | 2 | 2.7K | 1.4% | 5 |
| Nov 2025 | 61.1K | 36.9% | 1 | 2.2K | 1.3% | 5 |
| Dec 2025 | 50.1K | 36.5% | 1 | 2.2K | 1.6% | 5 |
| Jan 2026 | 50.2K | 32.5% | 2 | 2.2K | 1.4% | 5 |
| Feb 2026 | 50.5K | 33.9% | 2 | 2.3K | 1.5% | 5 |
| Mar 2026 | 61.4K | 36.6% | 1 | 2.2K | 1.3% | 5 |
| Apr 2026 | 50.1K | 33.7% | 2 | 2.2K | 1.5% | 5 |
| May 2026 | 50.4K | 34.2% | 2 | 1.9K | 1.3% | 5 |
| Jun 2026 | 49.9K | 33.7% | 2 | 2.2K | 1.5% | 5 |
| Jul 2026 | 41K | 30.5% | 2 | 2.1K | 1.6% | 5 |
| Aug 2026 | 40.9K | 31.2% | 2 | 1.8K | 1.3% | 5 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Brandwatch’s and Cision’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.

- **Brandwatch**: Measured on the search terms “brandwatch” and “brandwatch social listening”, summed into one figure.
- **Cision**: Measured on the search terms “cision pr” and “cision pr newswire”, summed into one figure.

- [Brandwatch profile](/demand/global-en/brands/brandwatch)
- [Cision profile](/demand/global-en/brands/cision)
- [All media monitoring platforms worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/media-monitoring-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, Brandwatch or Cision?

In August 2026, Brandwatch had more branded searches than Cision among media monitoring platforms worldwide. Brandwatch was estimated to have 40.9K branded searches compared to Cision’s 1.8K, and held a 31.2% Share of Search versus Cision’s 1.3%.

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