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title: "Carbonite vs IDrive: Which is more popular by branded search?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Carbonite or IDrive? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Cloud backup services 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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# Carbonite vs IDrive: Which is more popular by branded search?

Which is more popular in search, Carbonite or IDrive? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Cloud backup services 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**: Carbonite and IDrive
- **Competitive set**: Cloud backup services
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Carbonite Share of Search**: 19.4%
- **IDrive Share of Search**: 2.4%

## Which is more popular in search, Carbonite or IDrive?

- In August 2026, Carbonite had more branded searches than IDrive among cloud backup services worldwide. Carbonite was estimated to have 50.3K branded searches compared to IDrive’s 6.2K, and held a 19.4% Share of Search versus IDrive’s 2.4%.
- Carbonite was ahead of IDrive in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Carbonite’s estimated Share of Search among cloud backup services worldwide moved from 17.3% to 19.4%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 50.5K to 50.3K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, IDrive’s estimated Share of Search among cloud backup services worldwide moved from 2% to 2.4%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 5.8K to 6.2K.

## How did search popularity change for cloud backup services worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Carbonite gained estimated Share of Search among cloud backup services worldwide, from 18.1% to 19.4%.
- In August 2026, IDrive gained estimated Share of Search among cloud backup services worldwide, from 1.8% to 2.4%.

## Month by month

| Month | Carbonite estimated searches | Carbonite Share of Search | Carbonite rank | IDrive estimated searches | IDrive Share of Search | IDrive rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 50.5K | 17.3% | 3 | 5.8K | 2% | 5 |
| Nov 2025 | 50.3K | 18.5% | 3 | 5.5K | 2% | 5 |
| Dec 2025 | 50.4K | 19.7% | 3 | 5.7K | 2.2% | 5 |
| Jan 2026 | 50.3K | 18% | 3 | 5.3K | 1.9% | 5 |
| Feb 2026 | 33.9K | 16.8% | 3 | 6.1K | 3% | 5 |
| Mar 2026 | 41.4K | 17.7% | 3 | 10K | 4.3% | 4 |
| Apr 2026 | 33.9K | 17.5% | 3 | 8.2K | 4.2% | 5 |
| May 2026 | 41.2K | 19.8% | 3 | 8.3K | 4% | 4 |
| Jun 2026 | 50.1K | 19.7% | 3 | 3.8K | 1.5% | 5 |
| Jul 2026 | 41.2K | 18.1% | 3 | 4.1K | 1.8% | 5 |
| Aug 2026 | 50.3K | 19.4% | 3 | 6.2K | 2.4% | 5 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Carbonite’s and IDrive’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.

- **Carbonite**: Measured on the search terms “carbonite”, “carbonite app”, “carbonite cloud backup”, “carbonite com” and “carbonite software”, summed into one figure.
- **IDrive**: Measured on the search terms “cloud backup idrive”, “idrive backup”, “idrive cloud backup” and “idrive com”, summed into one figure.

- [Carbonite profile](/demand/global-en/brands/carbonite)
- [IDrive profile](/demand/global-en/brands/idrive)
- [All cloud backup services worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/cloud-backup-services): 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, Carbonite or IDrive?

In August 2026, Carbonite had more branded searches than IDrive among cloud backup services worldwide. Carbonite was estimated to have 50.3K branded searches compared to IDrive’s 6.2K, and held a 19.4% Share of Search versus IDrive’s 2.4%.

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