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title: "Plotly vs Qlik: Which is searched more?"
description: "Is Plotly or Qlik more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Data visualisation 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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# Plotly vs Qlik: Which is searched more?

Is Plotly or Qlik more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Data visualisation 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**: Plotly and Qlik
- **Competitive set**: Data visualisation platforms
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Sep 2026
- **Plotly Share of Search**: 0.75%
- **Qlik Share of Search**: 3.8%

## Is Plotly or Qlik more popular in search?

- In September 2026, Qlik had more branded searches than Plotly among data visualisation platforms worldwide. Qlik had about 169,000 branded searches, while Plotly had 33,100. Qlik made up 3.8% of all data visualisation platform searches we track, and Plotly accounted for 0.75%.
- Qlik was ahead of Plotly in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Plotly’s share of searches among data visualisation platforms worldwide moved from 1.3% to 0.75%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 74K to 33.1K.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Qlik’s share of searches among data visualisation platforms worldwide held steady at 3.8%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 211K to 169K.

## How did search popularity change for data visualisation platforms worldwide in September 2026?

- In September 2026, Qlik gained share of searches among data visualisation platforms worldwide, from 3.1% to 3.8%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Plotly worldwide fell 55.3% over 12 measured months, from 74K to 33.1K in September 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Plotly estimated searches | Plotly Share of Search | Plotly rank | Qlik estimated searches | Qlik Share of Search | Qlik rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 74K | 1.3% | 8 | 211K | 3.8% | 5 |
| Nov 2025 | 60.5K | 1.2% | 8 | 178K | 3.5% | 5 |
| Dec 2025 | 49.5K | 1.1% | 8 | 162K | 3.6% | 5 |
| Jan 2026 | 60.5K | 1.2% | 8 | 178K | 3.4% | 5 |
| Feb 2026 | 49.5K | 0.97% | 8 | 173K | 3.4% | 5 |
| Mar 2026 | 60.5K | 1.1% | 8 | 173K | 3.3% | 5 |
| Apr 2026 | 60.5K | 1.2% | 8 | 173K | 3.3% | 5 |
| May 2026 | 49.5K | 0.97% | 8 | 162K | 3.2% | 5 |
| Jun 2026 | 49.5K | 1.1% | 8 | 158K | 3.4% | 5 |
| Jul 2026 | 40.5K | 0.88% | 8 | 142K | 3.1% | 5 |
| Aug 2026 | 40.5K | 0.88% | 8 | 142K | 3.1% | 5 |
| Sep 2026 | 33.1K | 0.75% | 8 | 169K | 3.8% | 5 |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Plotly’s and Qlik’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.

- **Plotly**: Measured on the search term “plotly”.
- **Qlik**: Measured on the search terms “qlik”, “qlik qlikview” and “qlik sense”, summed into one figure.

- [Plotly profile](/demand/global-en/brands/plotly)
- [Qlik profile](/demand/global-en/brands/qlik)
- [All data visualisation platforms worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/data-visualisation-platforms): The set both shares are measured inside, 10 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 Plotly or Qlik more popular in search?

In September 2026, Qlik had more branded searches than Plotly among data visualisation platforms worldwide. Qlik had about 169,000 branded searches, while Plotly had 33,100. Qlik made up 3.8% of all data visualisation platform searches we track, and Plotly accounted for 0.75%.

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