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

Which is more popular in search, Proofpoint or Skillcast? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Compliance training 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**: Proofpoint and Skillcast
- **Competitive set**: Compliance training platforms
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Proofpoint Share of Search**: 18.5%
- **Skillcast Share of Search**: 0.58%

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

- In August 2026, Proofpoint had more branded searches than Skillcast among compliance training platforms worldwide. Proofpoint was estimated to have 61K branded searches compared to Skillcast’s 1.9K, and held an 18.5% Share of Search versus Skillcast’s 0.58%.
- Proofpoint was ahead of Skillcast in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Proofpoint’s estimated Share of Search among compliance training platforms worldwide moved from 16% to 18.5%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 61.1K to 61K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Skillcast’s estimated Share of Search among compliance training platforms worldwide moved from 0.76% to 0.58%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 2.9K to 1.9K.

## How did search popularity change for compliance training platforms worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Proofpoint gained estimated Share of Search among compliance training platforms worldwide, from 16.6% to 18.5%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Skillcast worldwide fell 34.5% over 11 measured months, from 2.9K to 1.9K in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Proofpoint estimated searches | Proofpoint Share of Search | Proofpoint rank | Skillcast estimated searches | Skillcast Share of Search | Skillcast rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 61.1K | 16% | 3 | 2.9K | 0.76% | 5 |
| Nov 2025 | 61K | 17.8% | 3 | 2.4K | 0.7% | 5 |
| Dec 2025 | 50K | 16.3% | 3 | 2.4K | 0.78% | 5 |
| Jan 2026 | 61.1K | 17.8% | 3 | 2.9K | 0.85% | 5 |
| Feb 2026 | 61.2K | 17.9% | 3 | 2.4K | 0.7% | 5 |
| Mar 2026 | 74.7K | 20.5% | 3 | 2.9K | 0.8% | 5 |
| Apr 2026 | 61.1K | 18.5% | 3 | 2.4K | 0.73% | 5 |
| May 2026 | 61K | 17.8% | 3 | 1.9K | 0.56% | 5 |
| Jun 2026 | 61.3K | 18.5% | 3 | 2.4K | 0.73% | 5 |
| Jul 2026 | 50.3K | 16.6% | 3 | 1.9K | 0.63% | 5 |
| Aug 2026 | 61K | 18.5% | 3 | 1.9K | 0.58% | 5 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

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

- **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.
- **Skillcast**: Measured on the search term “skillcast”.

- [Proofpoint profile](/demand/global-en/brands/proofpoint)
- [Skillcast profile](/demand/global-en/brands/skillcast)
- [All compliance training platforms worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/compliance-training-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, Proofpoint or Skillcast?

In August 2026, Proofpoint had more branded searches than Skillcast among compliance training platforms worldwide. Proofpoint was estimated to have 61K branded searches compared to Skillcast’s 1.9K, and held an 18.5% Share of Search versus Skillcast’s 0.58%.

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