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

Which is more popular in search, Cision or Prezly? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the PR and 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**: Cision and Prezly
- **Competitive set**: PR and media monitoring platforms
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Cision Share of Search**: 3.6%
- **Prezly Share of Search**: 3.9%

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

- In August 2026, Cision and Prezly were level on Share of Search among PR and media monitoring platforms worldwide, with an estimated 1.8K versus 1.9K branded searches, at 3.6% and 3.9% estimated Share of Search.
- The lead changed hands 7 times in the 11 months ending August 2026: Prezly took it in November 2025, Cision took it in December 2025, Prezly took it in March 2026, Cision took it in April 2026, Prezly took it in May 2026, Cision took it in June 2026, Prezly took it in August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Cision’s estimated Share of Search among PR and media monitoring platforms worldwide moved from 5% to 3.6%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 2.7K to 1.8K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Prezly’s estimated Share of Search among PR and media monitoring platforms worldwide moved from 4.4% to 3.9%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 2.4K to 1.9K.

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

- In August 2026, Prezly overtook Cision to rank 4th among PR and media monitoring platforms worldwide, at 3.9%.
- In August 2026, Cision lost estimated Share of Search among PR and media monitoring platforms worldwide, from 4.2% to 3.6%.

## Month by month

| Month | Cision estimated searches | Cision Share of Search | Cision rank | Prezly estimated searches | Prezly Share of Search | Prezly rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 2.7K | 5% | 4 | 2.4K | 4.4% | 5 |
| Nov 2025 | 2.2K | 4.8% | 5 | 2.4K | 5.2% | 4 |
| Dec 2025 | 2.2K | 5.1% | 4 | 1.9K | 4.4% | 5 |
| Jan 2026 | 2.2K | 4.3% | 4 | 1.9K | 3.7% | 5 |
| Feb 2026 | 2.3K | 4.4% | 4 | 1.9K | 3.7% | 5 |
| Mar 2026 | 2.2K | 4.2% | 5 | 2.4K | 4.6% | 4 |
| Apr 2026 | 2.2K | 4.3% | 4 | 1.9K | 3.7% | 5 |
| May 2026 | 1.9K | 3.7% | 5 | 1.9K | 3.8% | 4 |
| Jun 2026 | 2.2K | 4.3% | 4 | 1.9K | 3.8% | 5 |
| Jul 2026 | 2.1K | 4.2% | 4 | 1.6K | 3.2% | 5 |
| Aug 2026 | 1.8K | 3.6% | 5 | 1.9K | 3.9% | 4 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

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

- **Cision**: Measured on the search terms “cision pr” and “cision pr newswire”, summed into one figure.
- **Prezly**: Measured on the search terms “prezly” and “prezly pr”, summed into one figure.

- [Cision profile](/demand/global-en/brands/cision)
- [Prezly profile](/demand/global-en/brands/prezly)
- [All PR and media monitoring platforms worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/pr-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, Cision or Prezly?

In August 2026, Cision and Prezly were level on Share of Search among PR and media monitoring platforms worldwide, with an estimated 1.8K versus 1.9K branded searches, at 3.6% and 3.9% estimated Share of Search.

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