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title: "Epidemic Sound vs Musicbed: Which is more popular by branded search?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Epidemic Sound or Musicbed? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Royalty-free music libraries 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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# Epidemic Sound vs Musicbed: Which is more popular by branded search?

Which is more popular in search, Epidemic Sound or Musicbed? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Royalty-free music libraries 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**: Epidemic Sound and Musicbed
- **Competitive set**: Royalty-free music libraries
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Epidemic Sound Share of Search**: 43.5%
- **Musicbed Share of Search**: 4.7%

## Which is more popular in search, Epidemic Sound or Musicbed?

- In August 2026, Epidemic Sound had more branded searches than Musicbed among royalty-free music libraries worldwide. Epidemic Sound was estimated to have 466K branded searches compared to Musicbed’s 50K, and held a 43.5% Share of Search versus Musicbed’s 4.7%.
- Epidemic Sound was ahead of Musicbed in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Epidemic Sound’s estimated Share of Search among royalty-free music libraries worldwide moved from 33.8% to 43.5%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 466K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Musicbed’s estimated Share of Search among royalty-free music libraries worldwide moved from 3.6% to 4.7%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 50.3K to 50K.

## How did search popularity change for royalty-free music libraries worldwide in August 2026?

Neither Epidemic Sound nor Musicbed moved beyond provider rounding among royalty-free music libraries in Aug 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Epidemic Sound estimated searches | Epidemic Sound Share of Search | Epidemic Sound rank | Musicbed estimated searches | Musicbed Share of Search | Musicbed rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 466K | 33.8% | 2 | 50.3K | 3.6% | 3 |
| Nov 2025 | 381K | 34.2% | 2 | 41.1K | 3.7% | 3 |
| Dec 2025 | 381K | 34.3% | 2 | 41.3K | 3.7% | 3 |
| Jan 2026 | 467K | 38.9% | 2 | 50.3K | 4.2% | 3 |
| Feb 2026 | 382K | 35.2% | 2 | 41K | 3.8% | 3 |
| Mar 2026 | 467K | 38.8% | 2 | 50.3K | 4.2% | 3 |
| Apr 2026 | 466K | 39.4% | 2 | 50.2K | 4.2% | 3 |
| May 2026 | 466K | 39.7% | 2 | 50.1K | 4.3% | 3 |
| Jun 2026 | 466K | 44% | 2 | 49.9K | 4.7% | 3 |
| Jul 2026 | 464K | 43.8% | 2 | 50K | 4.7% | 3 |
| Aug 2026 | 466K | 43.5% | 2 | 50K | 4.7% | 3 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Epidemic Sound’s and Musicbed’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.

- **Epidemic Sound**: Measured on the search terms “epidemic sound”, “epidemic sound app”, “epidemic sound music licensing”, “epidemicsound” and “epidemicsound com”, summed into one figure.
- **Musicbed**: Measured on the search terms “musicbed”, “musicbed app”, “musicbed com”, “musicbed music” and “musicbed music licensing”, summed into one figure.

- [Epidemic Sound profile](/demand/global-en/brands/epidemic-sound)
- [Musicbed profile](/demand/global-en/brands/musicbed)
- [All royalty-free music libraries worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/royalty-free-music-libraries): 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, Epidemic Sound or Musicbed?

In August 2026, Epidemic Sound had more branded searches than Musicbed among royalty-free music libraries worldwide. Epidemic Sound was estimated to have 466K branded searches compared to Musicbed’s 50K, and held a 43.5% Share of Search versus Musicbed’s 4.7%.

## Cite this page

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