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title: "Google Translate vs QuillBot: Which is more popular by branded search?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Google Translate or QuillBot? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Online translation tools 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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# Google Translate vs QuillBot: Which is more popular by branded search?

Which is more popular in search, Google Translate or QuillBot? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Online translation tools 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**: Google Translate and QuillBot
- **Competitive set**: Online translation tools
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Google Translate Share of Search**: 89.5%
- **QuillBot Share of Search**: 2.2%

## Which is more popular in search, Google Translate or QuillBot?

- In August 2026, Google Translate had more branded searches than QuillBot among online translation tools worldwide. Google Translate was estimated to have 228M branded searches compared to QuillBot’s 5.6M, and held an 89.5% Share of Search versus QuillBot’s 2.2%.
- Google Translate was ahead of QuillBot in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Google Translate’s estimated Share of Search among online translation tools worldwide moved from 86% to 89.5%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 278M to 228M.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, QuillBot’s estimated Share of Search among online translation tools worldwide moved from 2.9% to 2.2%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 9.3M to 5.6M.

## How did search popularity change for online translation tools worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Google Translate gained estimated Share of Search among online translation tools worldwide, from 85.3% to 89.5%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for QuillBot worldwide fell 39.5% over 11 measured months, from 9.3M to 5.6M in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Google Translate estimated searches | Google Translate Share of Search | Google Translate rank | QuillBot estimated searches | QuillBot Share of Search | QuillBot rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 278M | 86% | 1 | 9.3M | 2.9% | 3 |
| Nov 2025 | 278M | 86.7% | 1 | 9.3M | 2.9% | 3 |
| Dec 2025 | 278M | 88.8% | 1 | 6.2M | 2% | 3 |
| Jan 2026 | 279M | 87.8% | 1 | 6.2M | 2% | 3 |
| Feb 2026 | 278M | 88.6% | 1 | 6.2M | 2% | 3 |
| Mar 2026 | 279M | 86.3% | 1 | 8.2M | 2.6% | 3 |
| Apr 2026 | 278M | 88.3% | 1 | 6.3M | 2% | 3 |
| May 2026 | 279M | 87.9% | 1 | 6.3M | 2% | 3 |
| Jun 2026 | 228M | 86.1% | 1 | 5.5M | 2.1% | 3 |
| Jul 2026 | 229M | 85.3% | 1 | 6.4M | 2.4% | 3 |
| Aug 2026 | 228M | 89.5% | 1 | 5.6M | 2.2% | 3 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Google Translate’s and QuillBot’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.

- **Google Translate**: Measured on the search terms “google translate”, “google translate app”, “google translate software”, “google translate translator”, “googletranslate”, “translate google com” and “translator google translate”, summed into one figure.
- **QuillBot**: Measured on the search terms “quillbot”, “quillbot app”, “quillbot com”, “quillbot software”, “quillbot translator” and “translator quillbot”, summed into one figure.

- [Google Translate profile](/demand/global-en/brands/google-translate)
- [QuillBot profile](/demand/global-en/brands/quillbot)
- [All online translation tools worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/online-translation-tools): 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, Google Translate or QuillBot?

In August 2026, Google Translate had more branded searches than QuillBot among online translation tools worldwide. Google Translate was estimated to have 228M branded searches compared to QuillBot’s 5.6M, and held an 89.5% Share of Search versus QuillBot’s 2.2%.

## Cite this page

Brandwave. "Google Translate vs QuillBot: Which is more popular by branded search?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/google-translate-vs-quillbot

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