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title: "Localize vs Phrase: Which is more popular by branded search?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Localize or Phrase? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Website localization 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."
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# Localize vs Phrase: Which is more popular by branded search?

Which is more popular in search, Localize or Phrase? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Website localization 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**: Localize and Phrase
- **Competitive set**: Website localization platforms
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Localize Share of Search**: 0.42%
- **Phrase Share of Search**: 8.1%

## Which is more popular in search, Localize or Phrase?

- In August 2026, Phrase had more branded searches than Localize among website localization platforms worldwide. Phrase was estimated to have 4.1K branded searches compared to Localize’s 210, and held an 8.1% Share of Search versus Localize’s 0.42%.
- Phrase was ahead of Localize in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Localize’s estimated Share of Search among website localization platforms worldwide moved from 0.68% to 0.42%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 480 to 210.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Phrase’s estimated Share of Search among website localization platforms worldwide moved from 6.3% to 8.1%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 4.4K to 4.1K.

## How did search popularity change for website localization platforms worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Phrase gained estimated Share of Search among website localization platforms worldwide, from 7.5% to 8.1%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Localize worldwide fell 56.3% over 11 measured months, from 480 to 210 in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Localize estimated searches | Localize Share of Search | Localize rank | Phrase estimated searches | Phrase Share of Search | Phrase rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 480 | 0.68% | 5 | 4.4K | 6.3% | 4 |
| Nov 2025 | 390 | 0.61% | 5 | 3.9K | 6.1% | 4 |
| Dec 2025 | 390 | 0.68% | 5 | 3.8K | 6.6% | 4 |
| Jan 2026 | 390 | 0.58% | 5 | 3.8K | 5.6% | 4 |
| Feb 2026 | 390 | 0.61% | 5 | 4.2K | 6.6% | 4 |
| Mar 2026 | 480 | 0.72% | 5 | 4.3K | 6.5% | 4 |
| Apr 2026 | 390 | 0.62% | 5 | 4K | 6.3% | 4 |
| May 2026 | 260 | 0.47% | 5 | 3.6K | 6.6% | 4 |
| Jun 2026 | 260 | 0.5% | 5 | 3.9K | 7.4% | 4 |
| Jul 2026 | 260 | 0.52% | 5 | 3.8K | 7.5% | 4 |
| Aug 2026 | 210 | 0.42% | 5 | 4.1K | 8.1% | 4 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Localize’s and Phrase’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.

- **Localize**: Measured on the search terms “localize js” and “localizejs”, summed into one figure.
- **Phrase**: Measured on the search terms “phrase com”, “phrase localization”, “phrase localization platform”, “phrase strings”, “phrase tms” and “phrase translation”, summed into one figure.

- [Localize profile](/demand/global-en/brands/localize)
- [Phrase profile](/demand/global-en/brands/phrase)
- [All website localization platforms worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/website-localization-platforms): 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, Localize or Phrase?

In August 2026, Phrase had more branded searches than Localize among website localization platforms worldwide. Phrase was estimated to have 4.1K branded searches compared to Localize’s 210, and held an 8.1% Share of Search versus Localize’s 0.42%.

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