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title: "Proton Mail vs Yahoo Mail: Which is searched more?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Proton Mail or Yahoo Mail? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Email providers 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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# Proton Mail vs Yahoo Mail: Which is searched more?

Which is more popular in search, Proton Mail or Yahoo Mail? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Email providers 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**: Proton Mail and Yahoo Mail
- **Competitive set**: Email providers
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Sep 2026
- **Proton Mail Share of Search**: 0.62%
- **Yahoo Mail Share of Search**: 12.6%

## Which is more popular in search, Proton Mail or Yahoo Mail?

- In September 2026, Yahoo Mail had more branded searches than Proton Mail among email providers worldwide. Yahoo Mail was estimated to have 83.1M branded searches compared to Proton Mail’s 4.1M, and held a 12.6% Share of Search versus Proton Mail’s 0.62%.
- Yahoo Mail was ahead of Proton Mail in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Proton Mail’s estimated Share of Search among email providers worldwide moved from 0.5% to 0.62%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 3.4M to 4.1M.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Yahoo Mail’s estimated Share of Search among email providers worldwide moved from 14.9% to 12.6%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 101M to 83.1M.

## How did search popularity change for email providers worldwide in September 2026?

- In September 2026, Yahoo Mail lost estimated Share of Search among email providers worldwide, from 14.6% to 12.6%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Proton Mail worldwide rose 22% over 12 measured months, from 3.4M to 4.1M in September 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Proton Mail estimated searches | Proton Mail Share of Search | Proton Mail rank | Yahoo Mail estimated searches | Yahoo Mail Share of Search | Yahoo Mail rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 3.4M | 0.5% | 5 | 101M | 14.9% | 3 |
| Nov 2025 | 3.4M | 0.56% | 4 | 101M | 16.9% | 3 |
| Dec 2025 | 3.4M | 0.56% | 4 | 101M | 16.9% | 3 |
| Jan 2026 | 4.1M | 0.68% | 4 | 101M | 16.8% | 3 |
| Feb 2026 | 3.4M | 0.59% | 4 | 83.1M | 14.7% | 3 |
| Mar 2026 | 4.1M | 0.61% | 4 | 101M | 14.9% | 3 |
| Apr 2026 | 4.1M | 0.61% | 4 | 101M | 14.9% | 3 |
| May 2026 | 4.1M | 0.68% | 4 | 101M | 16.8% | 3 |
| Jun 2026 | 4.1M | 0.7% | 4 | 101M | 17.2% | 3 |
| Jul 2026 | 4.1M | 0.74% | 4 | 83.1M | 15% | 3 |
| Aug 2026 | 4.1M | 0.72% | 4 | 83.1M | 14.6% | 3 |
| Sep 2026 | 4.1M | 0.62% | 4 | 83.1M | 12.6% | 3 |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Proton Mail’s and Yahoo Mail’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.

- **Proton Mail**: Measured on the search terms “email proton mail”, “proton mail”, “proton mail app”, “proton mail email”, “proton mail software” and “protonmail”, summed into one figure.
- **Yahoo Mail**: Measured on the search term “yahoo mail”.

- [Proton Mail profile](/demand/global-en/brands/proton-mail)
- [Yahoo Mail profile](/demand/global-en/brands/yahoo-mail)
- [All email providers worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/email-providers): 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, Proton Mail or Yahoo Mail?

In September 2026, Yahoo Mail had more branded searches than Proton Mail among email providers worldwide. Yahoo Mail was estimated to have 83.1M branded searches compared to Proton Mail’s 4.1M, and held a 12.6% Share of Search versus Proton Mail’s 0.62%.

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