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Plaud trend

Plaud is still climbing: overall interest is up +118% in a year, and roughly level over the last three months (-3%). Next Big's projection: likely lower in six months (a 4 in 10 chance it's higher). 2 independent sources rose with it, so it's more than one search engine's count.

Updated . Confirmed by 2 independent sources.

Approved by Next Big: independent sources confirm this rise, but it's climbing steadily rather than exploding, so it sits just outside our automatic check.

plaud: weekly interest over five years, +118% in a year, confirmed by 2 independent sources.

Next Big Pulse, weekly, 0 to 100 of its own peak. Confidence: medium. What it's made of

Searches a month
61K
US estimate
Overall interest, a year
+118%
Next Big Pulse
Last 3 months
-3%
climbing
Next 6 months
4 in 10 higher
Next Big's projection, -27% to +1,205%
Stage
Regular
growing faster each month
Peaks
All year
no seasonal peak
A click is worth
$0.98
what advertisers pay
Ranking difficulty
63/100
held by big sites

What's next for plaud

Direction
Climbing, -3% over the last 3 months.
Next 6 months
A 4 in 10 chance it's higher in six months; the likely range is -27% to +1,205%.
Next 12 months
Next Big's projection: likely to keep rising (+15%).

The next wave inside it

Searches rising fastest alongside plaud. Breakout means more than five thousand percent.

  1. plaud note pro ai-powered transcriberBreakout
  2. plaud note pin sBreakout
  3. plaud note pro+1,150%
  4. pocket ai+850%
  5. pocket+700%
  6. plaud desktop+250%
  7. plaud notepin+170%
  8. plaud note ai voice recorder+140%

Is plaud still growing?

Yes. Overall interest in plaud is up +118% in a year, though down 3% over the last 3 months. The line blends every source we read for it, each listed below with its own figures, and 2 independent sources rose with it.

  1. -3%in 3 monthsJun 2026 to this week
  2. +118%in 1 yearSep 2025 to this week
  3. +490%in 2 yearsSep 2024 to this week

Each figure compares overall interest at the end of the window with its start.

Who searches for it, and why

Plaud refers to the maker of the Plaud Note and NotePin, credit-card-sized and wearable AI voice recorders that transcribe and summarise calls and conversations through a subscription app, which became a breakout hardware brand. Searchers are professionals comparing it with phone apps. It signals demand for dedicated capture hardware and subscription AI services, and for accessories and rival devices.

Most people search it to learn about it.

Where it's searched most

Interest in plaud by US state, against the busiest state.

  1. Wyoming100
  2. District of Columbia43
  3. Utah39
  4. California37
  5. Kansas34
  6. Nevada34
  7. Texas32
  8. Hawaii32
  9. Florida32
  10. Colorado30

What people ask about plaud

Questions

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  • how to use plaud

Best

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Compared

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Cost

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Near me

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Alternatives

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Apps and tools

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  • costco plaud ai

For whom

  • plaud for desktop
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  • plaud for teams
  • plaud for iphone

Also searched

  • plaud apple watch
  • plaud costco
  • costco plaud note
  • costco plaud note pro
  • plaude
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What's built around it

The apps, code and videos plaud already has: where the market is, and where it isn't yet.

Apps, 21 in the store

  1. ChatGPTOpenAI OpCo, LLC · 4.8★ from 11M ratings · since 2023
  2. Google GeminiGoogle LLC · 4.7★ from 2.3M ratings · since 2024
  3. Otter Transcribe Voice NotesOtter.ai, Inc. · 4.8★ from 83K ratings · since 2018
  4. Plaud: AI Note TakerPLAUD LLC · 4.9★ from 23K ratings · since 2023
  5. Minutes: AI Meeting Note TakerMinutes AI, LLC · 4.9★ from 14K ratings · since 2024

Sources

The chart is the Next Big Pulse: every source with a weekly or monthly reading for plaud, blended into one line of overall interest. A trend counts only when independent sources confirm the rise, each read against what every other search we track did there.

What the line for plaud is made of, by its share of the last year
  • Bing searches79%since Sep 2024
  • Google web search21%since Sep 2021

Confidence: medium, more than one source carries the line lately, not all of them steady. How the grade works

Independent sources, and whether each rose with plaud
SourceRose with itThis search, in a yearThe typical search there
Bing searchesRoseMore than for the typical search there. Named, not quoted: its licence.
Wikipedia viewsNo rise above typical
Bluesky postsRose+332%weekly average, on the year before+21%the typical search there
Hacker News mentionsNo rise above typical
Research papersNo rise above typical
New York Times articlesNo rise above typical
Research papers a year (OpenAlex), 31 in all
  1. 192019: 7
  2. 202020: 1
  3. 212021: 4
  4. 222022: 1
  5. 232023: 3
  6. 242024: 1
  7. 252025: 3
  8. 262026: 11

Google web search on its own: +65% in a year.

Searches a month, cost per click and ranking difficulty are Google Ads keyword estimates for the US.

The same search on Google Trends · How we read every source

Projections are Next Big's forecasts from public search data. They aren't financial, investment, trading or medical advice.

Use this chart

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<figure style="margin:0"><a href="https://nextbig.io/trend/plaud"><img src="https://nextbig.io/embed/plaud.png" alt="Plaud: Next Big Pulse, weekly over two years" width="600" height="300" style="max-width:100%;height:auto"></a><figcaption style="font:13px/1.4 system-ui,sans-serif;color:#565b69">Source: <a href="https://nextbig.io/trend/plaud">Plaud trend, Next Big Pulse</a></figcaption></figure>

Cite as: Next Big Pulse for "plaud", weekly overall interest, 0 to 100 of its own peak. Next Big, nextbig.io/trend/plaud, as of October 14, 2026.

Questions

Is plaud still popular in 2026?

Yes. Overall interest in plaud is up +118% on a year ago, though down 3% over the last three months.

How many people search for plaud?

About 61,000 searches a month in the US, an estimate. It's searched most, for its size, in Wyoming.

When do searches for plaud peak?

It doesn't follow a season. Its busiest week in five years was in June 2026.

Will plaud keep growing?

Next Big's projection gives a 4 in 10 chance it's higher in six months, likely between -27% and +1,205%. Over 12 months its middle is +15%. It's a forecast from public search data, not advice.

What's rising alongside plaud?

The searches rising fastest with it are plaud note pro ai-powered transcriber, plaud note pin s and plaud note pro: often the next wave inside a trend.

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Data as of October 14, 2026. First seen September 21, 2026.