--- title: "FaceTime vs Microsoft Teams: Which is searched more?" description: "Is FaceTime or Microsoft Teams more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Video conferencing 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." canonical: "https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/facetime-vs-microsoft-teams" publisher: "Brandwave" --- # FaceTime vs Microsoft Teams: Which is searched more? Is FaceTime or Microsoft Teams more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Video conferencing 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**: FaceTime and Microsoft Teams - **Competitive set**: Video conferencing platforms - **Market**: Global - **Month measured**: Sep 2026 - **FaceTime Share of Search**: 1.6% - **Microsoft Teams Share of Search**: 22.6% ## Is FaceTime or Microsoft Teams more popular in search? - In September 2026, Microsoft Teams had more branded searches than FaceTime among video conferencing platforms worldwide. Microsoft Teams had about 5.4 million branded searches, while FaceTime had 368,000. Microsoft Teams made up 22.6% of all video conferencing platform searches we track, and FaceTime accounted for 1.6%. - Microsoft Teams was ahead of FaceTime in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, FaceTime’s share of searches among video conferencing platforms worldwide moved from 2.3% to 1.6%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 550K to 368K. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Microsoft Teams’ share of searches among video conferencing platforms worldwide moved from 23.1% to 22.6%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 5.6M to 5.4M. ## Top video conferencing platforms in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews In three ChatGPT questions and two Google AI Overviews, Microsoft Teams appeared in all five answers. FaceTime did not appear in any of the five answers. Brands get a higher AI rank if they are mentioned earlier in the answers that list options. | Brand | AI rank | ChatGPT answers that named it | Google AI Overviews that named it | All answers that named it | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Zoom | 1st | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 | | Microsoft Teams | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 | | Google Meet | 3rd | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 | | Webex | 4th | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 | | Jitsi Meet | 5th | 2 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 2 of 5 | | Whereby | 6th | 1 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 1 of 5 | | FaceTime | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 | | BlueJeans | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 | | GoTo Meeting | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 | ## Every AI answer about video conferencing platforms - Asked ChatGPT "Which video conferencing platform should I use?": 1. Zoom, 2. Google Meet, 3. Microsoft Teams, 4. Webex, 5. Jitsi Meet - Asked ChatGPT "What are the best video conferencing platforms?": 1. Zoom, 2. Google Meet, 3. Microsoft Teams, 4. Webex, 5. Whereby, 6. Jitsi Meet - Asked ChatGPT "What's the best video conferencing platform for a remote team?": 1. Zoom, 2. Microsoft Teams, 3. Google Meet, 4. Webex - Searched Google, AI Overview "video conferencing platform": 1. Zoom, 2. Microsoft Teams, 3. Google Meet, 4. Webex - Searched Google, AI Overview "team video calls": 1. Microsoft Teams Not named in any answer: FaceTime, BlueJeans and GoTo Meeting. Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in the United States on October 19, 2026. ## How did search popularity change for video conferencing platforms worldwide in September 2026? - In September 2026, Microsoft Teams gained share of searches among video conferencing platforms worldwide, from 19.9% to 22.6%. - Estimated monthly branded searches for FaceTime worldwide fell 33.1% over 12 measured months, from 550K to 368K in September 2026. ## Month by month | Month | FaceTime estimated searches | FaceTime Share of Search | FaceTime rank | Microsoft Teams estimated searches | Microsoft Teams Share of Search | Microsoft Teams rank | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Oct 2025 | 550K | 2.3% | 4 | 5.6M | 23.1% | 2 | | Nov 2025 | 550K | 2.6% | 4 | 5.4M | 25.4% | 2 | | Dec 2025 | 550K | 2.9% | 4 | 3.6M | 18.8% | 2 | | Jan 2026 | 550K | 2.7% | 4 | 4.4M | 22% | 2 | | Feb 2026 | 673K | 3.4% | 3 | 4.4M | 22% | 2 | | Mar 2026 | 673K | 2.8% | 4 | 5.4M | 22.1% | 2 | | Apr 2026 | 368K | 1.6% | 5 | 4.4M | 19.2% | 2 | | May 2026 | 368K | 1.9% | 5 | 3.8M | 19.8% | 2 | | Jun 2026 | 368K | 1.9% | 5 | 3.6M | 19% | 2 | | Jul 2026 | 368K | 2% | 4 | 3.6M | 19.1% | 2 | | Aug 2026 | 368K | 1.9% | 4 | 3.8M | 19.9% | 2 | | Sep 2026 | 368K | 1.6% | 4 | 5.4M | 22.6% | 2 | ## How each brand is measured Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using FaceTime’s and Microsoft Teams’ 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. - **FaceTime**: Measured on the search term “facetime”. - **Microsoft Teams**: Measured on the search terms “microsoft teams”, “microsoft teams app”, “microsoftteams” and “ms teams”, summed into one figure. - [FaceTime profile](/demand/global-en/brands/facetime) - [Microsoft Teams profile](/demand/global-en/brands/microsoft-teams) - [All video conferencing platforms worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/video-conferencing-platforms): The set both shares are measured inside, 9 brands. ## Methodology - [How is the Brand Demand Index measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused. ## Frequently asked questions ### Is FaceTime or Microsoft Teams more popular in search? In September 2026, Microsoft Teams had more branded searches than FaceTime among video conferencing platforms worldwide. Microsoft Teams had about 5.4 million branded searches, while FaceTime had 368,000. Microsoft Teams made up 22.6% of all video conferencing platform searches we track, and FaceTime accounted for 1.6%. ## Cite this page Brandwave. "FaceTime vs Microsoft Teams: Which is searched more?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/facetime-vs-microsoft-teams This page is also available as HTML at https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/facetime-vs-microsoft-teams. Brandwave publishes an index of its Markdown pages at https://gobrandwave.com/llms.txt.