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title: "IRONSCALES vs Proofpoint: Which is more popular by branded search?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, IRONSCALES or Proofpoint? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Email security gateways 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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# IRONSCALES vs Proofpoint: Which is more popular by branded search?

Which is more popular in search, IRONSCALES or Proofpoint? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Email security gateways 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**: IRONSCALES and Proofpoint
- **Competitive set**: Email security gateways
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **IRONSCALES Share of Search**: 1.3%
- **Proofpoint Share of Search**: 18%

## Which is more popular in search, IRONSCALES or Proofpoint?

- In August 2026, Proofpoint had more branded searches than IRONSCALES among email security gateways worldwide. Proofpoint was estimated to have 61K branded searches compared to IRONSCALES’s 4.4K, and held an 18% Share of Search versus IRONSCALES’s 1.3%.
- Proofpoint was ahead of IRONSCALES in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, IRONSCALES’s estimated Share of Search among email security gateways worldwide moved from 1.5% to 1.3%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 5.4K to 4.4K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Proofpoint’s estimated Share of Search among email security gateways worldwide moved from 17% to 18%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 61.1K to 61K.

## How did search popularity change for email security gateways worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Proofpoint gained estimated Share of Search among email security gateways worldwide, from 15.2% to 18%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for IRONSCALES worldwide fell 18.5% over 11 measured months, from 5.4K to 4.4K in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | IRONSCALES estimated searches | IRONSCALES Share of Search | IRONSCALES rank | Proofpoint estimated searches | Proofpoint Share of Search | Proofpoint rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 5.4K | 1.5% | 6 | 61.1K | 17% | 3 |
| Nov 2025 | 4.4K | 1.3% | 6 | 61K | 18.2% | 3 |
| Dec 2025 | 4.4K | 1.4% | 6 | 50K | 15.4% | 3 |
| Jan 2026 | 4.4K | 1.1% | 6 | 61.1K | 15.4% | 3 |
| Feb 2026 | 5.4K | 1.6% | 6 | 61.2K | 18.1% | 3 |
| Mar 2026 | 5.4K | 1.4% | 6 | 74.7K | 20% | 3 |
| Apr 2026 | 5.4K | 1.6% | 6 | 61.1K | 18% | 3 |
| May 2026 | 4.4K | 1.3% | 6 | 61K | 18% | 3 |
| Jun 2026 | 4.4K | 1.2% | 6 | 61.3K | 17.1% | 3 |
| Jul 2026 | 4.4K | 1.3% | 6 | 50.3K | 15.2% | 3 |
| Aug 2026 | 4.4K | 1.3% | 6 | 61K | 18% | 3 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using IRONSCALES’s and Proofpoint’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.

- **IRONSCALES**: Measured on the search term “ironscales”.
- **Proofpoint**: Measured on the search terms “proofpoint”, “proofpoint app”, “proofpoint com”, “proofpoint security awareness”, “proofpoint security training”, “proofpoint software” and “security awareness proofpoint”, summed into one figure.

- [IRONSCALES profile](/demand/global-en/brands/ironscales)
- [Proofpoint profile](/demand/global-en/brands/proofpoint)
- [All email security gateways worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/email-security-gateways): The set both shares are measured inside, 6 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, IRONSCALES or Proofpoint?

In August 2026, Proofpoint had more branded searches than IRONSCALES among email security gateways worldwide. Proofpoint was estimated to have 61K branded searches compared to IRONSCALES’s 4.4K, and held an 18% Share of Search versus IRONSCALES’s 1.3%.

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