--- title: "Mention vs Prowly: Which is searched more?" description: "Is Mention or Prowly more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Media monitoring and social listening 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." canonical: "https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/mention-vs-prowly" publisher: "Brandwave" --- # Mention vs Prowly: Which is searched more? Is Mention or Prowly more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Media monitoring and social listening 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**: Mention and Prowly - **Competitive set**: Media monitoring and social listening tools - **Market**: Global - **Month measured**: Sep 2026 - **Mention Share of Search**: 0.1% - **Prowly Share of Search**: 0.96% ## Is Mention or Prowly more popular in search? - In September 2026, Prowly had more branded searches than Mention among media monitoring and social listening tools worldwide. Prowly had about 2,400 branded searches, while Mention had 260. Prowly made up 0.96% of all media monitoring and social listening tool searches we track, and Mention accounted for 0.1%. - Prowly was ahead of Mention in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Mention’s share of searches among media monitoring and social listening tools worldwide moved from 0.11% to 0.1%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 390 to 260. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Prowly’s share of searches among media monitoring and social listening tools worldwide moved from 1.6% to 0.96%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 5.4K to 2.4K. ## Top media monitoring and social listening tools in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews In three ChatGPT questions and two Google AI Overviews, neither Mention nor Prowly showed up in any of the five answers. Brands get a higher AI rank if they are mentioned earlier in the answers that list options. | Brand | AI rank | ChatGPT answers that named it | Google AI Overviews that named it | All answers that named it | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Meltwater | 1st | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 | | Brandwatch | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 | | Sprout Social | 3rd | 1 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 3 of 5 | | Brand24 | 4th | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 | | Talkwalker | 5th | 2 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 2 of 5 | | CisionOne | 6th | 1 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 1 of 5 | | Cision | 7th | 2 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 2 of 5 | | Muck Rack | 8th | 1 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 1 of 5 | | Onclusive | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 | | Agility PR Solutions | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 | | Prezly | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 | | Prowly | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 | | Mention | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 | ## Every AI answer about media monitoring and social listening tools - Asked ChatGPT "Which media monitoring tool should I use?": 1. Meltwater, 2. Brand24, 3. Cision, 4. Brandwatch - Asked ChatGPT "What are the best media monitoring tools?": 1. Meltwater, 2. CisionOne, 3. Brandwatch, 4. Talkwalker, 5. Brand24, 6. Muck Rack, 7. Cision - Asked ChatGPT "What's the best media monitoring tool for social listening?": 1. Brandwatch, 2. Meltwater, 3. Talkwalker, 4. Sprout Social, 5. Brand24 - Searched Google, AI Overview "social listening tools": 1. Sprout Social, 2. Brandwatch, 3. Meltwater, 4. Brand24 - Searched Google, AI Overview "online reputation monitoring": 1. Sprout Social, 2. Brand24 Not named in any answer: Onclusive, Agility PR Solutions, Prezly, Prowly and Mention. Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in the United States on October 21, 2026. ## How did search popularity change for media monitoring and social listening tools worldwide in September 2026? - In September 2026, Prowly fell from 8th to 9th among media monitoring and social listening tools worldwide. - Estimated monthly branded searches for Mention worldwide fell 33.3% over 12 measured months, from 390 to 260 in September 2026. ## Month by month | Month | Mention estimated searches | Mention Share of Search | Mention rank | Prowly estimated searches | Prowly Share of Search | Prowly rank | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Oct 2025 | 390 | 0.11% | 13 | 5.4K | 1.6% | 7 | | Nov 2025 | 390 | 0.13% | 13 | 5.4K | 1.8% | 7 | | Dec 2025 | 320 | 0.13% | 13 | 3.6K | 1.4% | 7 | | Jan 2026 | 480 | 0.17% | 13 | 4.4K | 1.5% | 7 | | Feb 2026 | 390 | 0.15% | 13 | 3.6K | 1.4% | 7 | | Mar 2026 | 480 | 0.15% | 13 | 4.4K | 1.4% | 7 | | Apr 2026 | 480 | 0.18% | 13 | 3.6K | 1.4% | 7 | | May 2026 | 390 | 0.15% | 13 | 2.9K | 1.1% | 7 | | Jun 2026 | 320 | 0.12% | 13 | 2.9K | 1.1% | 8 | | Jul 2026 | 390 | 0.16% | 13 | 2.9K | 1.2% | 8 | | Aug 2026 | 210 | 0.09% | 13 | 2.4K | 1% | 8 | | Sep 2026 | 260 | 0.1% | 13 | 2.4K | 0.96% | 9 | ## How each brand is measured Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Mention’s and Prowly’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. - **Mention**: Measured on the search term “mention social listening”. - **Prowly**: Measured on the search term “prowly”. - [Mention profile](/demand/global-en/brands/mention) - [Prowly profile](/demand/global-en/brands/prowly) - [All media monitoring and social listening tools worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/media-monitoring-tools): The set both shares are measured inside, 13 brands. ## Methodology - [How is the Brand Demand Index measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused. ## Frequently asked questions ### Is Mention or Prowly more popular in search? In September 2026, Prowly had more branded searches than Mention among media monitoring and social listening tools worldwide. Prowly had about 2,400 branded searches, while Mention had 260. Prowly made up 0.96% of all media monitoring and social listening tool searches we track, and Mention accounted for 0.1%. ## Cite this page Brandwave. "Mention vs Prowly: Which is searched more?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/mention-vs-prowly This page is also available as HTML at https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/mention-vs-prowly. Brandwave publishes an index of its Markdown pages at https://gobrandwave.com/llms.txt.