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title: "Apple Music vs Deezer: Which is searched more in the United Kingdom?"
description: "Is Apple Music or Deezer more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Music streaming services set in the United Kingdom. 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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# Apple Music vs Deezer: Which is searched more in the United Kingdom?

Is Apple Music or Deezer more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Music streaming services set in the United Kingdom. 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**: Apple Music and Deezer
- **Competitive set**: Music streaming services
- **Market**: United Kingdom
- **Month measured**: Sep 2026
- **Apple Music Share of Search**: 4.2%
- **Deezer Share of Search**: 0.84%

## Is Apple Music or Deezer more popular in search?

- In September 2026, Apple Music had more branded searches than Deezer among music streaming services in the United Kingdom. Apple Music had about 165,000 branded searches, while Deezer had 33,100. Apple Music made up 4.2% of all music streaming service searches we track, and Deezer accounted for 0.84%.
- Apple Music was ahead of Deezer in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Apple Music’s share of searches among music streaming services in the United Kingdom moved from 4.1% to 4.2%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 165K.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Deezer’s share of searches among music streaming services in the United Kingdom moved from 1% to 0.84%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 40.5K to 33.1K.

## Top music streaming services in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews

In three ChatGPT questions and one Google AI Overview, Apple Music appeared in all four answers. Deezer did not appear in any of the four 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Apple Music | 1st | 3 of 3 | 1 of 1 | 4 of 4 |
| Spotify | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 1 of 1 | 4 of 4 |
| Tidal | 3rd | 2 of 3 | 1 of 1 | 3 of 4 |
| YouTube Music | 4th | 2 of 3 | 1 of 1 | 3 of 4 |
| Amazon Music | 5th | 2 of 3 | 1 of 1 | 3 of 4 |
| SoundCloud | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 1 | 0 of 4 |
| Deezer | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 1 | 0 of 4 |

## Every AI answer about music streaming services

- Asked ChatGPT "What's the best music streaming service in the UK?": 1. Spotify, 2. Apple Music, 3. Tidal, 4. YouTube Music, 5. Amazon Music
- Asked ChatGPT "Which music app has the best sound quality?": 1. Apple Music, 2. Tidal, 3. Spotify
- Asked ChatGPT "Which music streaming subscription is best value?": 1. Apple Music, 2. Spotify, 3. YouTube Music, 4. Amazon Music
- Searched Google, AI Overview "music streaming": 1. Spotify, 2. Apple Music, 3. Tidal, 4. Amazon Music, 5. YouTube Music

Not named in any answer: SoundCloud and Deezer.

Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in United Kingdom on October 27, 2026.

## How did search popularity change for United Kingdom music streaming services in September 2026?

- In September 2026, Apple Music overtook Amazon Music to rank 4th among music streaming services in the United Kingdom, with 4.2% of the searches.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Deezer in the United Kingdom fell 18.3% over 12 measured months, from 40.5K to 33.1K in September 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Apple Music estimated searches | Apple Music Share of Search | Apple Music rank | Deezer estimated searches | Deezer Share of Search | Deezer rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 165K | 4.1% | 4 | 40.5K | 1% | 7 |
| Nov 2025 | 165K | 4.2% | 5 | 40.5K | 1% | 7 |
| Dec 2025 | 165K | 3.7% | 5 | 40.5K | 0.92% | 7 |
| Jan 2026 | 165K | 4.1% | 5 | 40.5K | 1% | 7 |
| Feb 2026 | 165K | 4.4% | 4 | 33.1K | 0.88% | 7 |
| Mar 2026 | 201K | 4.9% | 4 | 40.5K | 1% | 7 |
| Apr 2026 | 135K | 3.5% | 5 | 33.1K | 0.85% | 7 |
| May 2026 | 165K | 3.6% | 4 | 40.5K | 0.89% | 7 |
| Jun 2026 | 201K | 4.9% | 4 | 33.1K | 0.81% | 7 |
| Jul 2026 | 165K | 4.9% | 4 | 33.1K | 0.99% | 7 |
| Aug 2026 | 90.5K | 2.9% | 5 | 18.1K | 0.57% | 7 |
| Sep 2026 | 165K | 4.2% | 4 | 33.1K | 0.84% | 7 |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Apple Music’s and Deezer’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.

- **Apple Music**: Measured on the search term “apple music”.
- **Deezer**: Measured on the search term “deezer”.

- [Apple Music profile](/demand/uk/brands/apple-music)
- [Deezer profile](/demand/uk/brands/deezer)
- [All music streaming services in the United Kingdom](/demand/uk/categories/uk-music-streaming-services): The set both shares are measured inside, 7 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 Apple Music or Deezer more popular in search?

In September 2026, Apple Music had more branded searches than Deezer among music streaming services in the United Kingdom. Apple Music had about 165,000 branded searches, while Deezer had 33,100. Apple Music made up 4.2% of all music streaming service searches we track, and Deezer accounted for 0.84%.

## Cite this page

Brandwave. "Apple Music vs Deezer: Which is searched more in the United Kingdom?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/uk/compare/apple-music-vs-deezer

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