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title: "Confluence vs Microsoft 365: Which is searched more?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Confluence or Microsoft 365? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Document 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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# Confluence vs Microsoft 365: Which is searched more?

Which is more popular in search, Confluence or Microsoft 365? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Document 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**: Confluence and Microsoft 365
- **Competitive set**: Document collaboration platforms
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Confluence Share of Search**: 4.1%
- **Microsoft 365 Share of Search**: 81.5%

## Which is more popular in search, Confluence or Microsoft 365?

- In August 2026, Microsoft 365 had more branded searches than Confluence among document collaboration platforms worldwide. Microsoft 365 was estimated to have 13.7M branded searches compared to Confluence’s 694K, and held an 81.5% Share of Search versus Confluence’s 4.1%.
- Microsoft 365 was ahead of Confluence in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Confluence’s estimated Share of Search among document collaboration platforms worldwide moved from 2.9% to 4.1%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 849K to 694K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Microsoft 365’s estimated Share of Search among document collaboration platforms worldwide moved from 89.6% to 81.5%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 26M to 13.7M.

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

- In August 2026, Microsoft 365 gained estimated Share of Search among document collaboration platforms worldwide, from 80.2% to 81.5%.
- 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 | Confluence estimated searches | Confluence Share of Search | Confluence rank | Microsoft 365 estimated searches | Microsoft 365 Share of Search | Microsoft 365 rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 849K | 2.9% | 3 | 26M | 89.6% | 1 |
| Nov 2025 | 694K | 2.7% | 3 | 22.8M | 89.1% | 1 |
| Dec 2025 | 694K | 3.2% | 3 | 18.6M | 87.2% | 1 |
| Jan 2026 | 850K | 3.5% | 3 | 21.1M | 86.3% | 1 |
| Feb 2026 | 695K | 2.9% | 3 | 21.1M | 87% | 1 |
| Mar 2026 | 849K | 3.5% | 3 | 21.2M | 86.2% | 1 |
| Apr 2026 | 694K | 3.2% | 3 | 18.6M | 85.1% | 1 |
| May 2026 | 694K | 3.2% | 3 | 18.7M | 85.5% | 1 |
| Jun 2026 | 850K | 4.6% | 3 | 15.3M | 82.5% | 1 |
| Jul 2026 | 695K | 4.4% | 3 | 12.5M | 80.2% | 1 |
| Aug 2026 | 694K | 4.1% | 3 | 13.7M | 81.5% | 1 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Confluence’s and Microsoft 365’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.

- **Confluence**: Measured on the search terms “confluence”, “confluence app”, “confluence knowledge base” and “confluence software”, summed into one figure.
- **Microsoft 365**: Measured on the search terms “business email microsoft 365”, “email microsoft 365”, “microsoft 365”, “microsoft 365 app”, “microsoft 365 business email”, “microsoft 365 email”, “microsoft 365 software”, “microsoft365” and “office 365”, summed into one figure.

- [Confluence profile](/demand/global-en/brands/confluence)
- [Microsoft 365 profile](/demand/global-en/brands/microsoft-365)
- [All document collaboration platforms worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/document-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, Confluence or Microsoft 365?

In August 2026, Microsoft 365 had more branded searches than Confluence among document collaboration platforms worldwide. Microsoft 365 was estimated to have 13.7M branded searches compared to Confluence’s 694K, and held an 81.5% Share of Search versus Confluence’s 4.1%.

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