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title: "Google Docs the Clear Leader in Web Office Market"
date: 2007-12-07
author: "Richard MacManus"
categories:
  - name: "ReadWriteWeb"
    url: "/category/readwriteweb.md"
tags:
  - name: "2007"
    url: "/tag/2007.md"
---

# Google Docs the Clear Leader in Web Office Market

Yesterday [I requested](https://web.archive.org/web/20090809161540/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/google_docs_spreadsheets_usage_increasing.php) some comparative data from [Compete](https://web.archive.org/web/20090809161540/http://www.compete.com/) about Web Office products, as a follow-up to our [2007 review of the Web Office space](https://web.archive.org/web/20090809161540/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/web_office_2007_year_in_review.php). Specifically I wanted to know how Google Docs & Spreadsheets compared to Zoho or ThinkFree’s word processing and spreadsheeting products. Also how Google Apps compared to Zoho, ThinkFree and others. The charts below answer both questions:

This shows that Google’s word processing and spreadsheet products have a noticeable lead over what may be its nearest rival, Zoho. This is to be expected, seeing as Google is a big Internet company with a substantial ‘built in’ user base (via search). It does however prove that Google D&S; is the market leader, at least with consumer use, something which a couple of commenters in our Web Office round-up questioned.

We see here that Google Docs is the clear market leader in comparison with its competitors, at least at the domain level. We can infer it is a similar situation for Google Apps as a suite. Again it’s to be expected, given Google’s bulk. Note that Microsoft’s OfficeLive has crept up into second place, despite being a relatively benign product.

*Originally published on ReadWriteWeb ([archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20020204040018/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/google_docs_web_office_leader.php))*