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title: "Filemail vs WeTransfer: Which is more popular by branded search?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Filemail or WeTransfer? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the File transfer 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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# Filemail vs WeTransfer: Which is more popular by branded search?

Which is more popular in search, Filemail or WeTransfer? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the File transfer 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**: Filemail and WeTransfer
- **Competitive set**: File transfer services
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Filemail Share of Search**: 0.5%
- **WeTransfer Share of Search**: 92.3%

## Which is more popular in search, Filemail or WeTransfer?

- In August 2026, WeTransfer had more branded searches than Filemail among file transfer services worldwide. WeTransfer was estimated to have 11.1M branded searches compared to Filemail’s 60.5K, and held a 92.3% Share of Search versus Filemail’s 0.5%.
- WeTransfer was ahead of Filemail in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Filemail’s estimated Share of Search among file transfer services worldwide moved from 0.63% to 0.5%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 110K to 60.5K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, WeTransfer’s estimated Share of Search among file transfer services worldwide moved from 95.2% to 92.3%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 16.6M to 11.1M.

## How did search popularity change for file transfer services worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, WeTransfer lost estimated Share of Search among file transfer services worldwide, from 93.6% to 92.3%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Filemail worldwide fell 45% over 11 measured months, from 110K to 60.5K in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Filemail estimated searches | Filemail Share of Search | Filemail rank | WeTransfer estimated searches | WeTransfer Share of Search | WeTransfer rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 110K | 0.63% | 3 | 16.6M | 95.2% | 1 |
| Nov 2025 | 90.5K | 0.52% | 3 | 16.6M | 95.4% | 1 |
| Dec 2025 | 90.5K | 0.63% | 3 | 13.6M | 94.4% | 1 |
| Jan 2026 | 74K | 0.51% | 3 | 13.6M | 94.5% | 1 |
| Feb 2026 | 74K | 0.51% | 3 | 13.6M | 94.5% | 1 |
| Mar 2026 | 74K | 0.42% | 3 | 16.6M | 94.6% | 1 |
| Apr 2026 | 74K | 0.51% | 3 | 13.6M | 93.5% | 1 |
| May 2026 | 74K | 0.51% | 3 | 13.6M | 94.5% | 1 |
| Jun 2026 | 74K | 0.51% | 3 | 13.6M | 94.5% | 1 |
| Jul 2026 | 60.5K | 0.42% | 3 | 13.6M | 93.6% | 1 |
| Aug 2026 | 60.5K | 0.5% | 3 | 11.1M | 92.3% | 1 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Filemail’s and WeTransfer’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.

- **Filemail**: Measured on the search term “filemail”.
- **WeTransfer**: Measured on the search term “wetransfer”.

- [Filemail profile](/demand/global-en/brands/filemail)
- [WeTransfer profile](/demand/global-en/brands/wetransfer)
- [All file transfer services worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/file-transfer-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, Filemail or WeTransfer?

In August 2026, WeTransfer had more branded searches than Filemail among file transfer services worldwide. WeTransfer was estimated to have 11.1M branded searches compared to Filemail’s 60.5K, and held a 92.3% Share of Search versus Filemail’s 0.5%.

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