Quarterly Analysis

As in all previous releases of this analysis, Digidesign Pro Tools holds a commanding lead. However, there have been some significant shifts in the annual averages for the other positions. Image Line FL Studio has now been in second place and Cakewalk Sonar in fourth place in the annual averages for two quarters in a row. Apple Logic moved up to seventh place and Cakewalk Project 5 climbed back into the top ten replacing Sony Acid Pro.

How do you know this stuff?

The music software popularity index is based on recent Internet search activity on Google, Yahoo, AOL & MSN. Collectively these 4 search engines represent more than 91 percent of the searches on the Internet. Over 100 search terms are used to construct this index.

We have been publishing this index for over 2 years now, and the rankings have been generally stable. Here are the rankings for the past 4 quarters. Although only the top 10 products are reported, 16 products are tracked in this index. More...

Products or companies?

Most people search for products with two important exceptions, Cakewalk and Steinberg. 92% of the Cakewalk-related searches were for the term 'cakewalk' instead of a specific product. More...

Products in transition

People still search for Fruity Loops instead of FL Studio. 73% of the searches contained the term 'fruity loops' whereas only 27% of the searches contained the term 'fl studio'. More...