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atlbeer | 4 years ago

Excel may be globally more important of a product but, Word is certainly more popular.

Now it depends on how you calculate value.

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Someone1234|4 years ago

Why are you so certain? Google trends seems to suggest Excel is more popular:

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=%2Fm%2F0...

atlbeer|4 years ago

People searching for something is reflective of what people search for, in some cases for products it's reflective of popularity but, I would argue in this case there's a good chance people are searching for Excel more for tips/troubleshooting/how to, than purchase intention.

If you look at a range of wide range business functions, opening and editing text documents is more prevalent than using spreadsheets.

bionade24|4 years ago

Google trends indicate that Excel is harder to use without a manual than word, nothing else.

saaaaaam|4 years ago

I don’t think that’s a good indicator of popularity. Most people are going to be searching for “how to do X” with the product name to refine results. Excel is more complex, so likely has more of those sorts of search queries.