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title: "Fastmail vs Proton: Which is searched more?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Fastmail or Proton? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Email hosting providers 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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# Fastmail vs Proton: Which is searched more?

Which is more popular in search, Fastmail or Proton? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Email hosting providers 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**: Fastmail and Proton
- **Competitive set**: Email hosting providers
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Fastmail Share of Search**: 0.95%
- **Proton Share of Search**: 0.18%

## Which is more popular in search, Fastmail or Proton?

- In August 2026, Fastmail had more branded searches than Proton among email hosting providers worldwide. Fastmail was estimated to have 176K branded searches compared to Proton’s 33.1K, and held a 0.95% Share of Search versus Proton’s 0.18%.
- Fastmail was ahead of Proton in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Fastmail’s estimated Share of Search among email hosting providers worldwide moved from 0.56% to 0.95%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 176K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Proton’s estimated Share of Search among email hosting providers worldwide moved from 0.11% to 0.18%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 33.1K.

## How did search popularity change for email hosting providers worldwide in August 2026?

Neither Fastmail nor Proton moved beyond provider rounding among email hosting providers in Aug 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Fastmail estimated searches | Fastmail Share of Search | Fastmail rank | Proton estimated searches | Proton Share of Search | Proton rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 176K | 0.56% | 4 | 33.1K | 0.11% | 5 |
| Nov 2025 | 144K | 0.53% | 4 | 33.1K | 0.12% | 5 |
| Dec 2025 | 144K | 0.63% | 4 | 33.1K | 0.15% | 5 |
| Jan 2026 | 174K | 0.68% | 4 | 33.1K | 0.13% | 5 |
| Feb 2026 | 145K | 0.57% | 4 | 33.1K | 0.13% | 5 |
| Mar 2026 | 176K | 0.69% | 4 | 33.1K | 0.13% | 5 |
| Apr 2026 | 145K | 0.62% | 4 | 33.1K | 0.14% | 5 |
| May 2026 | 175K | 0.76% | 4 | 33.1K | 0.14% | 5 |
| Jun 2026 | 176K | 0.87% | 4 | 33.1K | 0.16% | 5 |
| Jul 2026 | 176K | 1% | 4 | 33.1K | 0.19% | 5 |
| Aug 2026 | 176K | 0.95% | 4 | 33.1K | 0.18% | 5 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Fastmail’s and Proton’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.

- **Fastmail**: Measured on the search terms “email fastmail”, “fastmail”, “fastmail app” and “fastmail com”, summed into one figure.
- **Proton**: Measured on the search term “proton cars”.

- [Fastmail profile](/demand/global-en/brands/fastmail)
- [Proton profile](/demand/global-en/brands/proton)
- [All email hosting providers worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/email-hosting-providers): 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, Fastmail or Proton?

In August 2026, Fastmail had more branded searches than Proton among email hosting providers worldwide. Fastmail was estimated to have 176K branded searches compared to Proton’s 33.1K, and held a 0.95% Share of Search versus Proton’s 0.18%.

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