Music Creation Software Popularity Index

The ten most popular music creation software products on the Internet, based on recent search engine activity, are:

PRODUCT (INDEX)
1. DigiDesign Pro Tools (11.4)
2. FL Studio (10.1)
3. Steinberg Cubase (7.3)
4. Cakewalk Sonar (6.0)
5. Apple Logic (3.5)
6. Adobe Audition (3.5)
7. Apple GarageBand (3.1)
8. Sony Sound Forge (2.3)
9. Ableton Live (2.0)
10. MOTU Digital Performer (1.9)

This index is based on quarterly Internet search activity on Google, Yahoo, AOL and MSN.

Which software do you use and why?

Collectively these 4 search engines represent more than 95 percent of the searches on the Internet. Over 100 search terms are used to construct this index, and 15 music software products are tracked. An annual average of the past four quarters is also included for comparison. The following table shows a complete list of the products tracked as well as the changes in their ranking from the prior quarter:

PRODUCT (RANK CHANGE)   
1. DigiDesign Pro Tools (0)   
2. FL Studio (1)   
3. Steinberg Cubase (-1)   
4. Cakewalk Sonar (0)   
5. Apple Logic (1)   
6. Adobe Audition (-1)   
7. Apple GarageBand (0)   
8. Sony Sound Forge (0)   
9. Ableton Live (0)   
10. MOTU Digital Performer (0)   
11. Sony Acid (0)   
12. Band-in-a-Box (0)   
13. Steinberg Nuendo (2)   
14. Propellerhead Reason (-1)   
15. Steinberg Wavelab (-1)      

Additional details on the results of the Music Software Popularity Index are available at the Digital Music Doctor website here.