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title: "Sublime Text vs Visual Studio Code: Which is more popular by branded search?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Sublime Text or Visual Studio Code? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Code editors 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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# Sublime Text vs Visual Studio Code: Which is more popular by branded search?

Which is more popular in search, Sublime Text or Visual Studio Code? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Code editors 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**: Sublime Text and Visual Studio Code
- **Competitive set**: Code editors
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Sublime Text Share of Search**: 2.7%
- **Visual Studio Code Share of Search**: 45.5%

## Which is more popular in search, Sublime Text or Visual Studio Code?

- In August 2026, Visual Studio Code had more branded searches than Sublime Text among code editors worldwide. Visual Studio Code was estimated to have 2.7M branded searches compared to Sublime Text’s 165K, and held a 45.5% Share of Search versus Sublime Text’s 2.7%.
- Visual Studio Code was ahead of Sublime Text in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Sublime Text’s estimated Share of Search among code editors worldwide moved from 3.9% to 2.7%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 246K to 165K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Visual Studio Code’s estimated Share of Search among code editors worldwide moved from 43.3% to 45.5%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 2.7M.

## How did search popularity change for code editors worldwide in August 2026?

- Estimated monthly branded searches for Sublime Text worldwide fell 32.9% over 11 measured months, from 246K to 165K in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Sublime Text estimated searches | Sublime Text Share of Search | Sublime Text rank | Visual Studio Code estimated searches | Visual Studio Code Share of Search | Visual Studio Code rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 246K | 3.9% | 4 | 2.7M | 43.3% | 2 |
| Nov 2025 | 246K | 3.9% | 4 | 2.7M | 43.8% | 2 |
| Dec 2025 | 201K | 3.6% | 4 | 2.2M | 40.5% | 2 |
| Jan 2026 | 246K | 3.7% | 4 | 2.7M | 40.9% | 2 |
| Feb 2026 | 246K | 3.7% | 4 | 2.7M | 40.8% | 2 |
| Mar 2026 | 246K | 3.3% | 4 | 2.7M | 36.4% | 2 |
| Apr 2026 | 201K | 2.7% | 4 | 2.7M | 36.9% | 2 |
| May 2026 | 201K | 3% | 4 | 2.7M | 40.4% | 2 |
| Jun 2026 | 165K | 2.2% | 4 | 2.7M | 37.3% | 2 |
| Jul 2026 | 165K | 2.7% | 4 | 2.7M | 45.4% | 2 |
| Aug 2026 | 165K | 2.7% | 4 | 2.7M | 45.5% | 2 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Sublime Text’s and Visual Studio Code’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.

- **Sublime Text**: Measured on the search term “sublime text”.
- **Visual Studio Code**: Measured on the search term “visual studio code”.

- [Sublime Text profile](/demand/global-en/brands/sublime-text)
- [Visual Studio Code profile](/demand/global-en/brands/vs-code)
- [All code editors worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/code-editors): The set both shares are measured inside, 4 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, Sublime Text or Visual Studio Code?

In August 2026, Visual Studio Code had more branded searches than Sublime Text among code editors worldwide. Visual Studio Code was estimated to have 2.7M branded searches compared to Sublime Text’s 165K, and held a 45.5% Share of Search versus Sublime Text’s 2.7%.

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