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title: "CrashPlan vs IDrive: Which is more popular by branded search?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, CrashPlan 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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# CrashPlan vs IDrive: Which is more popular by branded search?

Which is more popular in search, CrashPlan 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**: CrashPlan and IDrive
- **Competitive set**: Cloud backup services
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **CrashPlan Share of Search**: 2.6%
- **IDrive Share of Search**: 2.4%

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

- In August 2026, CrashPlan and IDrive were level on Share of Search among cloud backup services worldwide, with an estimated 6.8K versus 6.2K branded searches, at 2.6% and 2.4% estimated Share of Search.
- The lead changed hands 4 times in the 11 months ending August 2026: IDrive took it in March 2026, CrashPlan took it in April 2026, IDrive took it in May 2026, CrashPlan took it in June 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, CrashPlan’s estimated Share of Search among cloud backup services worldwide moved from 2.8% to 2.6%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 8.3K to 6.8K.
- 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, IDrive gained estimated Share of Search among cloud backup services worldwide, from 1.8% to 2.4%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for CrashPlan worldwide fell 18.3% over 11 measured months, from 8.3K to 6.8K in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | CrashPlan estimated searches | CrashPlan Share of Search | CrashPlan rank | IDrive estimated searches | IDrive Share of Search | IDrive rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 8.3K | 2.8% | 4 | 5.8K | 2% | 5 |
| Nov 2025 | 8.3K | 3% | 4 | 5.5K | 2% | 5 |
| Dec 2025 | 8.3K | 3.2% | 4 | 5.7K | 2.2% | 5 |
| Jan 2026 | 10.1K | 3.6% | 4 | 5.3K | 1.9% | 5 |
| Feb 2026 | 8.2K | 4.1% | 4 | 6.1K | 3% | 5 |
| Mar 2026 | 8.3K | 3.5% | 5 | 10K | 4.3% | 4 |
| Apr 2026 | 8.3K | 4.3% | 4 | 8.2K | 4.2% | 5 |
| May 2026 | 6.7K | 3.2% | 5 | 8.3K | 4% | 4 |
| Jun 2026 | 6.7K | 2.6% | 4 | 3.8K | 1.5% | 5 |
| Jul 2026 | 6.8K | 3% | 4 | 4.1K | 1.8% | 5 |
| Aug 2026 | 6.8K | 2.6% | 4 | 6.2K | 2.4% | 5 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using CrashPlan’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.

- **CrashPlan**: Measured on the search terms “cloud backup crashplan”, “crashplan”, “crashplan app”, “crashplan com” and “crashplan 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.

- [CrashPlan profile](/demand/global-en/brands/crashplan)
- [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, CrashPlan or IDrive?

In August 2026, CrashPlan and IDrive were level on Share of Search among cloud backup services worldwide, with an estimated 6.8K versus 6.2K branded searches, at 2.6% and 2.4% estimated Share of Search.

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